28 November 2016
EXPERT TEAM TO JUDGE THE 2017 NEW ZEALAND
BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
Librarian Pam Jones, educationalist Trish Brooking, authors Rachael King
and Ben Brown, and reviewer Sarah Forster have been appointed judges of the
2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and YoungAdults. The awards open for
entry today.
The judging team — expanded from the three of previous years — will
deliberate over an expected 150 entries in five categories: Picture Book,
Illustration, Junior Fiction, Non-fiction and Young Adult Fiction. They will
select five finalists, a winner in each category and then the overall winner,
the Margaret Mahy Award for Book of the Year.
In addition, Riki-Lee Saua, Anahera Morehu, Te Rangi Rangi Tangohau and
Rongo Waerea have been appointed as judges for Te Kura
Pounamu – the award that recognises and celebrates books written or translated
into te reo Māori. This category winner is also eligible for
consideration for Book of the Year.
“This year the New Zealand Book Awards Trust took the strategic decision
to increase the number of judges to further strengthen the integrity and
excellence of the judging process,” says its chair Nicola Legat. “We are
delighted to have such excellent judges for the 2017 awards. They all have huge
experience of working across many aspects of children’s literature.”
The finalists will be announced on June 8, and the winners will be
presented with their awards at a ceremony in Wellington in August. In the week
leading up to the awards announcement, finalists will take part in a series of
events around New Zealand.
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults is sponsored
by Creative New Zealand, HELL Pizza, Book Tokens Ltd and Copyright Licensing
Limited New Zealand (CLNZ). They are also supported by Nielsen BookData. The
awards are administered for the New Zealand Book Awards Trust by the New
Zealand Book Council.
To find out more about the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and
Young Adults, please visit http://www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-book-awards-for-children-and-young-adults/
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