Mulit-award winning New Zealand author ​Mandy Hager is best known as a writer for young adults, though her published work also includes novels for adults, non-fiction resources for youth, scripts and short stories. She has won numerous awards, including being awarded the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award, and the Best Young Adult fiction Award from the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults for her novel Singing Home the Whale in 2015.
Listen to this wonderful story here.
Mandy supports school libraries and librarians with this cool shelfie. We treasure her!

Here is another amazing children's author who is supporting our campaign.
​Thank you Swapna Haddow.

Gerald Rillstone interviewed librarians from Wainuiomata and Rāroa Intermediates about the School Libraries Transform campaign. Both librarians stressed the importance of having a well supported school library at their schools but that not all schools in Aotearoa New Zealand are as lucky.
"Long time Wainuiomata Intermediate school librarian Nanette Meadows knows only too well the importance of a well resourced library."
"Rāroa Normal Intermediate School Library manager Clare Forrest is a passionate advocate for school libraries and says there is no mandate by the
Ministry of Education for a school to have a library." 
Help fight for all schools in New Zealand by signing the campaign petition.

Rosmini College have jumped on board by creating their own posters to use at school. We can't wait to hear how the students and staff at your school respond to the campaign.