It appears it’s not just the cover a book is judged on as the judges announce the finalists in the 2018 PANZ Book Design Awards.  The weight of stock, the binding and the smell of the entries all came under close scrutiny from the judging panel.

‘The judges all did their fair share of lifting, sniffing, flipping and pondering the multifaceted design decisions,’ says the convening judge, David Coventon.  ‘From paper stocks to spines and binding, print finish, typographic tendencies and idiosyncrasies, we were impressed by the high-quality outcomes.’

From some 110 entries, the judges have whittled out a finalist list of 33 books across eight categories:

Penguin Random House New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book

Aberhart Starts Here by Lara Strongman with Laurence Aberhart (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū), designed by Peter Bray, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

The Domain by Gavin Hipkins (Victoria University Press), designed by Philip Kelly

the merrier by Miranda Parkes, Sharon Dell, Robyn Notman, Sophie Bannan, Andrea Bell (Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago), designed by Daniel Blackball Alexander

New China Eyewitness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the art of museum diplomacy edited by James Beattie and Richard Bullen (Canterbury University Press), designed by Aaron Beehre

Strangers Arrive by Leonard Bell (Auckland University Press), cover design by Spencer Levine, interior design by Katrina Duncan

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-illustrated Book

Bird Words edited by Elisabeth Easther (Penguin Random House), designed by Rachel Clark

Blood Ties: New and selected poems 1963-2016 by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (Canterbury University Press), cover design by Aaron Beehre, interior design by Aaron Beehre and Gemma Banks, Ilam Press

Edmund Hillary: A biography by Michael Gill (Potton & Burton), designed by Lisa Noble and Annabelle Archibald, Paperminx

A Moral Truth edited by James Hollings (Massey University Press), cover design by Gideon Keith, Strategy Creative, interior design by Gideon Keith and Carla Sy

Selected Poems: Ian Wedde by Ian Wedde (Auckland University Press), cover design by Philip Kelly, interior design by Katrina Duncan

Allen Curnow Biography and Poems Slipcase edition by Terry Sturm. Edited by Linda Cassells, Elizabeth Caffin and Terry Sturm (Auckland University Press), cover design by Sarah Maxey, interior design by Katrina Duncan

Tears of Rangi by Anne Salmond (Auckland University Press), cover design by Keely O’Shannessy, interior design by Katrina Duncan

Scholastic New Zealand Award for Best Children’s Book

Annual 2 edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris (Annual Ink), cover design by Toby Morris, interior design by Gary Stewart, The Gas Project

Aotearoa: The New Zealand Story by Gavin Bishop (Penguin Random House), design by Vida and Luke Kelly, Kelly Design, illustrations by Gavin Bishop

Helper and Helper by Joy Cowley, illustrated by Gavin Bishop (Gecko Press), designed by Vida Kelly

The Longest Breakfast by Jenny Bornholdt, illustrated by Sarah Wilkins (Gecko Press), designed by Vida Kelly

Summer Days by multiple contributors (Penguin Random House), designed by Jenny Haslimeier, cover illustration by Vasanti Unka, Vasanti Unka Design

Tu Meke Tūī! by Malcolm Clarke (Little Love), designed by Anna Egan-Reid, Little Love, illustrations by FLOX AKA Hayley King

Edify Award for Best Educational Book

Bright Ideas for Young Minds by multiple contributors (Mary Egan Publishing), designed by Anna Egan-Reid, Mary Egan Publishing

How to Mend a Kea by Janet Hunt (Massey University Press), designed by Janet Hunt

The New Zealand Art Activity Book: new edition by Helen Lloyd (Te Papa Press), designed by Kate Barraclough, Kate Frances Design

New Zealand’s Great White Sharks: How science is revealing their secrets by Alison Ballance (Potton & Burton), designed by Chris Chisnall and Robbie Burton

Tūrangawaewae edited by Trudie Cain, Ella Kahu and Richard Shaw (Massey University Press), designed by Kate Barraclough, Kate Frances Design

