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Rising Talent to the Fore Among Awards Finalists

Emerging authors and illustrators have made every category of the New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards this year – competing alongside well-known names for top honours.

Finalists were announced today by Gillian Candler, convenor of judges for the Awards.

“The judges were excited to see the emergence of talented new writers and illustrators, with each category having at least one new author or illustrator short-listed.”

In selecting the finalists, the judges consider not just the content, the story and illustrations, but also the quality of production.

“We’re looking for great quality books that will grab children and make them want to read and the judging panel unanimously agree each of this year’s finalists do exactly that.”

For the first time this year, a Young Adult Graphic Novel – Shaolin Burning by Ant Sang – is a finalist in the Picture Book category which is generally dominated by books for the very young.

Ms Candler stated that the judging criteria mean that illustrated books are judged in either the Picture Book or Non-Fiction categories.

The finalists were selected from more than 130 children’s books published in New Zealand in 2011 and submitted for the awards.

Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Wellington on Wednesday 16 May.

Ms Candler, an independent publishing and education consultant is joined on the judging panel by two other children’s literature experts: school curriculum advisor, librarian and bookseller Annemarie Florian and award-winning writer and illustrator Bob Kerr.

As well as winners in each category, the judges will also decide which author will earn the New Zealand Post Children’s Book of the Year prize.

The finalists in the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards are:

Picture Book

The Cat's Pyjamas by Catherine Foreman (Scholastic New Zealand)

Rāhui (Maori version) by Chris Szekely and illustrated by Malcolm Ross (Huia Publishers)

Rāhui (English version) by Chris Szekely and illustrated by Malcolm Ross (Huia Publishers)

Shaolin Burning by Ant Sang (HarperCollins Publishers)

Stomp! By Ruth Paul (Scholastic New Zealand)

Waiting for Laterby Tina Matthews (Walker Books Australia)

Non-fiction

Digging Up The Past: Archaeology For The Young & Curious by David Veart (Auckland University Press)

Kimble Bent: Malcontent by Chris Grosz (Random House New Zealand)

The Life Cycle of the Tuatara by Betty Brownlie (Scholastic New Zealand)

New Zealand Hall of Fame:50 Remarkable Kiwis by Maria Gill and illustrated by Bruce Potter (New Holland Publishing)

Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War l by Chris Slane and illustrated by Matt Elliott (HarperCollins Publishers)

Junior Fiction

The Flytrap Snaps by Johanna Knox and illustrated by Sabrina Malcolm (Hinterland Press)

Just Jack by Adele Broadbent (HarperCollins Publishers)

The Loblolly Boy & the Sorcerer by James Norcliffe (Random House New Zealand)

Super Finn by Leonie Agnew (Scholastic New Zealand)

The Travelling Restaurant by Barbara Else (Gecko Press)

Young Adult Fiction

The Bridge by Jane Higgins (Text Publishing Company)

Calling the Gods by Jack Lasenby (HarperCollins Publishers)

Dirt Bomb by Fleur Beale (Random House New Zealand)

Sacrifice by Joanna Orwin (HarperCollins Publishers)

Yes by Deborah Burnside (HarperCollins Publishers)

Children’s Choice Award

Voting for the Children’s Choice Award begins today.  Long considered one of the highest accolades a children’s author can receive, this award is voted on by children of school age from all over New Zealand.  Vote online at www.nzpostbookawards.co.nz or by using the special voting card available from bookshops, libraries or schools. Voting closes at 5.00pm, Friday 27 April.

New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Festival

Finalists will participate in children’s book events around the country as part of a nationwide celebration of the New Zealand Post Book Awards. The festivities, which are a huge favourite with kids all over the country, begin on Monday 7 May and continue through to Wednesday 16 May. 

Sponsors
New Zealand Post is proud to be principal sponsor of the New Zealand Book Awards and the Children’s Book Awards.  New Zealand Post is committed to promoting and assisting literacy in our communities and supporting excellence in literature, and to actively encouraging New Zealanders to read and enjoy books. Additional funding for the Awards is provided by Creative New Zealand. 

The Awards are overseen by the New Zealand Post Book Awards Governance Group, administered by Booksellers NZ and including representatives of the New Zealand Society of Authors, The Publishers Association of New Zealand, New Zealand Post and Creative New Zealand.

