Perkins, Elliot among winners of inaugural NZ arts awards

29 November 2011 Books+Publishing

Author Emily Perkins and illustrator David Elliot are among the winners of the inaugural Macquarie Private Wealth New Zealand Arts Awards, presented at a ceremony in Auckland on 29 November. Perkins, author of Novel About My Wife (Bloomsbury), received one of five NZ$50,000 (approximately A$38,000) Laureate Awards, awarded to mid-career artists. The...