The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony is the biggest night in our literary calendar.
Join authors, publishers, booksellers, books media and MC Miriama Kamo (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga) to hear the judges announce the winners of the coveted General Non-Fiction Award, the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry, the BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction, and the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction.
After the presentation of the Mātātuhi Foundation Best First Book award comes one of the most special parts of the evening as the 16 finalists read from their brilliant books.
If you’re a fan of great New Zealand literature, come and show your support! All welcome.
Finalists
General Non-Fiction Award: Flora Feltham; Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku (Te Arawa, Tūhoe, Ngāpuhi, Waikato); Una Cruickshank; Richard Shaw.
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry: Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu); C.K. Stead; Emma Neale; Richard von Sturmer.
BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction: Jill Trevelyan, Jennifer Taylor, Greg Donson; Athol McCredie; Matiu Baker (Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Whakaue), Katie Cooper, Michael Fitzgerald, Rebecca Rice; Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou) with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri)
Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction: Laurence Fearnley; Damien Wilkins; Kirsty Gunn; Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā).
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