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)