See the Penguin Random House NZ books shortlisted for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are the country’s premier literary honours for books written by New Zealanders. First established in 1968 as the Wattie Book Awards (later the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards), they have also been known as the Montana New Zealand Book Awards and the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
Bestselling and critically acclaimed works of fiction, illuminating poetry collections, absorbing memoirs, and books that explore our whenua, flora and fauna feature alongside those that celebrate our culinary and artistic heroes and heroines in the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist.
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction
General Non-Fiction Award
For the full range of longlisted books visit the Ockham New Zealand Book Award website.
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