New Zealand Post Book Awards

Background

Before 1996, there were two major New Zealand literary prizes, the New Zealand Book Awards (1973‐1995) and the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards (1968‐1993).

Montana took over the sponsorship of the Wattie Awards in 1994, and the Awards became the Montana Book Awards (1994‐1995). In 1996, the two Awards merged to form the Montana New Zealand Book Awards (1996‐2009). In 2010, sponsorship of the Awards was assumed by New Zealand Post.

The finalists for the 2010 New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced!

FICTION CATEGORY

As the Earth Turns Silver

Alison Wong

Limestone

Fiona Farrell

Living as a Moon

Owen Marshall

POETRY CATEGORY

Just This

Brian Turner

The Lustre Jug

Bernadette Hall

The Tram Conductor’s Blue Cap

Michael Harlow

GENERAL NON-FICTION CATEGORY

Aphrodite’s Island

Anne Salmond

Beyond the Battlefield: New Zealand and its Allies, 1939-1945

Gerald Hensley

Cone Ten Down: Studio pottery in New Zealand, 1945-1980

Moyra Elliott and Damian Skinner

Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921

Judith Binney

The Invention of New Zealand Art & National Identity, 1930-1970

Francis Pound

ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION CATEGORY

Art at Te Papa

William McAloon (editor)

Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast

Al Brown

Māori Architecture: From fale to wharenui and beyond

Deidre Brown

Marti Friedlander

Leonard Bell

Mrkusich: The Art of Transformation

Alan Wright and Edward Hanfling

BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD WINNERS 2010

NZSA HUBERT CHURCH BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTION AWARD WINNER

Relief

Anna Taylor

NZSA JESSIE MACKAY BEST FIRST BOOK OF POETRY AWARD WINNER

Fast Talking PI

Selina Tusitala Marsh

NZSA E.H. MCCORMICK BEST FIRST BOOK OF NON-FICTION AWARD WINNER

Trust: A True Story of Women & Gangs

Pip Desmond

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

The extremely popular Readers’ Choice Award is the public’s opportunity to vote for their favourite book of the 16 finalist titles, as selected by the judges, either online or by paper ballot. Voting opens every year with the public announcement of the finalist list.

To vote for the People's Choice Award winner, click here.