Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 shortlists announced
3 March 2021 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The shortlists for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced.
The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from longlists announced in January, are:
Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction
- Nothing to See (Pip Adam, Victoria University Press)
- Bug Week (Airini Beautrais, Victoria University Press)
- Remote Sympathy (Catherine Chidgey, Victoria University Press)
- Sprigs (Brannavan Gnanalingam, Lawrence & Gibson)
General Nonfiction
- Specimen: Personal Essays (Madison Hamill, Victoria University Press)
- This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir (Alison Jones, Bridget Williams Books)
- Te Hāhi Mihinare |The Māori Anglican Church (Hirini Kaa, Bridget Williams Books)
- The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere a Biographical Portrait (Vincent O’Sullivan, Penguin)
Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry
- The Savage Coloniser Book (Tusiata Avia, Victoria University Press)
- Funkhaus (Hinemoana Baker, Victoria University Press)
- National Anthem (Mohamed Hassan, Dead Bird Books)
- Magnolia木蘭 (Nina Mingya Powles, Seraph Press)
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Nonfiction
- Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists (Leonard Bell, Auckland University Press)
- Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine (Monique Fiso, Godwit)
- An Exquisite Legacy: The Life and Work of New Zealand Naturalist G.V. Hudson (George Gibbs, Potton & Burton)
- Nature—Stilled (Jane Ussher, Te Papa Press).
The winner of the fiction award receives NZ$55,000 (A$53,180), while the other category winners each receive NZ$10,000 (A$9670).
The winners, including the Best First Book Awards, will be announced at a ceremony on 12 May, during the 2021 Auckland Writers Festival.
For more information about the New Zealand Book Awards, click here.
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