Children's Finalist Author Tour Schedule 2010
Towns and cities all over New Zealand will come alive with books during festival week this year (10-19 May 2010) as some of the country’s best authors and illustrators visit in celebration of this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children & Young Adults.
Every year, New Zealand Post Book Awards finalists take to the road as part of the annual nationwide festival of children’s reading and literature, visiting schools, libraries and bookshops.
AUTHOR TOURING SCHEDULE - FESTIVAL 2010
Listed below by region, North to South.
| REGION | DATE | AUTHOR | |
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| Northland | 11-May | John Lockyer |
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Auckland North |
11-May | Gavin Bishop |
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Auckland Central |
11-May | Janet Hunt |
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Auckland West |
11-May | Fleur Beale |
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Counties/ Manukau |
11-May | Heather Arnold |
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Tauranga Rotorua |
11-May 12-May |
Brian Falkner |
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| Waikato | 11-May | Christine Fernyhough |
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| Gisborne |
11-May 12-May |
Tessa Duder |
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| Hawkes Bay |
10-May & 11-May |
Des Hunt |
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| Wairarapa | 11-May | Maria Gill |
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| Taranaki | 10-May | Katz Cowley |
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| Taranaki | 12-May | James Norcliffe |
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| Wanganui | 11-May | Diana Neild |
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Palmerston North |
17-May | Lia Hills |
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| Kapiti | 10-May | Mandy Hager |
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| Porirua | 10-May | Philip Webb |
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| Wellington | 11-May | David Elliot |
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Hutt Valley - Upper |
10-May & 11-May |
Rachel Driscoll |
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Hutt Valley - Lower |
11-May | Raymond Huber |
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West Coast - Hokitika |
14-May |
Thelma Eakin, Susan Battye |
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| Marlborough | 11-May | Simon Pollard |
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| Nelson | 11-May | Kyle Mewburn |
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| Canterbury | 11-May | Tania Roxborogh |
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Otago Southland /Gore |
12-May
13-May & |
Craig Smith |
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If you would like an author to visit your school or library, please contact your local Regional Coordinator to express your interest.
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