Key dates:

• 27 April 2012 Children’s Choice Award VOTING CLOSES
• 7-15 May 2012 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards – FESTIVAL WEEK
• 16 May New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards – WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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For interview opportunities, review copies, images of finalist authors and their books, promotional giveaways or further information please contact: Penny Hartill, Hartill Communications Ltd: 09 445 7525, 021 721 424, phartill@xtra.co.nz

www.nzpostbookawards.co.nz

Friday 10 February 2012

HarperCollins Announces:

After a 40 year career in publishing both in New Zealand and the UK, Tony Fisk has announced that he will step down from the role of Managing Director of HarperCollins NZ in April.

Michael Moynahan CEO HarperCollins ANZ said, “Thereare so very few occasions when a company is able to acknowledge such a significant and long standing contribution as that which Tony Fisk has made on behalf of HarperCollins.  For many years, Tony Fisk and HarperCollins New Zealand have been synonymous and the way he has guided this business through an enormous amount of change is a tribute to his capacity as both a manager and a publisher.  HarperCollins New Zealand will measure the loss of Tony’s guidance and our industry has greatly benefited from his energy and creativity over the years.  I want to take this moment to personally thank Tony and wish him the very best for what the future holds.

Tony Fisk said, “I feel very blessed to have had a wonderful career in publishing spanning 40 years – 39 of them with the same company. During my time I have met and worked with some wonderful people – colleagues, authors and booksellers and have made many dear friends. Obviously our industry is going through huge change but I really feel extremely positive about its future. The thrill of successfully connecting the creative talent of authors with readers is something that is very special and I don’t feel will ever diminish.”

Tony and his wife, Pat, intend to relocate to the UK to spend time exploring their homeland.

HarperCollins is also pleased to announce:

HarperCollins Publishers is pleased to announceGraham Mitchell, Financial Controller, HarperCollins New Zealand, has been promoted to the role of General Manager of HarperCollins New Zealand. 

Graham worked for HarperCollins UK in London from 1996 to the end of 2001. He emigrated to New Zealand and joined HarperCollins NZ in April 2002. CEO, Michael Moynahan, said “Graeme has worked alongside Tony Fisk for many years as Financial Controller and has brought to that role a range of business and managerial skills that will stand the company in good stead as it embarks on future developments.    HarperCollins New Zealand is a creative and energetic business which prides itself on its publishing excellence and its responsibility to its authors, customers and the industry and I have no doubt that the appointment will reinforce the commitment we have to publishing in New Zealand.”

Media Release 24 January 2012

Award winning architectural practice Patterson Associates will lead some of this country’s most creative content developers to deliver New Zealand’s pavilion at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, New Zealand’s Frankfurt Book Fair project director Tanea Heke announced today.

New Zealand is the 2012 Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest content publishing event which attracts 300,000 visitors and 10,000 international journalists over five days.

The contract for the 2,500 sq.m. pavilion at the book fair was awarded to a consortium lead by Pattersons and includes, amongst others, events company Inside Out Productions (responsible for Tourism New Zealand’s giant rugby ball in Paris, London, Tokyo and Sydney) and internationally renowned furniture designer David Trubridge.

“The proposal from Pattersons and co will absolutely captivate and impress our German audiences. We wanted people in Frankfurt to ‘get’ New Zealand in a few minutes and this concept will do this –  emotionally, intellectually and physically,” Tanea Heke said.

The New Zealand pavilion will stage five days of events showcasing the best of New Zealand’s innovative and creative talent.

“For Pattersons, being able to create something sensational to show off New Zealand’s extraordinary talent and attributes in the middle of the world’s largest  trading place for creative content is simply the chance of a lifetime,” said Director Andrew Patterson.

In 2011, the world’s most searched architectural journal – World Architecture News –  named Patterson Associates as an international practice “set to shape the future of architecture in the 21st Century”.

For more on New Zealand’s participation at the Frankfurt Book Fair www.nzatfrankfurt.govt.nz

For more on the Frankfurt Book Fair www.buchmesse.de

For more on the consortium partners go to Pattersons http://www.pattersons.com/; Inside Out Productions http://www.iop.co.nz/; David Trubridge http://www.davidtrubridge.com/

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Contact Lucy Orbell: 04 496 6176 or 027 6222 774

Manatū Taonga/the Ministry for Culture and Heritage is the coordinating government agency for New Zealand’s Frankfurt Guest of Honour programme and is working closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Tourism New Zealand, Creative New Zealand, the Publishers Association of New Zealand, Te Puni Kōkiri, Education New Zealand, the Ministry of Science and Innovation along with some of New Zealand’s industry bodies.

