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Winners announced for New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards
A teen novel that begins its dramatic journey on New Zealand’s East Coast has picked up the top prize at this year’s New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. Ted Dawe’s book Into the River won the New...
View ArticleEntries sought for New Zealand Post Book Awards
Entries open today for the nation’s most prestigious book awards: the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards and the 2014 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. Publishers are invited to submit books...
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2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists
What special Kiwi gift can you give a small prince who is not even a year old? Specially inscribed Picture Books from the cream of New Zealand children’s authors — that’s what. Prince George will be...
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200+ events for the New Zealand Post Book Awards For Children And Young...
Mouse Poo Scones, A Wild Food Brekkie, Wearable Arts and a Double-decker Bus: 200+ Events For The New Zealand Post Book Awards For Children And Young Adults Festival What could baking mouse poo...
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Vasanti Unka's The Boring Book wins the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book...
It can’t be a boring book when The Boring Book wins a prestigious New Zealand prize for children and young adult books – the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year. The Boring Book is also the...
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New Charitable Trust to Govern New Zealand Book Awards
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Experienced team to judge the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and...
Bob Docherty, Annemarie Florian and Fiona Mackie have been appointed judges of the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. They have, between them, ninety years of experience...
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The kids are in charge!
The kids are in charge! Exciting new development makes the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults even more significant. The highly coveted Children’s Choice prize in the New Zealand...
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Maori Language Advisor announced for Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Stephanie Pohe-Tibble (Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu) joins Children and Young Adults Book Awards judges Bob Docherty, Fiona Mackie and Annemarie Florian, as Māori Language Advisor for the 2015...
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Great Richness and Diversity in This Year’s Finalists in the NZ Book Awards...
Pirates, orcas and penguins leap from the pages of the 22 books picked as finalists in the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. In the 25th year of these venerable awards, New...
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2015 Children’s and Young Adults Book Awards attracts wide industry support
Publishers and the wider book trade have swung in behind the prestigious New Zealand Children’s and Young Adults Book Awards. Between them, Book Tokens Ltd, Copyright Licensing New Zealand,...
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Buzz and Inspiration to Read the Focus for Finalist Authors' Tour
Twenty passionate and entertaining authors, excited children, more than 70 events, and a tons of fun and inspiration mark this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Finalist...
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Paekakariki and Te Horo Schools win libraries' Mastermind Comps
School-aged literature lovers were in Waikanae last Friday vying for top spot in this year’s Mastermind Competition. More than 40 of the district’s most well-read school children filled the Waikanae...
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Mandy Hager's Singing Home the Whale wins 2015 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year
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Judge's Report, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2015
Introduction, by Bob Docherty, convening judge At the beginning of the judging process, I likened the process of judging to be like a vintner looking forward to tasting this year’s vintage. Having...
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Vasanti Unka's The Boring Book wins the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book...
It can’t be a boring book when The Boring Book wins a prestigious New Zealand prize for children and young adult books – the New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy Book of the Year. The Boring Book is also the...
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Call for Judges in the 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young...
The hunt for experts in children’s literature continues! The call for judges to help decide the finalists and winners of the prestigious 2016 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults...
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New Zealand Book Council contracted to administer NZ Book Awards for Children...
The New Zealand Book Awards Trust has today signed a contract with the New Zealand Book Council to administer the prestigious New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2016. The New...
View Article2016 Call for Judges
Experts in children’s literature are once again being sought to help judge the prestigious New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The call for judges opens on October 15 2015 and closes...
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Leading New Zealand Children’s Book Awards Merge And Hell Pizza Encourages...
The New Zealand Book Awards Trust and the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA) have announced today that they are merging their respective children’s book awards,...
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