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Day 3 at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 📚

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April 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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Day 1 at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 📚

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April 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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Day 2 at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 📚

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April 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Last day at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 📚

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April 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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Available in Aotearoa New Zealand on 8 June.

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World’s First Lule Sámi–English–Māori Picturebook to Launch at NORLA in Bologna | Nord.no
Nord University initiative brings together Indigenous languages across the Arctic and the Pacific.
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April 18, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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Photos from Chennai International Book Fair.

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January 17, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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Books for Christmas!

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December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Previewing the new Māori-Lule Sámi-English picture book that confronts the plastic in our oceans — out on 11 June under the Five Oceans imprint with Sámi publisher Davvi Girji:
oratia.co.nz/childrens-bo...

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June 5, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Interview with Finnish author-illustrator team, Johanna Venho and Sanna Pelliccioni, talking about Five Oceans' latest publication Thank you, Forest
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December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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A lovely review of Thank you, Forest by Johanna Venho and Sanna Pelliccioni in Read NZ Te Pou Muramura www.read-nz.org/school-libra...

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March 27, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Bringing the book back to where it started, Peter visited the offices of Tudem Publishing in Izmir, Türkiye last week to deliver copies of our Five Oceans edition of Toprak Işik’s The Ant Rebellion.

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February 22, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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"Themes of partnership, working together, and rising up against injustice to achieve better lives for everyone, shine in this junior novel."

Adele Broadbent reviews The Ant Rebellion by Toprak Isik: whatbooknext.com/the-ant-rebe...

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October 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Coming up at the Auckland Writers Festival: a workshop for the tamariki inspired by the book Thank you, Forest by Johanna Venho and Sanna Pelliccioni

SAT, 16 MAY 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
5th Floor, Aotea Centre

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May 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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From ScienceNorway.no, Science News from Norway:

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This unique picture book features two Indigenous languages and English
For the first time, a picture book combining Lule Sámi, English, and Māori is being published.
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June 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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Tomorrow marks publication of the first in a series of new books from Five Oceans.
In the first book, renowned Turkish author Toprak Işık makes his English debut with The Ant Rebellion.

Read more on our website: oratia.co.nz/five-oceans/...

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October 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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The Ant Rebellion www.ketebooks.co.nz/en/book/9781... #juniornovel #juniorfiction

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October 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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#OratiaMedia marks #25years with launch of #FiveOceans imprint
Founded 31/8/2000 by Peter Dowling and Alessandra Zecchini as a publishing services business, it later focused on #OratiaBooks and is now launching an international books series oratia.co.nz/general/orat...
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Oratia Media marks 25 years with launch of Five Oceans imprint | Oratia Media
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August 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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"Beautiful."

Adele Broadbent reviews Thank you, Forest
for What Book Next

whatbooknext.com/thank-you-fo...

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Thank you, Forest - Book Review - whatbooknext.com
A beautiful story of imagination and love for trees. Depicted in a young girl's notebook, this story is for everyone fighting for forests.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Peter Dowling reports on the fourth Chennai International Book Fair (CIBF): librointernational.blogspot.com/2026/01/chen...

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Chennai brings a world of publishing to a dynamic India
From 16–18 January I had the privilege of attending the fourth Chennai International Book Fair (CIBF) as one of the international publishin...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Tomorrow, 21 March, is International Day of Forests 🌳
From the forests of Finland to the forests of Aotearoa New Zealand:
Thank you, Forest
Johanna Venho
Illustrated by Sanna Pelliccioni
Translated by Jennifer Pulju Porter

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March 19, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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From the forests of Finland, a thank you to nature for young readers in Oceania:

Thank you, Forest

Johanna Venho
Illustrated by Sanna Pelliccioni
Translated by Jennifer Pulju Porter

Read the full article here: oratia.co.nz/five-oceans/...

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November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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🐋 In all good bookstores from today: He Aha te Raru ki Tai? /
What’s the Matter with the Sea? / Mij le ábijn dáhpáduvvamin?

Trevor Agnew's review here:
agnewreading.blogspot.com/search/label...

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June 11, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Five Oceans will bring literary non-fiction and children’s books to Oceania from cultures whose works are under-represented in English, let alone in Polynesian languages.
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Oratia Media marks 25 years with launch of Five Oceans imprint — Coalition for Books
Independent publisher Oratia Media is celebrating its 25th birthday, having been founded on 31 August 2000 by Peter Dowling and Alessandra Zecchini in Oratia, West Auckland.  Initially a pu...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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This book centres the connection between the #Sámi peoples of #Norway and #Māori, while telling a thoughtful story that highlights the need to care for our marine environment.
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World-First Trilingual Picture Book Foregrounds Māori Characters And Language Alongside Lule Sámi
On the heels of World Ocean Day this Monday, Oratia Books (Auckland) and Davvi Girji (Karasjok, Norway) are delighted to publish a children’s book that addresses the hot topic of plastic pollution in ...
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June 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Coming up at the Auckland Writers Festival: a workshop for the tamariki inspired by the book Thank you, Forest by Johanna Venho and Sanna Pelliccioni

#oratiabooks #fiveoceans #thankyouforest #conservation

www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/e...

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Create with Nature • Auckland Writers Festival
Explore the 2026 Auckland Writers Festival programme — discover author sessions, panel talks, workshops, free events, and special activities for all audiences.
www.writersfestival.co.nz
May 3, 2026 at 5:47 AM