Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winners
Crissi Blair - 2019 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award Winner |
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Crissi Blair was awarded the 2019 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winner at a ceremony on 2 November 2019, at national Library in Auckland. She is the 27th recipient of the award, given since 1990 to mark an exceptional commitment to the world of children’s books. Crissi has been a prominent national figure in the world of children’s literature for nearly 20 years. She has written for the New Zealand Book Council’s e-newsletter The School Library, and for the Australian review magazine Magpies, for which she is now New Zealand coordinator. Her own sought-after publication New Zealand Children’s Books in Print ran from 2005 to 2013.She was a member of the 2018 judging panel for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and in 2019 was convenor of these awards. A long-time supporter of the Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust, she was for three years Manager of its Storylines Festival Family Days held annually in major centres. Crissi holds a Bachelor in Design and Visual Arts, with a specialist interest in picture book illustration. She has recently finished studying for library qualifications while working as a librarian at Rangeview Intermediate School in Auckland. |
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| Read Crissi's speech, made at the award ceremony, here. |
Crissi presents her speech |
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| Crissi Blair (second from right) with previous Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winners (l-r) Frances Plumpton, Betty Gilderdale, Rosemary Tisdall and Jeannie Skinner. | Crissi with flowers after the presentation | ||||||||
Jeannie Skinner – 2018 Betty Gilderdale Award winnerThe 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. Jeannie was presented with her award and presented the Storylines Spring lecture, entitled For the Love of Libraries, on Sunday 2 December 2018 at the National Library, The Strand, Parnell, Auckland.
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Maureen Crisp – 2017 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winner |
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The 2017 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to children's literature was presented to Maureen Crisp of Wellington at a ceremony on 27 November 2017. Maureen is a highly regarded writer, teacher, literary blogger and book awards judge. She runs her own website and monthly newsletter, Craicer News, from which she offers "a weekly roundup of writing tips and trends from a NZ children's writer". |
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Rosemary Tisdall – 2016 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award winner |
The 2016 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to children's literature was presented to Rosemary Tisdall at a ceremony in Auckland on 11 December. Storylines Trust chair Dr Libby Limbrick paid tribute to Rosemary's long service to children's literature and welcomed her to the podium to present the Spring Lecture. Betty Gilderdale then presented Rosemary with her Award.You can read the text of her Award address here. Chair of the Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust Dr. Libby Limbrick, with Betty Gilderdale and Rosemary Tisdall. |
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