Creative Work

50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Paula Morris

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Paula Morris’s ‘Rangatira’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Owen Marshall

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Owen Marshall’s novel ‘Harlequin Rex’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Fiona Farrell

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Fiona Farrell’s ‘The Skinny Louie Book’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: C.K. Stead

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: C.K. Stead’s ‘All Visitors Ashore’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Fiona Kidman

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Fiona Kidman’s novel ‘The Book of Secrets’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards – Marilyn Duckworth

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Marilyn Duckworth’s novel ‘Disorderly Conduct’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Peter Wells

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Peter Wells’ novel ‘Long Loop Home’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Alison Wong

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Alison Wong’s novel ‘As the Earth Turns Silver’


50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Witi Ihimaera

50 years of Book Awards

Winning words: Witi Ihimaera’s novel ‘The Matriarch’


'Novels stand outside time, with their narrative structure of beginning, middle and end. They outlast politics, which are by nature ephemeral, swift and changeable and can quickly become invisible, detectable only to the skilled eye. ' - Fiona Farrell

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