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The author Stacy Gregg has taken out the top prize at this year's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults held on Wednesday night in Wellington. New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults convenor Maia Bennett spoke to Guyon Espiner.

Award-winning New Zealand author Shilo Kino has written a second novel - another debut of sorts. The Porangi Boy won the young Adult Fiction Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults in 2021. Now Shilo's written a novel for adults. It's set in Tamaki Makaurau and called All That We Know

The finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced today.Taking us through the list of finalists books editor and our own book critic Claire Mabey.

A bilingual work has taken out the top prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by Mat Tait was last night presented with the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award, the country's highest in children's literature, at a ceremony held at Wellington's Pipitea Marae. The judges lauded the work's "highly innovative" approach to the telling of local myth and integrating both Maori and English into the illustrations. It was among one hundred and fifty entries considered this year. Convenor Nicola Daly spoke to Corin Dann.

The short list has been announced for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards with 16 books making the final cut. That's been whittled down from a longlist of 44 books, chosen from a record 191 entries - up 20 percent on last year. The categories include fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and general non-fiction, with organisers praising a line-up rich in tales of tension, distrust and revenge. Many of the books also reflect current debates about identity and our place in the world. Ockham Book Awards spokesperson Jenna Todd spoke to Guyon Espiner.  

The author of a book described as a taonga for this generation and the next has taken out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for the fifth time. Gavin Bishop's book Atua: Māori Gods and Heroes was praised by the judges at the New Zealand Book Awards for children and young adults, for its sense of magic and the way it celebrates mātauranga and te ao Māori.  Before last night's awards ceremony, finalists hosted tamariki for a day of workshops, book signings and panel discussions to inspire Aotearoa's next generation of authors.  Lauren Crimp was there.  

The author and illustrator of a book described as a taonga for this generation and the next has taken out the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award for the fifth time. Gavin Bishop's book Atua: Maori Gods and Heroes was praised by the judges at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, for its sense of magic and the way it celebrates matauranga and te ao Māori. Bishop spoke to Corin Dann.

The 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults shortlists are announced today - we talk to finalist and former judge Steph Matuku.

All children deserve to see themselves in a book, but in Aotearoa this isn't always happening. That's the key point made in the acceptance speech by the country's most recent winner of the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to children's and young adult literature and reading, Sarah Forster. Sarah gave her speech yesterday online, using it to call on publishers to work more closely with authors and to bring out a much more diverse range of books for young readers. She's currently the senior communications advisor for Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington. But her CV also includes writing about and reviewing children's literature. She's the founding editor of The Sapling website, she's been a judge for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and she's also worked for Booksellers New Zealand and Read New Zealand Te Pou Muramura.

From a field of 166 entries, the 28 finalists in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are announced today. Across six main categories, these books offer the nation's young readers a tasty smorgasbord of titles, packed with meaty themes and addictive plot lines. There are six categories: Picture Book, Junior Fiction (the Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award), Young Adult Fiction, Non-Fiction (the Elsie Locke Award), Illustration (the Russell Clark Award) and te reo Māori (the Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award), with up to five finalists selected for each category, and from these a category winner is selected.  The awards are judged by a panel of five.  International bestselling author Lani Wendt Young has been named a finalist in the Young Adult Fiction category for her book Fire's Caress (Published by OneTree House), in this years New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can young readers deal with complex themes, issues and feelings? The judges for the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults say yes, and writers are crediting their readers with what they call "emotional intelligence".

Celebrated Christchurch poet Tusiata Avia has become the first Pacific woman to win the prize for poetry at the New Zealand Book Awards. Avia won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at last night's ceremony for her collection 'The Savage Coloniser Book'. She is also the first Pacific woman to win any major category award in the event. Avia spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Celebrated Christchurch poet Tusiata Avia has become the first Pacific woman to win the prize for poetry at the New Zealand Book Awards. Avia won the Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry at last night's ceremony for her collection 'The Savage Coloniser Book'. She is also the first Pacific woman to win any major category award in the event. Avia spoke to Susie Ferguson.

