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Random House triumphs in the 2010 NZ Post Children’s Book Award shortlist
Random House is proud to have six authors nominated for this year's NZ Post Children’s Book Awards. These awards recognise excellence in children's literature, highlighting the best books for children and teenagers published annually in New Zealand. This year's judges are children's literature consultant Rosemary Tisdall... more | |
You’ve seen the film, now read the book
Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire, is the kind of story that is rarely told, about a character who society usually writes off, judges as a statistic, or simply ignores. Precious is set in 1987 Harlem and tells the story of Claireece “Precious” Jones, an overweight, illiterate teen pregnant with her second child whose life takes... more
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Charlotte Grimshaw shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Internationally recognised for propelling authors into the literary spotlight, the shortlist for the regional winners from South East Asia and Pacific has been unveiled in the race to win the influential 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Offering an exceptional opportunity for new writers to demonstrate their talent and for authors already... more
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Sarah Laing to enjoy this year’s Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship
Sarah Laing will enjoy a five-month residency at the Sargeson Centre in Auckland, taking up tenure in August. In addition to the residency Sarah will receive a $20,000 grant, allowing her to focus full time on her current writing projects. Buddle Findlay National Chairman, Peter Chemis, says the writers will be following a... more | | Dunedin publisher wins Storylines premier award
Dunedin publisher Barbara Larson is the 2010 winner of New Zealand’s top award in children’s literature, the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal. Given annually by the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust, the award recognises Barbara Larson’s specific and outstanding contribution to the important genre of young adult fiction... more | | Women illustrators dominate the short-list for the inaugural Gavin Bishop Award for Children's Book Illustration
The judging for the inaugural Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Children’s Book Illustration has just concluded and the judges were impressed by the high standard of entries received. The judges for the award are Gavin Bishop, Crissi Blair and Alan Gilderdale from Storylines, and Jenny Hellen, Deputy Publishing Director at Random... more
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Hamish Keith awarded an Honorary Doctorate
On Friday October 23 2009 the University of Waikato conferred an Honorary Doctorate on Random House author and social history commentator Hamish Keith. When Vice-Chancellor Professor Roy Crawford announced the conferral in June he noted that Hamish had opened New Zealand art history to an even... more | |
CK Stead and Brian Turner win the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
Two of our most esteemed authors, CK Stead and Brian Turner, were awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement, which one could say is this country’s highest literary honour. Held in a ceremony at Premier House in Wellington, these awards salute the huge contribution Stead and Turner have made... more | |
Dame Fiona Kidman awarded two of the highest French honours
Dame Fiona Kidman has been awarded two very prestigious awards from the French Government, the medal of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her long and distinguished literary career; and also, she has been made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. This award is the most coveted award in... more | |
Su Tong Shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2009
Random House is delighted that The Boat To Redemption by the bestselling Chinese author Su Tong has been shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2009. The awards are judged by an international judging panel chaired by Irish novelist Colm Toibin, the 2009 judges include Chinese American author Gish Jen and... more | |
Four Random House authors shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for Literature 2009
Four Random House authors were shortlisted for the coverted Nobel Prize for Literature. This prize recognises the skill of an author through a body of work. These shortlisted authors and their latest novels are: Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz, The Humbling by Philip Roth, Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon and... more | | |
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