Winner of Ursula Moray Williams Centenary year Cup for Children's Writing

Congratulations to Mafoa Siale, Winner of the Ursula Moray Williams Cup for Children’s Writing!!!! Mafoa, from Bluestone School, was also winner of the Year 7-8 category for her story "Winter". UK judge Colin Davison awarded the prize to Mafoa's story "for its wonderful use of language, that reminded me of the power of folk legends".

Many thanks to Colin Davison, The Friends of the Library and Aoraki Reading Association South Canterbury for their support for this competition.

Best of the best 2011

Looking for something to read??? Check out the groaning shelves of new books in all our libraries, or for a selection of vampireless fiction try the "Books that don't suck" stand in TeenZone Timaru, or find inspiration in this list of the best of 2011 from Chicago Public Library... http://www.chipublib.org/forteens/teenspages/bestofbest_teen.php
happy reading!!! :-)

PS tell us what your best reads of 2011 were???

Prizegiving Ursula Moray Williams centenary competition

Come along to find out who won the Ursula Moray Williams Centenary Creative Writing Competition! Winners will be announced at the Prizegivng ceremony in the Children's Area, Timaru Library at 4pm on Friday 16 December. See you there!!!

Book Award Winners

The winners of the 2011 New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards were announced last week. The Young Adult Fiction Category Award Winner was Fierce September by Fleur Beale.

Noted local author Ken Catran won the Children's Choice Award Young Adult Category for Smiling Jack, described by Booksellers NZ as "a classic whodunnit with a startling and unexpected twist, Ken Catran's dark and brooding murder mystery is a real pageturner that will have you looking over your shoulder like Robert, desperately trying to second-guess Smiling Jack."

Great books ... find them at our 3 libraries. Enjoy!!!