Wednesday, May 18, 2011

2011 NZ Post Book Awards Results


Book Of The Year
The Winner:

The Moon And Farmer McPhee
Margaret Mahy and David Elliot
Random House NZ



Picture Book


The Winner:

The Moon And Farmer McPhee
Margaret Mahy and David Elliot
Random House NZ



Young Adult
The Winner:
Fierce September
Fleur Beale
Random House NZ

(Hooray for our Fleur!!)

Junior Fiction
The Winner:
Finnigan and the Pirates
Sherryl Jordan
Scholastic NZ


Non-Fiction

The Winner:
Zero Hour: The Anzacs On The Western Front
by Leon Davis
Text Publishing Company 
(Yay Wellington!)



Best First Book
The Winner:

Hollie Chips
Anna Gowan
Scholastic NZ


Children’s Choice Awards

Overall Winner:

Baa Baa Smart Sheep
Mark Sommerset Rowan Sommerset
Dreamboat Books

Children's Choice Category Winners
Picture book:
Baa Baa Smart Sheep
Mark Sommerset Rowan Sommerset
Dreamboat Books


Junior Fiction:
Hollie Chips
Anna Gowan
Scholastic NZ


Non-Fiction:
Who’s Cooking Tonight?
Claire Gourley and Glenda Gourley
Penguin Group NZ


Young Adult:
Smiling Jack
Ken Catran
HarperCollins Publishers


Congratulations to all finalists and winners!!!

Children's Book Awards tonight

No waiting till tomorrow's morning news. As we did last year, we're hoping to bring you live-ish updates on who's won what at the NZ Post Children's Book Awards tonight. (Texted to us by our people in Auckland!)

To get the scoop this evening, keep an eye on this blog.  Good luck to all our wonderful Wellington finalists!