2022 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner
Writer Diana Noonan is the 2022 winner of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand’s literature for
Writer Diana Noonan is the 2022 winner of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand’s literature for
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa released the lists of 2021 Storylines Notable Book Award winners on 3 November. The chosen
Ben Brown, Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador, is spreading a powerful message about the importance of reading, and of reading to your tamariki.
Ten children’s novels named as Notable; two highly commended The 2021 Storylines Junior Fiction Notable Books list, covering novels published from 1 January 2020 to
Sarah Forster – 2021 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award Winner Wellington’s Sarah Forster is the recipient of the 2021 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service
Storylines Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa was delighted to work with award sponsor Scholastic New Zealand to launch the Storylines Joy Cowley Award
The appointment of writer Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) Ben Brown as the inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador for
The Girls in the Kapa Haka by Angie Belcher, illustrated by Debiie Tipuna, published by Penguin Random House, is the 2021 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for
Storylines and Kiwi Write4Kids are jointly organising Spinning Tales – a national hui for children’s writers’ and illustrators’, for published and unpublished writers and illustrators.
The founder of the Christchurch School for Young Writers, Dr Glyn Strange, is the winner of the 2010 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to the development of literature and literacy in New Zealand children. Dr Strange began the not-for-profit school in 1993, originally as a regional enterprise but now very much a national institution.
Storylines welcomes your support for all its activities and events. Whether as a volunteer or sponsor for annual events or specific activities, your support (large or small) towards helping young New Zealanders love books is greatly appreciated.
We are a national organisation working year-round to promote New Zealand children’s and young adult literature through activities that include a major national Story Tour to schools, early childhood centres and communities, and awards for writers, illustrators and those who work in the area of New Zealand children’s literature
Storylines Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki and Friends of Storylines Te Pou o Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki together form New Zealand’s only national organisation working year-round to promote New Zealand children’s and young adult literature through activities that include a major national Story Tour to schools, early childhood centres and communities, and awards for writers, illustrators and those who work in the area of New Zealand children’s literature
Storylines welcomes your support for all its activities and events. Whether as a volunteer or sponsor for annual events or specific activities, your support (large or small) towards helping young New Zealanders love books is greatly appreciated.