Damon Salesa takes out top book prize for 'An Indigenous Ocean'

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 15 May 2024

Scholar Damon Salesa has pipped the hotly contested General Non-Fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024 with his book, An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays, published by Bridget Williams Books.

He joins Emile Donovan.

Damon Salesa and the cover of his book "An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays".

Damon Salesa and the cover of his book "An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays". Photo: Rebecca McMillan Photography