Past Winners

Aberhart, Laurence

2008: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Illustrative Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning by Laurence Aberhart (Christchurch Art Gallery, 2007)

Adam, Pip

2011: New Zealand Post Book Awards
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction Everything We Hoped For by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, 2010)

2018: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THE ACORN FOUNDATION FICTION PRIZE The New Animals by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press, 2017)

Adams, John

2012: New Zealand Post Book Awards
The NZSA Jessie MacKay Best First Book of Poetry Briefcase by John Adams (Auckland University Press, 2011)

Adams, Nancy M.

1995: New Zealand Book Awards
Book Production Seaweeds of New Zealand: An Illustrated Guide by Nancy M. Adams (Canterbury University Press, 1994)

Adcock, Fleur

1984: New Zealand Book Awards
Poetry Selected Poems by Fleur Adcock (Oxford University Press, 1983)

See Fleur Adcock's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Adsett, Sandy

1997: Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Illustrative Arts Mataora: The Living Face: Contemporary Māori Art by Sandy Adsett (David Bateman, 1996)

Alpers, Anthony

1981: New Zealand Book Awards
Non-Fiction The Life of Katherine Mansfield by Anthony Alpers (Viking, 1980)

Anderson, Barbara

1992: Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Awards
1st Portrait of the Artist’s Wife by Barbara Anderson (Victoria University Press, 1992)

See Barbara Anderson's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Ansley, Bruce

2014: New Zealand Post Book Awards
Illustrated Non-Fiction Coast: A New Zealand Journey by Bruce Ansley (Godwit, 2013)

Arthur, Jane

2020: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD – JESSIE MACKAY PRIZE FOR POETRY Craven by Jane Arthur (Victoria University Press, 2019)

Ashton-Warner, Sylvia

1980: New Zealand Book Awards
Non-Fiction I Passed This Way by Sylvia Ashton-Warner (Knopf, 1979)

See Sylvia Ashton-Warner's biography on the NZ Book Council website.

Avia , Tusiata

2021: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
MARY AND PETER BIGGS AWARD FOR POETRY The Savage Coloniser Book by Tusiata Avia (Victoria University Press, 2020)