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STORYLINES MARGARET MAHY MEDAL AND LECTURE AWARD 2018
Janice Marriott 2018 Margaret Mahy Medal winner Children’s author, screenwriter, mentor, audio producer, editor and teacher, Janice Marriott, was awarded the 2018 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and her distinguished contribution to New Zealand’s children’s literature at the annual Storylines Margaret Mahy Awards Day on 8 April. Her Margaret Mahy Medal was presented by […]
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IPA President Michael Kolman addresses first European Children’s Bookstore Conference at Bologna
Getting ‘Our Publishing Houses in Order’ On Sunday (March 29), the first European Independent Children’s Bookstore Conference was held at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair. Arranged by Bologna’s organizers in cooperation with the Association of Italian Independent Children’s Bookstores, the event was designed to “highlight the various cultural and economic aspects faced by independent bookstores […]
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New Zealand’s One Tree House wins Children’s Publisher of the Year – Oceania section – Bologna Book Fair/IPA 2018
Now in its sixth edition, the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year, acknowledges the most significant publishers in each of the six areas of the world: Africa, Central and South America, North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The prize, organized by Bologna Children’s Book Fair in partnership with AIE – Italian Publishers Association, […]
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#Read Women: International Women’s Day – The PEN International Women’s Manifesto going to the UN
The PEN International Women’s Manifesto The first and founding principle of the PEN Charter asserts that ‘literature knows no frontiers’. These frontiers were traditionally thought of as borders between countries and peoples. For many women in the world – and for almost all women until relatively recently – the first, and the last and perhaps […]
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International Children’s Book Day April 2
Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday, 2 April, International Children’s Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books. Each year a different National Section of IBBY has the opportunity to be the international sponsor of ICBD. It decides upon a theme […]
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Signals 2017 Launched
The Michael King Writers’ Centre launched the sixth issue of Signals, its literary journal for young writers, on Saturday 9 December at the National Library in Parnell. The journal features the work of senior secondary students who took part in this year’s Young Writers Programme, as well as its alumni. Over 190 pieces were submitted […]
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Experienced judging team appointed as entries open for 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
As entries open for the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, the New Zealand Book Awards Trust has announced a very experienced panel of judges. National Library schools facilitator Jeannie Skinner will convene the English language panel, which also includes author Maureen Crisp, reviewer and librarian Crissi Blair, author […]
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Thirty-four excellent kiwi kids’ books ripe for reading – The Sapling’s picks
Children’s book website The Sapling has released its inaugural Best Books List over the past week, listing 34 homegrown books that cover every reading interest and genre published in New Zealand. ‘Since launching in March, we have read or paid others to read almost every single book published in New Zealand. While even we […]
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LEADING PUBLISHER KEVIN CHAPMAN TO JOIN MASSEY UNIVERSITY PRESS BOARD
One of this country’s most experienced and successful publishers has joined the Editorial Board of Massey University Press. Kevin Chapman has worked in book publishing for over thirty years, in New Zealand, the UK, Canada, the US and Australia. He has worked in general trade publishing and book packaging, and prior to starting Upstart […]
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#NZChristmasBookChallenge and #ReadtoSucceed
This Christmas, make one of your gifts a book by a NZ writer, published by a NZ publisher, bought from a NZ book shop. #NZChristmasBookChallenge We are promoting a ‘BUY NZ Books’ campaign for Christmas. With the tight economics of book publishing in NZ and the reduced retail visibility of books, we know that if we all buy one book […]
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2017 Ngā Kupu Ora Awards: Māori Book Awards Finalists and Winners
2017 Ng? Kupu Ora Awards: M?ori Book Awards Finalists and Winners The finalists and winners in the 2017 Ng? Kupu Ora M?ori Book Awards are: Te Reo M?ori Title: Te Mauri o Te Whare – WINNER Authors: Agnes McFarland; r?ua ko Taiarahia Black Publisher: NZCER Press Title: Mauri Ora: Wisdom from the M?ori World Authors: Peter […]
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Waikato University – Writer in Residence 2018 Therese Lloyd
Each year the University of Waikato invites applications for the position of Writer in Residence, tenable for twelve months normally from February. The emolument is jointly funded by the University of Waikato and Creative New Zealand, the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa. The position is open to poets, novelists, short story writers, dramatists, and writers […]
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