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- ↑ "The Inside Story". Storylines.org.nz. Auckland, New Zealand: Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ "Gill Wins 2020 Margaret Mahy Medal | Books+Publishing". www.booksandpublishing.com.au. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ↑ Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for 2021 awarded to publisher Julia Marshall https://authors.org.nz/storylines-margaret-mahy-medal-for-2021-awarded-to-publisher-julia-marshall/ Retrieved 23 Feb 2021
- ↑ "Diana Noonan wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2022 | New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa" . Retrieved 19 February 2022.