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Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day 2026

📚 Book your tickets here for the Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day

Join us as we celebrate the extraordinary writers, illustrators and champions of children’s literature in Aotearoa New Zealand. A day to honour creativity, storytelling and the legacy of the incomparable Margaret Mahy 💛

Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day Registration Form (#48)

Tim Tipene has been named the recipient of the 2026 Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award. He will be presented with the Margaret Mahy Medal and will deliver the 2026 Storylines Margaret Mahy Lecture, ahead of the announcement of the other 2026 manuscript awards and the 2025 Storylines Notable Book Awards.

Event details
Sunday 29 March
National Library of New Zealand
8 Stanley Street, Parnell, Auckland 1010

1.00pm – Doors open to the public
1.30pm – Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day begins

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Storylines Members - $10.00

Non-Members of Storylines - $20.00

Students (ID required) - $15.00

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