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Author, who usually writes poetry, beat two previous winners to the prestigious NZ$57,000 book award

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News from Ockham Book Awards Whanganui writer Airini Beautrais has won the $57,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her book Bug Week – the first person to take out the category for a collection of short stories in more than a decade. Beautrais is well-known as a poet, but this is her first book of fiction, published by Victoria University Press. She received the prize ahead of acclaimed novelists Catherine Chidgey and Pip Adam, both previ...

‘Knockout’ short story collection wins country’s richest writing prize Whanganui writer Airini Beautrais has won the $57,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her book Bug Week – the first person ...

The people vote Ralph © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. Steve Braunias on tonights national book awards The people have spoken. Yesterdays announcement of a book prize at ReadingRoom, offering the chance to win all 16 books shortlisted for tonights Ockham New Zealand national book awards, asked readers to name the books they want to win. More than 100...

Northland photographer Jane Ussher finalist in NZs top book awards 3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Acclaimed photographer and Kerikeri resident Jane Ussher is a finalist in New Zealands most prestigious book awards. Photo / supplied Acclaimed photographer and Kerikeri resident Jane Ussher is a finalist in New Zealands most prestigious book awards. Photo / supplied A Northland photographer has made the shortlist for New Zealands most prestigious book awards. Finalists for the Ockham New Z...

Press Release – Ockham Book Awards The shortlist for the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, released today, is a dazzling reflection of the robust, innovative literature scene of Aotearoa New Zealand, revealing a deeper engagement with our culturally diverse society. In the Fiction category, two past winners are vying for the same award. Catherine Chidgey and Pip Adam are both contenders for the $57,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, alongside Brannavan Gnanalingam, a previous nomi...

A collection of “unhappy love stories”, 10 years in the making is in contention for New Zealand’s top fiction prize – though its author says she has already had her happy ever after. Bug Week & Other Stories, the debut short-story collection by writer and poet Airini Beautrais, is one of four works shortlisted in the fiction category at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Beautrais told the Guardian that she was pleased to have made the...

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