2016 ockham new zealand book awards

Fiction the acorn foundation literary award coming rain stephen daisley text publishing. Announcing the longlist of the 2017 ockham national book awards. Ockham new zealand book awards finalists announced. Fiction coming rain by stephen daisley text publishing, 2015 the acorn foundation literary award coming rain by stephen daisley text publishing, 2015 general nonfiction maori boy. Catherine chidgeys the wish child subtly examines territory unusual for a new zealand writer with this original exploration of the edges of a. Ranging from the man who would not see by rajorshi chakraborti to carolines bikini by kirsty gunn, from the new ships by kate duignan to all this by chance by vincent osullivan, the judges are going to have a hard. David coventry, author of the invisible mile david coventry. Oh and a writer who pretty much only 16 or 17 people in the book world have ever heard of was named the winner of the biggest literary award of. Nov 27, 2017 forty books traversing the cultural, historic, artistic and social landscape of aotearoa new zealand have made the longlist for the prestigious ockham new zealand book awards, announced today. The ockham new zealand book awards have announced the longlist for 2017. David was the 2015 recipient of the todd new writers bursary administered by creative new zealand and is currently studying for a phd. In stillness there is movement and in movement there is stillness. Ockham new zealand book awards finalists announced new.

May 10, 2016 oh and a writer who pretty much only 16 or 17 people in the book world have ever heard of was named the winner of the biggest literary award of the year last night at the 2016 ockham new zealand. We are thrilled that our author richard nunns won at last nights ockham nz book awards in auckland. The ockham new zealand book award winners including the four best first book awards and a maori language award will be announced at a ceremony on 10 may 2016, held as the opening night event of the auckland writers festival. A memoir of childhood by witi ihimaera vintage, 2014 illustrated nonfiction tangata whenua. David eggletons the conch trumpet and emma neales tender machines are both on the long list for poetry. The 2019 ockham new zealand book awards longlist has just been announced and what a fabulous, rich and diverse list it is. Ockham new zealand book awards longlist announced news. Entries to the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards open today via the official website. Each of the awards four categories fiction, poetry, general nonfiction and illustrated non. In 1996, the montana book awards merged with the new zealand book awards to become the montana new zealand book awards.

The ockham new zealand book awards poetry shortlist nz. Ockham nz book awards 2016 winners and finalists noted. Ockham new zealand book awards christchurch city libraries. New zealand book awards new zealand book awards trust. Books and their writers wield a transformative and defining power in any national culture. I was thinking as i read that your poems are like little jackets that can be worn inside out and outside in. Apr 15, 2020 this years ockham new zealand book awards judges are. Otago university press authors longlisted for 2016 ockham new. The winners including of the four best first book awards and a maori language award, presented at the judges discretion will be announced at a ceremony on may 15 2018. Witi ihimaera wins at ockham new zealand book awards.

Forty titles have made the list, with 10 in each of the four awards categories. Ockham new zealand book awards finalists announced news. New zealands book awards announce firstever longlist. Ockham residential in 2015, the governance and management of new zealands national book awards were assumed by. This years ockham new zealand book awards judges are.

An illustrated history by atholl anderson, judith binney and aroha harris bridget williams books, 2014. For interview opportunities, author images, book cover images and further information please contact. Mar 06, 2020 the 2020 ockham new zealand book awards shortlist has many surprises, especially to the fans of elizabeth knoxs bestselling fantasy the absolute book and admirers of vincent omalleys landmark history the new zealand warsnga pakanga o aotearoa. Elizabeth smither, night horse winner of the best poetry book award at the ockham nz book awards 2018 paula. In 2015 ockham residential, an auckland urban development firm, was announced as the sponsor for the awards which were previously known as the new zealand post book awards. The ockham new zealand book awards are a series of literary awards to works of new zealand citizens. Ockham new zealand book awards 2020 winners announcement. The ockham new zealand book awards are supported by the ockham foundation, the acorn foundation, creative new zealand and book tokens ltd. An illustrated history atholl anderson, judith binney and aroha harris bridget williams books.

