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NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 now open for entries
https://www.nzbooklovers.co.nz/2024-awards 13 April 2023 What do Simon Lendrum, Lauren Keenan, Brianne Te Paa, Jane Ussher, John Walsh, D.V. Bishop, Lucy Corry, Stacey Morrison, Jeremy Sherlock, Fiona Sussman, Dr Hinemoa Elder, Vasanti Unka, Kirsty Powell, Catherine Foster, Gavin Bishop, Fiona Kidman, Kimberly Andrews and Jo Seagar have in common? They are all talented authors and previous […]
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Alan Dingley named new national Reading Ambassador
29 March 2023 Alan Dingley, Librarian at Palmerston North Intermediate School, has been named as the next Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador for children and young people. Alan is a passionate advocate and school librarian who communicates the joy and transformation reading can bring to a young person’s world. He brings impressive experience, skills and […]
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Gavin Bishop nominated for international honour
Congratulations to Gavin Bishop, who has been nominated for the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award by IBBY, the International Board on Books for Young People. The Hans Christian Andersen Award is the highest distinction given to authors and illustrators of children’s books, recognising a lifelong achievement and a body of work that has made an important, lasting […]
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PLAYS FOR THE YOUNG Playmarket competition
Do you have an original and inventive play written to inspire and excite young audiences? Whether you are a young person or a senior writer, the age of the audience is what counts. Your play might be written for adults to perform to children, or for young actors to perform themselves. It might be […]
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Pasifika Festival Feb 2023 The Coalition for Books
The Coalition for Books had its first stand at the Pasifika Festival this weekend and has produced its third catalogue for Pasifika Books. Download the new Pasifika catalogue Feb 2023 HERE Thanks to Dorothy Butler Bookshop for all their organisation and support.
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Books Back Better – Restocking school libraries post-Gabrielle
Many schools: kura, preschools, colleges, kindy’s, primary schools in the Hawkes’Bay have lost their entire libraries through the damage wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle. Books Back Better is a campaign to collect monetary donations from our wider communities around the motu to buy Booksellers NZ Tokens and distribute these to kura/schools, Kohanga Reo, and Kindy’s affected […]
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The 2023 Margaret Mahy Medal award winner is James Norcliffe
Storylines is delighted to share the news that the 2023 Margaret Mahy Medal award winner is James Norcliffe. James Norcliffe is an acclaimed poet and writer for children and young adults, as well as a prolific editor and poetry champion. The Margaret Mahy Medal is New Zealand’s most prestigious honour for children’s and young […]
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Coalition for Books at Matatini this weekend – Come visit
Come visit the Coalition for Books stand – P21 at Matatini this week and weekend. Huia Publishers also have a big stand down by the kai. Te Matatini catalogue HERE – OUT TODAY!
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New Australia Cultural Policy REVIVE includes new WRITERS AUSTRALIA body to invest in literature
Revive: $286 million National Cultural Policy revealed “Four new bodies focused on the autonomy of First Nations arts and culture, the development of contemporary music and the literary sector, and workplace safety in the arts sector, will be established as part of the Federal Government’s new National Cultural Policy. To be known as ‘Revive’, the policy […]
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TEXT PRIZE FOR YOUNG ADULT AND CHILDREN’S WRITING call for entries
2023 Text Prize Call for Submissions The Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing is an annual $10,000 prize awarded to an outstanding unpublished manuscript. Since its inception in 2008, the Text Prize has become one of the most renowned prizes for young adult and children’s writing in Australia and New Zealand. Eligible […]
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NZCYP Judges announced for 2023
Convenor of judges Nicola Daly is an Associate Professor at the University of Waikato, where she is codirector of the Waikato Picturebook Research Unit and teaches courses in children’s literature. Nicola’s research focus is the use of languages in picture books, and she has received several fellowships to pursue this interest, including at the International Youth Library […]
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NZ Summer of Reading campaign launched by Read NZ
An online campaign launching today will again encourage Kiwis to pick up a book and share their reading this summer. NZ Summer of Reading is a light-hearted campaign to share and promote reading for relaxation and pure fun. Now in its second year, it will run until the end of January. Read NZ Te Pou Muramura […]
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