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• Big changes to NZ Book Month NEW ZEALAND BOOK MONTH MOVES TO MARCH TO REACH EVEN MORE KIWI READERS New Zealand Book Month (NZBM) will take place each March from 2011 to better fit with the book industry’s annual calendar and to build a broader reach for the campaign. New Zealand Book Month has previously been held in October. “We have taken the decision to move in order to ensure that New Zealand Book Month is sustainable for the future”, says Nikki Crowther, Project Director. READ MORE…

• Letter from Nikki Crowther – Project Director I've big news to share – starting with renewed passion, a new Project Director – and a new time for Kiwis to celebrate their love of books.   Firstly, let me introduce myself. I joined New Zealand Book Month as the new Project Director in April. If you haven't heard, Michele Powles was awarded the Robert Burn Fellowship and is currently in Dunedin writing her heart out! I'd like to extend both Michele's and my own thanks and appreciation of all you accomplished last October. READ MORE…

• New project director for NZ Book Month – April 2010 New Zealand Book Month announces today that Nikki Crowther is appointed as Project Director for New Zealand Book Month 2010. Nikki has over 15 years' experience in bookselling and publishing. A recent migrant from the UK, she has most recently worked with REDgroup, advising on promotional strategies for Whitcoulls. Prior to that she was fiction trading controller at WHSmith and has worked as an international book buyer for Scholastic UK and Books Are Fun. Nikki started her career in books with Readathon, the UK sponsored reading campaign to get children reading for pleasure whilst raising money for the Roald Dahl Foundation for sick children. Nikki Crowther Project Director, NZ Book Month