Free Family Day - Storylines Festival

The Storylines Festival comes back to celebrate in Christchurch! Come and meet your favourite authors, illustrators, storytellers and much, much more. This year's line-up includes:

- Gavin Bishop
- Joy Cowley
- Ross Kinnaird
- Margaret Mahy
- Sandy McKay
- Helen McKinlay
- Diana Noonan
- Joanna Orwin
- June Peka
- Craig Smith
- Apirana Taylor
- Feana Tu'akoi
- Katz Cowley

Family Day competitions:

Tell a story (A4 max) about what you might find Down the Back of the Chair, or design a picture book cover.

Book prizes for the best writing and illustration in each age group: 4-8 years and 9-12 years.

Please put your name, age, school, phone number and email address on the back of your entry and ask your parent or guardian to sign it as being all your own work.

Create your entry in the Competition Zone at the Family Day – or do it in advance and bring it along.

Entries close at 2pm. Prizegiving at 2.30pm in the Competition Zone.

Prizewinning entries will be published on the Storylines website.