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2018 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winner

Congratulations Jeannie Skinner

Jeannie Skinner 2018-469The 2018 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to children’s literature has been awarded to Northland’s passionate advocate for children’s books and literacy, Jeannie Skinner.

Both in her role as Capability Facilitator for National Library’s Service to Schools and as a volunteer for the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust and other children’s books-related organisations, Jeannie has been a leading light in promoting books and reading over three decades through Northland’s public libraries and schools.

She has helped organise and promote Storylines and New Zealand Book Council author tours, developed an award for student librarians, as well as running short story awards, quizzes for young people and popular blog post.

As an acknowledged expert in children’s books and related professional literature, she was appointed convenor of the judging panel for the 2018 New Zealand Children’s Book Awards.

Jeannie will be presented with her award at a function in Auckland late in November. Details  to be advised in the November Storylines e-newsletter.

The Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award has been given annually since 1990 to acknowledge the ‘unsung heroes’ of New Zealand children’s literature, who have undertaken outstanding work at either a local or national level. It was named in honour of noted Auckland academic and children’s author Betty Gilderdale.

Read more about Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award, and previous winners.
 
 

 

 

Storylines Awards deadlines

Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award

- for lifetime achievement and a distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature and literacy. Nominations are invited, deadline is 30 November and the presentation is held in April 2019.
 
2018 Storylines Margaret Mahy Award winner, Janice Marriott
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Storylines Gavin Bishop Award

- biennial award for illustration by new and unpublished illustrators. See here or the story, Ruru and Kiwi’s Midnight Feast by Clare Scott, chosen by sponsor Penguin Random House to be illustrated plus a storyboard template, plus entry forms and guidelines. Entries close 30 November 2018.
 
2017 Storylines Gavin Bishop Award winner, Lael Chisholm
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Storylines Notable Books Awards

- for books published in 2018. Submissions are now being accepted from publishers and authors. See here for entry forms and guidelines. Deadline 30 November 2018.		 Notable titles 2018-897

Storylines manuscript awards

- the Storylines Joy Cowley Award for a picture book text and the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award for a junior fiction manuscript. Entries for both close on 31 October 2018.
 
2018 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award winner, James Guthrie
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The 2018 Storylines Notable Book lists of the best children's books published in 2017 are out. Read the lists here.

 

Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, presented Janice Marriott with the Storylines  Margaret Mahy Medal on 8 April. Read more here.
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Recent News

Book launch

Storylines patron Dame Wendy Pye recently 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. This 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. You can order from www.ucl-ioe-press.com and in Kindle/eBook formats.

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Storylines Life Member

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Congratulations Wayne Mills

The Storylines Foundation has granted life membership to Kids Lit Quiz quizmaster and Storylines identity Wayne Mills, to acknowledge “his tireless promotion of children’s reading and books for more than three decades, through the Children’s Literature Association, as founding member of the Children’s Book Foundation (including seven years as chair of the Management Committee) and as contributor to the work of the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust and Foundation. Also for his many years’ service as teacher at intermediate and tertiary level, and his enterprise as initiator (in 1991) and acclaimed Quizmaster of the New Zealand and International Kids Lit Quiz”.

Wayne was the winner of the 2008 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal. .
Read more about Wayne.
Read more here about Kids Lit Quiz.
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Notable New Zealand Children's Books

Check out the 2018 list of Storylines Notable Books . The list is a great guide to the best new Zealand children's and YA books published in 2017. The 2019 list, for books published in 2018, will be announced in April 2019.

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Member-only videos and tip sheets

Storylines 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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Member-only videos and tip sheets

Storylines 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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New Zealand children's books fit for a prince

Storylines is delighted to know that the country’s official gift to the new royal baby Prince Louis included a selection of New Zealand children’s books. Chosen by Kate De Goldi to feature a range of experiences, these were:

  • My New Zealand ABC Book; learn the alphabet with art and objects from Te Papa, text by James Brown
  • My New Zealand 123 Book; learn counting with the art and objects from Te Papa, text by James Brown
  • My New Zealand Colours Book; learning colours with the art and objects from Te Papa, text by James Brown
  • Nga Ahua - Shapes by Kitty Brown & Kirsten Parkinson
  • The Word Witch by Margaret Mahy, illustrated by David Elliott, edited by Tessa Duder
  • The Fish of Maui by Peter Gossage
  • Slinky Malinki by Lynley Dodd
  • Bad Dog, Flash! by Ruth Paul
  • The Longest Breakfast by Jenny Bornholdt, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins
  • The House that Jack Built by Gavin Bishop
  • The Duck in the Gun by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Robyn Belton
  • Kiss, Kiss, Yuck, Yuck by Kyle Mewburn, illustrated by Ali Teo & John O’Reilly
  • The Kuia and the Spider by Patricia Grace, illustrated by Robyn Kahukiwa
  • Talia by Catherine Hannken, illustrated by Trish Bowles
  • So Many Wonderfuls by Tina Matthews.
The Word WitchThe Word Witch was among a number of New Zealand children's books selected as part of the gift for Prince Louis by Kate de Goldi.

IBBY NZ project provides books for refugee children

A USD 5000 (NZ$6,633.23) grant from the Yamada Foundation was recently received by IBBY NZ to fund providing books in their own languages to refugee children arriving in new Zealand. Books are shortly arriving from Iran, Singapore, Myanmar, and Palestine in the following languages to meet the needs of refugee children arriving this year: Farsi, Arabic, Tamil, Punjabi, Burmese, Karen, Chin, and hopefully Rohingyan. Books will be delivered directly to the AUT Refugee Education Centre at Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre.
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Storylines is supported by the Creative New Zealand Toi Uru Kahikatea (Arts Development) Investments Programme, with funding to assist us in our mission of supporting New Zealand children's and young adult writers and illustrators, and in engaging young New Zealanders with books and reading.

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