The cbca presents annual awards to books of literary merit, for outstanding contribution to australian children s literature. Montana wines assumed sponsorship in 1994 and the awards became the montana book awards 19941995. The main prize in this event is the new zealand post book of the year, which is awarded to one of the four category winners. Winners announced for new zealand post childrens book awards. See more ideas about children s book awards, childrens books and new zealand. In 2016, the awards merged with the library and information association of new zealand aotearoa lianza awards.
What you do is important for the future of all of new zealands young people. This was one of the books that i hadnt read at the time it was released, but i read it recently as part of my challenge to read all of the 20 finalists. And to all the finalists in the 1997 new zealand post children s book awards, and in particular to the award winners, my warmest congratulations. From 2010 until 2014, the awards were known as the new zealand post book awards. Des is the muchadmired author of more than 20 acclaimed childrens and young adult novels, most set in new zealand with strong environment and science themes. New zealand book awards for children and young adults. Te kura pounamu is judged by a separate panel of judges. Awards are presented to new zealand books in six categories, plus a book of the year. Book of the year older readers picture book of the year complete list. Submissions are already at their highest level in recent years, but we want to make sure all eligible publishers and authors have entered their books. Scholastic is recognised as the worlds market leader in children s publishing, and, as a trusted and longestablished publisher of books for kiwi kids, scholastic nz has the great privilege of telling truly kiwi stories written by and for the children of new zealand. Use the lefthand navigation for more detailed information regarding alsc s book and media awards. Veteran childrens novelist des hunt was the recipient of the 2017 storylines margaret mahy medal. Gecko press awardwinning childrens books new zealand.
Junior fiction category the loblolly boy james norcliffe. This book stood out for the judges as one which is innovative in its concept and format theyd seen nothing quite like it before in new zealand children s publishing. I look at this list and indeed the shortlists and it reminds me that nz literature is in good heart. Winners announced for new zealand post childrens book. The finalists in the new zealand post office childrens book awards for 2011 were announced last week. New zealand book awards fiction section too close to call posted on july 31, 2019 by seatounschoollibrary a group of 20 year 56 students have been reading the 5 finalists in the fiction and first book sections of the childrens book awards, the winners to be announced at a glitzy evening ceremony at te papa next week. At the same time, a major nationwide reading challenge, sponsored by hell pizza, encourages children to read. Children and teenagers will also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite book, selecting from the 20 finalist titles, for the popular childrens choice award. Picture book, nonfiction, junior fiction and young adult fiction. Its the second year in a row macdibble has won the category after making history last. Bubble trouble illustrated by polly dunbar won the bostonglobe horn book award for best picture book. New zealand book awards for children and young adults new.
The alsc media awards below are announced every january at a monday morning press conference that takes place during the american library association midwinter meeting. This list of literary awards from around the world is an index to articles about notable literary awards. New zealand book awards for children and young adults copyright licensing nz award for young adult fiction the severed land by maurice gee penguin random house penguin, 2017 see maurice gees biography on the nz book council website. The new zealand post childrens book awards 20 winners. Whiti hereaka, winner of the young adult fiction award for legacy, who received creative new zealand arts grant funding to write the novel. Read nz join us for the ockham nz book awards winners. The awards began in 1982 as the new zealand government publishing awards, and have had several title changes until the present one in 2015, including new zealand childrens book awards. In all, 19 books have been selected as finalists across four categories. New zealand book awards trust buy your tickets now to celebrate the best books for young new zealand readers, and applaud the winners, at an exuberant awards ceremony in the atmospheric te marae at te papa on wednesday 7 august. An impressive variety of books make up the finalists of this years new zealand post childrens book awards. Oct 07, 2019 a collection of essays, the love school, won the biography and memoir section of the new zealand post book awards in 2009. New zealand our selection of internet resources new zealand. From 19972014, new zealand post sponsored the event and awards. Aug 08, 2018 these awards are a unique celebration of the contribution new zealands childrens authors and illustrators make to building national identity and cultural heritage.
Read more you can read more excellent indepth interviews with some of the finalist authors and illustrators here at the sapling. Nz children s and young adult book awards winners announced. This engaging coming of age novel follows its main protagonist from his childhood in small town rural new zealand to an elite auckland. The moon and farmer mcphee was the overall winner of the new zealand post childrens book of the year. The winners of the new zealand post children s book awards have been announced. They are governed by the new zealand book awards trust. South taranaki librarian on the panel for the new zealand. Jun 05, 2018 the nz book awards for children and young adults are a unique celebration of the contribution new zealands childrens authors and illustrators make to building national identity and cultural heritage. Snake and lizard joy cowley childrens books gecko press. Aug 08, 2018 freshly announced at the awards ceremony in wellington, the winners of the 2018 nz book awards for children and young adults are. New zealand children and young adults book award for te kura pounamu award tereo 2019.
