Bookrapt: Our Second Twenty Years

Bookrapt (The Bay of Plenty Children's Literature Association) was established in 1983 and is still going strong 40 years later. This book celebrates the last 20 years of Bookrapt and is a companion to 'Our First Twenty Years' published in 2003. Bookrapt has always promoted public awareness of the value of books and reading for young

people and their seminars, events and other achievements are detailed in this book along with quotes from some of the many authors who have spoken at Bookrapt events such as Joy Cowley, Maria Gill, Chris Gurney, Donovan Bixley,

Mandy Hager, David Hair and Sally Sutton. Featured writer and illustrator biographies of Bookrapt members past and present include Phyllis Johnston (1935-2021), Jean Bennett, Jean Anderson, Jenny Argante, Angie Belcher, Susan

Brocker, Dame Lynley Dodd, Carol Garden, Sherryl Jordan (1949-2023), Debbie McCauley, Barbara Murray, Lee Murray, Jan Pendergrast, Debbie Tipuna, Joyce West (1908-1985) and Rachel Weston. With an introduction by founding member Patricia Osman and a previously unpublished sketch by Margaret Mahy this book is a little treasure.