Booksellers NZ Industry Awards Finalists Announced

Finalists have been announced for the Booksellers NZ Industry Awards.

Winners will be announced at the Booksellers NZ Conference at the Industry Awards and Cocktails on Sunday night, 17 July at Te Papa in Wellington.

THORPE-Bowker Regional Bookseller of the Year North Island

• Benny’s Bookshop, New Plymouth
• Time Out Bookstore, Auckland
• Village Bookshop, Matakana

THORPE-Bowker Regional Bookseller of the Year South Island

• Page & Blackmore Booksellers, Nelson
• Scorpio Books, Christchurch
• The Children’s Bookshop, Christchurch

THORPE-Bowker Group Bookshop of the Year

• Paper Plus Coastlands, Paraparaumu
• Paper Plus Masterton
• Paper Plus Wanaka

THORPE-Bowker Independent Bookseller of the Year

• Unity Auckland
• Unity Wellington
• Time Out Bookstore, Auckland

THORPE-Bowker Award for Promotional and Sales Support

• Allen & Unwin
• Penguin Group (NZ)
• HarperCollins Publishers NZ
• Random House NZ

THORPE-Bowker Award New Zealand Publishing

• International Culinary Institute Press
• Craig Potton Publishing
• Random House NZ
• Victoria University Press

THORPE-Bowker Award for Sales Rep of the Year North Island

• Helen Raos (Hachette NZ)
• Ross Lorimer (Archetype/Allen & Unwin)
• Paula  Pengelly (Random House NZ)
• Anna Applin (Archetype/Allen & Unwin)

THORPE-Bowker Award for Sales Rep of the Year South Island

• Jennie Goodman (Craig Potton, Addenda, Archetype Book Agents)
• Louise Crisp (Penguin Group (NZ))
• Clare Davies (Macmillan NZ)
• Troy Howard (Random House NZ)

THORPE-Bowker Award for Publisher of the Year

• HarperCollins Publishers NZ
• Gecko Press
• Penguin Group (NZ)
• Random House NZ