John Seymour, a former publisher and most recently a book rep, spent his whole life in the book industry, and was notable for bold publishing moves and even bolder publicity strategies which are still remembered.

He began with Bennetts in Palmerston North and became their textbook buyer before moving to Paul’s Book Arcade in Auckland then working as a rep for Cassells.

Always concerned with trade affairs, John was involved in the well-remembered winter book seminars for booksellers in the seventies while at Cassells. Later he became a principal in New Zealand for the ANZ Book Company. One of their New Zealand books which was a huge success was Sonja Davies’ Bread & Roses which went into many reprints.

Ian Grant: “I vividly remember one of the book launches that has gone down in NZ publishing mythology. The launch of Gordon McLauchlan’s The Passionless People in Eketahuna in 1976. It was very much John’s vision and was a remarkable event that went on for hours – with parades and plays and music and attracted wide-eyed TV reporters from the big smoke.”

No less audacious was the John Seymour-led gazumphing of a Reed launch of Rob Muldoon’s My Way at a book trade conference in Nelson in 1981. ANZ was about to publish a Bill Rowling biography – and ensured posters and brochures of their book were found under every conference attendee’s door the morning of Muldoon’s breakfast speech.

John’s promotional energies were also harnessed as the first chairman of the Book Marketing Council in 1984, a revamped version of the NZBTO with a greater emphasis on book promotion and marketing. By this time he was general manager for GP Publications in Wellington.

Ian Grant: “GP Publications, the publishing arm of the Government Printing Office, was corporatised as part of the Rogernomics policies of the then Labour government. In short order key people, like John, from the private sector, hugely improved the organisation’s performance. John cajoled me into becoming publishing consultant in 1987 and I became publisher after Gavin McLean left. We – particularly John, Gavin and later Ann Clifford – sprang from practically nowhere to producing more NZ books than any other publisher. It was fun while it lasted.”

John Schiff: “In the late 80s, booksellers and publishers began to investigate new ways of working more co-operatively, given the tiny size of the industry. As President of the Book Publishers Association, John was at the forefront of cajoling publishers into taking a more collaborative approach. He was tireless in his efforts, writing papers, talking about ways to bring the two sides together, strategizing, lobbying – never wavering.”

Despite the premature end to the two successful book publishing entities he built up, John kept his book trade links and was the rep for Nationwide Book Distributors for the southern half of the North Island at the time of his death.

Tributes from industry colleagues include these:

Jeff Grigor: “I can’t think of anyone more upright and honourable – he was a brilliant publisher. He never criticised anyone, no matter how badly he had been treated – he just took it on the chin and got on with life.”

Graham Beattie: “A lovely man with a great sense of humour.”

Philip King: “I remember so well at Booksellers conferences that John and I would head off for a run first thing in the morning, no matter how late and how much was drunk the night before! He was always there, living it to the full – connecting with people, socialising, lobbying, and having a lot of fun.”

Bob Ross: John was great at learning on the job. I knew John right from his earliest days at Bennetts and our close friendship went way beyond our booktrade connections – including setting up the East Coast Bays branch of the Labour Party in 1972. John was caring, creative and energetic and he contributed a great deal to the trade during an important evolutionary period.

Thanks to Beattie’s Blog for the use of their material in this obituary.

The New Zealand book industry was sad to learn of the death of David Laurance Bateman, who died on December 23 in Auckland of complications following a major stroke. David was the chairman and founder of publishers David Bateman Ltd, and a life member of PANZ.

Born in Plymouth, UK, 80 years ago, David did his National Service after leaving Tippins Grammar and then spent time in Kenya and Egypt before joining Collins Publishers on returning home. He married Janet in August 1954.

Working for Collins, David was in Johannesburg for three years and seven in Southern Rhodesia (as it was at that time.)

They returned – with four children – to the UK in 1964, then in 1968 moved to New Zealand as Managing Director of Collins. In total, David was with Collins for 30 years before setting up David Bateman Ltd in 1978. The company started sales and distribution of agencies the following year, and published its first title in 1980.

