Aotearoa NZ Audiobook of the Year Award finalists
Thursday, 3 July 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) and Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand have announced the finalists for the 2025 Libro.fm Audiobook of the Year Award.
The six finalists are:
- Return to Blood (Michael Bennett, narrated by Miriama McDowell, S&S)
- A Queen This Fierce and Deadly (Stacia Stark, narrated by Meg Sylvan and Tim Paige, Dreamscape Media)
- The Bone People (Keri Hulme, narration and original taonga puoro music by Ruby Solly, PRH NZ)
- BBQ Economics: How Money Works and Why it Matters (Liam Dann, narrated by Liam Dann, PRH NZ)
- Dead Girl Gone (Gareth and Louise Ward, narrated by Felicity Jurd and Yannick Lawry, PRH NZ)
- Finding Miriama (Donna Goodacre, narrated by Naomi Barton, Voices of Today).
The winner will be presented during the Book Industry Awards night on 19 July 2025.
More information about the shortlist is available on the Libro.fm website.
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