Storylines Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa​ was delighted to work with award sponsor Scholastic New Zealand  to  launch the Storylines Joy Cowley Award winner 2020, Grandpa versus Swing​ by Tania Sickling, with illustrations by Lael Chisholm.

The launch was held in Tania's "home" territory, at Mahurangi East Library in Snells Beach, north of Auckland, on Saturday 14 August 2021, and was attended by Tania and Lael's families, friends, fellow authors, Storylines trustees and committee members, and locals keen to see what Tania had achieved

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Around 300 people gathered at St Mary’s-in-Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, for a memorial service on 24 July to mark life and achievements of Betty Gilderdale.
Those present included early members (pictured) of the Children’s Literature Association and Children’s Book Foundation, which amalgamated to form Storylines in 2000.

Storylines Trustee Rosemary Tisdall gave a tribute on behalf of Storylines, covering Betty’s founding of the Children’s Literature Association(later Storylines) in the 1970s, her academic research and writings on children’s books, reviewing and general advocacy, and as author of The Little Yellow Digger series, now totalling more than 800,000 sales.
Read more about Betty Gilderdale and the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award.
Read Rosemary Tidsdall's tribute to Betty at her memorial service.

Longtime Storylines members at Betty Gilderdale's memorial service: Tessa Duder, Rosemary Tisdall, Frances Plumpton, Libby Limbrick, and Helen Beckingsale.

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