Title:  "Getting kids reading with an old classic - Annuals!"  

Background:

Remember the old annuals? Bunty? Boy's Own? Girls' Crystal? Well the good news is annuals are back so your grandchildren can enjoy them too. Finally, something to compete with their phones!

Come and hear School Journal editor Susan Paris talk about her latest side project: Annual 3, a book published with the help of her publishing partner, Kate De Goldi. The pair's third annual is a New Zealand spin on the much-loved classic, with original content commissioned from some of our best authors and illustrators. Kids will find stories, comics, poetry, essays, recipes, crosswords, games, a song, and even a knitting pattern so they can knit their own brain!
There's plenty of fun, but the annual editors are on a serious mission: to satisfy a young audience that's curious, discerning, and up for anything, with content that reflects the diversity of experience across Aotearoa NZ so they can reach as many readers as possible.

Susn Paris:

Susan Paris has been the editor of the School Journal for 18 years. In 2014, she started a small children's publishing company with her
friend Kate De Goldi. As Annual Ink, Susan and Kate have commissioned and edited three best-selling Annuals as well as Skinny Dip, a volume of contemporary poetry for young readers. They also published the NZ children's book award winners Tumeke! by Michael Petherick and Aspiring by Damien Wilkins. They continue to find and mentor new talent.  

Their website is: www.annualannual.com 
make children who were previously reluctant readers, or saw reading as
a chore, to actually get rather excited about reading in general.'