Montana New Zealand Book Awards - finalists announced

Here's the list of finalists - clicking on the title or author link will take you to the Rodney Libraries catalogue entry where you can reserve the item or just find out a bit more about it. Clicking on the category link will take you through to the NZ Booksellers website with more information about the item.

Fiction
"The Blue" by Mary McCallum
"Edwin + Matilda" by Laurence Fearnley
"Luminous" by Alice Tawhai
"Opportunity" by Charlotte Grimshaw

Poetry
"Cold Snack" by Janet Charman
"A Long Girl Ago" by Johanna Aitchison
"The Pop-Up Book of Invasions" by Fiona Farrell

History
"Age of Enterprise: Rediscovering the New Zealand Entrepreneur 1881-1910" by Ian Hunter
"Devils on Horses" by Terry Kinloch
"Te Tau Ihu o Te Waka Volume II: Te Ara Hou - The New Society" by Hilary and John Mitchell

Biography
"The Best Man Who Ever Served the Crown? A Life of Donald McLean" by Ray Fargher
"The Life and Times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor" by Judy Siers
"Waimarino County & Other Excursions" by Martin Edmond

Reference and Anthology
"Look This Way: New Zealand Writers on New Zealand Artists" edited by Sally Blundell
"A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 years of the New Zealand School Journal" by Gregory O'Brien
"The Transit of Venus" edited by Mary Varnham

Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture
"In Form: New Zealand Graffiti Artists Discuss Their Work" by Elliot O'Donnell
"Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo" by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
"Shot In New Zealand: The art and craft of the Kiwi cinematographer" by Duncan Petrie

Environment
"Southern Alps" by Alison Ballance
"The Surface of the Sea: Encounters with New Zealand's Upper Ocean Life" by Iain Anderson
"Wetlands of New Zealand" by Janet Hunt

Illustrative
"Aberhart" by Laurence Aberhart, with essays by Gregory O'Brien and Justin Paton
"Bill Hammond: Jingle Jangle Morning" by Jennifer Hay, with Ron Brownson, Chris Knox and Laurence Aberhart; designed by Aaron Beehre
"Comma dot dogma" edited by Aaron Kreisler

For more information
"Montana Book Awards entries praised" NZ Herald
"Women dominate fiction list for Montana NZ Book Awards" NZ Herald
"Debut novel shortlisted for Montana" Dominion Post via Stuff


UPDATED Wednesday 11 June 12:52pm
Gosh. There's certainly some opinion out there on the judge's decision to only choose 4 fiction finalists instead of the usual 5. Read about it on the following blogs
"Montana Moans" Leaf Salon
Beattie's Book Blog (There looks to be an ongoing discussion on this blog (one of NZ's best for book-related news) so scroll down to the last post on Tuesday 10 June where the fun starts.)