Awards: February 2006 Archives

Libraries Change Lives Award Shortlist

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achuka
on February 22, 2006 8:56 PM | | Comments (0)

Shortlist for the 2006 CILIP / LiS Libraries Change Lives Award Announced

A project working with vulnerable young people and drug addicts in Blackburn, helping to create a senses of ownership of the library; a library service focused on guest workers and their families in Lincolnshire; and an innovative library-based scheme working with excluded young people to address antisocial behaviour in the Sighthill area of Edinburgh, are in the running for the 2006 CILIP/LiS Libraries Change Lives Award.

The winner of the award will be announced by performance poet John Hegley on 26 April 2006 at the Library + information Show (LiS), The Pavilion, NEC, Birmingham.

The three shortlisted library projects are:

- Books on the Edge ­ Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council

- Multicultural Development Service ­ Lincolnshire County Council

- Sighthill Library Youth Work ­ Edinburgh City Libraries and Information Service


This is the 14th year of the national award that recognises innovative and exciting work in libraries and their communities.

New Zealand Shortlist

By
achuka
on February 8, 2006 7:15 AM | | Comments (0)

Finalists for children's book awards - 08 Feb 2006 - Arts & literature

The finalists in the 10th annual New Zealand Post Book Awards for children's writing have been announced.

The finalists were selected from more than 120 children's books published in New Zealand in 2005 and submitted for the awards. The winners will be announced on May 17.

The finalists are:

Picture book

A Booming in the Night, by Ben Brown, illustrated by Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing)
Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell, by Tim Tipene, illustrated by Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers)
Nobody's Dog, by Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)
*The Waka, by Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
*Te Waka, by Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira and Jean Prior, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
Where's the Gold? by Pamela Allen (Penguin Viking)
*The Waka and Te Waka are selected as joint finalists in English and te reo editions


Junior fiction

Hunter, by Joy Cowley (Puffin)
Maddigan's Fantasia, by Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins Publishers)
My Story: Chinatown Girl - The Diary of Silvey Chan, Auckland, 1942, by Eva Wong Ng (Scholastic NZ)
Sil, by Jill Harris (Longacre Press)
Super Freak, by Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel)


Young Adult

Deep Fried, by Bernard Beckett and Clare Knighton (Longacre Press)
Kaitangata Twitch, by Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin)
Running Hot, by David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
The Unknown Zone, by Phil Smith (Random House New Zealand)
With Lots of Love from Georgia, by Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)


Non-fiction

Blue New Zealand: Plants, Animals, Environments - A Visual Guide, by Glenys Stace (Puffin)
Cameras in Narnia: How The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe came to life, by Ian Brodie (HarperCollins Publishers)
Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand - The Weight of World Wars 1897 - 1949, by John Parker (Scholastic New Zealand)
Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer: The Story of a New Zealand Hero, by Alan Sefton (Puffin)
Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli, by Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)

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