Top New Zealand children�s writers get ready to rumble!
Some of New Zealand's favourite writers and illustrators for children are preparing to hit the road in a series of author tours visiting schools, libraries and bookshops in a national festival of reading and literature beginning on Monday 9 May 2005.The fourteen touring writers and illustrators are finalists in the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults 2005. Their tours and events culminate in the New Zealand Post Book Awards ceremony at Parliament on Thursday 19 May, when the winners of the Awards will be announced.
