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.'