IBBY NZ
Storylines is the New Zealand national section of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People), a non-profit organisation, which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together for international understanding.
The IBBY NZ National Section consists of a small committee working within Storylines, including members of the consortium that supports New Zealand's IBBY membership.
The IBBY NZ committee takes every opportunity to promote IBBY and its activities within the framework of Storylines, such as regular columns in the newsletter and displays at public functions. It also endeavours to promote New Zealand children's literature in the world by taking full advantage of IBBY's awards, functions and publications. In 2007 the New Zealand Section sponsored International Children's Book Day, including providing a story by Margaret Mahy, and a poster illustrated by Zac Waipara, which were distributed to IBBY member countries around the world.
For more information email the IBBY committee.
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IBBY was established in Zurich, Switzerland in 1953, and was founded by Jella Lepman, a German journalist who escaped Nazi Germany to work in London during WW2. The IBBY New Zealand Division was established in 2001 and a small committee within Storylines works to promote New Zealand children’s literature in the world in a number of ways including participating in the IBBY Honour Book liists : https://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/ibby-honour-list. We have also nominated Margaret Mahy and Joy Cowley for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Margaret won the 2006 Award and Joy was shortlisted for the 2018 Award. In 2016 IBBY NZ hosted the International IBBY Congress, and in 2018 and 2019 we were successful in gaining funding from the IBBY Yamada Foundation to supply books in the home languages of refugee children arriving in New Zealand https://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/activities/ibby-yamada-fund/ibby-yamada-2018-new-zealand |
Storylines IBBY announces IBBY Honour BooksStorylines IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) NZ is delighted to announce the titles selected as New Zealand’s nominations for the 2020 IBBY Honour List. This list is a biennial publication of outstanding recently published books honouring writers, illustrators and translators nominated by the 81 IBBY National Sections. The IBBY Honour Books were selected by an expert panel of children’s book specialists from the Storylines community. The IBBY 2020 Honour list will be introduced at a dedicated session at the IBBY World Congress, Moscow 5-7 September 2020 with the books and the accompanying catalogue on exhibition there. Seven parallel sets of the books circulate around the world at exhibitions during conferences and book fairs. Permanent collections of the IBBY Honour List books are kept in Munich (International Youth Library), Zurich (Swiss Institute for Child and Youth Media, SIKIM), Bratislava (Bibiana Research Collection), St. Petersberg (RBBY Central Children's Library), Tokyo (IBBY), Kuala Lumpur (Book City Corporation of Malaysia), and Tucson (World of Words). The New Zealand nominations, now listed with nominees from other countries in the 2020 IBBY Honour List are: |
Author: Eirlys Hunter, for The Mapmakers’ Race
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Illustrator Josh Morgan for The Bomb.
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Translator Evelyn Tobin for Tu Meke Tūī
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Joy Cowley honoured by IBBYIn the 2018 New Year's Honours list, Joy Cowley, Storylines' founding patron, was awarded the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest honour, and becomes one of just 20 people holding this title. A short film featuring the 2018 HCA shortlist is posted on YouTube and can be easily shared directly from the IBBY website. |
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Books for Refugee ChildrenStorylines recently received a USD 5000 (NZ$6,633.23) grant to provide books for refugee children in their own languages. We have books 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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Publication of book from 35th IBBY CongressUnderstanding Ourselves and Others through Children's Literature in a Multiliterate World will be published as a book of 12 chapters by Trentham Books. The book to be available for sale at the 36th IBBY Congress in Athens in late August and is also available on pre-order. Contact Storylines chair Libby Limbrick for more information. |
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IBBY Honour ListThe 2017 IBBY Honour list has been released by IBBY and with the catalogue will be exhibited at the 36th IBBY Congress in Athens in August. Kate De Goldi's From the Cutting Room of Barnaby Kettle is among this prestigious list. You can read the full list here. |
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35th IBBY International Congress Auckland 2016The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Congress in 2016 was the big event for anyone interested in young people’s literature and literacy in New Zealand. Hosted by Storylines, which represents IBBY New Zealand, the Congress was held at the Aotea Centre, Auckland, and was hailed as a huge success.
Read a summary report on the Congress here or the full report to IBBY's international body here. See some wonderful photos, on our Facebook page here, or a selection of photos taken by Congress delegate Doris Breitmoser here. Or read about it in CIM Magazine here. |
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Support for the New Zealand IBBY National Section:
Storylines thanks the New Zealand Book Council and the following New Zealand publishers for their contribution to New Zealand's membership subscription to IBBY:
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Duck Creek Press