The Betty Gilderdale Award, also known as the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award, is a New Zealand award given to an individual for outstanding service to children's literature and literacy. Before 2000 the award was known as the Children's Literature Association's Award for Services to Children's Literature. It was renamed in honour of the children's author
Betty Gilderdale
Betty Albertina Gilderdale (née Harrington; 26 July 1923 – 9 July 2021) was an English-born children's author from New Zealand. She was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2014 for her services to children's literature.
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Recipients of the award received a cash prize of $2000 and deliver the Storylines Spring Lecture.
Previous recipients of the award include:
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External links
Official website
New Zealand children's literary awards