Day: June 21, 2017

Microsoft’s Xbox is making changes to their avatar system – introducing gender-neutral clothing options. The game console lets players both customise and design their virtual character that will be representing them throughout the game. Previous to this new change, players were made to choose between ‘male’ or ‘female’ specific clothing and accessories. However, players will […]

Grey Lynn author, Julie Helean, has just been awarded a gold medal for best work of fiction from the Australia/New Zealand region in the IPPY Awards for her novel We the Ones.   The “IPPY” Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring recognition to the most deserving, but often unsung titles published by independent authors […]

After releasing the children’s book Promised Land earlier this year, Wellington-based authors Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris received global media attention from BuzzFeed, Upworthy, Attitude, Teen Vogue and more. Today, they’ve released an eBook translation in Te Reo Māori. Whenua Taurangi (Promised Land) was translated with the help of Victoria University’s School of Languages & Cultures and a […]