PANZ Book Design Awards 2023 winners announced

Friday, 22 September 2023 Books+Publishing

The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has announced the winners of its Book Design Awards 2023.

The winners in each category are:

Gerard Reid Award for best book

Toi Tu Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori art (ed by Nigel Borrell, PRH NZ), designed by Tyrone Ohia, Extended Whanau, layout and typography by Katrina Duncan

Best illustrated book

Toi Tu Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori art (ed by Nigel Borrell, PRH NZ), designed by Tyrone Ohia, Extended Whanau, layout and typography by Katrina Duncan

Best non-illustrated book

A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru: A collection of narratives about Te Tai Tokerau Tūpuna and Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineāmaru: He Kōrero Tuku Iho nō Te Tai Tokerau (Melinda Webber & Te Kapua O’Connor, Nā Quinton Hita i whakamāori, Auckland Uni), designed by Duncan Munro Lucky Stairs Studio, custom artwork created by Shane Cotton

Best children’s book

Te Wehenga: The separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku (Mat Tait, A&U), cover designed by Mat Tait with Megan van Staden

Best educational book or series—Primary

Year 4 Homework Start Right Workbook (Raymond Huber) and Year 8 Social Studies Start Right Workbook (Caroline Mulholland, LearnWell), designed by Barnaby McBryde, Pietro Lubich, Jane Meder and Robyn Hopcroft

Best educational book or series—Secondary/Tertiary

Medium: A technical guide for creating better medium density housing in Aotearoa New Zealand (Guy Marriage, EBOSS), designed by Brittany Irvine

Best cookbook

The RNZ Cookbook: A treasury of 180 recipes from New Zealand’s best-known chefs and food writers (ed by David Cohen & Kathy Paterson, Massey Uni), designed by Kate Barraclough, illustrations by Pippa Keel

Best commercial book for adults

Best cover

How to Loiter in a Turf War: A novel (Coco Solid, PRH NZ), designed by Carla Sy, cover illustration by Coco Solid

Best typography

Toi Tu Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori art (ed by Nigel Borrell, PRH NZ), designed by Tyrone Ohia, Extended Whanau, layout and typography by Katrina Duncan

Emerging designer

Brittany Irvine for Medium: A technical guide for creating better medium density housing in Aotearoa New Zealand (Guy Marriage, EBOSS)

People’s choice award (tied)

Cape to Bluff (Simon Devitt, Andrea Stevens & Luke Scott, Simon Devitt Photographer), designed by Luke Scott and Milly Scott
Toi Tu Toi Ora: Contemporary Māori art (ed by Nigel Borrell, PRH NZ), designed by Tyrone Ohia, Extended Whanau, layout and typography by Katrina Duncan.

The winners, who were chosen from shortlists announced in July, were announced at an awards ceremony in Auckland on Thursday, 21 September.

For more information and to see the finalists in all categories, visit the awards website.