SLANZA wants to ensure that all
members are aware of The
Sapling, the brilliant New Zealand website celebrating children’s
literature. We believe anyone promoting and raising the profile of reading for
New Zealand children is an enterprise worth supporting and we wish Jane Arthur
and Sarah Forster every success.
Morena lovely
school librarians,
My name is Sarah
Forster and I’m one of the editors, alongside Jane Arthur, ofwww.thesapling.co.nz, which I’m guessing most of you will know is a brand-new website
created to talk about children’s literature. We will cover everything from
board books to YA books, in a variety of formats - essays, interviews, reviews
and more.
We are already
very proud of what we have created, and we hope you have had a chance to look
around the site. Here is Kyle Mewburn’s plea for a Children’s Laureate, Nina Powles’ tribute to Hermoine, and Kate De Goldi’s love letter to public libraries as a starter. And an interview between David Elliot and Gavin Bishopfor another.
One of the monthly
pieces we will run is an interview with a school librarian from somewhere in
NZ. In March we will feature Desna Wallace from Fendalton Open Air School, and
in April, Kimberley Atkinson from Robertson Road School. We will reach out to
school librarians in all sorts of situations all over New Zealand for this
piece, in an effort to recognise the efforts you all make to help your kids to
embrace literacy.
I am writing to
ask you if you could please promote this valuable space for children’s
literature in your school newsletter by whatever means you have at your
disposal. I have included a brief info-note below, that is hopefully around the
right length - if you’d prefer a lengthier press release email me ateditors@thesapling.co.nz.
“The Sapling is a website all about children’s books, because books grow humans. We take kids’ lit seriously, and we show it by commissioning essays, interviews, reviews and even crafts from some amazing kiwi writers and illustrators. You can find us at www.thesapling.co.nz, and follow us on Facebook @thesaplingnz and Twitter @TheSaplingNZ. Join our conversation!”
If you want to
know a little more about us, we had a long interview in The
Pantograph Punch the other day you’re
welcome to check out. (PS if my name is familiar it’s probably from my time
with the NZ Book Council.)
Thank you so much
for reading about The Sapling, I hope you all enjoy exploring it as much as
Jane and I have enjoyed creating it.
Enjoy your day,
Sarah Forster
Editor
The Sapling
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