Posts authored by Crissi Blair

Explore the depth and breadth of picture books during Picture Book Month.

Colour and tone play a big part in this year’s NZCYA picture book and illustration finalists.

Verse novels provide rewarding reading for all ages and abilities.

Discover the familiar and fascinating in amongst the 2023 NZCYA finalists.

There are creatures galore and something for all ages in the NZCYA 2022 picture book and illustration categories.

A glorious array of picture books are finalists in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).

World Poetry Day — write it, read it, perform it, celebrate it!

National Poetry Day on 21 August is the perfect opportunity to add a dose of poetry to our lives, through either reading or writing, and to give a boost to our sense of wellbeing at the same time.

Take a closer look at the finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA) Russell Clark Award for Illustration.

The Picture Book Award finalists in the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).

Read about our guest author, school librarian Crissi Blair's experience of being a judge and convenor for the 2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.