Despite the restrictions to travel we are pleased to announce that seven publishers will be participating in the fair; Beatnik, Black Chook Books, Gecko Press, Millwood Press, OneTree House, Oratia Media, Upstart Press. The stand will have a lively design, created by our very own PANZ member, Martin Bailey from Black Chook Books, and books on display from the exhibiting publishers. Plus we’re creating accompanying booklists and publisher information for Maria to distribute. Publishers here in Aotearoa will be connecting with publishers from around the world via the book fair’s online platform and through connections made on their behalf by Maria.
In further exciting news, two of our members have been nominated for the BOP – Bologna Prize Best Children’s Publisher of the Year – congratulations to Beatnik and Huia. If you are registered for the fair and would like to vote you can do that here.
And we are also looking forward to presenting books at the China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair which was rescheduled from November last year to 21 – 24 March. Working with the New Zealand Consulate-General in Shanghai we have a lively social media plan that we’ll be rolling out to support our members’ presence. The Shanghai participants are; Black Chook Books, Duck Creek Press, Frances Plumpton Literary Agency, Gecko Press, Huia Publishers, OneTree House, Oratia Media and Upstart Press.
We’d like to acknowledge the funding that we receive from Creative New Zealand who continue to support our presence internationally.

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