MONTANA MEDAL

MONTANA MEDAL WINNER - FICTION 2009

Novel About My Wife - Emily Perkins

Bloomsbury, ISBN 978-074759-650-9  $27.99 pbk

Deutz Medal For Fiction
Fiction
Live Bodies Maurice Gee, (Penguin).

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
History & Biography
Dictionary of New Zealand English ed. Harry Orsman, (Oxford University Press)

Poetry
Shape-Shifter Hone Tuwhare, (Steele Roberts).

Illustrative Arts
Goldie Roger Blackley, (David Bateman).

 Environment & Heritage
Pick of the Bunch: New Zealand Wildflowers Peter Johnson, (Longacre Press).

Lives & Lifestyle
The Complete New Zealand Fisherman Geoff Thomas, (David Bateman).

Readers' Choice Award
New Zealand Historical Atlas
ed. Malcolm McKinnon, (David Bateman)

Best Review Page
The Evening Post

Reviewer of the Year
Graeme Lay

The New Zealand Society of Authors Best First Book Awards
Hubert Church Award for Fiction:
In a fishbone church Catherine Chidgey,( Victoria University Press).

Jessie Mackay Award for Poetry:
All Roads Lead to the Sea Kapka Kassabova, (Auckland University Press).

E H McCormick Award for Non-Fiction:
Olives: The new passion Genevieve Noser, (Penguin).

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Fiction
The Vintner's Luck, Elizabeth Knox, (Victoria University Press).

Montana Medal for Non-Fiction
Lifestyle
The Loving Stitch: A history of knitting and spinning in New Zealand, Heather Nicholson, (Auckland University Press).

History & Biography
Under the Bridge and Over the Moon, Kevin Ireland, (Vintage).

Poetry Award
Seeing You Asked, Vincent O'Sullivan, (VUP).

Illustrative Arts
100 New Zealand Craft Artists, Helen Schamroth, (Godwit).

Environment & Heritage
The Natural World of New Zealand Gerard Hutching, (Penguin).

Readers' Choice Award
The Vintner's Luck, Elizabeth Knox, (VUP).

Best Review Page
Landfall

Reviewer of the Year
Iain Sharp

The New Zealand Society of Author Best First Book Awards
Hubert Church Award for Fiction
Alpha Male William Brandt, (Victoria University Press).

Jessie Mackay Award for Poetry
Unfamiliar Legends of the Stars Kate Camp, (Victoria University Press).

E H McCormick Award for Non-Fiction
100 New Zealand Craft Artists Helen Schamroth, (Godwit).

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Fiction
Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall (Vintage)

Fiction runners-up
Golden Deeds Catherine Chidgey (Victoria University Press)
Talking About O'Dwyer C.K.Stead (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Illustrative Arts
The Art of Grahame Sydney (Grahame Sydney Longacre Press)

Poetry
The Lark Quartet Elizabeth Smither (Auckland University Press)

History & Biography
Kapiti Chris Maclean (The Whitcombe Press)

Environment
Classic Tramping in New Zealand Shaun Barnett & Rob Brown (Craig Potton Publishing)

Lifestyle
The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants Yvonne Cave & Valda Paddison (Godwit)

Readers' Choice Award
The Art of Grahame Sydney Grahame Sydney (Longacre Press)

New Zealand Society of Authors Best First Book Awards
Hubert Church Best First Book for Fiction
Stray Thoughts And Nosebleeds Duncan Sarkies (Victoria University Press)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book for Poetry
The Art of Walking Upright Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book for Non-Fiction
Kava In The Blood Peter Thomson (Tandem Press)

A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
Allen Curnow

Review Pages/Section Of The Year Award
The Evening Post

Reviewer of the Year Award
Michael King

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

Deutz Medal For Fiction
Stonedogs, Craig Marriner (Vintage)

Fiction runners-up
Billie's Kiss, Elizabeth Knox (Victoria University Press)
Here At The End Of The World We Learn To Dance, Lloyd Jones (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case, Lynley Hood (Longacre Press)

Poetry
Piggy-back Moon, Hone Tuwhare (Godwit)

History
A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case, Lynley Hood (Longacre)

Biography
Long Loop Home, Peter Wells (Vintage)

Environment
Rolling Thunder: The Spirit of Karekare, Bob Harvey (Exisle Publishing)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting, Lynnsay Rongokea & John Dalley (photographer) (Godwit)

Illustrative
Akekeia! Traditional Dance in Kiribati, Joan & Tony Whincup with Julia Parkinson (designer) (Susan Barrie)

Reference & Anthology
Nga Pepeha a Nga Tipuna: The Sayings of the Ancestors, Hirini Moko Mead & Neil Grove (Victoria University Press)

Honour Award
Eruera Manuera, Te Onehou Phillis (Huia Publishers)

Readers' Choice Award
A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case, Lynley Hood (Longacre Press)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
Stonedogs, Craig Marriner (Vintage)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Husk, Chris Price (Auckland University Press)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Fool's Paradise, Steve Braunias (Random House)

A W Reed Lifetime Achievement Award
Maurice Shadbolt

Review Pages/Section Of The Year Award
North & South

Reviewer of the Year Award
Jane Hurley

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

Deutz Medal For Fiction or Poetry
Blindsight, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)

Montana Medal for Non Fiction
Pohutukawa & Rata: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees, Philip Simpson (Te Papa Press)

Fiction
Blindsight, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)

Fiction runners-up
Responsibility, Nigel Cox (Victoria University Press)
The Captive Wife, Fiona Kidman (Vintage)

Poetry
Lifted, Bill Manhire (Victoria University Press)

History
Thrift to Fantasy: Home Textile Crafts of the 1930s-1950s, Rosemary McLeod (HarperCollins Publishers)

Biography
Dingle: Discovering the Sense in Adventure, Graeme Dingle (Craig Potton Publishing)

Environment
Pohutukawa & Rata: New Zealand's Iron-hearted Trees, Philip Simpson (Te Papa Press)

Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture
How to Look at a Painting, Justin Paton (Awa Press)

Illustrative
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, Hannah Holm & Lara Strongman (eds.) (Mountain View Publishing)

Reference & Anthology
Great Sporting Moments: The best of Sport magazine 1988-2004, Damien Wilkins (ed.) (Victoria University Press)

Readers' Choice Award
Blindsight, Maurice Gee (Penguin Books)
The Captive Wife, Fiona Kidman (Vintage)

Hubert Church Best First Book of Fiction
A Red Silk Sea, Gillian Ranstead (Penguin Books)

Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry
Dream Fish Floating, Karlo Mila (Huia Publishers)

E.H. McCormick Best First Book of Non-Fiction
Pakeha and the Treaty: Why It's Our Treaty Too, Patrick Snedden (Random House New Zealand)

Review Page or Programme of the Year Award
Dominion Post

Reviewer of the Year Award
Jolisa Gracewood