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2017 Sir Julius Vogel Award – Best New Talent

I was absolutely thrilled – and more than a little speechless – to receive a 2017 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best New Talent at Lexicon, the New Zealand Science Fiction and Fantasy National convention. The full 2017 SJV awards list is here. With the deep blue backdrop of Lake Taupo, and snow-tipped ranges across…
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Storylines Family Day – Antarctica Zone

    Storylines Family Day Michael Fowler Centre Wellington Sunday 24 August 10am-3pm Shackleton Bear Goes South. Well, he’s actually come north, all the way from Christchurch to be with us for Storylines Family Day in Wellington! Author John McCrystal has gone all out to bring you a wonderful Antarctica Zone for Storylines Family Day. We’ve…
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Storylines Family Day – Bugs N’ Bees Zone

Storylines Family Day Michael Fowler Centre Wellington Sunday 24 August 10am-3pm We have lots of bug-gy and bee-sy activities lined up at Storylines Family Day. Sally Sutton and Gary Venn have  a great book, with a bug theme, Ben and the Icky-Ooky-Sticky Smick. Brian Lovelock just illustrated Raymond Hueber’s book Flight of the Honeybee and…
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Storylines Family Day – War Zone

Storylines Family Day Michael Fowler Centre Wellington Sunday 24 August 10am-3pm Philippa Werry is a fantastic author, short-listed for the NZ Post children’s book awards, and a prolific writer for the School Journal. Most kids will know Pippa’s stories, even if they don’t yet recognize her name. In the last few years she has become…
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