Finding out about children's and YA literature
If you want more information about children’s and YA literature, authors or illustrators, the list below can act as a starting point:
New Zealand: literary organisations
- Read New Zealand Te Pou Muramura
- Booksellers New Zealand
- Painted Stories (formerly Te Tai Tamariki ) – Painted Stories has been wound up. It is hoped that exhibitions of illustrations from children’s books will be continued by libraries, art galleries and other organisations.
- Bookrapt (Bay of Plenty Children’s Literature Association)
- Wellington Children’s Book Association
- New Zealand Reading Association
- Christchurch School for Young Writers
- New Zealand Society of Authors – including advice on getting published, how to contact manuscript assessors and links to writing courses.
- Sandra Morris Illustration Agency
- Coalition for Books
New Zealand: literary festivals & events
- Kids Lit Quiz
- Auckland Writers Festival
- New Zealand Festival of the Arts – Writers
- Word Christchurch
- Between The Lines – Central Hawkes Bay Literary Festival
- Going West Writers Festival
- Verb Wellington / LitCrawl
- Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
- Beyond the Page Wellington book festival for tamariki and their whanau
New Zealand: databases and resources
- Stories, books and authors – links from Christchurch City Libraries
- NZLibraries.com – links to New Zealand public libraries
Overseas: Literary organisations
- Seven Stories (Newcastle)
Overseas: Literary festivals & occasions
- Literary Festivals Australia
- Bologna Children’s Book Fair
- Hay Festival
- Edinburgh Book Festival
- Bath Festival of Children’s Literature
Overseas: databases and resources
Overseas: blogs and columns