Acclaimed poet, performer and writer Tusiata Avia MNZM is of Samoan descent, born and raised in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Known for her dynamic performance style, she has travelled the world performing her one-woman poetry show Wild Dogs Under My Skirt, which toured between 2002-2008 in places including Moscow, Jerusalem and Vienna, as well as destinations closer to home, establishing her as a leading New Zealand poet and performer. Avia is the author of four critically acclaimed collections of poetry Fale Aitu / Spirit House (2016), Bloodclot (2009), Wild Dogs Under My Skirt (2004) and her latest collection The Savage Coloniser Book (2020) has made this year’s New Zealand Book Awards poetry shortlist. Last year she became a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to poetry and the arts and became the Arts Foundations Laureate.  In 2016 the stage version of Wild Dogs Under my Skirt was relaunched (produced by FCC and directed by Anapela Polata’ivao) as a six woman ensemble show. It won Best Director at 2016 Auckland Theatre Awards and Best Production, Best Actress and Best Lighting at 2018 Wellington Theatre Awards.  It performed in New York last See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re joined now on Pacific Breakfast by Former New Zealand Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh’s whose first book for children, was recently judged the supreme winner at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

We’re joined now on Pacific Breakfast by Former New Zealand Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh’s whose first book for children, was recently judged the supreme winner at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

A graphic novel by Pasifika poet and scholar Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh, that celebrates her "wild" hair, wins the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

We find out who has been judged the supreme winner at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

This year’s Young Alumna of the Year for the University of Auckland, Courtney Sina Meredith is a respected arts manager and distinguished author whose work delves into issues such as racism, sexism and poverty and draws on her Samoan roots. She is the Director of Tautai, Aotearoa’s leading Pacific arts organisation. Recognised as a global thinker she was invited to the House of Lords by BBC, selected by Roxanne Gay and Jackie Kay into 21st Century Women for the Edinburgh Book Festival and cited by The Guardian as a potential future Booker Prize Winner. Courtney has been awarded prestigious creative opportunities around the globe and is the author of four books, the most recent being The Adventures of Tupaia. Which is a finalist in the Elsie Locke Award for Non Fiction category in this year’s New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

The world has shut down and time is divided into the good old days of Pre-Crash, and now, post crash. Electricity's cut off, there's no broadband and medicine is in very short supply. This is the world of Ephemera, where Tina Shaw has set her latest novel. It came out round the time the corona virus started to wreak havoc here and internationally. Tina Shaw has also just been announced a finalist for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults for her Young Adult novel Ursa.

The finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced this morning.

Becky Manawat - "Aue" is on the long list for the New Zealand Book Awards, Lawrence Patchett - "The Burning River" is set in a future dystopian Aotearoa Interviews with NZ writers and poets, visiting authors from around the world and news of local events

The New Zealand Book Awards or the Ockham released its long list and Christine noticed that we already had a large number of them on our shelves. Plus Beth tells us what she did on her holiday. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin www.oar.org.nz

The writing of Witi Ihimaera (Te Aitanga-a-Mahāki, Tūhoe, Te Wha nau-ā-Apanui) has touchd generations of readers. The first Māori writer to publish both a book of short stories and a novel, he has since written more than 30 books for adults and children, as well as screenplays, scripts, essays and libretto. Born in Gisborne, Ihimaera worked in the diplomatic service through the 1970s and 1980s, eventually taking up the position of Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Auckland. His bestknown novel is The Whale Rider, made into the award-winning film. Other novels adapted for the screen include Nights in the Garden of Spain, Bulibasha and Medicine Woman. He is the recipient of numerous awards including: Book of the Year at the New Zealand Book Awards; an inaugural Star of Oceania Award from the University of Hawaii; a laureate award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation; the Toi Māori Maui Tiketike Award; the premiere Māori arts award Te Tohu Tiketike a Te Waka Toi; and the Premio Ostana International Award. He is a Distinguished Companion of the Order of New Zealand. Beyond the prizes, Ihimaera is a respected voice on Māori, Pacific and indigenous affairs, and advocates compellingly for Māori artists, as well as for Māori and New Zealand literature. Salute his remarkable achievements in an hour chaired by Paula Morris.

Jarrod is a sociologist at the University of Canterbury and the author of "Patched: The History of Gangs in New Zealand" which was a finalist for best non-fiction book in the New Zealand Book Awards in 2013 (and is also the most stolen book in New Zealand).  He recently co-edited "Criminal Justice: A New Zealand Introduction".  In this interview we discuss his life and what has led him to become an expert in this area as well as reflect on the role mentors have had in his life, the importance of cross discipline challenges and danger of silos, changing your mind in the light of better evidence and our shared memories of being involved together with the UCSA almost 20 years ago. www.jarrodgilbert.com Twitter: @JarrodGilbertNZ http://www.researchsolutions.org.nz/ https://www.facebook.com/jarrodgilbertnz/