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The 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Shortlist has been announced.
And we are thrilled to see so many of our publisher’s titles on the list.
The fiction shortlist includes Ingrid Horrock’s All Her Lives and Catherine Chidgey’s The Book of Guilt, both from Te Herenga Waka University Press.
The poetry shortlist is split between Auckland University Press and Te Herenga Waka University Press who have two titles each. Nafanua Purcell’s Black Sugarcane and Erik Kennedy’s Sick Power Trip from THWUP are joined by Sophie van Waardenberg’s No Good and Anna Jackson’s Terrier, Worrier from AUP.
In illustrated non fiction, Phil Garnock Jones monumental He Puawai (AUP) sits alongside Mark Adams: A Survey and Mr Ward’s Map, both from Massey University Press.
Finally in general non fiction, Tina Makereti’s essay collection, This Compulsion In Us from THWUP rounds out a truly stellar showing. You can see the full shortlist here.
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