The Man Booker prize-winning novel The Luminaries is in line to pick up another award next month.
The book by New Zealand author Eleanor Catton is a finalist in the New Zealand Post Book Awards to be announced on 27 August.
Eleanor Catton. Photo: ROBERT CATTO
Rebecca Macfie's book Tragedy At Pike River Mine is also a finalist.
TV presenter Miriama Kamo is convening the judging panel for the awards, which also includes Radio New Zealand presenter Kim Hill.
FINALISTS
Fiction
- The Bright Side of my Condition by Charlotte Randall, Penguin Books
- The Last Days of the National Costume by Anne Kennedy, Allen & Unwin
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, Victoria University Press
- Max Gate by Damien Wilkins, Victoria University Press
Poetry
- Gathering Evidence by Caoilinn Hughes, Victoria University Press
- Heartland by Michele Leggott, Auckland University Press
- Horse with Hat by Marty Smith, Victoria University Press
- Us, then by Vincent O'Sullivan, Victoria University Press
Illustrated non-fiction
- Coast: A New Zealand journey by Bruce Ansley & Jane Ussher, Random House NZ (Godwit)
- Greer Twiss: Sculptor by Greer Twiss, Dr Robin Woodward & Haru Sameshima, Ron Sang Publications
- New Zealand and the First World War 1914-1919 by Damien Fenton, Penguin Books
- Promoting Prosperity: The art of early New Zealand advertising by Peter Alsop and Gary Stewart, Craig Potton Publishing
General non-fiction
- A History of Silence by Lloyd Jones, Penguin Books
- Peter McLeavey: The life and times of a New Zealand art dealer by Jill Trevelyan, Te Papa Press
- The Mighty Totara: The life and times of Norman Kirk by David Grant, Random House NZ
- Tragedy at Pike River Mine by Rebecca Macfie, Awa Press
Nielsen Booksellers' Choice
- Beyond the State: New Zealand state houses from modest to modern, by Bill McKay, Andrea Stevens & Simon Devitt, Penguin Books
- Molesworth: Stories from New Zealand's largest high-country station by Harry Broad and Rob Suisted, Craig Potton Publishing
- The Beginner's Guide to Hunting and Fishing in New Zealand by Paul Adamson, Random House NZ
- The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton, Victoria University Press
