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taniaroxborogh.bsky.social
So many thing: today was a day l felt so light of worry cos my novel edits are done (& the book still GOOD), my FINDINGS chapter is finished (& supervisors v happy) so spent much of they day in front of the fire reading this wonderful #nzcya novel
August 31, 2026 at 8:05 AM
ninjakitty.bsky.social
Very proud of my niece @jemyoshioka.bsky.social making the finalist list a couple of times for the #NZCYA held tonight.
Congrats to everyone nominated because you make reading so great for our kids!! 🙌🙌🙌🤗
thesaplingnz.bsky.social The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social · Jul 8
While the finalists in the NZCYA NZSA Best First Book Award may be new names to readers, there's more to them than overnight success. We asked them about their paths to publication:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...
#booksky #kidlit #newauthor #nzcya #pukapuka
August 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
taniaroxborogh.bsky.social
OF COURSE Goldsmith is NOT at the NZCYA book awards events tonight
August 19, 2026 at 6:52 AM
harriete.bsky.social
I’ll be covering the NZCYA ceremony on The Sapling tonight.
Click through for all of our book award coverage so far, too.
thesaplingnz.bsky.social The Sapling @thesaplingnz.bsky.social · Aug 19
The winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced tonight!

Follow The Sapling's live coverage from the ceremony from 6.15:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#pukapuka #booksky #childrensbooks #NZCYA
August 19, 2026 at 1:45 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Phew!
See you tonight for a celebration of all these amazing #pukapuka and their creators!
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...
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August 19, 2026 at 1:35 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And, finally, the #NZCYA judges on what they've done to keep the winners secret!
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-o...

#pukapuka #booksky
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August 19, 2026 at 1:34 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And the best first book finalists pondering the notion of 'overnight success':
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#pukapuka #booksy #NZCYA
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August 19, 2026 at 1:33 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And @lindajane.bsky.social on place in the shortlisted non-fiction books:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-w...

#pukapuka #booksky #NZCYA
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August 19, 2026 at 1:32 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And the illustration finalists sharing roughs, drafts and sketches from their books:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#booksky #pukapuka #illustration
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August 19, 2026 at 1:31 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And the Te Kura Pounamu te reo Māori finalists quizzing each other on translating and writing in te reo Māori:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-w...

#pukapuka #booksky #tereoMāori #NZCYA
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August 19, 2026 at 1:31 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And teens and their teachers on the YA finalists:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#pukapuka #booksky #NZCYA
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August 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
And the junior fiction finalists on friendship in childhood:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-f...

#pukapuka #booksky #NZCYA
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August 19, 2026 at 1:29 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Still need to catch up on the books that are up for awards?
Here are the picture book finalists on how images and text collide to create magic:
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#pukapuka #booksky #NZCYA
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August 19, 2026 at 1:28 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
The winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced tonight!

Follow The Sapling's live coverage from the ceremony from 6.15:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#pukapuka #booksky #childrensbooks #NZCYA
August 19, 2026 at 1:26 AM
nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
For months, our 2026 NZCYA judges have been keeping the biggest secret in children’s books: who will take home the awards? 🏆

How do you keep a secret when you know all the winners? The Sapling asked them: www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-o...
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August 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Our lips are sealed: the judges for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults on how they're keeping the winners secret:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-o...

#pukapuka #kidlit #NZCYA
August 14, 2026 at 2:23 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
'... there's not many other novels, I think, that do that'

Teens and their teachers read the #NZCYA Young Adult finalists:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#pukapuka #booksky #YAfiction @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
July 31, 2026 at 12:52 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Wherever you go, there you are:
@lindajane.bsky.social explores te taio/place in the finalists for the NZCYA Elsie Locke Non-fiction Award:
tinyurl.com/2hc36hzh

#pukapuka #booksky #childrensliterature #kidlit #place #tetaio #NZCYA
July 24, 2026 at 2:39 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Pou, puns and perspectives: the translators and writers in the #NZCYA Te Kura Pounamu Awards quiz each other on their craft:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-w...

#booksky #pukapuka #translation #kidlit #tereoMāori
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July 17, 2026 at 8:11 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Translation is a fine and mysterious art, so we asked the translators and writers in the @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social Te Kura Pounamu Awards what they'd most like to know about each other's work:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-w...

#pukapuka #booksky #tereoMāori #translation #kidlit
July 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
Have you ever wondered what an illustrator's sketchbook looks like?

The Sapling invited each finalist to open their sketchbooks and share a fascinating peek into the creative process.

👉 Take a look: www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...
July 15, 2026 at 11:29 PM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
While the finalists in the NZCYA NZSA Best First Book Award may be new names to readers, there's more to them than overnight success. We asked them about their paths to publication:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...
#booksky #kidlit #newauthor #nzcya #pukapuka
July 8, 2026 at 10:52 PM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
Take a peek into the sketchbooks of the finalists in the @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social Illustration Award!

www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-t...

#booksky #illustration #childrensbooks #comics #pukapuka
July 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
Here’s a fun (and free!) booklet packed with activities inspired by this year’s finalist books. Perfect for keeping young minds busy and helping tamariki discover some of Aotearoa’s best children’s books.
👉 Download a FREE copy here: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
#NZCYA #booksalive
June 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
thesaplingnz.bsky.social
There's a particular magic that occurs between text and image in a great picture book ...
We asked the finalists in the @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social Bookhub Picture Book Award how that magic happened:
www.thesapling.co.nz/nzcya-2026-o...
June 29, 2026 at 6:58 AM