NZ Book Council

Sarah Maxey, mentioned in the previous post, has also designed the NZ Book Council's new newsletter for schools, called The School Library at this link... http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Education/Whats%20New/School%20Library

The Book Council's redesigned website has an Education zone... "Teachers and school librarians can use our Schools channel to learn all about our Writers in Schools programme, book an author, give us their feedback and find additional resources to use alongside the programme. Pop into the Kids' Zone for fun with reading, with competitions, word and reading games, and news about great new books. Head over to the Parents channel if you are looking for New Zealand book recommendations for children of all ages and other useful material for supporting your children’s reading."

While visiting the Book Council website, secondary school teachers and librarians should check out Wordspace http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Education/Writer%20Interviews/Wordspaces
"WordSpace is a series of video conference discussions between secondary school students and leading New Zealand writers. It provides a forum for inspiration, education and the exchange of ideas, and is offered as part of the New Zealand Book Council's Writers in Schools programme."
There are DVDs available for purchase http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/Products/DVD
with a range of authors discussing creative writing, journalism, script writing, poetry, reviewing, playwriting, YA fiction, fantasy writing etc according to their speciality...