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Awards and Prizes

MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS:

2009 Runner-up, Fiction Category - The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
2009 Runner-up, Fiction Category - Acid Song, Bernard Beckett
2007 Finalist, Best First Book Category - Overdue New Releases, Matt Johnson
2003 Montana Best First Book Award - The Year of the Horse, Sam Mahon
2002 Montana Medal for Non-fiction - A City Possessed, Lynley Hood
2002 Montana Winner History Category - A City Possessed, Lynley Hood
2002 Montana Reader's Choice Award - A City Possessed, Lynley Hood
2000 Montana Medal for Non-fiction - The Art of Grahame Sydney
2000 Montana Winner Illustrative Arts Category - The Art of Grahame Sydney
2000 Montana Reader's Choice Award - The Art of Grahame Sydney
1998 Montana Winner Environment & Heritage Category - Pick of the Bunch: New Zealand Wildflowers, Peter Johnson

PREMIER NEW ZEALAND BESTSELLER:

Gold Award - Out Walked Mel, Paula Boock
Gold Award - Family Trusts: A New Zealand Guide, Martin Hawes
Silver Award - Hurricane Tim: The Story of Sir Tim Wallis, Neville Peat
Silver Award - I am not Esther, Fleur Beale
Silver Award - The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
Bronze Award - The Art of Grahame Sydney

NEW ZEALAND POST BOOK AWARDS FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG ADULTS:

2009 Winner, Book of the Year - The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
2009 Winner, Young Adult Fiction Category - The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
2008 Honour Award, Young Adult Fiction Category - The Sea-wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie
2008 Finalist, Junior Fiction Category - Dead Dan's Dee, Phyllis Johnston
2008 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category - Zillah, Penelope Todd
2007 Winner, Young Adult Fiction Category - Genesis, Bernard Beckett
2007 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category - Thieves, Ella West
2007 Finalist, Junior Fiction Category - And did those feet..., Ted Dawe
2007 Finalist, Non-Fiction Category - Winging It:The Adventures of Tim Wallis, Neville Peat
2006 Honour Award, Junior Fiction Category - Sil, Jill Harris
2006 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category - Deep Fried, Bernard Beckett and Clare Knighton
2005 Winner, Best First Book Award - Cross Tides, Lorraine Orman
2005 Winner, Junior Fiction Category - Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank, Jack Lasenby
2005 Winner, Young Adult Fiction Category - Malcolm and Juliet, Bernard Beckett
2005 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category - Dark, Penelope Todd
2005 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category - Out of Tune, Joanna Orwin
2004 Winner, Young Adult Fiction Category - Thunder Road, Ted Dawe
2004 Winner, Best First Book Award - Thunder Road, Ted Dawe
2004 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category Award - Watermark, Penelope Todd
2004 Finalist, Young Adult Fiction Category - Out of Tune, Joanna Orwin

NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS:

2002 Winner, Non-fiction Category - The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis
2002 Winner, Book of the Year - The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis
2002 Winner, Senior Fiction Category - Owl, Joanna Orwin
2002 Winner, Junior Fiction Category - Recycled, Sandy McKay
2002 Finalist, Senior Fiction Category - Jolt, Bernard Beckett
2002 Finalist, Senior Fiction Category - Kalik, Jack Lasenby
2001 Honour Award - The Lies of Harry Wakatipu, Jack Lasenby
2000 Finalist, Senior Fiction Category - Love & Other Excuses, Jane Westaway
2000 Finalist, Senior Fiction Category - The Shaman and the Droll, Jack Lasenby
2000 Finalist, Junior Fiction Category - Three's A Crowd, Penelope Huber
1999 Honour Award - I am not Esther, Fleur Beale
1999 Winner, Senior Fiction Category - Taur, Jack Lasenby
1998 Winner, Book of the Year Award - Dare Truth or Promise, Paula Boock
1998 Winner, Senior Fiction Category - Dare Truth or Promise, Paula Boock
1998 Honour Award - Because We Were the Travellers, Jack Lasenby
1998 Finalist, Senior Fiction Category - Whole of the Moon, Duncan Stuart
1997 Winner, Junior Fiction Category - The Battle of Pook Island, Jack Lasenby
1997 Winner, Best First Book Award - Reliable Friendly Girls, Jane Westaway

AIM CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS:

1995 Finalist, Junior Fiction Category - Dead Man's Head, Jack Lasenby
1991 Winner, Best First Book Award - Out Walked Mel, Paula Boock

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION ASSOCIATION OF NEW ZEALAND AOTEAROA, ESTHER GLEN AWARD:

2009 Finalist - The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
2008 Finalist - Losing it, Sandy McKay
2008 Finalist - The Sea-wreck Stranger, Anna Mackenzie
2007 Winner - Genesis, Bernard Beckett
2005 Winner - Malcolm and Juliet, Bernard Beckett
1998 Short-listed - Because We Were the Travellers, Jack Lasenby

WHITCOULLS TRAVCOM TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD:

2009 Runner-up - High Country Lark, Neville Peat
2008 Runner-up - Looking for Darwin, Lloyd Spencer Davis

STORYLINES:

2009 Winner, Gaelyn Gordon Award for Much Loved Book - I am not Esther, Fleur Beale

CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FOUNDATION OF NEW ZEALAND NOTABLE BOOKS LIST:

2009 - The 10PM Question, Kate De Goldi
2009 - Shadow of the Mountain, Anna Mackenzie
2008 - Dead Dan's Dee, Phyllis Johnston
2008 - Losing it, Sandy McKay
2008 - Hideout, Lorraine Orman
2008 - Zillah, Penelope Todd
2008 - Sea-Wreck Stranger, The, Anna Mackenzie
2008 - Dalai Lama Story, The, Andrew Crowe
2007 - Unquiet, The, Carolyn McCurdie
2007 - And did those feet..., Ted Dawe
2007 - Genesis, Bernard Beckett
2007 - Thieves, Ella West
2007 - Winging It: The Adventures of Tim Wallis, Neville Peat
2006 - Sil, Jill Harris
2006 - Deep Fried, Bernard Beckett & Clare Knighton
2005 - Cross Tides, Lorraine Orman
2005 - Dark, Penelope Todd
2005 - Malcolm and Juliet, Bernard Beckett
2005 - Out of Tune, Joanna Orwin
2005 - Aunt Effie and the Island that Sank, Jack Lasenby
2004 - Watermark, Penelope Todd
2004 - Thunder Road, Ted Dawe
2003 - Boy Next Door, Penelope Todd
2003 - My Dad, the All Black, Sandy McKay
2003 - No Alarms, Bernard Beckett
2003 - Spider, William Taylor
2002 - Recycled, Sandy McKay
2002 - Jolt, Bernard Beckett
2002 - Kalik, Jack Lasenby
2002 - Owl, Joanna Orwin
2002 - Peri, Penelope Todd
2002 - The Plight of the Penguin, Lloyd Spencer Davis
2001 - A Whistle from the Blunder, Diana Noonan
2001 - Red Cliff, Bernard Beckett
2001 - Scarface and the Angel, William Taylor
2001 - The Lies of Harry Wakatipu, Jack Lasenby
2000 - Three's a Crowd, Penelope Huber
2000 - Jerome, William Taylor
2000 - Lester, Bernard Beckett
2000 - Love & Other Excuses, Jane Westaway