Ockham 2026 shortlists announced

• All Her Lives (Ingrid Horrocks, Te Herenga Waka University Press)
• The Book of Guilt (Catherine Chidgey, Te Herenga Waka University Press)
• Hoods Landing (Laura Vincent [Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāpuhi], Āporo Press)
• How to Paint a Nude (Sam Mahon, Ugly Hill Press)

• Black Sugarcane (Nafanua Purcell Kersel [Satupa‘itea, Faleālupo, Aleipata, Tuaefu], Te Herenga Waka University Press)*
• No Good (Sophie van Waardenberg, Auckland University Press)*
• Sick Power Trip (Erik Kennedy, Te Herenga Waka University Press)
• Terrier, Worrier: A Poem in Five Parts (Anna Jackson, Auckland University Press)

• Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and Across the British Empire (Charlotte Macdonald, Bridget Williams Books)
• He Puāwai: A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers (Philip Garnock-Jones, Auckland University Press)*
• Mark Adams: A Survey – He Kohinga Whakaahua (Sarah Farrar, Massey University Press & Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki)
• Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington Street by Street (Elizabeth Cox, Massey University Press)

• A Different Kind of Power (Jacinda Ardern, Penguin)*
• The Hollow Boys: A Story of Three Brothers & the Fiordland Deer Recovery Era (Peta Carey, Potton & Burton)
• Northbound: Four Seasons of Solitude on Te Araroa (Naomi Arnold, HarperCollins)
• This Compulsion in Us (Tina Makereti [Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore, Pākehā], Te Herenga Waka University Press).

* Debut authors.