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Storylines partners with What NowStorylines and popular television show What Now are working together to encourage viewers to read books by New Zealand writers and illustrators with the introduction of on-air reviews by young readers of the Storylines Junior Fiction Notable book, and an opportunity for young viewers to participate in a vote for a “Kids Pick” from the Storylines Notable Books Junior Fiction list. Read more here, and look out for announcements from What Now regarding the start of the reviews towards the end of March. |
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2018 Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award book launchScholastic New Zealand launches Bullseye Bella by James Guthrie, at the 2019 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Awards Day on March 31,Read more about Bullseye Bella. |
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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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Other organisations who share our objective of promoting books and reading in New Zealand include:
