📖TRANCHE #1 ENTRIES NOW OPEN to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2027 for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2026.
👉 Here's how to enter: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand....
#theockhams
👉 Here's how to enter: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand....
#theockhams
August 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
📖TRANCHE #1 ENTRIES NOW OPEN to the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2027 for New Zealand books published between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2026.
👉 Here's how to enter: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand....
#theockhams
👉 Here's how to enter: www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand....
#theockhams
'You’re like a soldier for change, but using words instead of bullets.' Such an insightful talanoa with Ockhams Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry 2026 winner @nuapk.bsky.social with Dale Husband in @etangata.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
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Nafanua Purcell Kersel: 'It starts with the spoken word' | E-Tangata
“The spoken word is where I feel the poetry lives. Publishing it in a book was far scarier for me than speaking it on a stage in front of people.” — Nafanua Purcell Kersel, who won the poetry prize at...
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June 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
'You’re like a soldier for change, but using words instead of bullets.' Such an insightful talanoa with Ockhams Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry 2026 winner @nuapk.bsky.social with Dale Husband in @etangata.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
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#theockhams
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🫵CALL FOR 2027 OCKHAM NZ BOOK AWARDS JUDGES!🫵
Do you have a deep appreciation and knowledge of NZ literature? You might be a bookseller, librarian, reviewer, writer, former publisher, editor, academic or curator.
🤔KEEN TO KNOW MORE? Head here: tinyurl.com/mdbx3cey
#theockhams
Do you have a deep appreciation and knowledge of NZ literature? You might be a bookseller, librarian, reviewer, writer, former publisher, editor, academic or curator.
🤔KEEN TO KNOW MORE? Head here: tinyurl.com/mdbx3cey
#theockhams
June 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
🫵CALL FOR 2027 OCKHAM NZ BOOK AWARDS JUDGES!🫵
Do you have a deep appreciation and knowledge of NZ literature? You might be a bookseller, librarian, reviewer, writer, former publisher, editor, academic or curator.
🤔KEEN TO KNOW MORE? Head here: tinyurl.com/mdbx3cey
#theockhams
Do you have a deep appreciation and knowledge of NZ literature? You might be a bookseller, librarian, reviewer, writer, former publisher, editor, academic or curator.
🤔KEEN TO KNOW MORE? Head here: tinyurl.com/mdbx3cey
#theockhams
And Ingrid immediately fielded a first invitation to an international festival. It's the Ockhams effect.
@ingridhorrocks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
@ingridhorrocks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
May 19, 2026 at 1:27 AM
And Ingrid immediately fielded a first invitation to an international festival. It's the Ockhams effect.
@ingridhorrocks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
@ingridhorrocks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
Congratulations to the team at @thwupbooks.bsky.social and of course their authors #theockhams
We are absolutely delighted for Tina Makereti, Nafanua Purcell Kersel and Ingrid Horrocks after their success at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 🎉
www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
www.nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-...
May 16, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Congratulations to the team at @thwupbooks.bsky.social and of course their authors #theockhams
GRATEFUL: Missing AWF but tuned into @theockhams, loved the writers reading. WOW Tina Makereti & Ingrid Horrocks, getting yr books. Already loved the poets. Also want flower book& debut novel. Sad I missed Bill @pacificraft tribute so paragphs 4blog welcome. &4these or yr faves
May 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
GRATEFUL: Missing AWF but tuned into @theockhams, loved the writers reading. WOW Tina Makereti & Ingrid Horrocks, getting yr books. Already loved the poets. Also want flower book& debut novel. Sad I missed Bill @pacificraft tribute so paragphs 4blog welcome. &4these or yr faves
Nicola Legat's interview with Emile on RNZ Nights really captures the wairua, the excitement, the importance of authors to society, and the why of the ceremony so well. Please do listen to it, if you have a moment. #theockhams www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Ockham Book Awards 2026 winners announced
There were nine prize categories up for grabs tonight the country's premier literary honours for books written by our very own New Zealanders.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Nicola Legat's interview with Emile on RNZ Nights really captures the wairua, the excitement, the importance of authors to society, and the why of the ceremony so well. Please do listen to it, if you have a moment. #theockhams www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
"If there's anything I've learned from writing a few books, is just that I need to dwell in that actually terrifying space of just not knowing what it is, but working with the feeling." Fiction winner @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social talking to RNZs Kathryn Ryan #theockhams
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/a...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/a...
Telling women's stories nets Wellington author $65,000 prize
Ingrid Horrocks says winning the New Zealand's biggest fiction prize is a massive confidence boost that encourages her to keep going.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"If there's anything I've learned from writing a few books, is just that I need to dwell in that actually terrifying space of just not knowing what it is, but working with the feeling." Fiction winner @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social talking to RNZs Kathryn Ryan #theockhams
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/a...
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/a...
Talking to @theguardian.com Ingrid Horrocks says: 'After years of writing about women’s lives as nonfiction, fiction had allowed her to get inside and closer to her characters.' #theockhams @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
‘Stunned and shocked’: Ingrid Horrocks wins top prize at New Zealand’s Ockham awards for her fiction debut
All Her Lives is only the fifth short story collection to win the prestigious NZ$65,000 prize in 58 years
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Talking to @theguardian.com Ingrid Horrocks says: 'After years of writing about women’s lives as nonfiction, fiction had allowed her to get inside and closer to her characters.' #theockhams @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social @thwupbooks.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Listen to Matatuhi Foundation Best First Book Illustrated Non-Fiction winner Philip Garnock-Jones talking with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ about his stunning honoured book He Puawai @theobrominated.bsky.social #theockhams
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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The award-winning book showing off NZ flowers in full bloom
He Puawai, A Natural History of New Zealand Flowers by Emeritus Professor of Botany Philip Garnock Jones won the Judith Binney Prize for Illustrated Non-Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. ...
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May 14, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Listen to Matatuhi Foundation Best First Book Illustrated Non-Fiction winner Philip Garnock-Jones talking with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ about his stunning honoured book He Puawai @theobrominated.bsky.social #theockhams
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Listen to Awards spokesperson Nicola Legat speaking to RNZs Emile Donovan immediately after the ceremony #theockhams www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Ockham Book Awards 2026 winners announced
There were nine prize categories up for grabs tonight the country's premier literary honours for books written by our very own New Zealanders.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Listen to Awards spokesperson Nicola Legat speaking to RNZs Emile Donovan immediately after the ceremony #theockhams www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
'...in the 36 years since Cranna’s award for Visitors, the only two short-fiction winners have been Charlotte Grimshaw in 2008 for Opportunity and Airini Beautrais in 2021 for Bug Week.' Great commentary from Paula Morris #theockhams
www.anzliterature.com/feature/2026...
www.anzliterature.com/feature/2026...
2026 Ockham NZ Book Awards: Shocks, Speeches, Sequins – Academy of New Zealand Literature
By Paula Morris
www.anzliterature.com
May 14, 2026 at 1:24 AM
'...in the 36 years since Cranna’s award for Visitors, the only two short-fiction winners have been Charlotte Grimshaw in 2008 for Opportunity and Airini Beautrais in 2021 for Bug Week.' Great commentary from Paula Morris #theockhams
www.anzliterature.com/feature/2026...
www.anzliterature.com/feature/2026...
