Margaret Mahy remembered at Auckland Libraries
Media release
9 August 2012
Margaret Mahy remembered at Auckland Libraries
The celebrated works of one of
New Zealand’s most loved children’s authors, Margaret
Mahy, will be remembered with a series of story telling
events this Saturday.
Almost 30 Auckland Libraries will
be hosting the story time sessions with celebrated guest
authors and illustrators reading the best of Mahy’s work.
Guest authors include Maria Gill, Sally Sutton and Philip
Simpson.
The Auckland Libraries’ events are part of a
nationwide Margaret Mahy read, involving libraries and other
venues from the far north to the deep south.
“Margaret
Mahy felt like one of the family to many readers, fellow
writers, and the wider children's literature community”
said Anne Coppell, reference librarian at Auckland’s
Central City Library. "She was a New Zealand icon,
officially, and in our hearts.”
Librarians have
been impressed by the public interest in her work and the
show of support from her peers, with entries in condolence
books in the Auckland Libraries showing how many lives she
touched.
Hundreds of people turned out to the public
memorial service held in Christchurch last week. Another
public memorial gathering is being hosted by the Storylines
Children’s Literature Trust at the Auckland Town Hall from
2:30pm on Saturday, 11 August.
Details of the
Auckland Libraries programme of events can be found
at:
http://www.aucklandlibrariesgovt.nz/EN/About/Highlights/Pages/MargaretMahy.aspx
Details of the nationwide program of events can be
found at:
http://mmnationwide.blogspot.co.nz
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