Initially, the David Bateman premises were in View Road – almost opposite Harper Collins – but moved to a specially built distribution and office facility in 1995.

The still proudly independent family-owned company publishes around 30 – 40 new general trade books each year and works on co-editions for the New Zealand and international markets.

 

Titles of which David was especially proud were The Noble Horse for the international market and locally, the impressive Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia which ran to six editions and Bateman New Zealand Historical Atlas.

David also led the export drive for New Zealand titles through the 1970's and 80's. Present at many book fairs around the world, he was a pioneer in exporting many of our titles to overseas markets.

David held a number of key roles in the development of New Zealand’s book and publishing industry, and with his friendly, easy personality he was liked by all he met.

Upon “retirement” David was still a daily visitor to the offices, only becoming less frequent recently as he made more time for gardening, golf and grandchildren.

He remained remarkably fit, and according to son Paul Bateman, never spent a day in hospital until his unexpected stroke – David and Janet had hosted a staff Christmas party the previous evening.

David’s legacy is the just over 600 titles published and the sales of over six million Bateman books since he founded David Bateman Ltd.

David Bateman, a personal appreciation from David Emanuel

I met David when he was on his first New Zealand tour as the new Managing Director of Collins in 1968. In those days, Collins was the number one book and stationery company in New Zealand and we all waited with some concern about how well we would connect with the new chief executive. We had no worries. David was the friendliest and most helpful person you could find. He was always very approachable.

London Bookshops was a young expanding company, and sometimes we had to hold payments past their due date, but a phone call to David was all that was needed. He helped many other booksellers, and even helped one provincial bookseller to finance the purchase of his building and enabled that person to become one of New Zealand’s leading independent booksellers.

My wife Susanne and I soon became close personal friends with Janet and David. We toured together, both in New Zealand and overseas, tried fly fishing, but not very successfully, and went fishing in the Bay Of Islands.

David was a keen photographer, and we often spent time looking at photos, especially for the family history he was preparing for his grandchildren. There were also the many evenings spent with David and Janet at their home discussing books, gardening, travelling and bridge. David had just completed a new draft of his novel, soon to be published this year. We found the early draft fascinating, as it was obviously drawn on his life. We are sad he is not going to be here to see the publication.

David had two great loves, apart from Janet, after he left Collins. First was always his family, his children and grandchildren. He was head of a very close family and it was always a pleasure to see him connect with whoever visited him.

The second was his own publishing company, which he built from nothing into one of New Zealand’s great icons. It must have been so difficult to move from being one of the most important book personalities, with big expense accounts, to start a new company from scratch. But sheer hard work, helped at all times by Janet, showed the true mettle of David. His first book, Auckland is a Garden was the start of a great series, and a great publishing house.

We will all miss David’s friendliness, his helpfulness, his optimism and his just being there when needed.

David Emanuel, with his brother Peter, grew their father’s lending library to become the flourishing and innovative London Bookshop chain of stores, a major force in the book trade from the 1960’s until they were sold to the Graeme Hart-run Whitcoulls in 1993.

Huia Publishing’s Robyn Bargh was recognised as a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year honours list.

PANZ Council President, Kevin Chapman, says Robyn is a highly respected member of the publishing industry. “This honour will give the many publishers who know Robyn well

the satisfaction of seeing her achievements recognised as being important to this country.

“This also reflects well on our industry as a whole.

“It is huge honour for Robyn, Brian and the team at Huia and we extend our warmest congratulations.”

 

The following has been reprinted by kind permission of the Dominion Post. Report by Sophie Speer, photo by Kent Blechynden

 

Companion Backing Maori Literature

Robyn Bargh hopes the next two decades will bring more international recognition for Maori authors.

As managing director of Wellington publishing company Huia, Ms Bargh has spent the past two decades fostering Maori writers of fiction and non-fiction and is proud of the company's success.

For her efforts, she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours – something she felt belonged to everyone who had helped her.

"Publishing is a group effort; a book can't get out with just one person. One person has the idea but to make it happen takes a lot of people."

Huia was formed by Ms Bargh and her husband, Brian Bargh, in 1991, and publishes resources and books, both in Maori and English, written by Maori writers. Resources include videos, magazines and journals, along with fiction and non-fiction books.

