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Celebrating Paula Green: Kites and Anchors
At the 2025 Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day, acclaimed poet Paula Green delivered a beautiful, lyrical Storylines Margaret Mahy Lecture titled Kites and Anchors: A
March’s Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List
Each month, the Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adults Bestseller List highlights the bestselling junior fiction and young adult titles by New Zealand writers.
Friends of Storylines AGM
You’re warmly invited to join us for the Friends of Storylines Annual General Meeting (AGM) — a key event in our calendar and an important
Reading matters
Reading to and with young people of all ages is crucial to their development, not just their reading skills. National Library outlines just how important it is, and why reading matters to young people of all ages. It highlights how, as a reading role model, whānau has a big influence on their child’s or teenager’s interest in reading outside school. One of the best ways whānau can help is through fostering a love of reading — beginning at birth.
Videos and Tip Sheets – Member-only
Storylines members can access a series of videos that provide insights into the creative and writing processes of some of New Zealand’s top children’s and YA writers and illustrators. They can also access Top Ten Tips sheets with advice on a range of topics for writers and illustrators, written by leading New Zeland writers and illustrators.
2025 Storylines Story Tour Dates
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