Funkhaus by
Magnolia 木蘭 by
National Anthem by
The Savage Coloniser Book by
Tusiata Avia (Victoria University Press)
An Exquisite Legacy: The Life and Work of New Zealand Naturalist GV Hudson by
George Gibbs (Potton & Burton)
Monique Fiso (Godwit, Penguin Random House)
Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists by
Leonard Bell (Auckland University Press)
Nature – Stilled by
Specimen: Personal Essays by
Te Hāhi Mihinare |The Māori Anglican Church by
Hirini Kaa (Bridget Williams Books)
The Dark is Light Enough: Ralph Hotere A Biographical Portrait by
Vincent O’Sullivan (Penguin, Penguin Random House)
This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir by
Sodden Downstream, is in the running again with his new novel,
Sprigs.
Bug Week & Other Stories. Fiction category convenor of judges Kiran Dass said the qualities the four shortlisted works had in common were “craft, nuance, urgent storytelling, rage against injustice, and new perspectives”.
Ross Giblin/Stuff Set in Nazi Germany,
Remote Sympathy explores the attractions and evils of obliviousness.
Nothing to See explores life in the era of surveillance capitalism and the increasingly thin line between reality and simulation.
Sprigs takes on violence, racism and toxic masculinity in the context of an all-boys’ school, while
Bug Week’s stories touch on subjects including male entitlement and death.
'Love stories that go badly': Airini Beautrais on Bug Week & Other Stories msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Musician puts Beautrais poetry to music for La Fiesta
14 Feb, 2021 01:51 AM
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Elizabeth de Vegt, singer songwriter, composer, musician, has set some of Airini Beautrais poems to music and will be presenting them during La Fiesta. Photo / Paul Brooks
Elizabeth de Vegt, singer songwriter, composer, musician, has set some of Airini Beautrais poems to music and will be presenting them during La Fiesta. Photo / Paul Brooks
Paul Brooks is editor of Whanganui Midweek, in your letterbox every Wednesdaypaul.brooks@nzme.co.nz
Take the words of an award-winning poet and the music of an acclaimed musician, composer, singer / songwriter, and poetry takes on new meaning and reaches a new audience.
Ockham NZ Book Awards longlist features authors with Whanganui links
29 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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After being longlisted three times in the past for her poetry, this year Airini Beautrais has made the fiction longlist. Photo / File
Whanganui Chronicle
By: Mike Tweed and Liz Wylie
Authors Airini Beautrais and Sara McIntyre have been named on the longlist for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. The works were selected from 179 entries and include 13 first-time authors, one of whom is McIntyre, whose book Observations of a Rural Nurse was nominated for the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction.
The photographic book is a personal account of her connection with Kākahi, a settlement about 10km up the Whanganui River from Taumarunui.
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 longlist announced
27 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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NZ Herald
The longlist for New Zealand s most prestigious book awards has now been released - with more than a dozen first-time authors making the cut.
Books exploring issues of identity, domestic life, war, food, our natural world and our people are among the 40 works of poetry, prose and non-fiction longlisted for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, announced today.
The works were selected from 179 entries, and include 13 first-time authors - which book awards trustee Jenna Todd said was extraordinary .
It was a testament to the vibrancy of the country s literature, she said.