The Sapling
Website dedicated to celebrating Aotearoa-New Zealand literature for children and young adults. With editors Harriet, Faith & Nida. Pitches welcome!
@chaneyz85.bsky.social
A Librarian, history geek, mum, leftie, unionist, disabled, and LGBTQI+ ally. She/Her. Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa ❤️💚🖤🤍
@afharrold.com
Poet, performer, children's author. The Imaginary, The Worlds We Leave Behind, Fizzlebert Stump, Greta Zargo and others. www.afharroldkids.com
@kylemewburn.bsky.social
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Writer (70 titles and counting). Dabbler in semi-self-sufficiency on 5 acres in the rural depths of Aotearoa/New Zealand. Any mention of crypto, Jesus/God/MAGA or US flag in profile is immediate block. www.kylemewburn.com
@katharinejadams.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Story-weaver. TONIGHT, I BURN (Orbit 2023) 🖤 Rep: @erniechiara at @FuseLiterary She/her 🌈 Tonight, I Burn out now Tonight, I Bleed coming 2025
@peacewellington.bsky.social
For peace with justice and self-determination. A focus on the New Zealand government's involvement in international affairs.
@macdibble.bsky.social
MG & YA NZ writer now living in W. Aus and loving it! Books: How to Bee In the Dark Spaces The Dog Runner Across the Risen Sea The Raven's Song The Apprentice Witnesser www.macdibble.com
@hissingswan.bsky.social
she/her pākehā writer in Aotearoa NZ; of Australia novels THE HOPE FAULT (family/anxiety/geology), THE LIFE+LOVES OF LENA GAUNT (love/loss/theremin) May 2025: 3rd novel, WONDERLAND Bad Diaries Salon + Podcast tracyfarrauthor.com baddiariessalon.com
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
@bevanholloway.com
Trying to keep the candle of democracy burning in education bevanholloway.com #learningdispositions #eduplay #edulit #learningstories #magoverreach #smataapp I teach teenagers English in NZ
@nzgeo.bsky.social
The magazine that celebrates our country in all its diversity — its people, places and wildlife. nzgeo.com
@dejanajuk.bsky.social
Enthusiastic amateur gardener. Dalmatian. Croatian. Pākehā. Tangata Tiriti. Parent. Partner. Baba. Teta. Cis. She/her. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@dpattemore.bsky.social
Ko te reo te taikura o te ao mārama Ecologist, Faux-farmer, Enthusiast, posts are my own opinions, likes not necessarily endorsements. Wide-a-woke. He/Him 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 ally He tangata tiriti ahau, ngai Aotearoa ahau
@madhmstr.bsky.social
“Don't waste hate on pink geranium.” Professional aunt. Trans rights are human rights. Posts about black cats, picture books, and random other stuff. 5th generation Pākehā Aucklander, of UK heritage.
@theresacrewdson.bsky.social
Approximately 80% books, 5% tea and 15% chocolate. Freelance editor. Tutor at Whitireia Publishing.
@pacificraft.bsky.social
Socially inept but likes to sing in front of strangers. Wow published by THWUP in NZ http://teherengawakapress.co.nz/wow/ & Carcanet in the UK. Toitū Te Tiriti!
@witoni.bsky.social
Ngāti Maniapoto. Writer, reader, occasional knitter. Pōneke. Te Papa Tupu 2024 🌱
@moerakijo.bsky.social
#LongCovid #WearAMask😷 books, libraries, histories, dogs she/her Aotearoa New Zealand
@louha.bsky.social
librarian by day, cat owner by day and also night I guess, riding bikes, aotearoa, she/her Toitū Te Tiriti 🚲🌈📚✌️
@backlisted.bsky.social
John Mitchinson @johnmitchinson.bsky.social and Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
@babybookdel.bsky.social
Children’s writer and poet. TURKEY HURLY-BURLY due August 2025. Reviewer of children's books from a feminist perspective. Lover of science, words, and the em dash.
@watercyclist.bsky.social
Water, climate change, science, policy, and people. Particularly floods, adaptation, and uncertainty. Dad, Pākehā/Ngāpuhi, MIT PhD, Ōtautahi/New Zealand.
