‘Mophead’ takes PANZ Book Design Awards hat-trick

The winners of the 2020 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced.

Mophead by Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press) took a hat-trick at the awards, scooping the overall award for best book, the award for best children’s book and the people’s choice award.

The winning titles in each category are:

Gerard Reid Award for Best Book

• Mophead (Selina Tusitala Marsh, Auckland University Press), designed by Vida Kelly, Vida and Luke Kelly Design

Best illustrated book

• We Are Here: An atlas of Aotearoa (Chris McDowall & Tim Denee, Massey University Press), designed by Tim Denee

Best non-illustrated book

• Hell Fire Poetry Anthology 2017–18 (ed by Andy Coyle, White Wolf Black Rabbit in association with Ilam Press), designed by Aaron Beehre

Best commercial book for adults

• Garage Project: The Art of Beer (Garage Project, PRH NZ), cover designed by Tim Gibson, interior by Tim Gibson & Katrina Duncan

Best children’s book

• Mophead (Selina Tusitala Marsh, Auckland University Press), designed by Vida Kelly, Vida and Luke Kelly Design

Best educational book or series—primary

• Toitoi: A Journal for Young Writers and Artists issues 16–19 and the Latin America and Southeast Asia special issues (teacher support materials ed by Charlotte Gibbs, Toitoi Media), designed by Kelvin Soh & Sam Wieck of DDMMYY with Grace McFarlane & Vicki Birks, Toitoi Media Ltd

Best educational book or series—secondary/tertiary

• Exploring Society: Sociology for New Zealand Students, 4th Edition (ed by Ruth McManus, Steve Matthewman, Chris Brickell, Gregor McLennan & Paul Spoonley, Auckland University Press), cover designed by Kalee Jackson, interior by Katrina Duncan

Best cookbook

• The Recipe (Josh Emett (Upstart Press in association with Blackwell & Ruth), designed by Cameron Gibb, Blackwell & Ruth

Best typography

• Crafting Aotearoa (ed by Karl Chitham, Kolokesa Māhina-Tuai and Damian Skinner, Te Papa Press), designed by Alan Deare, Area Design

Best cover

• Pass It On (Shobha Kalyan & Keryn Kalyan, self-published), designed by Jessica Read in collaboration with Shobha Kalyan and Keryn Kalyan

Emerging designer

• Jessica Read for Pass It On (Shobha Kalyan and Keryn Kalyan, self-published)

PANZ People’s Choice Award

• Mophead (Selina Tusitala Marsh, Auckland University Press), designed by Vida Kelly, Vida and Luke Kelly Design.

The best commercial book for adults category, sponsored by Allen & Unwin, was added this year to ‘acknowledge the innovative work being done in this area of the market and extend the discussion around book design’.

The winners were announced on Thursday, 22 October. See the shortlisted titles for the awards here.

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