Booksellers NZ Industry Awards finalists announced

The finalists for this year’s Booksellers New Zealand Industry Awards have been announced.

The finalists in each of the categories are:

Regional Bookseller of the Year (North Island)

• The Children’s Bookshop, Wellington
• Paper Plus The Base, Hamilton
• Unity Books, Wellington

Regional Bookseller of the Year (South Island)

• Paper Plus Northlands, Christchurch
• Page & Blackmores Booksellers, Nelson
• The Children’s Bookshop, Christchurch

Group Bookshop of the Year

• Whitcoulls Sylvia Park, Auckland
• Paper Plus Coastlands, Paraparaumu
• Paper Plus Northlands, Christchurch

Independent Bookseller of the Year

• Unity Books, Wellington
• Page & Blackmore Booksellers, Nelson
• Scorpio Books, Christchurch

Promotional and Sales Support

• Penguin Group NZ
• HarperCollins NZ
• Random House NZ

New Zealand Publishing

• Gecko Press
• Craig Potton Publishing
• Random House NZ

Sales Rep of the Year (North Island)

• Helen Raos (Hachette NZ)
• Ross Lorimer (Archetype / A&U)
• Paul Greenberg (Greene Phoenix Marketing)
• Anna Applin (Archetype / A&U)

Sales Rep of the Year (South Island)

• Paul Greenberg (Greene Phoenix Marketing)
• Louise Crisp (Random House NZ, formally Penguin NZ)
• Clare Davies (Macmillan NZ)
• Peter Levy (HarperCollins NZ)

Publisher of the Year

• Allen & Unwin
• Gecko Press
• Random House NZ.

The winners of this year’s awards will be announced on 2 August at the Booksellers New Zealand Conference in Auckland. To see a list of last year’s winners, click here.

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