Win amazing original artworks and book prizes!
Buy your raffle tickets now for a chance to win two original artworks donated by leading Aotearoa New Zealand illustrators Donovan Bixley and Isobel Joy Te Aho-White – their generous contribution to raising funds for Storylines Story Tours.
PLUS – each ticket purchased will put you in the draw not only for these two artworks but ALSO for two bundles of books, five apiece, donated by Little Moa Publishers and author Tessa Duder. (See details below.)
For a small outlay you have FOUR chances of a Storylines prize and an amazing Christmas bonus for you, your family, school or library. Don’t miss out.
$15 per ticket or $25 for two
Closes 5pm on 30 November 2025, winners drawn 1 December 2025, and we’ll cover the postage costs to anywhere in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Storylines thanks both the artists and book donors for their support of raising funds for Storylines Story Tours; taking authors and illustrators to schools and community centres in regional areas around Aotearoa New Zealand.
Original Artworks donated by Donovan Bixley and Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
Original Artwork by Donovan Bixley
Ham Actor
Medium – pencil and digital painting.
42 cm x 29.5 cm unframed.
From Much Ado About Shakespeare: A Literary Picture Book (Upstart Press, 2016)
Donovan Bixley writes: “The painting depicts Oberon strutting the stage at The Theatre in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ‘The purpose of playing … was and is, to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature.’ – Hamlet
“By 1598 Will’s name as playwright was now a drawcard on its own, and he created roles specifically to suit the actors in his troupe. No longer was he just entertaining the crowds but reflecting the heart of human nature …
“The actors expressed every emotion with a formal action, and the style of the time was to strut and fret about the stage, showing off your hamstrings, which gives us the term ‘ham’ acting. It was a grand and exaggerated performance which Elizabethans called ‘tearing a cat upon the stage’… Hamlet himself bemoans actors who ‘saw the air too much with their hands’ and ‘tear a passion to tatters’.”
Original Artwork by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
The Eyes of Tāwhirimātea
Painted with oneone (earth pigment) and kōkōwai (ochre) sourced from Whakatāne and Te Tai Poutini.
The image in the white frame measures 34 x 34 cm
Isobel writes: “At the separation of his parents, Tāwhirimātea grieved. Longing to be with his father Ranginui, he tore out his eyes and crushed them, flinging them up into the heavens, where they became the Matariki constellation.
“The step-pattern incorporates two tukutuku (lattice) elements: Poutama, which describes learning and ascension, and Roimata Toroā, which represent the trials and tribulations of a long journey.”
Book Bundles donated by Little Moa and Tessa Duder
Book Bundle One donated by Little Moa
- Whenua by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
- Dragonfall: The Fate of Dragons by Sarina Clark and Alba Gil Celdrán
- Miles and Jones: The Anaconda Attack by Sam Smith and César Lador
- Will the Driver Be a Waver by Paul Beavis
- The Lost Words by Kimberley Kearney and Taylor Terewai Tiave
Book Bundle Two donated and signed by author Tessa Duder
- Jellybean (1985 first edition)
- The Alex Quartet (paperback)
- The Sparrow
- The Story of Peter Blake
- Out on the water – sailing stories, illustrated by Bruce Potter