The Unity Books children’s bestseller chart for the month of January 2021

Three kids lying on tummies on beach, reading books

What’s the best way to get adults reading? Get them reading when they’re children – and there’s no better place to start than the Unity Children’s Bestseller Chart. AUCKLAND 1  The Noisy Board Book by Soledad Bravi (Gecko, $25, 0-3) Very good option for a baby shower gift. Pleasingly cuboid. Does not make actual noise. … Read more

Chloe Gong is 21, she’s from the North Shore, and she just wrote a US bestseller

Young adult novel These Violent Delights was released in the US three weeks ago and is already a massive hit. Sherry Zhang introduces a star.   Chloe Gong wrote These Violent Delights in her childhood home in Auckland in May 2018. As in: that month she started writing it, and also finished. She was 19. Seven … Read more