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Congratulations to Storylines Trustee Tessa Duder CNZM OBE on the announcement of her receipt of the fiction award in the 2020 Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Excellence. 
Lorraine Orman, winner of the 2020 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for services to New Zealand children's literature, presents her lecture and receives her award on 29th November (assuming, of course, that the country maintains current Covid levels and we can hold a large gathering).
Recent News
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2020 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award winnerThe winner of the 2020 Gaelyn Gordon Award for a much-loved book is The Big Block of Chocolate, written by Janet Slater and illustrated by Christine Dale |
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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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