September 30, 2021 @booksandpublishing
The winners of the Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards carried over to 2021 have been announced.
The winners of each category are:
Book Publisher of the Year
Emerging Editor of the Year
- Rachel Eadie, Penguin Random House New Zealand
Bookstore of the Year
- Schrödinger Bookstore, Petone
Emerging Bookstore of the Year
- Rafael Moreira, McLeods booksellers, Rotorua
Best Seller Award (for the best seller by volume and value between April 2020 and March 2021)
- Super good (Chelsea Winter, Random House New Zealand)
Marketing and advertising strategy of the year
- HarperCollins NZ for Impossible: my story by Stan Walker, Campaign Director Rebecca Thorne
Aotearoa Booksellers’ Choice Award (co-winners)
- AuÄ (Becky Manawatu, Makaro Press)
- Imagine decolonization (Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton and Amanda Thomas, BWB)
Saleswoman of the year
- Jessica Rice, Penguin Random House New Zealand
Innovation Award in the Book Industry
Lifetime Achievement Award
The annual awards, hosted by the New Zealand Publishers Association Te Rau o TÄkupu (PANZ) and Aotearoa New Zealand booksellers, were announced at an online ceremony on September 29.
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