Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Libro International

Meri Kirihimete me ngā mihi o te tau hou ki a koutou katoa

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all

We are now closed for the holidays and will reopen on 5 January 2015.

From Holy Socks by Dawn McMillan and Philip Webb

Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo

Manuia le Kerisimasi, ma le Tausaga Fou

Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année

新年おめでとうございます

Fröhliche Weihnachten
und ein gutes neues Jahr

¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo!

Bom Natal e Feliz Ano Novo

聖誕快樂 新年快樂

North & South sea story competition for young readers

Over this summer, North & South and Libro International will be running a competition for school-age writers, inspired by the November release of Out on the Water: Twelve Tales of the Sea, by Tessa Duder with illustrations by Bruce Potter.

Young storytellers aged 15 and under are invited to submit stories based around the sea (or lakes, for those living inland) of up to 1000 words, for a chance to win a school visit and writing advice by Tessa, along with signed copies of Out on the Water.

The deadline for entries is 16 February 2015. 

For competition details, check the January 2015 edition of North & South, on sale now.

Out on the Water at the Blake Regatta

Torbay Sailing Club hosted another fantastic two days of sailing for the Sir Peter Blake Regatta over the past weekend. Click here for the Blake Regatta site

Tessa Duder with renowned sailor and MC, Mark Orams

Tessa Duder attended the prizegiving on the Sunday afternoon, where she joined MC Professor Mark Orams to give away two signed copies of Out on the Water: Twelve Tales of the Sea to the young girl and boy sailors who had travelled the furthest to take part in the sailing.

This young winner had travelled from the Bay of Islands

Out on the Water includes a story based on a young Peter Blake sailing with his brother, and another about a girl's first Optimist regatta - something familiar to all the Green Fleet sailors on the weekend.

It was beautiful 'out on the water' at the Blake Regatta - well done to all the participants and the hard-working organisers

Ordering before Christmas

Libro International's distributors Publishers Distribution Limited (PDL) advise that they will be open until noon on 24 December, and can process all orders received before 10 a.m. that day. On 30 December PDL will be open in the morning only to process urgent orders; their offices will reopen on Monday 5 January 2015

The last times for orders to be received to arrive in store before Christmas are:

South Island 1 p.m. Monday 22 December

North Island 1 p.m. Tuesday 23 December

The Libro International and Oratia Media offices will be closed from Tuesday 23 December, and will reopen on Monday 5 January 2015.