2025 Ockham New Zealand Book AwardsUnpublished

Long Lists for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Illustrated Non-Fiction and Poetry

"Unforgettable and amusing memoirs, novels that move and unnerve, illustrated books that powerfully illuminate the past and present, and sizzling, considered poetry collections are among the 43 books longlisted from 175 entries." -- New Zealand Book Awards Trust

Updated February 4, 2025

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2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Long Lists for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Illustrated Non-Fiction and Poetry

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Bad Archive

Ebook

Bold, beautiful and constantly surprising essays about life, loss, joy and the fabric of memory. In this deftly woven work Flora Feltham explores the corners where her memories are stashed: the archive vault, her mother' s house, a marriage counsellor' s office, the tip and New World. She takes us...

Pretty ugly

Gunn, Kirsty

The Mires

Makereti, Tina.

Paper Book

A literary page turner that explores the intertwined lives of three neighboring families in a small coastal New Zealand town--a blend of Little Fires Everywhere and The Island of Missing Trees, combining domestic drama, suspense, indigenous folklore, and the threat of extremism on ordinary lives....

The Royal Free

Shuker, Carl.

Paper Book

An exuberant dark comedy about dying young, parenting through grief, and the full-on hilarity of copyediting a medical journal while the city around you burns James Ballard is a recently widowed father to a baby daughter. And he is a copy editor tasked with saving the Royal...

The girls in the red house are singing

Slaughter, Tracey

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