The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are the country’s premier literary honours for New Zealand books. Forty-four titles were long listed to win a 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Award and the shortlist of 16 titles were shared on March 8. The winners will be announced on May 17 during the 2023 Auckland Writers Festival.
Auckland Libraries have curated a digital collection of some of the longlist titles, available in ebook or audiobook format through the Libby reading app.
Let’s explore some of these titles, which can be added to your OverDrive digital collection.
Auckland Libraries have curated a digital collection of some of the longlist titles, available in ebook or audiobook format through the Libby reading app.
Let’s explore some of these titles, which can be added to your OverDrive digital collection.
- The Axeman's Carnival by Catherine Chidgey
- The Fish by Lloyd Jones
- Downfall by Paul Diamond
- Always Italicise by Alice Te Punga Somerville
- Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes
- A Fire in the Belly of Hineamaru by Melinda Webber
- Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger
- Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife by Jennifer Ashton
- Home Theatre by Anthony Lapwood
- Super Model Minority by Chris Tse
- A History of New Zealand in 100 Objects by Jock Phillips
- Mrs Jewell and the Wreck of the General Grant by Cristina Sanders
- Grand by Noelle McCarthy
- Better the Blood by Michael Bennett
- I am Autistic by Chanelle Moriah
- How to Loiter In a Turf War by Coco Solid
- So Far, For Now by Fiona Kidman
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