Jane Westaway

Perkins Writes Story of her Wife to Win Montana Medal

Emily Perkins has won the 2009 Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry for her taut and chilling book, Novel About My Wife.
The work - published by Bloomsbury - is described by 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Judges’ Convenor, Dr Mark Williams as highly assured fiction by a writer working at the height of her powers.

Quick links: 1997, 1998, 1999

NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 1999

Book of the Year

A Summery Saturday Morning, Margaret Mahy (Penguin)

Best First Book

Footsteps of the Gods, Hana Hiraina Erlbeck (Reed).

Quick links: 2000, 2001, 2002

NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS 2002

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)

Montana New Zealand Book Awards Fiction Finalist Makes History

Tuesday 2 June, 6am

Debut novelist, Eleanor Catton is a finalist in this year’s Montana New Zealand Book Awards for her book, The Rehearsal; a work that has launched her onto the international stage, being snapped up by major-league publishers in the US and UK.