New Zealand Book Awards
New Gen artist Hera Lindsay Bird
High profile New Zealand poet Hera Lindsay Bird has been named as a 2017 Arts Foundation New Generation Artist, receiving $25,000 along with it. Audio
Tale to two children in Nazi Germany wins fiction award
Catherine Chidgey has taken out the top fiction prize at the NZ book awards for her tale of two children in Nazi Germany. Audio
Farmer wins top prize at NZ Book Awards
A farmer and shearer who published his first novel when he was 56 has won the $50,000 prize for fiction at the revamped New Zealand Book Awards.
Revamped NZ Book Awards offering up $50,000 prize
Four novels, including one debut novel, are in the running to win a new $50,000 prize at this year's New Zealand Book Awards. Audio
Mystery benefactor sparks great expectations for book awards
After being put on hold this year when major sponsor New Zealand Post withdrew funding, the New Zealand Book Awards will be back in 2016 thanks to an anonymous benefactor. Audio
We weren't out to bring Catton down to size - book judge
Artist, Dick Frizzell, was on the panel of judges which also included broadcaster Kim Hill and writer Elizabeth Smither, which gave the Book of the Year award in 2014 to Jill Trevelyan's story of… Audio
Catton dismays book judge, disappoints PM
A New Zealand Book Award judge has joined a chorus of people including the Prime Minister dismayed at Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton's criticism. Audio
Next year's New Zealand Book Awards cancelled
Long time sponsor New Zealand Post has announced its withdrawal, forcing the organisers to put the awards on hold. Audio
Authors, writers, publishers fear for future of NZ Book Awards
Authors, writers and publishers fear for the future of the New Zealand Book Awards, now without a major sponsor and on the shelf until 2016. Audio