@pipadam.bsky.social
@charlesbridge.bsky.social
We make high-quality children's books that inspire lifelong reading & learning. Discover new voices, visions, & directions in children's books with us
@scallywagpress.bsky.social
UK children's books publisher. We publish entertaining & memorable books to a worldwide audience, reprinting old classics and discovering new ones, from fiction to narrative nonfiction and illustrated poetry. 📚 💙 http://scallywagpress.com
@steviedraws.bsky.social
New Zealand-based children's illustrator & dog lover. Represented by http://Watermarkcreative.co (NZ/AU) and http://IllustrationOnline.com (US) IG: stevie_draws
@eddiemonotone.bsky.social
Mohua-based cartoonist and illustrator. I make comics and games and stuff. He/him. check out the latest projects over here: https://linktr.ee/eddiemonotone
@janebloomfield.bsky.social
Poetry & CNF in #Tarot #Turbine|Kapohau @DoesItHavePockets, - a fine line - NZ Poetry Society, @rfpress @dustpoetry @frazzledlit | Finalist in the NZCYA Book Awards once. Liquorice Allsorts: janebloomfieldblog.blogspot.com
@steamteambooks.bsky.social
A group of STEAM children's authors and illustrators sharing sneak peeks of new books, cover reveals, giveaways, and writing tips. www.steamteambooks.com
@lernerbooks.bsky.social
@readyourworld.bsky.social
Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers. https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
@modernletters.bsky.social
The home of creative writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Undergraduate courses, MA and PhD. Also: harbour views and baking.
@hendysh.bsky.social
Physicist, complex systems, ex-COVID modeller, he/him Author of "The Covid Response" https://www.bwb.co.nz/books/the-covid-response
@emmspearl.bsky.social
Author PB | MG | YA | she/her MENDING THE MOON (2022) SAVING THE SUN (2023) @PageStreetKids Rep: Sera Rivers, Speilburg Litererary @writeloudly.bsky.social https://www.emmapearlauthor.com/ linktr.ee/emmspearl
@livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social
A movement of community, faith based and union organisations campaigning for a Living Wage. We’re diverse, but share a common view – that the Living Wage is one way to lift working people from poverty and inequality. https://www.livingwage.org.nz
@jemyoshioka.bsky.social
Comic artist. Mixed Japanese-New Zealander. Bi. Known cat-haver. Debut MG graphic novel coming Fall 2025 from Andrews McMeel. Represented by Jas Perry at Looking Glass Literary & Media. https://jemshed.com
@publishingwhiti.bsky.social
Home to Aotearoa New Zealand's Whitireia Publishing Programme https://www.whitireiaweltec.ac.nz/study-programmes/creativity/creative-writing-and-publishing/
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Sharing news about kids books from international publishers and domestic library and teacher conferences https://www.publisherspotlight.com
@kiwikidsbookstore.bsky.social
The Kiwi Kids’ Bookstore is an online bookstore, based in Wānaka, that showcases great books by New Zealand authors for children and teens.
@missarticulate.bsky.social
Word wrangler. Science and maths nerd. Fan of cooking, cricket and the em dash.
@geckopress.bsky.social
An independent publisher of internationally award-winning curiously good children's books from around the world.
@hannahmarsh.bsky.social
I write stuff. Pre-order It's a Bit More Complicated Than That now: https://www.allenandunwin.co.nz/browse/book/Hannah-Marshall-It's-a-Bit-More-Complicated-Than-That-9781991006943
@rawlibrary.bsky.social
briar. tangata tiriti in aotearoa new zealand. english teacher. writer. lapsed bookseller & editor. big coffee drinker. non-denominational nerd currently extra attached to trek. crohnie. ADHD. she/they
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@beebrhyte.bsky.social
Teacher of Literacy based in Horowhenua, NZ. Life-long learner, and lover of reading. Currently working on a Doctor of Education
@suecopsey.bsky.social
Editor, history nerd, nature lover. Author of modern retellings of historical tales & spooky stories for kids. Writer for Royals Monthly. New novel QUEEN, KING, ACE out now. Rep’d by High Spot Literary
@adzebill.bsky.social
My Jeopardy categories would be Wikipedia, natural history of Aotearoa New Zealand, Sondheim musicals, bird bones, and enough typography to get me into trouble. Ōtautahi, Dr Him. 0000-0003-1183-2550, Q56458901
@catherinechidgey.bsky.social
Novelist; secretary to @TamaMagpie. Longlisted @WomensPrize; shortlisted @DublinLitAward. Publishers @EuropaEditions, @EuropaEdUK, @thwupbooks. Rep'd @UA_Books.
@takahemagazine.bsky.social
Aotearoa’s longest-running independent journal of poetry, fiction, art, comics, and culture in review. Since 1989. https://linktr.ee/takahemagazine