11 August 2009 - The LIANZA Children's Book Awards, managed by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, were awarded last night at a ceremony hosted by Caffe L'affare in Wellington.

11 August 2009 - Library Week 2009 was officially launched in Wellington last night with the presentation of the LIANZA Children's Book Awards at Caffe L'affare.

New Zealand's oldest book prize, the Esther Glen Award, was presented at the LIANZA Children's Book Awards ceremony in Wellington last night (Monday 10 August).

4 FEBRUARY 2009 - Andre Crowe, author of many award winning books for children including The Dalai Lama Story - The Making of a World Leader published by Longacre Press, has won the country's top children's literature prize, the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal.

28 JANUARY 2009 - A tense psychological thriller, I am not Esther, has won the 2009 Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book for its Wellington author, Fleur Beale.