2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Saturday 19 May 2018
Congratulations to Pip Adam for winning the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize for her revelatory novel, The New Animals. The New Animals will challenge your imagination and keep your mind reeling well after you have finished reading it.
The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards has a long and interesting history and has had many great literary entries. Their website has a list of past winners and previous longlists as well as a look into their history.
Related Links:
- Find the Ockham New Zealand Books Award winners in the library catalogue
- Find past winners and longlist on the official Ockham New Zealand Book Awards website
List of 2018 winners:
Award | Title | Author | Publisher |
Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize | The New Animals | Pip Adam | Victoria University Press |
Poetry Award | Night Horse | Elizabeth Smither | Auckland University Press |
Illustrated Non-Fiction Award | Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds | Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins | Bridget Williams Books |
Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction | Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father | Diana Wichtel | Awa Press |
Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction | Baby | Annaleese Jochems | Victoria University Press |
Jessie MacKay Best First Book Award for Poetry | Fully Clothed and so Forgetful | Hannah Mettner | Victoria University Press |
Judith Binney Best First Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction | Caves: Exploring New Zealand's Subterranean Wilderness | Marcus Thomas and Neil Silverwood | Whio Publishing |
E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for General Non-Fiction | Driving to Treblinka: A Long Search for a Lost Father | Diana Wichtel | Awa Press |