50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Albert Wendt
50 years of Book Awards
Winning words: Albert Wendt’s novel ‘Leaves of the Banyan Tree’
Creative Work
50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Lloyd Jones
Winning words: Lloyd Jones’s novel ‘The Book of Fame’
50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Maurice Gee
Winning words: Maurice Gee’s novel Plumb.
50 Years of NZ Book Awards: Charlotte Grimshaw
Winning words: Charlotte Grimshaw’s story collection Opportunity.
'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