Nice day for a war, by author matt elliot and illustrated by chris slane was awarded the 2012 new zealand post childrens book of the year at a ceremony in wellington on 16 may. Young adult fiction, junior fiction, nonfiction and picture book. Dont forget, online entries for the 2020 new zealand book awards for children and young adults close at 5pm this friday 21 february. Awarded annually by the american library association ala, these prize winning books bear the stamp of recognition for the most distinguished american childrens book published the previous year. The children s choice award was created at the first new zealand post children s book awards in 1997, and has been presented every year since. The new zealand book awards for children and young adults are administered by the new zealand book awards trust. Best childrens books nz post childrens book awards winners 2014. Established in 1945, the children s book council of australia cbca is a notforprofit, volunteer run organisation which aims to engage the community with literature for young australians. Past winners by author new zealand book awards trust. New zealand book awards for children and young adults margaret mahy book of the year aotearoa. All the winners from the new zealand television awards.
The 2020 ockham nz book awards winners ceremony will be live streamed tonight, tuesday, 12 may from 6pm, kicking off with the mitoq best first book awards and joined by nz prime minister jacinda ardern. The winners of the new zealand post children s book awards 2010 have been announced. Nz childrens and young adult book awards winners announced. Ted dawes book into the river won the new zealand post margaret mahy book of the year and was also the winner of the young adult fiction category. Dowe said the book had been an exhaustive and exhausting endeavour with. The 2010 new zealand post childrens book awards finalists are. New zealand post book awards results 20 may 2010 results are in and i am very pleased to see old huhu by kyle mewburn won the picture book category award as well as the new zealand post childrens book of the year for 2010. The winners of this years new zealand post book awards have been announced. Held as part of the childrens book festival, from 199096 the awards were known as the aim childrens book awards. I believe that the first time writers we are celebrating. Many congratulations to the children s book award winners from sffanz.
Gecko press is an independent publisher of curiously good awardwinning children s books based in wellington, new zealand. New zealand post childrens book festival stamps new. Christchurch city libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned. Finalists in the new zealand book awards for children and. Te reo edition huhu koroheke nonfiction category e3 call home janet hunt. The finalists announced for the 2018 national book awards. The 2018 ockham new zealand book awards poetry award is for a book by an esteemed and celebrated poet who contributes greatly to the new zealand writing community. As well as winners in each category, the judges will decide which author wins the new zealand post children s book of the year prize. This timeless look at two feisty and forgiving best mates utterly beguiled the judges with its assured writing, sharp humour and gentle, unforced observations on the nature of friendship. New zealand awards esther glen award nz post children s book awards complete list. Winners announced for new zealand post book awards scoop. Holt their favourite television personality of the year at the huawei mate20 new zealand television awards. New zealand children and young adults book award winners. League team is to be released this year on tongan language week.
In 2015, the governance and management of new zealands national book awards were assumed by the new new zealand book awards trust. Congrats to the winners of the 2019 nz book awards for children. Picture book, junior fiction the wright family foundation esther glen award, young adult fiction, nonfiction the elsie locke award, illustration the russell clark award and te reo maori the wright family foundation te kura pounamu award. A supreme award was not made until 1995, meaning that there were no supreme award winners in 1993 or 1994. The panels include childrens and ya librarians, authors, illustrators, teachers and academics. The winners from each category will be announced in june. The new zealand post book awards for children and young adult finalists for 2014 are listed below. School age children also get to their say, with voting for the.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. The true story of a world war l kiwi soldier has won the countrys highest honour in childrens writing at the 2012 new zealand post childrens book awards. New zealand post book of the year the big music kirsty. Children s choice awards young reader s choice award i. Unfortunately your web browser is too old to properly view the page. Poetry shelf congratulates the ockham nz book award winners. Aug 03, 2017 creative new zealand has announced the winners of the 2017 prime ministers awards for literary achievement. New zealand post is delighted to play a part in encouraging young people to both appreciate books and understand the magic of stamps. New zealand book awards for children and young adults wikipedia. The rise of the toa is coauthored by two teachers in auckland, alisi tatafu and david riley, and it follows the journey of a young tongan boy learning about tongan culture. The new zealand book awards for children and young adults are. Author of the poet x, elizabeth acevedo accepts the 2018 national book award for young people s literature. New zealand book awards for children and young adults posts. This article is within the scope of wikiproject new zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of new zealand and new zealandrelated topics on wikipedia.
Childrens quiz tararua district librarys hotly contested annual nz book awards quiz for primary school children, run simultaneously at all four branches, will be on thursday 22 may 2014 at 6. New zealand post childrens book awards creative new zealand. We are currently inviting expressions of interest from suitably qualified persons in being a judge for the 2021 storylines notable books awards. Ted dawe s into the river has been named book of the year at the annual new zealand post children s book awards. For a list of past winners, visit christchurch city libraries new zealand childrens literary prizes. Awards for the new zealand book awards for children and young adults are made in four categories. Currently called the new zealand post children s book of the year award, this award was originally known as the new zealand children s book of the year award, presented from 1982 to 1988. Their first incarnation was as the new zealand government publishing awards, from 1982 to 1988.