Another thought generated from #TheOckhams - there ought to be a saying "going to Greenwich" as a metaphor for having a mean time. Maybe even a book to bring the idea to life? #AWF26
May 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Another thought generated from #TheOckhams - there ought to be a saying "going to Greenwich" as a metaphor for having a mean time. Maybe even a book to bring the idea to life? #AWF26
Listening to the poetry prize winners at #TheOckhams last night made me wonder - why is print the primary medium for releasing poetry? Audio, or even video, would be so much better - particularly when the poets really bring their words to life. #AWF26
May 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Listening to the poetry prize winners at #TheOckhams last night made me wonder - why is print the primary medium for releasing poetry? Audio, or even video, would be so much better - particularly when the poets really bring their words to life. #AWF26
Enjoy this page-by-page flickthrough of the epic Mr Ward’s Map book, a street-by-street look at Victorian Wellington, now the @ockhamnzbookawards.bsky.social Bookhub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction winner! Huge congrats @bayheritage.bsky.social #MasseyUniversityPress (designed by me!) #TheOckhams
May 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Enjoy this page-by-page flickthrough of the epic Mr Ward’s Map book, a street-by-street look at Victorian Wellington, now the @ockhamnzbookawards.bsky.social Bookhub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction winner! Huge congrats @bayheritage.bsky.social #MasseyUniversityPress (designed by me!) #TheOckhams
Congratulations @bayheritage.bsky.social! What a huge privilege to design this book, and be generously acknowledged from the stage 📕😻 amazing work from the Massey University Press team #theockhams
Huge congratulations to Elizabeth Cox, historian and winner of the Ockhams 2026 BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction! @bayheritage.bsky.social #theockhams
May 13, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Congratulations @bayheritage.bsky.social! What a huge privilege to design this book, and be generously acknowledged from the stage 📕😻 amazing work from the Massey University Press team #theockhams
Quick write up on the winners of #TheOckhams, top Book Awards in NZ. Congratulations to all finalists + winners. And a reminder to readers, these books may be available at a bookshop near you. Or if you're lucky, at a local library too!
#NZbooks #AoNZbooks #AoNZ #books
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#NZbooks #AoNZbooks #AoNZ #books
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Short story collection wins New Zealand's biggest book prize
Ingrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 13, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Quick write up on the winners of #TheOckhams, top Book Awards in NZ. Congratulations to all finalists + winners. And a reminder to readers, these books may be available at a bookshop near you. Or if you're lucky, at a local library too!
#NZbooks #AoNZbooks #AoNZ #books
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/s...
#NZbooks #AoNZbooks #AoNZ #books
www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/s...
Let's hear it for the Ockhams 2026 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction winner Ingrid Horrocks! #theockhams @thwupbooks.bsky.social @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social
May 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Let's hear it for the Ockhams 2026 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction winner Ingrid Horrocks! #theockhams @thwupbooks.bsky.social @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social
I’m definitely buying my own forever copy of this!
#theockhams
#theockhams
Best First Book Illustrated Non-Fiction goes to Philip Garnock-Jones! @theobrominated.bsky.social #theockhams
May 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
I’m definitely buying my own forever copy of this!
#theockhams
#theockhams
Huge congratulations to Elizabeth Cox, historian and winner of the Ockhams 2026 BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction! @bayheritage.bsky.social #theockhams
May 13, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Huge congratulations to Elizabeth Cox, historian and winner of the Ockhams 2026 BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction! @bayheritage.bsky.social #theockhams
Let's hear it for Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Satupa‘itea, Faleālupo, Aleipata, Tuaefu), poet, performer and winner of the Ockhams 2026 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry - her first collection! @thwupbooks.bsky.social @nuapk.bsky.social #theockhams
May 13, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Let's hear it for Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Satupa‘itea, Faleālupo, Aleipata, Tuaefu), poet, performer and winner of the Ockhams 2026 Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry - her first collection! @thwupbooks.bsky.social @nuapk.bsky.social #theockhams
Whakamihi @tinamakereti.bsky.social winner of the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Award 2026! @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
May 13, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Whakamihi @tinamakereti.bsky.social winner of the Ockhams General Non-Fiction Award 2026! @thwupbooks.bsky.social #theockhams
Congratulations Dame Jacinda Ardern! #theockhams Winner Best First Book General Non-Fiction
Congratulations Dame Jacinda Ardern! #theockhams
May 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Congratulations Dame Jacinda Ardern! #theockhams Winner Best First Book General Non-Fiction