Ms Bargh, who lives in Karori, said more people were learning Maori and it was important there were books and resources in Maori to help them.

"In the next 20 years we need to consolidate and develop more Maori language resources. There are so few books, so few novels written in Maori," she said.

For the language to grow it was important for it to be better represented in New Zealand literature.

After visiting the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, she met people who were interested in indigenous stories, including those of Maori, and others who did not know where New Zealand was, let alone who Maori were.

Ms Bargh said upon receiving a letter from the governor-general informing her of the honour, she had to check on the internet to see what it meant.

"It's a mixture of feelings. I'm feeling surprised, if not amazed, to tell you the truth. It's an honour."

Press release 12 Dec 2011

The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage today announced funding of $1 million for New Zealand writers and their publishers to ensure they are able to make the most of New Zealand’s Guest of Honour role at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair.

The funding is to enhance New Zealand writers’ international profiles and to increase translation of New Zealand books. German publishers will be able to apply for subsidies to translate New Zealand books as part of the funding scheme, while a portion of the funds will be used to support New Zealand writers and publishers to attend German literary events in 2012.

“This funding will enable more New Zealand works to be translated into German and grow an international audience and appetite for our work,” said New Zealand’s Frankfurt Book Fair Project Director Tanea Heke.

The first of the German literary events is the Leipzig Book Fair in March 2012 which will showcase nine New Zealand writers supported by the fund.

In many cases these writers already have books translated into German or the German translation rights have recently been purchased. Six New Zealand publishers will also attend the fair.

“The Leipzig Book Fair in March is an important launch for the programme. We are taking authors to Leipzig who have already gained interest from German publishers. This is in part a success of the rights catalogue the industry produced for the Frankfurt Book fair this year. We hope their presence at Leipzig will secure further translation deals for New Zealand,” said PANZ President, Kevin Chapman.

To find out more about New Zealand’s role at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair:

For publisher and author funding information and criteria: http://publishersnz.wpengine.com

For New Zealand’s 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honour role and activities: www.nzatfrankfurt.govt.nz

For the Frankfurt Book Fair history and overview: http://www.book-fair.com/en/

Frankfurt Book Fair 8–12 October 2014

Each year PANZ manages a New Zealand collective stand offering a space for local publishers to exhibit and promote their titles in an international arena. The Frankfurt Book Fair is the premier international book fair lasting five days and attracting more than 7,400 exhibitors from over 108 countries. It is the biggest annual rights fair and both New Zealand and international publishers regard it as the most important book fair in the world to attend.

As Guest of Honour at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, New Zealand embraced a unique opportunity to profile its literature, its culture and society to the German public, the German-speaking region and the world’s literary and publishing community. Culminating at the October 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair, a year-long programme of activity throughout Germany showcased New Zealand literature and other art forms, leveraged trade and tourism opportunities and strengthened political ties through cultural diplomacy.

About 20 New Zealand publishers have typically exhibited on the NZ collective stand each year, and the 2012 stand saw an increase to 35 publishers with more than 50 people present. PANZ also hosts a stand party each year, which approximately 200 international guests attend and it is always a very popular event on the Frankfurt calendar. PANZ looks forward to building on the New Zealand presence made at the fair in coming years.

Creative New Zealand is our current partner supporting literary publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair, providing funding for the stand and also assistance for publishers to travel to the fair and exhibit on the stand.

Creative New Zealand Translation Grants

Frankfurt 2010 saw the launch of a new Creative NZ translation grants project which offers foreign publishers funding to support the costs of translating NZ works.

CNZ Translation Grants – German publishers

CNZ Translation Grants – international publishers

Watch a mini documentary about the NZ Guest of Honour programme at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair:

And some more highlights from the NZ Guest of Honour programme:

More videos available to view at www.youtube.com/user/nzatfrankfurt

                 

For more info please contact Sarah Ropata, Books and Literature Project Manager, NZ Guest of Honour Programme 2012: sarah@publishers.org.nz

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21 November 2011

Inaugural “Andrew Mason Prize for Most Promising Editor” announced

A new prize to acknowledge and encourage editors starting out on their careers has been announced.

The inaugural Andrew Mason Prize for Most Promising Editor was awarded to Kylie Sutcliffe (right) at a Whitireia graduation ceremony late last week. 