Summaries are from the catalogue of the national library of new zealand. Best childrens books nz post childrens book awards. Five finalists are selected for each category and from these a winner in each category is selected. My brothers war by david hill is a finalist in the junior fiction category of the 20 new zealand post childrens book awards. Award winners, childrens books, kids books, nz post childrens book awards, teen books, winners. International childrens book awards national library of.
New zealand post children s book awards, children s book of the year, 2011, the moon and farmer mcpheepicture book written by mahy and illustrated by david elliot the phoenix award from the children s literature association designates the best englishlanguage children s book. Ashton wylie charitable trust book and manuscript awards. Together they will decide which book will take the new zealand post childrens book of the year prize and will choose winners from across the four categories. The aim awards were replaced by the new zealand post children s book awards, which ran from 1997 to 2014. The new zealand post children s book awards 20 winners.
The new zealand post children s book awards finalists for 20 have been announced. From 2015 the awards were called the new zealand book awards for children. Margaret mahy book of the year the boring book by vasanti unka. All the winners from the new zealand television awards nz. The awards began in 1982 as the new zealand government publishing awards, and have had several title changes until the present one in 2015, including new zealand children s book awards. The new zealand book awards are currently sponsored by ockham. New zealand publishing top 100 kiwi books scholastic. New zealand post childrens book awards winners announced. New zealand post book awards christchurch city libraries. Monique truong on behalf of yoko tawada and margaret mitsutani accept the 2018 national book award for translated literature.
New zealand post childrens book awards kingzone the. Our sponsorship of the new zealand post children s book festival and awards is an important part of this work they are now a popular feature of the literary calendar and recognised as the premier celebration of. B this article has been rated as bclass on the projects quality scale. The new zealand wars their causes, events, locations and protagonists are described in an accessible and absorbing narrative, with handsome illustrations and excellent referencing. The finalists for the 2014 new zealand post childrens book awards have been announced. The new zealand story by gavin bishop, illustrated by. From 2010, the awards were known as the new zealand post book awards.
Best childrens books nz post childrens book awards winners 2014 on june 24, 2014 congratulations to kiwi author. The new zealand story by gavin bishop is the winner of the margaret mahy book of the year award. This is a year where welldeserving and muchloved books have taken the winning spots each book is worthy of a place on our book shelves. Mitoq the 2020 ockham nz book awards winners ceremony. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Children s choice awards young readers choice award i. The new zealand story by gavin bishop, illustrated by gavin bishop penguin random house puffin, 2017. Book of the year winners, 1982 to 2017 childrens and.
About the awards 2019 margaret mahy book of the year winners josh morgan and sacha cotter with convening judge crissi blair, hon. They are internationally renowned maori novelist witi ihimaera, literary historian and fine arts writer peter simpson and popular poet and childrens author paula green. The 2019 shortlist was announced on 6 june, and the winners were announced on 7 august. Celebrating the very best in new zealand books for children and teenagers. Three of the finalist books in the young adult fiction category are set in post apocalyptic worlds. Some of the award winners are also sir julius vogel award finalists. The best nz books for children and young adults have been named. New zealand post childrens book awards finalists 20. Apr 15, 2020 in a creative response to the restrictions imposed on travel and public gatherings during the covid19 crisis, the new zealand book awards trust has elected to take the announcement of the 2020 winners of ockham new zealand book awards online on the original date set down for the awards ceremony in auckland.
Introduction and links to other childrens literature awards pages. Awards in the new zealand book awards for children and young adults are made in six categories. Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for children who are at prereading or early stages of reading. Nice day for a war, by author matt elliot and illustrated by chris slane was awarded the 2012 new zealand post children s book of the year at a ceremony in wellington on 16 may. From 2010 to 2014, the awards were know as the new zealand post book awards. The john newbery medal was the first award for childrens book in the world. A new childrens book featuring the popular mate maa tonga rugby. This important book explores how these wars have since been viewed through the decades, portrayed in the arts, and how we are now gradually working towards a. Our ceo, mahara inglis shared a few words on why we sponsor the best first book awards and why it is so important to us. From 1997 2014, new zealand post sponsored the event and awards. On this night we celebrate finalists and announce winners. National book awards 2018 national book foundation.
The judges of the nz post childrens and young adult book awards said. Best books of the year lists best books of 1996 best books of 1995 best books of 1994. Create a tailored list of quality children s books based on your criteria such as ethnicity, gender, period, location, and others, or view lists of one hundred sixtytwo 162 englishlanguage children s literature awards and their winners. And chief judge bernard beckett says it suggests we have a group of new zealand writers who are confident enough to pursue their own interests. But last year they combined with the new zealand post childrens book awards and theres just the one award now, she said. Voting for the childrens choice award winner in this years new zealand post childrens book awards closes 5pm this friday, 27 april. A teen novel that begins its dramatic journey on new zealands east coast has picked up the.