Two New Zealand authors have been nominated for the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – Margaret Mahy and Joy Cowley. Last year’s winner was Australian author Sonya Hartnett. The Astrid … more →
Christchurch City Libraries Blogshawjonathan wrote 1 month ago: Guus Kuijer, The Book of Everything (2004; Translation by John Nieuwenhuizen, Allen & Unwin 2006 … more →
bookwitch wrote 2 months ago: The ALMA people have a long longlist of 168 nominations for next year’s award, and I won … more →
homepaddock wrote 3 months ago: Monday’s Questions were: 1. Who wrote Among the Cinders? 2. Who said: We are biologically engi … more →
homepaddock wrote 3 months ago: Down the Back of the Chair is one of Margaret Mahy’s picture book gems. In it Dad finds all so … more →
miztres wrote 4 months ago: A little nonsense for the end of the week. Through my house in sunny weather Flies the Dictionary … more →
bookwitch wrote 6 months ago: The older of us grew up with the idea of the United Nations as something good and natural. The Unive … more →
mashadutoit wrote 8 months ago: Do you remember the time before you could read, paging through books and looking at the pictures? A … more →
Vivian McPhail wrote 8 months ago: Integrity is complete honesty in thought, word, and deed. Margaret Mahy claims to have written my sp … more →
tararualibrary wrote 9 months ago: Margaret Mahy Margaret Mahy is a former Children’s Librarian at Christchurch City Libraries an … more →
mj wrote 1 year ago: Two New Zealand authors have been nominated for the 2008 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award – Marg … more →
homepaddock wrote 1 year ago: I was wondering how some of the people even made it to the list of most trusted New Zealanders when … more →
Donna wrote 1 year ago: Margaret Mahy is reading from Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis at Borders, Sunday 25 May, 1pm at Borders … more →