Congratulations to authors Rachel Buchanan and Ned Fletcher, whose books have been shortlisted for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards!
Shortlisted for the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction, Rachel Buchanan's Te Motunui Epa is 'a triumph of storytelling and a challenge to the confines of traditional historiography.'
And shortlisted for the General Non-Fiction Award, The English Text of the Treaty of Waitangi by Ned Fletcher is described by judges as providing 'a valuable contribution to scholarship, history and law.'
The winners for each category in the awards will be announced at a ceremony on 17 May 2023.