Neither work made the cut to the final four from the 10title longlist in their respective categories in this years awards. Hopefully the awards attract new readers and generate new conversations. Online ceremony will announce main category winners of new zealand s premier book awards. The 2020 ockham new zealand book awards shortlist has many surprises, especially to the fans of elizabeth knoxs bestselling fantasy the absolute book and admirers of vincent omalleys landmark history the new zealand warsnga pakanga o aotearoa. The 2018 ockham new zealand book awards poetry award is for a book by an esteemed and celebrated poet who contributes greatly to the new zealand writing community. The 2020 ockham new zealand book awards kick off with the mitoq best first book awards. The book awards were held for the first time as part of the auckland writers festival on may 10, with a new sponsor on board, property. The 2018 ockham new zealand book awards shortlist has been announced with three emerging writers including a firsttime novelist joining established author patrick evans in the running. The 2016 ockham new zealand book awards will be judged by 12 eminent academics, writers, journalist, commentators, former publishers. In 2015, the governance and management of new zealands national book awards were assumed by the new new zealand book awards trust. To have an organisation so philosophically aligned to the awards makes for a.

The 40 books longlisted for the 2020 ockham new zealand book awards announced today are a wideranging and inspiring collection reflecting the diversity of contemporary aotearoa and the excellence of our writers, artists and publishers traversing cultural, historic, artistic and political landscapes, the longlisted books explore who we are as a nation, from our social issues and natural. This session is available for concession pass selection. Book awards draw attention to books that hook judges for any number of reasons. Congratulations to the following winners of the 2016 ockham book awards.

Nov 26, 2015 three otago university press authors have been longlisted for the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards. Ranging from the man who would not see by rajorshi chakraborti to carolines bikini by kirsty gunn, from the new ships by kate duignan to all this by chance by vincent osullivan, the judges are going to have a hard time selecting an overall winner. Ockham new zealand book awards finalists announced ministry. The 2020 ockham new zealand book awards shortlist of 16 titles will be announced on 4 march 2020. The 2019 ockham new zealand book awards longlist library. What the ockham nz book awards ballyhoo is all about. The ockham new zealand book awards are the countrys premier literary honours for works written by new zealanders. Across the ditch in new zealand, the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards longlist has been announced. Edgy fiction wins out in ockham new zealand book awards.

The hubert church best first book award for fiction. Nz book awards secures sponsorhip with property developer. The curious case of the strangest ever winner of a book award in new zealand. New zealands premier book awards longlist packs a punch. Sue wootton 389 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article published by makaro press in 2016. Your new collection is a delight to read and offers so many poetic treats. Ockham new zealand book awards finalists creative new. Ockham new zealand book awards winners announcement. New zealand book awards trust chairwoman, nicola legat, said ockham residential was a truly outstanding sponsor. Perhaps my favourite new zealand book since we came on board is greg mcgees the antipodeans.

A memoir of childhood won the general nonfiction award at the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards. Join the shortlisted nominees as the winners are announced in a kneesup, mced by author and comedian michele acourt. The 2016 ockham new zealand book awards will be judged by 12 eminent academics, writers, journalist, commentators, former publishers and booksellers from around new zealand. The 2016 ockham new zealand book awards inaugural longlist reveals a rich collection of works reflecting cultural and historical diversity and deeply rewarding poetry and prose from authors and illustrators all over the country. They were created in 1996, merging the montana book awards and the new zealand book awards into the montana new zealand book awards there are four categories. Minister congratulates ockham nz book awards winners. The ockham new zealand book awards celebrate excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best books written and illustrated. Ockham residential in 2015, the governance and management of new zealands national book awards were assumed by the new new zealand book awards trust. Sep 01, 2015 the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards will be judged by 12 eminent academics, writers, journalist, commentators, former publishers and booksellers from around new zealand. Ockham new zealand book awards christchurch city libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

