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The Pulitzer Prizes

13/05/2025
2025 Pulitzer Prize Winners 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners  
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The Wonderful Stranges competitions – close 27 June 2025

14/04/2025
There are two competitions for you inspired by the Wonderful Stranges by Melanie and Monica…
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Violet and the Velvets competition – closes 27 May 2025

04/04/2025
Download and print the poster for details of the competition Velvet If you need musical…
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Women’s Prize for Fiction

04/04/2025
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world.…
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The Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Books 2025

28/03/2025
These books reflect the breadth of children’s literature written by Australians. They also reflect our…
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Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

27/03/2025
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction is a major new annual book prize that celebrates exceptional…
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International Booker Prize

12/03/2025
Each year the International Booker Prize introduces readers to the best novels and short story…
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

12/03/2025
         
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Teachers Resourses

03/03/2025
Calman, Ross Treaty of Waitangi Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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Summer Reading Guide 2024

20/11/2024
This year's Summer Reading Guide is available at UBS.   A lot of the titles are…
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The Hugo Awards

16/05/2024
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BBC 100 Greatest Children’s Books

09/06/2023
The BBC Culture Platform showcases global trends in music, film, television, books, and style, and…
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Ernest Scott Prize – awarded annually to a book (or books) based on original research judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation.

08/06/2023
2023 Winners AITKINSON, Alan         Elizabeth and John The MacArthurs of Elizabeth Farm…
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Book Trailers

16/05/2023
Upcoming Books: Dreamslinger by Graci Kim. Due May 2025 Onyx Storm (Empyrean 3) by Rebecca…
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New Zealand Society of Authors Heritage Book Awards

31/10/2022
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Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction

28/10/2022
2022    Winner   GILES, Harry Josephine    Deep Wheel Orcadia
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Sir Julius Vogel Awards

29/08/2022
2022 Winners  
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Books for the Classroom

11/08/2022
Occasionally we receive flyers from publishers with suggestions of books for classroom/educational use.  We would…
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The Booker Prize

27/07/2022
2024 Shortlist  The 2024 Shortlist for the Booker Prize – the world’s most influential prize…
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Orwell Prize for Political Writing

27/07/2022
2022 Winner Political Fiction              Keegan, Claire   Small Things Like…
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Ngaio Marsh Awards

29/06/2022
The 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists will be celebrated and this year’s winners announced at…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award

28/06/2022
2023 Shortlist Akec, Kgshak                      Hopeless…
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NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

02/06/2022
   
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Children’s University

24/05/2022
University Bookshop Canterbury supports the Children's University initiative via our UBS Book Bingo Challenge.  Children…