Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards 2021 winners announced
Thursday, 30 September 2021 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
The winners of the postponed 2021 Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards have been announced.
The winners in each category are:
Book publisher of the year
- Mākaro Press
Emerging publisher of the year
- Rachel Eadie, Penguin Random House New Zealand
Bookshop of the year
- Schrödinger’s Bookshop, Petone
Emerging bookseller of the year
- Rafael Moreira, McLeods Booksellers, Rotorua
Bestseller award (for top seller by volume and value between April 2020 and March 2021)
- Supergood (Chelsea Winter, Random House New Zealand)
Marketing and publicity strategy of the year
- HarperCollins NZ for Impossible: My Story by Stan Walker, campaign manager Rebecca Thorne
Aotearoa booksellers’ choice award (joint winners)
- Auē (Becky Manawatu, Mākaro Press)
- Imagining Decolonisation (Rebecca Kiddle, Bianca Elkington, Moana Jackson, Ocean Mercier, Mike Ross, Jennie Smeaton & Amanda Thomas, BWB)
Salesperson of the year
- Jessica Rice, Penguin Random House New Zealand
Book industry innovation award
- Allen & Unwin
Lifetime achievement award
- Bridget Williams of BWB.
The annual awards, hosted by the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) and Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand, were announced in an online ceremony on 29 September.
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