March is NZ Book Month

NZ Book Month is held every year in March; it's a month-long celebration of books and reading with events across New Zealand and $5-off book vouchers for all.

See photos of NZ Book Month 2012 in our Flickr pool.

IMAGE: Clifford The Big Red Dog at the Paper Plus Kaikohe stand at Kaikohe Literacy Day 2012.

NZ Book Month Activists

It's now time to report on your NZ Book Month events. Please report using this online form - you need to report on each event.

Christchurch writing competition... The deadline for the Christchurch 20th Century writing competition has been extended until June, as reported in The Press on Friday, 20 June 2012. Read entry details, the competition criteria and get an entry form here...	Activists - report on events It's now time for NZ Book Month Activists to report on events so they can receive funding. If you receive funding from NZ Book Month then you will need to fill in the reporting form before Tues 10 April. Once you have you'll see a confirmation notice, which tells you we've received it. Fill in the online form...

Maria Gill's tour of the south "With the help of NZ Book Month I had a ticket to Queenstown to tour the schools at the southern-most corner of New Zealand. New Zealand Book Council found eight willing schools and I was off to visit them in my hired car". Read more Maria Gill's recent tour of the south...	Kaikoura’s kids to learn from top New Zealand authors Paper Plus Kaikoura is celebrating New Zealand Book Month by teaming with top Kiwi authors to challenge the district’s primary school children - all 500 of them - to collate their very own book, with proceeds from the sales going back into the schools.Read more...