The Inside Story

The Storylines year book is called The Inside Story. Members receive a free copy soon after the Storylines Margaret Mahy Day, when the year book is released. Copies are available on the day: free to members on the day, or for a small cost.

It contains:

• information about the Storylines year
• biographies of Storylines Award winners for the year
• the text of the Storylines Margaret Mahy lecture
• the text of the Storylines Betty Gilderdale spring lecture
• a thematic booklist
• shortlists and winners of children's literature awards from around the world

and much more.

Copies of past year books are available to purchase, for a small cost.

You can download the texts of our first three Margaret Mahy Award lectures, free! These are in downloadable PDF files.

• Suprising Moments - Margaret Mahy's 1991 lecture
• Telling Tales - Dorothy Butler's 1992 lecture
• Influences - Joy Cowley's 1993 lecture

If your school or public library has access to the EBSCO Australia / New Zealand Reference Centre database, you can see The Inside Story since 2004 - in full text.