Patron - Margaret Mahy
About Margaret
Margaret Mahy needs no introduction. She is much-loved internationally for her wonderfully funny and imaginative children’s poems, stories and pictures books as well as ground-breaking novels for young adults, thrilling millions of readers for more than 40 years.
A member of the Order of New Zealand, an Honorary Doctor of Letters, twice-winner of Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Children’s Literature and twice winner of the America’s Phoenix Award, she has also been honoured by the Arts Foundation of New Zealand as a Living Icon, received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement in Fiction, and been awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her outstanding contribution to children’s literature.
Welcome to BookTalks
Margaret along with 'Honey' her dog and 'Socks' her cat, welcomes readers, authors and illustrators to BookTalks.
Introduction to Word Witch
Margaret introduces her book Word Witch.
King of the World
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Down the Back of the Chair
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© The Word Witch: The Magical Verse of Margaret Mahy edited by Tessa Duder and illustrated by David Elliot