Martin Edmond

The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival is delighted to once again present its much anticipated Schools’ Programme, in the Aotea Centre in Auckland on Wednesday 9 May and Thursday 10 May 2012, designed to deliver two full days of education, inspiration and pleasure for New Zealand students.

Our full list of presenters includes:
•    songwriter, poet and creative Maori writer Hinemoana Baker;
•    award-winning New Zealand writer Fleur Beale;
•    Artemis Fowl author and Irishman Eoin Colfer;
•    expat creative non-fiction author Martin Edmond;
•    Trans-Tasman graphic artist Chris Grosz;

Tilly peers into her New Zealand Post Awards crystal ball…

The Read thought it would be fun to ask an eminent bookseller to pre guess the judges’ nominations for the first New Zealand Post Book Awards which will be announced  next Tuesday, June 22.

We chose Tilly Lloyd because we were doing the profile of Unity Wellington, and what the heck, it saved money on toll calls.

Ms Lloyd, however, took to her task with High Court gravity. As she had been out of the country on sabbatical during some of the awards period, she consulted with colleagues regarding titles she may have overlooked.

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Tu, Patricia Grace (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Godwit)

Fiction
Tu, Patricia Grace (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
Mansfield, C K Stead (Vintage)
Tarzan Presley, Nigel Cox (Victoria University Press)

Poetry
Nice morning for it, Adam, Vincent O'Sullivan (Victoria University Press)

History
At Home: A Century of New Zealand Design, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Godwit)

Biography
Chronicle of the Unsung, Martin Edmond (Auckland University Press)

Environment
Tiritiri Matangi: A Model of Conservation, Anne Rimmer (Tandem Press)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
Hip Hop Music in Aotearoa, Gareth Shute (Reed Publishing)

Illustrative
Handboek: Ans Westra Photographs, Luit Bieringa (BWX)

Reference & Anthology
The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary , edited by Tony Deverson & Graeme Kennedy (Oxford University Press)

Readers' Choice Award
Made in Morocco, Julie Le Clerc & John Bougen (Penguin Books)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
My Real Life and Other Stories, Julian Novitz (Vintage)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Clung, Sonja Yelich (Auckland University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Ghost Dance, Douglas Wright (Penguin Books)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
North & South

Reviewer of the Year Award
Tony Simpson