Congratulations to the following winners of the 2016 Ockham Book Awards
FICTION
THE ACORN FOUNDATION LITERARY AWARD
Coming Rain
Stephen Daisley
Text Publishing
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History
Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney and Aroha Harris
Bridget Williams Books
GENERAL NON-FICTION
Māori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood
Witi Ihimaera
Vintage
POETRY
The Conch Trumpet
David Eagleton
Otago University Press
Best First Book
THE HUBERT CHURCH BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
The Invisible Mile
Victoria University Press
THE JUDITH BINNEY BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Te Ara Puoro: A Journey into the World of Māori Music
Potton & Burton
THE E H MCCORMICK BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION
Panguru and the City, Kāinga Tahi, Kāinga Rua: An Urban Migration History
Bridget Williams Books
THE JESSIE MACKAY BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes
Auckland University Press
More information about the winners and the finalists can be found on the Awards website.
