Red Faced over BPANZ short list

A couple of weeks ago, it was pointed out to me that when I blogged about the Book Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards 2009 awards shortlist, I didn't actually acknowledge the designers - which is after all, what the awards are for. So to all those people that design the look and feel of our books, my sincere apologies.

Here is the full list of finalists for the 2009 BPANZ Book Design Awards (with the designer mentioned first):

Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book
Sarah Healy (The Apple, Ben Brown & Tracy Duncan, Penguin NZ)
Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson (The Were-Nana, Melinda Szymanik, Scholastic New Zealand)
Sarah Elworthy /Gavin Bishop (Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood, Gavin Bishop, Random House New Zealand)

Hachette New Zealand Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book
Robbie Burton (Internal), Sarah Maxey (Cover) (Doubtless: New and Selected Poems, Sam Hunt, Craig Potton)
Katrina Duncan (Internal), Sarah Maxey (Cover) (Poems 1951-2006 CK Stead, Auckland University Press)
Katy Yiakmis (Diggers Hatters & Whores, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Random House New Zealand)
Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book
Alan Deare (Ladies, A Plate, Alexa Johnston, Penguin NZ)
Katy Yiakmis (Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand, Chris Brickell, Random House New Zealand)
Alan Deare (White Silence, Grahame Sydney, Penguin NZ)

Pearson Award for Best Educational Book
Book Design Ltd (Internal), Brenda Cantrell (Cover) (Excellence in Biology III, Martin Hanson, Cengage Learning)
Marie Low & Esther Chua (Internal), Marie Low (Cover) (Saying What you See, Alison Annals, Abby Cunnane and Sam Cunnane, Pearson)
Meredith Biberstein (Through a Gap in the Fence: Journal of Secondary Students’ Writing and Visual Arts 2008, Ministry of Education, Learning Media)

GA Pindar & Son Award for Best Typography
Sarah Maxey (How to Look at a Painting, Justin Paton, Awa Press)
Katy Yiakmis (Into the Wider World: A Back Country Miscellany, Brian Turner, Random House New Zealand)
Arch MacDonnell (Certain Words Drawn, John Reynolds, Random House New Zealand)

For more information you can head to the BPANZ website.