Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards 2021 winners announced

The winners of the postponed 2021 Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards have been announced.

The winners in each category are:

Book publisher of the year

• Mākaro Press

Emerging publisher of the year

• Rachel Eadie, Penguin Random House New Zealand

Bookshop of the year

• Schrödinger’s Bookshop, Petone

Emerging bookseller of the year

• Rafael Moreira, McLeods Booksellers, Rotorua

Bestseller award (for top seller by volume and value between April 2020 and March 2021)

• Supergood (Chelsea Winter, Random House New Zealand)

Marketing and publicity strategy of the year

• HarperCollins NZ for Impossible: My Story by Stan Walker, campaign manager Rebecca Thorne

Aotearoa booksellers’ choice award (joint winners)

• Auē (Becky Manawatu, Mākaro Press)
• Imagining Decolonisation (Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton & Amanda Thomas, BWB)

Salesperson of the year

• Jessica Rice, Penguin Random House New Zealand

Book industry innovation award

• Allen & Unwin

Lifetime achievement award

• Bridget Williams of BWB.

The annual awards, hosted by the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) and Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand, were announced in an online ceremony on 29 September.

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