| Entries are now open for this year's Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards
Random House New Zealand is proud to again be associated with the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards, in association with Whitcoulls, to foster, recognise and reward aspiring New Zealand writers.
The Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards are a keenly awaited fixture... more |
| Not just a stab in the dark
Random House scored a hat trick at the recent Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Awards (CWA). Johan Theorin won the CWA International Dagger for The Darkest Room, translated by Marlaine Delargy. Irish author Ruth Dudley-Edwards took home the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction for Aftermath: The Omagh Bombing... more |
| Sarah Laing wins Best Cover at the PANZ Book Design Awards
New Zealand’s exceptional book design talent is showcased in the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards. Random House is very proud to have Sarah Laing win the 2010 HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover for the design of Magpie Hall by Rachael King... more |
| Jesus the Cold Case to be published in Poland
A controversial book about the historical Jesus written by New Zealand author and documentary maker Bryan Bruce is to be published in Poland. Bruce’s book, Jesus the Cold Case, published in New Zealand by Random House in April 2010 reached the best sellers list within a few days of its release... more |
| Ray Avery awarded the Blake Medal for Leadership
Last Friday night, Ray Avery was awarded this year’s Peter Blake Medal for Leadership, New Zealand’s premier leadership honour. Also the current Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year, Avery is literally saving millions of lives in the developing countries through invention, entrepreneurship... more |
| Kate De Goldi awarded Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship
The Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship is New Zealand’s largest writing fellowship and supports established writers to work on a major project over two or more years. Kate De Goldi’s project will investigate the extraordinary story of New Zealand historian... more |
| Pip Desmond wins the NZSA Best First Book Awards
Pip Desmond, a Wellington freelance writer and former member of the Aroha Trust, a work cooperative for gang women in Wellington, has won the 2010 NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction for her book Trust: A True Story of Women & Gangs... more |
| Random House NZ dominates fiction line-up in New Zealand Post Book Awards
The judging panel of five has selected their three finalists in the fiction category for this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards and two are by Random House New Zealand writers. Award-winning writer Fiona Farrell has been selected for her novel Limestone, and award-winning short-story writer Owen Marshall for his collection... more |
| The Terry Pratchett Anywhere but Here, Anywhen but Now First Novel Prize!
Sir Terry Pratchett and Transworld Publishers UK are proud to launch a new award for aspiring debut novelists, The Terry Pratchett Anywhere But Here, Anywhen But Now Prize. Transworld UK will offer the winning author a publishing contract with a £20,000 advance ($39,666 NZ Dollars)... more
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| Super star celebrity merino SHREK took time out
SHREK flew with Air New Zealand from Queenstown to Auckland yesterday and he drove on up to KeriKeri late this morning. He’s left his swanky loft-style digs down at Bendigo to head north to gather photographic material for his very own book, Shrek: The Story of a Kiwi icon which is coming out later this year... more |
| Prestigious Children’s Book Awards finalists 2010 Announced by LIANZA
A spunky, hanky-panky cranky stinky dinky lanky honky-tonky winky wonky donkey (breath...), a beetle, a crooked man, a mouse and a charity shop worker have all endeared the LIANZA Children’s Book Award Judges this year and have been selected as finalists in this years LIANZA Russell Clark Children’s Book Awards!.. more |
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Lee Child's English-language publishers worldwide reveal new title and jacket
On 25th May 2010, the English language publishers of international bestselling thriller writer Lee Child revealed the title and jacket images for his next novel. In the UK, Transworld will publish Worth Dying For on 30th September 2010 as a Bantam Press hardback. It will be the fifteenth novel in Child’s series featuring maverick... more |
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Ian McEwan wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with Solar
Ian McEwan, an author perhaps better known for his award-winning literary fiction, been named winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2010 for his novel Solar. As winner of the prize he joins another Man Booker Prize winner, DBC Pierre, and a long list of comic greats including Will Self, Paul Torday... more |
| Random House triumphs in the 2010 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards
Random House is proud to have three authors win 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 young adults published annually in New Zealand... more |