1010 Printing Award for Best Cookbook

Angelo’s Wild Kitchen by Angelo Georgalli (Beatnik Publishing), designed by Sally Greer, Beatnik Publishing

Eat Up New Zealand by Al Brown (Allen & Unwin New Zealand), designed by Gary Stewart, The Gas Project

The Forest Cantina HOME by Unna Burch (Unna Burch), cover design by Unna Burch and Bonny Beattie, interior design by Amanda Peirson

Homegrown Kitchen: Everyday recipes for eating well by Nicola Galloway (Potton & Burton), designed by Lisa Noble and Annabelle Archibald, Paperminx

Little Bird Goodness by Megan May (Penguin Random House), designed by Kate Barraclough, Kate Frances Design

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover

Aberhart Starts Here by Lara Strongman with Laurence Aberhart  (Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū), designed by Peter Bray, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Baby by Annaleese Jochems (Victoria University Press), designed by Keely O’Shannessy

Black Marks on the White Page edited by Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti (Penguin Random House), designed by Kate Barraclough, Kate Frances Design, cover illustrator James Ormsby

Huia Come Home by J. Ruka (Oati), designed by Alistair McCready

The Long Dream of Waking: New perspectives on Len Lye edited by Paul Brobbel, Wystan Curnow and Roger Horrocks (Canterbury University Press), designed by Alice Bonifant

New China Eyewitness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the art of museum diplomacy edited by James Beattie and Richard Bullen (Canterbury University Press), designed by Aaron Beehre

Salt Picnic by Patrick Evans (Victoria University Press), designed by Keely O’Shannessy

Mary Egan Publishing Award for Best Typography

Huia Come Home by J. Ruka (Oati), designed by Alistair McCready

A Moral Truth edited by James Hollings (Massey University Press), cover design by Gideon Keith, Strategy Creative, interior design by Gideon Keith and Carla Sy

New China Eyewitness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the art of museum diplomacy edited by James Beattie and Richard Bullen (Canterbury University Press), designed by Aaron Beehre

Allen Curnow Biography and Poems Slipcase edition by Terry Sturm. Edited by Linda Cassells, Elizabeth Caffin and Terry Sturm (Auckland University Press), cover design by Sarah Maxey, interior design by Katrina Duncan

Tears of Rangi by Anne Salmond (Auckland University Press), cover design by Keely O’Shannessy, interior design by Katrina Duncan

Ten x Ten: Art at Te Papa edited by Athol McCredie (Te Papa Press), designed by Gideon Keith, Strategy Creative

Allen & Unwin Young Designer of the Year 2018 Shortlist

Rachel Clark for The Art of Simple by Eleanor Ozich (Penguin Random House), Bird Words edited by Elisabeth Easther (Penguin Random House), Heloise by Mandy Hager (Penguin Random House), Hideaways by Hilary Ngan Kee and photography by Sam Stuchbury

Emma Jakicevich for Behind Bars – Real-life stories from inside New Zealand’s prisons by Anna Leask (Penguin Random House), Black Barn: portrait of a place by Gregory O’Brien & Jenny Bornholdt with photography by Brian Culy (Penguin Random House), Colours for Kiwi Babies/ Counting for Kiwi Babies by Matthew Williamson (Penguin Random House), Pieces of You by Eileen Merriman (Penguin Random House), Sleeps Standing by Witi Ihimaera with Hemi Kelly (Penguin Random House)

The winners of each category will be announced at a special ceremony on Thursday 26 July when the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen Book will also be revealed.

The PANZ Book Design Awards were established by the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in New Zealand.

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Further details are available at www.bookdesignawards.co.nz

To view finalist cover images, please visit www.bookdesignawards.co.nz

THE JUDGING PANEL:

David Coventon MA PGCE (convenor)
A graduate of the Masters in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins, David has over 25 years’ experience across music, arts and publishing client base in London and Auckland. David was co-founder of two: design London, course leader of the Bachelor in Graphic Design at Camberwell College, and a key member of the staff and student team that re-started the Camberwell Press.

