Yesterday the Library held its annual Edible Book Competition. If you passed through the Rakaia Centre during the morning you may have noticed the entries on display, and possibly have voted for the ‘People’s Choice, or devoured some of the delicious baking.
The winning entries:
People’s Choice & Best in Show – We’re off to see the Wizard
Most Imaginative – Big Little Lies
Most Delectable – I Spy
Funniest – Handmaid’s Tale
For pictures of the 21 entries go to the Library Facebook page
Here are the winning entries for the 2019 Ara Edible Book Competition:
Best in Show: Little Yellow Digger– Sherelle King
Most imaginiative: The case of dancing sandwiches– Julie Humby
Most delectable looking: Feathers for peacock– Deidre Fraser
Best interpretation of a book: Lovely Bones– Steven Russell
Funniest entry: The message for the last days– Kevin Brennan
Peoples Choice: Moonwalking with Einstein– Karina Fragini
As always we would like to thank our judges:
Joe Benett, Christchurch Author
Mary Lovell-Smith, Journalist
Bruce Russell, HOD Art & Design at Ara Institute of Canterbury
Tracey Berry, DCE Student Services, Ara Institute of Canterbury
We would like to thank all those who participated in this year’s event. Be sure to like us on Facebook to keep up with other activities in the Library.
Ara Library are proud to present the 2019 Edible Book Competion in the Atrium at City Campus from 10 am this morning.
We have had a wide and eclectic mix of entries this year, with over 35 entries from various Ara staff and students who are taking part.
Come down and have look at the entries and while there vote for the peoples choice winner. Once the judging has been completed around 12.30 we will be eating the entries so come along for your daily slice of cake.
We hope to see you there.
Ara Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival event on Monday 12th August- and we would love for you to play your part!
We need you to put your thinking cap on and decide how you could represent your favourite book in the medium of food, or how you can make your favourite food into an edible book…
You can also have a look online for other edible book competitions for inspiration.
There are prizes for the most imaginative, humorous, best tasting and most representative entries.
Here are a couple of entries from previous years to get you thinking:
If you like to bake, carve, decorate, shape or otherwise play with your food then this is the competition for you.
To participate: at the City Campus submit entries to the Library between 8-9 am on Monday 12th August. At Timaru Campus please give your entries to Helen at the Library. Other campuses, if you wish to participate please photograph your entry and email to juliehumby@ara.ac.nz. The photographed entries will be printed and displayed in the Atrium at the Rakaia Centre, City Campus.
All entries are eligible to win a prize.
If baking and making is not your thing then come along on Monday 12th August from 10am to view the entries. Vote for your People’s Choice entry. The winners will be announced at 12.15 and then the real fun begins; eating the winning entries…..
Alright everyone….time to get your bake on!!!
Ara Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival event on Wednesday 29th August- and we would love for you to take part!
Ara Library will be hosting an Edible Book Festival event on Wednesday 29th August- and we would love for you to take part!
Put your thinking cap on and work out how you can represent your favourite book in food, or how you could make your favourite food into an edible book…
You can have a look online for edible book competitions for inspiration.
There are prizes for the most imaginative, funniest, tastiest and most representative entries.
Here are a couple of entries from previous years to get you thinking:
If you bake, carve, decorate, shape or otherwise play with your food then this is the competition for you.
To participate: at the City Campus submit entries to the Library between 8-9 am on Wednesday 29th August. At Manawa or Timaru Campus please give your entries to Library Staff Claire (Manawa) or Helen (Timaru). Other campuses please photograph your entry and email to juliehumby@ara.ac.nz. The photographed entries will be printed and displayed in the Rakaia Centre Atrium. All entries are eligible to win a prize.
If baking and making is not your thing then come along next Wednesday from 10am to view the entries. The winners will be announced at 12.15 and then the real fun begins; eating the entries.
Go on…get baking!
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Created by Bree Underhill
Bree receiving her award from Diana Law, Ara’s Acting Director of Student Services Division.
The last temptation by Val McDermid
Created by Kiri Te Wake
Sweetland by Michael Crummey
Created by Julie Humby
If life is a bowl of cherries what am I doing in the pits by Erma Bombeck
Created by Rajat C. Jagadees
The grapes of “Roth” by John Steinbeck
Created by Ara’s Project Management team
Hairy Maclary’s bone by Lynley Dodd
Created by Kathy Burgess and Cassie McClintock
Many thanks to all our entrants whose entries you can view in Ara’s Facebook album.
Many thanks to our judges
Get your thinking caps on and dream up a creation or two, for Friday April 1, to enter in our annual Edible Books festival. Fill in the entry form on our website for a chance to win in the following categories:
Remember this delectable winner for The Color Purple back in 2014 by one of our very own librarians!
See some of our former entries on Christchurch City Libraries Flickr.
Thanks City Libraries! Look forward to seeing you again this year!
The tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr
Runner up for Best Interpretation – Lorna Smith
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Winner in the Funniest category and the Most Imaginative category – Murray McGuigan.
Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
Winner of the Most Delectable category – Diana Law
The grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Runner up in the Most Imaginative category – Hugh Wall
The color purple by Alice Walker
Winner of the Best of the Best and Best Interpretation – Joyce Price
I was told there’d be cake by Sloane Crosley
Runner up in the Funniest category – Jenny Pope.
Chocolate wars by Deborah Cadbury
Winner of People’s Choice award and runner up in the Most Delectable category – Bill Bryce.
Judith Brown – Director of Education and Applied Research
Dennis Taylor – Manager of CPIT School of Food and Hospitality
Academy Books
Many thanks also to all of you who supported by voting, viewing, entering the competition and eating the delicious entries.
View on our Facebook page in the Edible Books Competition 2014 album.
Cake and books combine – a wonderful day for librarians!
Enter our fabulous Edible Book Competition which will be held on Tuesday 1st April 2014. We had great fun last year putting this event together with Food & Hospitality and hope to see even more entries from everyone this year.
Don’t worry if you’re not a dab hand in the kitchen, it can be just as much about smart thinking! Take a look at some previous entries (to see what I mean) and you’ll notice that you don’t necessarily have to make a ‘cake’ to enter the competition. Entries should be creative interpretations of book titles.
Prizes will be awarded for the best entries in the following categories:
People’s Choice
Best Interpretation of a Book
Funniest Entry
Most Delectable Entry
Take a look at some of last year’s entries CPIT Library International Edible Book Competition
Here are some more ideas to inspire from Books to eat
Want to know some background to this competition? Read on ….
Entries can be viewed from 9am on Tuesday morning in the Atrium in the Rakaia Centre. Winners will be announced at 12.15pm, and then the cakes can be devoured!
This year there will be a new addition of a graffiti cake where you can grab an icing pen and decorate the cake with the name of your favourite book or author. Also don’t forget to cast your vote for your favourite cake in the ‘People’s Choice Award’.
It will be a fun day for all so get thinking, get baking and making and join us on April 1st for CPIT’s second International Edible Book Competition.
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