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Congratulations to Maria Gill, winner of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2020, the country’s top award recognising achievement in and contribution to New Zealand children’s literature. 
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Amy Harhoff was winner of the 2019 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award. Her portfolio is featured alongside finalists' in the Christchurch Libraries slideshow.
2019 Storylines Award winnersIn late March, Storylines announced the winners of the 2019 Storylines Joy Cowley Award for a picture book manuscript, and for the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for a picture book illustrator.Read details on the awards pages: Storylines Joy Cowley Award Storylines Gavin Bishop Award |
 Janelle Wilkey of Blenheim, winner of the Storylines Joy Cowley Award. |
Amy Haarhoff of Palmerston North, winner of the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award |
Storylines Award-winning title launchedThe winners of the 2018 Storylines Joy Cowley Award for a manuscript for a picture book, The Little Ghost who lost her Boo, was launched at a special 2019 Storylines event in August this year ahead of teh annual Booksellers New Zealand conference.Scholastic publisher Lynette Evans launched the book, written by Elaine Bickell of Wellington, with illustrations by Raymond McGrath. Not only was the book launched, but Lorraine revealed that the book has been picked up by a prestigious American publishing house. |
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Storylines Award-winning titles launchedThe winners of the 2018 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award for a manuscript for a junior fiction novel, and the 2018 Storylines Tessa Duder Award for a manuscript for young adults were launched at the at the 2019 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Awards Day on 31 March this year.Ursa, written by Tina Shaw, is published by Walker Books, and was winner of the Stroylines Tessa Duder Award. Read more about Ursa, and the Tessa Duder Award. Bullseye Bella by James Guthrie, won the Storylines Tom Firtzgibbon Award. It is published by Scholastic NZ. Read more. |
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Book listed for UK AwardLast year Storylines patron Dame Wendy Pye launched the book Children’s Literature in a Multiliterate Word edited by Waikato lecturer Nicola Daly and Storylines chair Dr Libby Limbrick, with advisory editor Pam Dix. The book is a diverse collection of essays by 12 scholars in children’s literature from the very successful 35th IBBY World Congress 2016 held in Auckland.Children's Literature in a Multililterate World has now been shortlisted for the United Kingdom Literacy Association 2019 Academic Book Award. Children's Literature in a Multililterate World is published by Trentham Books and UCL, Institute of Education Press, University College London. You can order it from www.ucl-ioe-press.com and in Kindle/eBook formats. |
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Member-only videos and tip sheetsStorylines members can receive access to a series of 16 videos, filmed at the 2017 Storylines Writers and Illustrators Hui. The videos provide insights into the creative and writing processes of 16 of our top writers and illustrators.Check out a sample here. Members can access the first videos here. Others will be uploaded during may and June.The series of "Top Ten Tips" sheets offer pithy and useful advice to aspiring writers and illustrators, andfor teachers, parents and librarians. They're written by leading practitioners such as Bruce Potter and Leonie Agnew among others. Coming: more from writers and Illustrators, plus from educators on getting your child reading and an agent on how to get published. |
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