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by Stella Chrysostomou
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are our premier awards for children’s books. The shortlist was announced on June 7 and there are some excellent finalists this year. With plenty of social media and an eye-catching design for this year’s Awards, it’s time to get behind the best in New Zealand children’s titles.
To find out what’s happening on the ground and why these Awards are important to booksellers, Stella Chrysostomou from the Book Awards Trust and VOLUME talked to Jemma Pirrie, Manager at McLeods Booksellers, John Vallely of Paper Plus Lower Hutt, Children’s Book Specialist Charlotte Molloy at UBS Otago and Helen and Mary Wadsworth, owners of Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Ponsonby. Read on.
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NZSA New President of Honour: Bernard Brown
Bernard Brown was appointed President of Honour 2017 – 2018 by the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) AGM Saturday on May 27.
Retail NZ calls for Government to Follow Aussie GST Lead from 1 July 2018
Retail NZ is stepping up calls for the New Zealand Government to close a tax loophole that lets foreign websites get away without paying GST after the Australian federal Parliament has closed a similar loophole in Australia.
Māori (and Pasifika) writing in 2017: 22 picture books that feature Pasifika and Māori children (The Spinoff)
Where are the characters in New Zealand books that look like Pasifika or Māori children? What books can they read to see their faces, families and lives reflected?
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The NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults shortlists were announced recently. Here are our reviews of the finalists for the Picture Book category. NB: All reviews of these books written by Sarah Forster were written prior to her selection as a judge for the awards.
Fuzzy Doodle, by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Donovan Bixley (Scholastic NZ)
'From the first squiggle to the final page, Fuzzy the doodle leads you on a playful word adventure as he grows…and grows…and grows.'
Gwendolyn! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton, (HarperCollins Publishers)
'I think it will delight children and adults alike and become a treasured favourite. It’s a great tale about friendship and how we don’t have to be the same to get along.'
My Grandpa is a Dinosaur, by Richard Fairgray and Terry Jones, illustrated by Richard Fairgray (Penguin Random House)
'A brilliant message, and a brilliantly well-executed book. And most importantly, a lot of fun.'
That’s Not a Hippopotamus! by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Sarah Davis (Gecko Press)
'It would make a perfect introduction to a study of wildlife (the notion of big, small, colourful are all explored), or a book to hype the class up for an outing to the zoo.'
The Singing Dolphin/Te Aihe i Waiata, by Mere Whaanga (Scholastic NZ)
'The lyrical text and rich illustrations draw you into the tale and invoke familiar legends and songs; so much so that in your head you can hear strong kuia calling, and stirring waiata mixing with sounds of the forest and shore.'
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Trade information & resources
Booksellers NZ 96th Annual Conference: Registrations NOW OPEN
This year’s Booksellers NZ Conference will be on 19 & 20 August at Rydges Auckland (with the 19th being the Trade Day). The programme was curated by a sub-committee of the Booksellers Board around a theme of Building Our Future. Don’t miss out on the survival advice, business inspiration and general good times with your fellow booksellers. Bookseller registrations are now open: http://bit.ly/2spja50 and Publisher exhibitor registrations are here. For more information about Business Day please contact Jane Arthur jane.arthur@booksellers.co.nz.
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It has come to our attention that we don't have up-to-date logos for some of our current bookshops. As you are aware, we are currently moving to a new website, so please do send through up-to-date logos for Sarah to move to the new system (we will replace them on the current one too)! Just email them to her at sarah.forster@booksellers.co.nz - please make the files as big as possible.
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