• Entries are open for the NZ Booklovers Awards 2022

    Posted on 27 September 2021

    NZ BOOKLOVERS AWARDS 2022 Entries are now open for the NZ Booklovers Awards 2022 ​ NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2022 We are looking for the best in storytelling – a novel we couldn’t put down. NZ Booklovers Award for Best Lifestyle Book 2022 Cooking, wine, architecture, lifestyle, home and garden, design, […]

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  • Online Storytimes Aotearoa during lockdown – GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS AND ECE’S

    Posted on 30 August 2021

    DEVELOPED BY THE COALITION FOR BOOKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PANZ, LIANZA, CLNZ AND NZSA  Guidelines for libraries, schools and early childhood education centres   Schools, libraries, and early childhood education centres are keen to ensure that New Zealand children are still able to enjoy all that a good book has to offer during these unsettling […]

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  • A conversation with award-winning children’s author Maria Gill

    Posted on 13 August 2021

    WEDNESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 6.00pm – 7.00pm VENUE: Clock Tower Boardroom Free Join author Maria Gill for a cup of tea and an interactive session on her latest project, a children’s novel about the life of Ernest Rutherford. Maria is currently one of our artists in residence at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora and is […]

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  • Remarkable Animal Stories book launch

    Posted on 13 August 2021

    SATURDAY 21 AUGUST 2.00pm – 3.00pm VENUE: Great Hall Free No bookings required, come along to the world-first book launch of Maria Gill and Emma Huia Lovegrove’s latest book ‘Remarkable Animal Stories from New Zealand and Australia’ published by Scholastic. Maria Gill will share some of the stories in the book in front of a […]

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  • Tessa Duder is the NZSA 2021-2 President of Honour

    Posted on 6 August 2021

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Tessa Duder CNZM OBE is the NZSA 2021-2022 President of Honour.  This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. Of the award, Tessa says: ” To […]

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  • STORYLINES JOY COWLEY AWARD – open for entries

    Posted on 18 July 2021

    The Storylines Joy Cowley Award was established in 2002 when Storylines contacted Scholastic New Zealand, one of Joy’s publishers, asking them to join with Storylines in creating an award that would recognise the exceptional contribution Joy Cowley has made to children’s literature and literacy in New Zealand and internationally. The Storylines Joy Cowley Award for an original picture […]

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  • Vale Betty Gilderdale

    Posted on 12 July 2021

    We are saddened to hear of the passing on Friday 9 July of a lifelong advocate and supporter of children’s literature, Betty Gilderdale, just days short of her 98th birthday. Generations of children know Betty as the author of the much-loved series of five Little Yellow Digger picture books, which she created alongside her artist husband, […]

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  • Coalition for Books winter reading catalogue – OUT NOW

    Posted on 1 July 2021

         Matariki 2021_DigitalCatalogue_click here to view   

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  • Oratia Media has won the BOP Bologna Prize 2021 for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year, Oceania.

    Posted on 15 June 2021

    Fantastic news this morning — Oratia Media has won the BOP Bologna Prize 2021 for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year, Oceania.   Oratia Media wins BOP Bologna Prize as Best Children’s Publisher of the Year 2021 Independent Kiwi publisher garners international award at the world’s largest children’s book fair West Auckland publishing house Oratia […]

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  • CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST GIVES CREDIT TO YOUNG READERS’ EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

    Posted on 10 June 2021

    10 Jun 2021 From a field of 166 entries, the 28 finalists in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are announced today. Across six main categories, these books offer the nation’s young readers a tasty smorgasbord of titles, packed with meaty themes and addictive plot lines. “The diversity of ideas […]

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  • STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOKS AWARDS – call for entries – closes August 15

    Posted on 25 May 2021

    STORYLINES NOTABLE BOOKS AWARDS About the Awards Since 1999 Storylines has produced an annual list of outstanding books for children and young people published by New Zealand authors and illustrators during the previous calendar year. This annual lists of Storylines Notable Books ensures that children, whanau, teachers, librarians and the public are all made aware of the large […]

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  • A Reflection on 18 months as NZSA President: “A call-out to all writers: come gather round, we need your support . . . “

    Posted on 5 May 2021

    BY MANDY HAGER    MAY 4, 2021     I’ve been a member of NZSA for around 30 years, joining before I published my first book, filled with pride when I could transition from ‘associate’ to ‘full’ membership. Although health and time constraints have meant I’ve rarely attended branch meetings or events, I’ve always read the […]

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