The 2022 Ockham NZ Book Awards Longlist has been announced.
Alas, I haven’t read any of them, and I know only one of the authors.
This is the fiction list:
- A Good Winter by Gigi Fenster. See the review at Cheerful Worrier.
- Alice in Therapy Land by Alice Tawhai. See the review at Press Reader.
- Entanglement by Bryan Walpert (I have read his Late Sonata which won the 2020 Seizure Prize here. See the review at Stuff NZ.)
- Changes by Stephanie Johnson. See the review at ANZ Literature.
- Greta and Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly. See the review at Alys on the Blog.
- Kurangaituku by Whiti Hereaka. See the review at Alys on the Blog.
- Loop Tracks by Sue Orr. See the review at Alys on the Blog. (Congratulations to Terri-Ann White and Upswell Publishing!)
- She’s a Killer by Kirsten McDougall. See the review at Alys on the Blog.
- The Pink Jumpsuit: Short Fictions, Tall Truths by Emma Neale. See the review at NZ Poetry Shelf.
- Unsheltered by Clare Moleta. See the review at the SMH.
Non Fiction
- After Dark: Walking into the Nights of Aotearoa by Annette Lees
- Bloody Woman by Lana Lopesi
- Come Back to Mona Vale: Life and Death in a Christchurch Mansion by Alexander McKinnon
- Enough Horizon: The Life and Work of Blanche Baughan by Carol Markwell
- From the Centre: A Writer’s Life by Patricia Grace (I’ll have to get this one, see my reviews of this writer’s novels to see why I’m interested in her life).
- He Kupu Taurangi: Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand by Christopher Finlayson and James Christmas
- Helen Kelly: Her Life by Rebecca Macfie
- The Alarmist: Fifty Years Measuring Climate Change by Dave Lowe
- The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw
- Voices from the New Zealand Wars | He Reo nō ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O’Malley
Visit the awards website for more.
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Hi Lisa, I have only read Unsheltered. I don’t usually like dystopian novels, but Unsheltered I did enjoy. And, like you, I would like to read the Patricia Grace’s, From The Centre.
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By: Meg on January 28, 2022
at 2:36 pm
Let’s hope some Aussie booksellers step up because postage from NZ is a bit of a deterrent. Fishpond used not to charge postage from NZ but they have started doing it for some items (but not others) and I can’t work out why.
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By: Lisa Hill on January 28, 2022
at 3:15 pm
Oh, I didn’t know about the Charlotte Grimshaw book. I’ve looked it up and intrigued. I had minor dealings with her sister who worked for A&U in the UK.
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By: kimbofo on January 28, 2022
at 2:37 pm
There’s some interesting commentary at Goodreads. Apparently she is … a-hem… rather frank about her family, especially her mother, and I have to say that I find that a bit distasteful. Unless of course the parent is a monster, in which case, gloves off, but if it’s just the ordinary sort of conflicts that many families have, I don’t think it’s fair on a living parent.
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By: Lisa Hill on January 28, 2022
at 3:17 pm
Hmmm… yes… that sounds like an ethical / moral minefield.
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By: kimbofo on January 28, 2022
at 3:53 pm