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The Winners of the 2022 NZCYA awards are...
It's the most wonderful time of the year... the night of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults!
Alan Dingley ON BEING A BOOK AWARDS JUDGE - TWICE
Alan Dingley is a Librarian at Palmerston North Intermediate Normal School, former Youth Librarian at Palmerston North City Library’s...
The winners of the 2021 Book Awards are ...
Fresh off the ceremony at Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, the results are in and your New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young...
Book Awards: Young Adult Finalists
There are some cracking YA reads in the NZCYA finalists this year; there's realness, drama, history, fantasy and just some downright good...
Book Awards: the illustration finalists
This year we're kicking off our NZCYA Awards coverage with the Russell Clark Award for Illustration finalists! We have some exclusive...
The finalists of the 2021 NZ kids' book awards are...
Each year, the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults make for a massive occasion in the Aotearoa kids book world – move...
The winners of the 2020 Book Awards are ...
Fresh off an online ceremony (which you can watch here!) the results are in and your New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young...
Book Awards: The Non-Fiction Finalists
Simie interviewed five booksellers from around the motu about their favourite finalists in the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction category...
Book Awards: The Reo Maaori Finalists
Our coverage of the category finalists continues with reviews from a couple of talented tamariki. Elliah and Hineraukura have provided...
Book Awards: The Junior Fiction Finalists
As part of our coverage for the NZ Book Awards, we asked the publishers of the junior fiction finalists what it was about these...
Book Awards: The Young Adult Fiction Finalists
As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we've asked the authors of the young adult fiction...
Book Awards: The Picture Book Finalists
It seems only right that the review for the picture book finalists for NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults should be...
Book Awards: Best First Book Finalists
Another week, another category of NZCYA Award finalists to highlight! Today, it's the Best First Book finalists, answering questions...
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