Canterbury University Press

Book of the Year
The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Scholastic Publishers)

Best First Book
Reliable Friendly Girls, Jane Westaway (Longacre Press)

Children's Choice
Mechanical Harry, Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel)

Senior Fiction
Sanctuary, Kate De Goldi (Penguin)

Junior Fiction
The Battle of Pook Island, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)

Picture Book
The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck, illustrated by Robyn Belton (Scholastic Publishers)

Non Fiction
Picture Book Magic, Chris Gaskin, photography by Denis Page (Reed Publishing)

Finalists

• Sanctuary, Kate De Goldi (Penguin)
• Secret Sacrament, Sherryl Jordan (Puffin Books)
• Reliable Friendly Girls, Jane Westaway (Longacre Press)
• Circles, William Taylor (Penguin Books)
• The Other Side of Silence, Margaret Mahy (Hamish Hamilton)

• The Battle of Pook Island, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
• Cold Comfort, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• Archway Arrow, Margaret Beames (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Robber and the Millionaire, Eirlys Hunter (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Memory Tree, Elizabeth Pulford (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Maui and the Sun: A Maori Tale, Gavin Bishop (Reed Publishing)
• The Bantam and the Soldier, Jennifer Beck & Robyn Belton (Scholastic Publishers)
• Nicketty-Nacketty, Noo-noo-noo, Joy Cowley & Tracey Moroney (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Mechanical Harry, Bob Kerr (Mallinson Rendel)
• Schitzel Von Krumm Forget-Me-Not, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)

• Picture Book Magic, Chris Gaskin (Reed Publishing)
• Down-under Dolphins, Stephen Dawson & Elisabeth Slooten (Canterbury University Press)
• New Zealand's Native Birds of Bush and Countryside, Various Contributors (Penguin Books)
• I Spy Wildlife: The Rocky Shore, Diana Noonan & Nic Bishop (Heinemann Education)
• I Spy Wildlife: The Garden, Diana Noonan & Nic Bishop (Heinemann Education)

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Fiction
The Book of Fame, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
The Curative, Charlotte Randall (Penguin Books)
Nineteen Widows Under Ash, Damien Wilkins (Victoria University Press)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame, Michael King (Viking)

Poetry
The Bells of St Babel's, Allen Curnow (Auckland University Press)

History & Biography
Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance, edited by Te Miringa Hohaia, Gregory O'Brien & Lara Strongman (City Gallery Wellington, the Trustees of Parihaka Pa and Victoria University Press)

Environment
Dancing Leaves: The Story of New Zealand's Cabbage Tree, Ti Kouka, Philip Simpson (Canterbury University Press)

Lifestyle
Fresh, Julie Biuso & Ian Batchelor (photographer) (New Holland Publishers)

Illustrative Arts
Ralph Hotere: Black Light, edited by Ian Wedde (Te Papa Press & Dunedin Public Art Gallery)

Readers' Choice Award
Wrestling With The Angel: A Life of Janet Frame, Michael King (Viking)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Emerald Budgies, Karyn Hay (Vintage)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Animals Indoors, Stephanie de Montalk (Victoria University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Pukaki: A Comet Returns, Paul Tapsell (Reed Publishing)

A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
Dame Fiona Kidman

Review Pages/Section Of The Year Award
The Evening Post

Reviewer of the Year Award
David Eggleton

Montana Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, Audrey Eagle (Te Papa Press)

Fiction
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
The Fainter, Damien Wilkins (Victoria University Press)
The Cowboy Dog, Nigel Cox (Victoria University Press)

Poetry
The Goose Bath, Janet Frame (Vintage)

History
Vaka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors, K.R. Howe (ed.) (David Bateman)

Biography
Douglas Lilburn: His Life and Music, by Philip Norman (Canterbury University Press)

Environment
Ghosts of Gondwana, by George Gibbs (Craig Potton Publishing)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists, Ann Packer (Random House)

Illustrative
Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, Audrey Eagle (Te Papa Press)

Reference & Anthology
Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830-1900, William Cottrell (Reed Publishing)

Readers' Choice Award
Mister Pip, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
The Sound of Butterflies, Rachael King (Black Swan)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Secret Heart, Airini Beautrais (Victoria University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Furniture of the New Zealand Colonial Era: An Illustrated History 1830-1900, William Cottrell (Reed Publishing)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
New Zealand Listener

Reviewer of the Year Award
David Eggleton