Bernard Beckett

A dynamic and diverse group of the finest international and national writers will converge on Wellington in March for the New Zealand International Arts Festival’s Writers and Readers Week.

Book of the Year
Hunter, Joy Cowley (Puffin)

Children's Choice
Nobody's Dog, Jennifer Beck and Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)

Best First Book
The Unknown Zone, Phil Smith (Random House New Zealand)

Young Adult Fiction Winner
With Lots of Love from Georgia, Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)

Honour Award
Kaitangata Twitch, Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin)

Junior Fiction Winner
Hunter, Joy Cowley (Puffin)

Honour Award
Sil, Jill Harris (Longacre Press)

Picture Book Winner
A Booming in the Night, Ben Brown and Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing)

Honour Award
Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell, Tim Tipene and Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers)

Non Fiction Winner
Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli, Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)

Honour Award
Blue New Zealand, Glenys Stace (Penguin New Zealand)

Finalists

• Deep Fried, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• Kaitangata Twitch, Margaret Mahy (Allen & Unwin)
• Running Hot, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• The Unknown Zone, Phil Smith (Random House)
• With Lots of Love from Georgia, Brigid Lowry (Allen & Unwin)

• Hunter, Joy Cowley (Puffin)
• Maddigan's Fantasia, Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)
• Maddigan's Quest (TV tie-in), Margaret Mahy (HarperCollins)
• My Story: Chinatown Girl, Eva Wong Ng (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Sil, Jil Harris (Longacre Press)
• Super Freak, Brian Falkner (Mallinson Rendel)

• A Booming in the Night, Ben Brown & Helen Taylor (Reed Publishing)
• Haere - Farewell, Jack, Farewell, Tim Tipene & Huhana Smith (Huia Publishers)
• Nobody's Dog, Jennifer Beck & Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Waka/ Te Waka, Katerina Te Keikoko Mataira, Jean Prior & Gavin Bishop (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Where's the Gold? Pamela Allen (Penguin Viking)

• Blue New Zealand, Glenys Stace (Puffin)
• Cameras in Narnia, Ian Brodie (HarperCollins)
• Frontier of Dreams: The Weight of World Wars 1897-1949, John Parker (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Peter Blake Sailor, Adventurer, Alan Sefton (Puffin)
• Scarecrow Army, Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)

Book of the Year
Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson (Random House New Zealand)

Best First Book
The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff, Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books)

Children's Choice
Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo, John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)

Young Adult Fiction Winner
Genesis, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction Winner
Thor's Tale, Janice Marriott (HarperCollins Publishers)

Picture Book Winner
Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo, John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)

Non Fiction Winner
Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson (Random House New Zealand)

Finalists

• Genesis, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• A Respectable Girl, Fleur Beale (Random House)
• Shooting the Moon, VM Jones (HarperCollins)
• Single Fin, Aaron Topp (Random House)
• Thieves, Ella West (Longacre Press)

• And Did Those Feet... Ted Dawe (Longacre Press)
• Boyznbikes, Vince Ford (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Frog Whistle Mine, Des Hunt (HarperCollins)
• My Story: Castaway, Bill O'Brien (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Thor's Tale: Endurance and Adventure in the Southern Ocean, Janice Marriott (HarperCollins)

• Kiss! Kiss! Yuck! Yuck! Kyle Mewburn, Ali Teo & John O'Reilly (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Matatuhi, Robyn Kahukiwa (Puffin)
• A Present from the Past, Jennifer Beck & Lindy Fisher (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Riding the Waves/ Whakaeke i nga ngaru, Gavin Bishop & Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira (Random House)
• The Three Fishing Brothers Gruff, Ben Galbraith (Hodder Children's Books)

• Illustrated History of the South Pacific, Marcia Stenson (Random House)
• It's True! You Can Make Your Own Jokes, Sharon Holt & Ross Kinnaird (Allen & Unwin)
• Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam, Leon Davidson (Black Dog Books)
• Soldier in the Yellow Socks: Charles Upham, Our Finest Fighting Soldier, Janice Mariott (HarperCollins)
• Winging It! The Adventures of Tim Wallis, Neville Peat (Longacre Press)

Book of the Year
Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)

Children's Choice
The Other Ark, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)

Best First Book
Cross Tides, Lorraine Orman (Longacre Press)

Young Adult Fiction
Malcom and Juliet, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction
Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)

Picture Book
Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)

Non Fiction
Welcome to the South Seas, Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press)

Finalists

• Coming Back, David Hill (Mallinson Rendel)
• Dark, Penelope Todd (Longacre Press)
• Malcolm and Juliet, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• Out of Tune, Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press)
• Robert Moran - Private, Ken Catran (Lothian Books)

• Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
• Beyond the Shroud, VM Jones (HarperCollins)
• My Story: A New Song in the Land, Fleur Beale (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Walking Lightly, Fleur Beale & Michaela Sangl (Mallinson Rendel)
• You've Got Guts, Kenny Melrose, Shirley Corlett (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story, Kate De Goldi and Jacqui Colley (Trapeze)
• Koro's Medicine, Melanie Drewery & Sabrina Malcolm (Huia Publishers)
• The Night Kite, Peter Bland & Carl Bland (Mallinson Rendel)
• The Other Ark, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
• Taming the Sun, Gavin Bishop (Random House)

• Everything You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot, Lloyd Jones & Timon Maxey (Four Winds Press)
• From Weta to Kauri, Janet Hunt & Rob Lucas (Random House)
• The Life-size Guide to the New Zealand Beach, Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books)
• John Britten, Jennifer Beck (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Welcome to the South Seas, Gregory O'Brien (Auckland University Press)

Book of the Year
The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press).

Children's Choice
Grandpa's Shorts, Joy Watson and Wendy Hodder (Scholastic New Zealand)

Best First Book
Brodie, Chris Mousdale - illustrator (Scholastic New Zealand)

Senior Fiction
Owl, Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press)

Junior Fiction
Recycled, Sandy McKay (Longacre Press)

Picture Book
Brodie, Joy Cowley and Chris Mousdale (Scholastic New Zealand).

Non Fiction
The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press)

Finalists

• Kalick, Jack Lasenby (Longacre Press)
• Jolt, Bernard Beckett (Longacre Press)
• Tiggie Thompson All at Sea, Tessa Duder (Penguin)
• Owl, Joanna Orwin (Longacre Press)
• Return to One Foot Island, Graeme Lay (Penguin)

• Recycled, Sandy McKay (Longacre Press)
• Ambushed, Fleur Beale (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Knocked for Six, Alison Robertson (Scholastic New Zealand)
• The Riddle of the Frozen Phantom, Margaret Mahy (Collins)
• The Weathermakers, Shirley Corlett (Scholastic New Zealand)

• Scarface Claw, Lynley Dodd (Mallinson Rendel)
• Grandpa's Shorts, Joy Watson & Wendy Hodder (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Brodie, Joy Cowley & Chris Mousdale (Scholastic New Zealand)
• Tom Thumb, Gavin Bishop (Random House)
• The Last Whale/ Te Tohora Whakamutanga, Renee Hapimarika van de Weert & Anton Petrov (Reed Publishing)

• Which New Zealand Bird, Andrew Crowe & Dave Gunson (Penguin)
• Fibonacci's Cows, Ray Galvin (Shortland Publishers)
• The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis (Longacre Press)
• The Reed Maori Picture Dictionary, Margaret Sinclair, Ross Calman & Dale Tutill (Reed Publishing)
• I am a Spider, Dr Simon Pollard (Reed Publishing)