Back in New Zealand David worked as a graphic designer at Auckland Museum in the Brand and Customer Engagement team for four years. This year he took a Senior Lecturer position teaching graphic design on the Communication Design Bachelor at AUT School of Art & Design.

Janson Chau immigrated from Hong Kong to New Zealand in 1994. Since joining Alt Group as a designer in 2010, he has been involved in graphic, experiential, digital and print design. He has been involved in the design, production and publication of a number of modest books and continues his obsession with the form of the book and a reader’s interaction with idea and content.

Anna Brown is a New Zealand-based designer and typographer. She works collaboratively in book design exploring innovative narrative forms that result in gallery-based experimental book installations and participatory performance works as well as catalogues and artists’ books. Much of her work investigates the concept of the expanded book in a digital age.

Anna taught for eight years in the School of Design at the College of Creative Arts, Massey University, Wellington where she is Associate Professor and Director: Projects and Partnerships.

Kiran Dass is the book buyer for Time Out Bookstore in Mt Eden, Auckland and has 12 years’ experience in the book trade. A writer and reviewer, Kiran has covered books and music for the NZ Herald, NZ Listener, Sunday magazine, Sunday Star-Times, Landfall, Metro, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch and The Wire (UK).  She also reviews books on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon show and Auckland’s 95bFM.

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PRESS RELEASE

Monday 26 March 2018: For immediate release

This year, for the first time, the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has taken a stand at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.  This Fair has been the reference event for publishers, authors, illustrators, literary agents and professional involved in the world of publishing and content for children for 55 years.

Local publishers making the most of this opportunity to showcase their books to the world include Gecko Press, Oratia Media, Upstart Press, Millwood Press, Black Chook Books and One Tree House. The kiwi contingent also includes literary agent, Frances Plumpton.

Two publishers, Oratia Media and OneTree House have been nominated for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.  This award acknowledges the achievements of six publishers, one for each of the six areas of the globe (Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South and Central America and Oceania).  Nominees for this award are considered to have stood out for their creativity, courage and quality of their editorial choices.

New Zealand authors and illustrators are also under the spotlight.  Award-winning illustrator, Donovan Bixley will deliver a workshop and a talk at the Illustrators Survival Corner during the week, as will illustrator/publisher Martin Bailey.

The highlight of the Fair is the announcement of revered Hans Christian Andersen Award.  One of New Zealand’s most successful children’s authors, Joy Cowley ONZ is on the shortlist of five. The winner will be announced on Monday 26 March (Tuesday 27 March, morning, New Zealand time).

‘The children’s book market in New Zealand is thriving,’ says Catriona Ferguson, Association Director,

Publishers Association of NZ.  ‘A number of new children’s publishers have sprung up over recent years, complementing books published by existing successful children’s publishers such as Gecko Press and Scholastic New Zealand.’

The New Zealand presence at the book fair is supported by Creative New Zealand.

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Sandra Noakes, Tel 0275 767675 or Catriona Ferguson, T 02102482637

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The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has appointed its new officers and councillors for the 2017–18 period.

The new council elected at the association’s AGM on 14 July consists of:

President: Peter Dowling (Oratia Media)

Immediate Past President: Melanie Laville-Moore (Allen & Unwin)

Vice President: Melanee Winder (Hachette NZ)

Councillors: Alex Collins (Lift Education), Debra Millar (Penguin Random House NZ), Sandra Noakes (HarperCollins NZ), Tom Rennie (Bridget Williams Books), Tracy Strudley (Global Education Systems)

At the AGM, Melanie Laville-Moore paid tribute to two council members stepping down after long and valuable service.

PANZ is indebted to the contribution of departing councillors Sam Elworthy (Auckland University Press) and Julia Marshall (Gecko Press), and to the leadership over the past two years of Melanie Laville-Moore.

The council will hold its first meeting in Auckland on Wednesday 16 August.

