Upper Hutt City Libraries may not hold all titles mentioned.

 

New Zealand Book Awards

Children and Teens

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Crime, Mystery and Thriller

Poetry

 

International Book Awards

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Graphic Novels/Comic Books

Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction

Better the Blood
Kawai; for such a time as this
Mrs Jewell
The Axemans Carnival
Better the Blood by Michael Bennet
(Simon & Schuster)
Kawai: for such a time as this by Monty Soutar
(Bateman Books)
Mrs Jewell and the wreck of the General Grant
(The Cuba Press)
The Axemans Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
(Te Herenga Waka University Press)

 

Illustrated Non-Fiction Award

Jumping Sundays
Robin White: Something is happening here
Secrets of the Sea
Te Motunui Epa
Jumping Sundays : the rise and fall of the counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University Press)
Robin White: something is happening here
(Te Papa Press and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki)
Secrets of the Sea: The Story of New Zealand’s Native Sea Creatures
(Harper Collins)

Te Motunui Epa by Rachel Buchanan(Bridget Williams Books)

 

General Non-Fiction Award

A Fire in the Belly
Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay Grand
A fire in the belly of Hineāmaru : a collection of narratives about Te Tai Tokerau tūpuna
(Auckland University Press)
Downfall : the destruction of Charles Mackay
(Massey University Press)
Grand: becoming my mother's daughter
(Penguin, Penguin Random House)

NZ Book Awards

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

The 2023 Awards shortlist was announced on the 8th of March 2023.

For previous award winners refer to the NZ Book Awards website.