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Prize-winning children’s author out West
Media release
Prize-winning children’s author out West for book festival
1 May, 2007
Award-winning children’s author Ted Dawe will visit three Waitakere schools on Monday 7 May.
He will be talking about his latest book, And did those feet…, a junior fiction finalist in this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, to students at Green Bay School, West Harbour School and Henderson Intermediate.
Ted is one of twenty finalist writers and illustrators to tour the country in celebration of the New Zealand Post Book Awards from Monday 7 May 2007.
A teacher for many years, Ted says he wrote his new book with a particular reader in mind. “I wanted the reader who wasn’t a reader. The sort of person who would not say that reading was one of their favourite activities.”
He is passionate about encouraging young people to read. “As an English teacher hooking kids on books has been my biggest blast. Better than the one I get from students who top the class, or who have read every book in the library.”
Ted’s first novel, Thunder Road, won Best First Book Award in 2004 and was, according to the author, written in 40 days one summer.
Students at Green Bay School are already busy reading And did those feet … in preparation for Ted’s visit. Librarian Sharon Giacon says the children are looking forward to meeting the author they’ve heard so much about. The year seven and eight students will spend an hour with the writer talking about his life and work.
The author tours and festivities culminate in the announcement of the winners of the New Zealand Post Book Awards at Parliament on Wednesday 16 May.
New Zealand Post has been a steadfast sponsor of the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults since 1997. Their partnership has seen the awards flourish, growing from strength to strength, over the last decade.
New Zealand Post’s support of these awards reflects its deep commitment to promoting literacy and literature throughout the country.
Working closely with Booksellers New Zealand, New Zealand Post and other dedicated segments of the community actively encourage New Zealand children to read and enjoy books.
For those with limited access to new works, New Zealand Post purchases and distributes books by the New Zealand Post Book Awards finalists through the Books in Homes programme each year.
The New Zealand Post Book Awards are also supported by Creative New Zealand and Book Tokens (NZ) Ltd and are administered by Booksellers New Zealand.
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