Margaret Mahy
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 1
When he comes out of hospital, Carlo returns to the new flat with his mother Jessica, ready for an adventure. At the supermarket he's given a special 100 ride bus ticket. Outside, a blue bus picks him… Audio
Miranda Harcourt and Bridget Mahy - The Changeover
Margaret Mahy's young adult novel The Changeover is being made into a movie starring expat NZ actresses Melanie Lynskey and Lucy Lawless and the British actor Timothy Spall, to be released in late… Audio
What I do is build an unreal house and I fill it with real storms
An intensely personal memoir by one of the country's leading writers of fantasy, exploring the roots of her interest in alternative reality, and intertwining her own story, and that of her family into… Audio
Mr Whistler by Margaret Mahy
Read by Paolo Rotondo.
In his rush to get to his great aunt's, absent-minded Mister Whistler is distracted by the song in his head and dance in his feet. He loses his train ticket, finds it between… Audio
2013 Picture Book
A Great Cake by Tina Matthews reviewed by Norma, Jasper, Cole, Otis and Amelie; Remember That November/Maumahara ki tera Noema by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher, translated by Kawata… Audio
Footsteps through the Fog by Margaret Mahy
Read by Tina Cook.
Unlike her brothers and sisters, Anthea can't see, so when they all go to the beach their mother tells them to take care of her. But when the fog rolls in, it's Anthea who gets… Audio
Mahy Magic
A look at one of New Zealand's leading authors and original thinkers through a theatre piece written by Jo Randerson called Mahy Madness. Intimate and theatrical, it is a celebration of someone who… Audio
Reading Under the Covers - The Tricksters
New Zealand's foremost children's author Margaret Mahy is possibly the nation's unofficial laureate of wild imagination. Amongst her best creations are a series of supernatural novels for adolescents… Audio
The death of legendary children's author Margaret Mahy
With Tessa Duder - author of Margaret Mahy: A Writer's Life an John McIntyre - our children's book reviewer, runs the Children's Bookshop in Wellington. Audio
Acclaimed children's author Margaret Mahy dies at 76
Margaret Mahy, the acclaimed children's author and member of the Order of New Zealand has died at the age of 76. Audio
Children's author Margaret Mahy dies at 76
The writer had been diagnosed with cancer and died yesterday in Christchurch. Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 10
The Dowlers take Carlo and Pearlie into the Supermakret with them and luckily carry Carlo to the Horn Hazard spray which he uses to dissovle their hooves. The two children save the Supermarket and are… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 9
Bus drivers and shop assistants arrive for the Almost Party and then a gang of Dowlers turns up. The policeman from next door arrives to complain about the noise and the Dowlers all run off, heading… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 8
Pearlie and Carlo's father and mother, Dominic and Jessica, get on really well and Dominic offers to host an Almost Party. Along with a flock of Almost Parrots, they all enjoy preparing lots of… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 7
The bus behind Carlo and his mates is full of piratical Dowlers who attempt to ooze into their Blue Bus. The driver manages to get rid of them by flying and they land on top of the Supermarket. They… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 6
Dowlers attack the Supermakret again and Carlos and Pearlie go into battle. Jessica and Pearlie's father Dominic turn up looking for their children. On the Dark Blue Bus again,Carlo sees they're being… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 5
Some Dowlers attack the Supermakret but Jessica's Exploding Porridge gets rid of them. Carlo begins his new school and meets up with Pearlie who goes to a different college. Together they catch the… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 4
A disguised enemy Dowler comes to steal Carlo's bus ticket while his mother is out but he recognises her cloven feet and she gallops away. Back at the Supermakrt, they meet Pearlie, a girl Carlo's… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 3
At the Supermarket at the End of the World, Carlo and Jessica buy some optional soup which proves delicious and are given a free tin of paint. They discover it makes real life moving images on the… Audio
The Dark Blue 100-Ride Bus Ticket - part 2
Carlo and Jessica reach the supermarket at the end of the world and discover shadowy looking customers and fascinating products inside. They hear about the enemy Dowlers and then see two real looking… Audio