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. The 2019 ockham new zealand book awards longlist library blog. There are sixteen finalists in four categories fiction, poetry, general nonfiction and illustrated nonfiction. Established in 1968, in their current format the annual ockham new zealand book awards offer five principal prizes. The invisible mile was shortlisted in the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards and was awarded the 2016 hubert church award for best first book. The ockham new zealand book awards shortlist will be announced on 8 march 2016, and the winners including the four best first book awards and a maori language award will be announced at a ceremony on 10 may 2016, held as the opening night event of the auckland writers festival.

Ockham new zealand book awards finalists announced scoop. The awards main sponsors are ockham residential, the acorn foundation, creative new zealand, and book tokens ltd. The winners including the four best first book awards were announced at a ceremony on tuesday 10 may 2016, at the opening night. In 2015 ockham assumed sponsorship of the awards but no prizes were awarded that year. Ten books are longlisted in each of the four awards categories fiction, general nonfiction, illustrated nonfiction and poetry. The ockham new zealand book awards shortlist will be announced on 6 march 2018. Check out reactions at the spin off to all four lists. The finalists of the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards have been announced this week.

The winners, including the four mitoq best first book awards, will be announced at a ceremony on 12 may as a marquee event during the 2020 auckland writers festival. Sixteen finalists, four winners, the ockham new zealand book awards 2016 are at the festival for the first time and youre invited. Neither work made the cut to the final four from the 10title longlist in their respective. Three otago university press authors have been longlisted for the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards. Mar 31, 2016 across the ditch in new zealand, they announced the shortlist for the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards on march 8th, but im sorry, i missed it at the time. Each of the awards four categories fiction, poetry, general nonfiction and illustrated nonfiction. The new zealand book awards winners will be announced at an event during the countrys largest literary gathering the auckland writers festival in may 2016. Ockham residential cofounder and director, mark todd, says there are strong links between the book awards. Ockham new zealand book awards auckland eventfinda. The hubert church award for fiction was awarded from 1945 by pen nz later the new zealand society of authors, and named for hubert church, a poet, novelist and critic who died in 1932. Aug 03, 2015 the new zealand book awards winners will be announced at an event during the countrys largest literary gathering the auckland writers festival in may 2016. The earlier incarnation of the new zealand book awards ran from 1976 to 1995, while the goodman fielder wattie book awards ran from 1968 to 1993. As part of its awards sponsorship, ockham also joins the suite of auckland writers festival gold partners.

From 20102014 the awards were sponsored by new zealand post. Every year, the ockham new zealand book awards, the new zealand book awards for children and young adults and phantom billstickers national poetry day champion and honour new zealand s literature our stories, written for us by our writers. The new zealand kitchen in the 20th century is on the long list for general nonfiction. Stephen daisley, winner of the ockham new zealand book awards fiction category. General non fiction royal society of new zealand award for general nonfiction. The ockham new zealand book awards shortlist will be announced on 8 march 2016, and the winners including the four best first book awards and a maori language award will be announced at a ceremony on may 10 2016, held as the opening night event of the auckland writers festival. The montana new zealand book awards ran from 19962009. The richness and diversity of modern new zealand culture is reflected in the literature honoured at the ockham new zealand book awards 2016, arts, culture and heritage minister maggie barry says. A selection of horrockss criticism was published as reinventing new zealand, 2016, and he has also written collections of poetry, including song of the ghost in the machine which was a finalist in the 2016 ockham new zealand book awards.

Winning titles are available from the virtual onzba virtual bookstore. Two otago books are on the longlist in the poetry category. Ockham new zealand book awards finalists creative new zealand. A wellington writers first novel is a finalist in the countrys most prestigious book awards, rubbing shoulders with literary heavyweights. In 2017, and i seem to say this every year, new zealand published an astonishing array of poetry from a diverse range of presses. Otago university press authors longlisted for 2016 ockham.