Over the weekend we attended the Booksellers Conference and Award Ceremony
The Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards have been recognising the best New Zealand publishers, booksellers and industry stalwarts who have been connecting Aotearoa books and readers for over 20 years.
We are so proud of all of our authors and the teams behind them. But a special congratulations has to, of course, go to our award winners!
Māori Made Easy by Scotty Morrison won the inaugural Libro.fm Audiobook of the Year Award.
“Māori Made Easy is an exemplar of audiobook production and it has been one of the bestselling audiobooks in Aotearoa NZ since it was released. It demonstrates, in spades, the value of this book medium when it comes to learning a language,” say the judges.
Fungi of Aotearoa New Zealand by Liv Sisson and The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson (Gecko Press) were announced the joint Booksellers’ Choice Winners.
The two titles won in a vote by booksellers across the motu as the local titles they most enjoyed selling.
The Sales Professional of the Year Award was jointly won by our amazing sales rep Paula Pengelly and HarperCollins NZ sales and marketing coordinator Laura Jager.
“We are thrilled to present this award to Laura and Paula, two highly deserving individuals. Both have demonstrated an impressive depth of knowledge, a remarkable willingness to tackle and overcome challenges, and have earned immense respect from their colleagues,” say the judges.
Our 50 Years of Witi Ihimaera in Print campaign won the Mana Māori Award.
“The mahi of this year’s Mana Māori winner has had a lasting influence on the book industry, finding new readers and celebrating old ones. The launch of their seven-month campaign last year was a timely celebration of a literary Kaumatua whose pioneering books and prose have been impactful for Māori, for Pakeha, and for readers and writers around the world,” say the judges.
The 2024 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards celebrated a night of artistic brilliance, with Māori and Pasifika designers dominating the stage and Penguin Random House celebrating two wins.
See the Penguin Random House NZ books longlisted for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Join the kōrero. Two passionate and vibrant anthologies featuring work from some of our finest Māori writers.
As he has been publishing now for 50 years, we emailed some questions about writing to Witi, who answered them on a plane journey.
Writing about the Māori world, both rural and urban, often knocking into the Pākehā status quo, Witi Ihimaera’s writing has always offered a broader view of what New Zealand literature could be – should be – about.
For this crossword, you simply need to translate the given word. Don’t forget, though: to enhance your learning, take some time to learn the meanings of the words in English and commit them to memory once you have completed each crossword.
The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a unique celebration of the contribution New Zealand’s children’s authors and illustrators make to building national identity and cultural heritage.
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are the country’s premier literary honours for books written by New Zealanders.
The NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a unique celebration of the contribution New Zealand’s children’s authors and illustrators make to building national identity and cultural heritage.
The shortlist for the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced, with two Penguin Random House novels named this year.
Penguin Random House authors Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share the 2019 Booker Prize.