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MEDIA RELEASE – Thursday 20 July 2017

Tonight at the PANZ Book Design Awards when a book really is judged by its cover – and its design – Cazador: game, offal and the rest, written by Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca Smidt, designed by Tim Donaldson and Amanda Gaskin of Sea Change Studio, takes home the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book.

The judging panel said of Cazador:

This cookbook as brave, classic, yet excitingly contemporary. Cazador’s exquisite production values are immediately seductive. It is beautiful to hold and look at. The blood linen cover, exposed ‘frenched-like’ binding (that opens flat for function), arresting artful photography, an interestingly paced layout that never gets pedestrian, knife-like typography that also plays homage to the 1980’s heritage of its restaurant home. The outward beauty is sensitively matched by a depth of thought that reveals the soul of Cazador (the restaurant) and its story. An outstanding package.

Cazador’s design lifts it above simply a cookbook, it breaks its genre and becomes something of its own, artful and unique.

Cazador was also shortlisted for Best Typography and winner of Best Cover and Best Cook Book categories.

Nine awards were presented:

BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK (sponsored by Penguin Random House New Zealand)

Beach Life by Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (Penguin Random House) designed by Alan Deare, Area Design

BEST NON-ILLUSTRATED BOOK (sponsored by Upstart Press)

Extraordinary Anywhere: Essays on Place from Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Ingrid Horrocks & Cherie Lacey (Victoria University Press) designed by Jo Bailey & Anna Brown 

BEST CHILDREN’S BOOK (sponsored by Scholastic New Zealand)

Annual edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris (Gecko Press) designed by Spencer Levine

BEST EDUCATIONAL BOOK (sponsored by Edify)

Mātaki Mai Ana Te Ao: Te Tawhio Pihirei o 1981 by Rachael Tuwhangai, Hone Morris and Pania Tahau-Hodges (HUIA) designed by Tim Hansen, Fay & Walter

BEST COOKBOOK (sponsored by 1010 Printing)

Cazador — game, offal and the rest by Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca Smidt (Cazador) designed by Tim Donaldson & Amanda Gaskin, Sea Change Studio

BEST TYPOGRAPHY (sponsored by Mary Egan Publishing)

Annual edited by Kate De Goldi and Susan Paris (Gecko Press) designed by Spencer Levine.

AWARD FOR BEST COVER (sponsored by HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand)

Cazador — game, offal and the rest by Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca Smidt (Cazador) designed by Tim Donaldson & Amanda Gaskin, Sea Change Studio

GERARD REID AWARD FOR BEST BOOK SPONSORED BY NIELSEN BOOK

Cazador — game, offal and the rest by Dariush Lolaiy and Rebecca Smidt (Cazador) designed by Tim Donaldson & Amanda Gaskin, Sea Change Studio

One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of the Allen & Unwin Young Designer of the Year Award. This year it was presented to Auckland designer, Sam Bunny.  The judges said:

‘Sam Bunny’s portfolio showcases a wonderful range of designs across a number of categories. His work is consistently measured, visually enticing and exhibits a good understanding of the subject matter.

From the substantial non-fiction The Great Kiwi Pub Crawl, to the haunting monochromatic The Salted Air, to the playful design of Grandad’s Wheelies and the mysterious but impactful cover illustration of The Impossible Boy, all his work hits the right tone and is well executed. Bunny seems to have fun with his designs and his work effectively serves the purpose of making you want to read these titles.’

This year, for the first time, there was a People’s Choice Award.  Voting took place at last night’s awards ceremony in Auckland where attendees had the opportunity to compare the awards finalists.  The inaugural Hachette New Zealand People’s Choice Award was presented to Spencer Levine for Annual, published by Gecko Press, the book that received the most votes.

The judging panel was convened by award-winning illustrator and book designer, Rowan Somerset, supported by graphic designer, David Coventon; graphic designer and book designer, Anna Egan-Reid and leading business commentator, journalist and publisher, Vincent Heeringa.

The PANZ Book Design Awards are administered by the Publishers Association of New Zealand. The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) established the PANZ Book Design Awards to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in New Zealand.

Link to the press release.