Monday, March 29, 2010

We've launched our New Website...


We've launched our New Website, it's bigger, brighter and better!
Check it out from the link below...

Monday, March 15, 2010

It's Annual Book Sale Time

Timaru District Libraries
Big Book Sale



Starts Monday 29th March

9am

Timaru District Library

Timaru District Children’s Library

Sophia Street

Timaru

Plus ongoing Sales Tables in Temuka and Geraldine.

Something for everyone…





Tuesday, March 9, 2010

NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2010 Finalists Announced

NZ Post Children's Book Awards 2010 Finalists Announced

Source: Booksellers New Zealand Website

Books by two of New Zealand’s most revered children’s writers – Margaret Mahy and Joy Cowley – feature in this year’s New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards finalist line-up.

Cowley’s Cowshed Christmas, illustrated by Gavin Bishop, and Mahy’s The Word Witch, edited by Tessa Duder and illustrated by David Elliot, are both finalists in the Picture Book Category.

But they are up against some stiff competition with other award-winning authors and highly creative newcomers battling it out for the top prizes in the country’s premier, annual children’s book awards.

The 2010 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards judging panel convenor, Rosemary Tisdall commented that the overall quality of this year’s submitted books was outstanding and whittling the pile down to a final shortlist was a challenge.

‘It is very encouraging that even in a year of recession and the changing market for books, many publishers are still able to produce books of outstanding quality. This reflects the respect that is felt for the work of both authors and illustrators.’

For a full list of Finalists click on the link below.