The prize is offered by the Mason Publishing Trust each year to a graduate of the Diploma in Publishing (Applied) at Whitireia – New Zealand’s leading publishing training course.

Kylie Sutcliffe was selected as the graduate in 2011 who showed the most promise and consistency across the full range of editorial skills, including communication, judgement and attention to detail. Sutcliffe has a background in library work and research, and interests in the visual arts, community-based projects and publishing for young people.

The prize remembers Andrew Mason, a well-known editor who died in 2009. Mason was a widely admired book editor who worked on some of New Zealand’s most significant publications, and literary editor of the New Zealand Listener from 1981 to 1991.

Announcing the prize, Rachel Lawson, publishing programme leader at Whitireia, said:

“I am enormously proud to have Andrew’s name associated with our publishing course. It’s wonderful that this prize gives us a way to publicly acknowledge the craft of editing – and the talented graduates of this course.”

Before he died, Mason set up a trust to promote publishing training. The AV and MJ Mason Trust has offered an annual scholarship through the publishing programme at Whitireia for the past two years. The new editing prize sits alongside that scholarship.

MJ Mason was Andrew Mason’s father, Malcolm Mason, who was also involved in publishing, as chair of Reed Publishing in the 1960s and 1970s and author of three books.

The scholarship and prize are administered by trustees Tim Mason (Andrew’s brother, a doctor and bookseller), Alistair Mason (his nephew) and Elizabeth Caffin (former director of Auckland University Press).

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Contact: Rachel Lawson, programme leader, publishing, at Whitireia New Zealand  04 237 3103 x 3975

CLL Educational Publishing Awards 17 November 2011

Publishers put their best educational books forward for the CLL Educational Publishing Awards presented on 17 November in Auckland.

Topics covered everything from HR, accounting, foodservice, English, mathematics, science, and history – one presented as a graphic novel – over the three book awards for Higher Education, Secondary and Primary sectors. In keeping with the growing importance of the area, a Digital Publishing award was also made.

This is the second year of the Copyright Licensing Ltd sponsored awards for which the winning publishers in each section received a $5,000 cheque.

Gillian Candler, convener of the CLL Educational Awards judging panel, said that the judges were impressed with the wide range of topics provided by New Zealand publishers to schools and tertiary education institutes and the high standard of design and content of books and resources. Candler, an education and publishing consultant was joined on the panel by Libby Limbrick, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland and David Greeney, former academic textbook manager at Lexis Nexis.

“The x factors that helped titles make the shortlist included exemplary pedagogical approaches and important New Zealand content presented in accessible and inspiring ways,” said Gillian Candler. “The winners combined these factors with excellent instructional design, illustrative flair, and ease of use.”

Best Book in Higher Education Winner

Contested Ground Te Whenua I Tohea: The Taranaki Wars 1860–1881 ed. Kelvin Day, published by Huia Publishers. “A valuable text that makes good use of original material, draws together experts, presents fresh insight,” said the judges.

Best Book or Series in Secondary Education Winner

Gamma Mathematics: NCEA Level 1by David Barton, published by Pearson. “A good use of colour and layout along with clear explanations and New Zealand examples make this text appealing to students.”

Best Book or Series in Primary Education Winner

School Journal Part 4 Number 3 2010and Part 3 Number 3 2010 ed. Susan Paris, published by Learning Media. “These two issues of the School Journal are dedicated to the Moriori people…  a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of an important group of New Zealanders.”

Best Digital Publishing Solution

Sails Shared Interactivepublished by Pearson. “Engaging and easy to use, a product which will be loved by both students and teachers.”

The judges also gave Highly Commended Awards in three categories:

Higher Education Highly Commended: Teaching Primary School Mathematics and Statistics: Evidence-Based Practice ed. Robin Averill and Roger Harvey, published by NZCER Press

Secondary Education Highly Commended: Ngarimu: Te Tohu Toa by Kawata Teepa, published by Huia Publishers

Primary Education Highly Commended: Hina ed. Hana Pomare, published by Hana Limited

The CLL Educational Publishing Awards acknowledge excellence in presentation, content and appropriateness for New Zealand schools and tertiary institutions.

The judges further commented, “There is a good range of publications which have not just a New Zealand flavour but strong New Zealand content that helps students and teachers develop deeper knowledge and understanding of important topics for our nation.”