NZ Post Children's Book Awards Festival

This week we celebrate the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards finalists with a series of events in the district including:

• The Mastermind Competition – local primary schools compete to find out which team knows the most about the finalist books. Mayor, Ross Church, will front the finals on Friday and present the winners with their prizes.
• There will be special story times for the younger kids featuring the Picture Book finalists.
•  Most exciting of all (from the Wrappers perspective) is a workshop and lunch with author Fleur Beale on Wednesday. Her book, Speed Freak, is a finalist in the Young Adult fiction category. 

The NZ Post Children's Book Award 2014 winners will be announced on Monday 23rd June.