New Zealand Book Council
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The New Zealand
Book Council is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes that promote books and reading.
It was established in 1972 as a response to UNESCO
's International Book Year http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html.
The Book Council is based in Wellington
and runs a public events programme that takes New Zealand and international writers to venues around the country.
It also runs a programme called Writers in Schools which takes New Zealand writers and illustrators into schools throughout the country. School students who live in geographically isolated areas can also speak to writers through a programme called WordSpace, which is a series of video-conferences between writers and students held annually.
The Book Council produces a comprehensive online database of New Zealand writers http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/index.html, and a quarterly magazine, Booknotes, which is sent to all members.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Book Council is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes that promote books and reading.
It was established in 1972 as a response to UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
's International Book Year http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=32391&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html.
The Book Council is based in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
and runs a public events programme that takes New Zealand and international writers to venues around the country.
It also runs a programme called Writers in Schools which takes New Zealand writers and illustrators into schools throughout the country. School students who live in geographically isolated areas can also speak to writers through a programme called WordSpace, which is a series of video-conferences between writers and students held annually.
The Book Council produces a comprehensive online database of New Zealand writers http://www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/index.html, and a quarterly magazine, Booknotes, which is sent to all members.