Selwyn Times: June 16, 2021

Selwyn Times Wednesday June 16 2021
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• By Susan Sandys
LINCOLN AUTHOR Tania Roxborogh
is one of 28 finalists in the 2021 New
Zealand Book Awards for Children and
Young Adults.
Roxborogh’s book Charlie Tangaroa
and the Creature
from the Sea is
among titles
from five
finalists in the
Wright Family
Foundation
Esther Glen
Award for junior
fiction.
The Lincoln
High School
teacher is a
previous winner
of the award, for
My New Zealand
Story: Bastion Point, in 2017.
Roxborogh said she was “utterly
delighted” to have made the finals.
“I loved writing this novel so much. I
really got a sense that the main character,
Charlie, grabbed me by the scruff of the
neck and demanded that I write his story,”
she said.
Thirteen-year-old Charlie is a one-legged
boy from Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, who is the
only one able to stand up against a family
of warring Māori gods.
Convener of judges Alan Dingley said it
was clear that the finalists, selected from
a field of 166 entries, had credited their
young readers
with having
the emotional
intelligence to
deal with complex
themes, issues
and feelings.
“The diversity
of ideas in this
year’s entries
really stood out,”
Dingley said.
“Dystopian
futures,
ecological
battles and
immersive fantasy all take the reader into
new worlds.”
After Covid-19 made a virtual
presentation necessary in 2020, finalists
and publishers are looking forward to
a ceremony this year. The winners will
be announced on August 11 at Tiakiwai
Conference Centre at the National Library
in Wellington.
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Budding gardeners
get life memberships
Springston Garden Club president
Lynette Windle (right) awards life
memberships to Hilary Hutton
(left) and Esme Humm at the
Lincoln Event Centre recently.
Hilary is the club’s vice president.
She served as president from
2017 to 2019 and has been a
member for 16 years. She is the
club’s delegate to the Canterbury
Horticultural Society, was involved
in Grow Ōtautahi ​2021, and has
organised a number of club
overnight trips. Esme has been a
member for more than 40 years.
She was the club’s president from
2008 to 2010. She has a talent
for floral art, and has used this
by providing arrangements for
functions, and demonstrating
the art to others. In its 64th year,
the Springston Garden Club has
103 members. Hilary and Esme
join seven existing life members
- Venus Bailey, Jane Ewart, Alison
Hurford, Win Millar, Margaret
Morrish, Jean Rowe and
Nancy Williams.