Montana NZ Book Awards - Latest News [Page 1]
Perkins Writes Story of her Wife, Wins Medal
Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 9:47 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Emily Perkins has won the 2009 Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry for her taut and chilling book, Novel About My Wife. The work - published by Bloomsbury - is described by 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Judges’ Convenor, Dr Mark Williams as highly ... More >>
Announcement of Book Award Winner ‘Pure Guess Work
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 4:37 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
Booksellers New Zealand, Administrators of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards has been advised that Next Magazine have published in their August issue, whom they believe has won the Fiction category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. More >>
Fiction Finalist Makes History
Tuesday, 2 June 2009, 10:24 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Debut novelist, Eleanor Catton is a finalist in this year’s Montana New Zealand Book Awards for her book, The Rehearsal; a work that has launched her onto the international stage, being snapped up by major-league publishers in the US and UK. More >>
Top Poets Perform on Montana Poetry Day
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 1:51 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
Celebrated New Zealand poets, Sam Hunt, CK Stead, Glenn Colquhoun and Poet Laureate Michelle Legott take to the stage to celebrate Montana Poetry Day, Friday 18 July. More >>
Print Media Dominate Review Awards Shortlist
Monday, 23 June 2008, 5:24 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
Print media have taken all six shortlist spots in this year’s Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) Review Awards. More >>
Montana NZ Book Awards 2008 finalists booklet
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 1:19 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
Non-fiction Takes a Bow in This Year's Montana New Zealand Book Awards Finalist Line-up More >>
Former Winner Now a Judge
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 1:16 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
Multi-award winner of the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand (BPANZ) Review Award, David Eggleton will be a judge of the same award this year. He is joined by academic writer and retired publisher, Elizabeth Caffin in the task of selecting ... More >>
Award winning broadcaster leads Montana panel
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 9:54 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Award winning broadcaster Lynn Freeman is the convenor of the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards judging panel. Freeman is joined by David Elworthy and Tim Corballis. More >>
Lifetime’s Work Wins Top Book Award
Tuesday, 31 July 2007, 11:10 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Eagle’s Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand, a book that took author and painter, Audrey Eagle more than 50 years to complete, is the winner of the 2007 Montana Medal for non fiction. More >>
Montana New Zealand Book Awards
Monday, 30 July 2007, 3:12 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
Janet Frame has won the poetry category of the 2007 Montana New Zealand Book Awards for her collection, The Goose Bath three years after her death. More >>
Gee's novel a 'narrative tour de force'
Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 10:04 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Maurice Gee's novel, Blindsight has won the Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2006. More >>
Prestigious book awards to be judged by peers
Friday, 27 January 2006, 10:20 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
The judging panel for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2006 has been announced. With two writers and a publisher making up the panel supported by eight category advisors and one Te Reo advisor, all with writing and publishing backgrounds, authors ... More >>
Judges' Report: Review, Best Review Page
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 12:07 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
The June 2005 editorial of New Zealand Books magazine looked at the problem of reviewing, saying "what we need are reviews that are not afraid to offer a well argued forthright critique of a new book - whether in praise or dispraise". The judges ... More >>
History The Big Winner At Montana NZ Book Awards
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 1:47 pm | Montana NZ Book Awards
History in all its guises was the clear winner at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2004. The historical novel, Slow Water by Annamarie Jagose won the Deutz Medal for Fiction and The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne ... More >>
Entries A Who's Who In Contemporary NZ Literature
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 12:10 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Judges Faced Tough Decisions In A Year Where Submissions Read Like A Who's Who In Contemporary NZ Literature More >>
Judge From Controversial Year Returns
Friday, 30 January 2004, 9:09 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
Tony Simpson [Wellington] has been named convenor of the judging panel for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2004. He is joined on the judging panel by academic and J K Baxter expert Paul Millar [Wellington] and poet and former publisher Anne French ... More >>
Author’s “Magnum Opus” Wins at Books Awards
Tuesday, 22 July 2003, 8:56 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
“Michael Cooper has written many superb books on wine in New Zealand, but Wine Atlas of New Zealand (published by Hodder Moa Beckett) is unquestionably his Magnum Opus,” stated the judges as it was revealed that the book had won the prestigious Montana ... More >>
Montana Book Awards 2003 Longlist Announced
Friday, 6 June 2003, 7:56 am | Montana NZ Book Awards
The much anticipated Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2003 longlist has been announced. It comprises a longlist of five books for the Deutz Medal for Fiction, and a longlist of 24 books, judged in seven separate categories, for the Montana Medal for Non Fiction. ... More >>