{"id":454642,"date":"2026-05-31T23:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/454642\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T23:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:18:09","slug":"aotearoa-new-zealand-2026-book-industry-awards-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/454642\/","title":{"rendered":"Aotearoa New Zealand 2026 Book Industry Awards finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tMonday, 1 June 2026 \u00a0 Books+Publishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/booksandpublishing\/\" class=\"entry-social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> @booksandpublishing<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The finalists in Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s 2026 Book Industry Awards, presented by Booksellers Aotearoa NZ and the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o T\u0101kupu (PANZ), have been announced.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists in the business and books categories are:<\/p>\n<p>NielsenIQ BookData NZ Bookshop of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Butler Children\u2019s Bookshop (Ponsonby, Auckland)<br \/>\nSchr\u00f6dinger\u2019s Books (Petone, Wellington)<br \/>\nTime Out Bookstore (Mt Eden, Auckland)<br \/>\nThe Women\u2019s Bookshop (Ponsonby, Auckland)<\/p>\n<p>Publisher of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Allen &amp; Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand<br \/>\nAuckland University Press<br \/>\nHarperCollins Aotearoa New Zealand<br \/>\nPenguin Random House New Zealand<\/p>\n<p>Booksellers Choice Award\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adult\u2019s Choice<\/p>\n<p>1985: A Novel (Dominic Hoey, Penguin Random House New Zealand)<br \/>\nThe Book of Guilt (Catherine Chidgey, Te Herenga Waka University Press)<br \/>\nLessons on Living (Nigel Latta, HarperCollins Publishers Aotearoa New Zealand)<br \/>\nMr Ward\u2019s Map (Elizabeth Cox, Massey University Press)<br \/>\nTea and Cake and Death (The Bookshop Detectives 2) (Gareth and Louise Ward, Penguin Random House New Zealand)<br \/>\nThree Wee Bookshops at the End of the World (Ruth Shaw, Allen &amp; Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>Children\u2019s Choice<\/p>\n<p>Anahera: The Mighty Kiwi Mama (Ruth Paul, Penguin Random House New Zealand)<br \/>\nThe Case of the Missing Stuff: Violet and the Velvets (Rachael King &amp; Phoebe Morris, Allen &amp; Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand)<br \/>\nHooked: Learning to Fish (Al Brown &amp; Hope McConnell, Allen &amp; Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand)<br \/>\nMum\u2019s Busy Work (Jacinda Ardern &amp; Ruby Jones, Penguin Random House New Zealand)<br \/>\nP\u016bkeko Who-keko? (Toby Morris, Penguin Random House New Zealand)<br \/>\nTaniwha (Gavin Bishop, Penguin Random House New Zealand)<\/p>\n<p>Libro.fm NZ Audiobook of the Year\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Different Kind of Power (Jacinda Ardern)<br \/>\nIron &amp; Embers (Helen Scheuerer)<br \/>\nThe Lost Saint (Rachael Craw)<br \/>\nNorthbound (Naomi Arnold)<br \/>\nNo Words for This (Ali Mau)<br \/>\nSpeaking My Language | Te K\u014drero i T\u014dku Reo (Mike McRoberts).<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be announced on 25 July at the Aotearoa NZ Book Industry Awards ceremony in T\u0101maki Makaurau Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the awards and finalists is available on the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksellers.co.nz\/2026-aotearoa-new-zealand-book-industry-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"catlist\">Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/?category_name=awards-news\" class=\"catitem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Awards<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booksandpublishing.com.au\/?category_name=local-news\" class=\"catitem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local\u00a0news<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, 1 June 2026 \u00a0 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing The finalists in Aotearoa New Zealand\u2019s 2026 Book Industry Awards, presented&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1758,85,10867,10870,10864,10324,10869,10871,10866,111,43,139,69,10868,10865],"class_list":["post-454642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-asia-pacific","tag-australia","tag-author-interviews","tag-book-awards","tag-book-news","tag-book-reviews","tag-bookseller-jobs","tag-ebooks","tag-library-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-publishing-jobs","tag-publishing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}