Past Winners

New Zealand Post Book Awards

New Zealand Post Book of the Year
Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820–1921 by Judith Binney (Bridget Williams Books, 2009)
Fiction
As the Earth Turns Silver by Alison Wong (Penguin, 2009)
Poetry
Just This by Brian Turner (Victoria University Press, 2009)
General Non-Fiction
Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820–1921 by Judith Binney (Bridget Williams Books, 2009)
Illustrated Non-Fiction
Go Fish: Recipes and Stories from the New Zealand Coast by Al Brown (Random House, 2009)
People’s Choice
Go Fish: Recipes and Stories from the New Zealand Coast by Al Brown (Random House, 2009)
The NZSA Hubert Church Best First Book Award for Fiction
Relief by Anna Taylor (Victoria University Press, 2009)
The NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry
Fast Talking PI by Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press, 2009)
The NZSA E. H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction
Trust: A True Story of Women and Gangs by Pip Desmond (Random House, 2009)