Tuesday, March 08, 2011

The Page & Blackmore New Zealand Book Month Quiz 2011

1. Who won the NZSA Hubert Church Best First for Fiction 2010? Title of the book?

2. What NZ classic, first published in 1968, was rediscovered and published by TheText Publishing Company in 2009?

3. What is the most popular & best selling New Zealand history book?

4. Which Maurice Gee novel is set on Somes Island?

5. In what year was the “Marsh Million” published and what was it?

6. Who travelled in 1906 from a small volcanic Italian island to a smaller New Zealand island named after a French explorer? What were the islands called and which of her descendants wrote her story?

7. Which publisher won the Wellington Region Creative Gold Award for Business in 2010?

8. Which film was based on CK Stead’s novel Smith’s Dream?

9. “The same week our fowls were stolen, Daphne Moran had her throat cut” is the opening line of which novel?

10. Name Margaret Mahy’s first published book, the year and publisher.

Win a book! All correct entries are eligible for the prize draw.

email info@pageandblackmore.co.nz  for the entry form.

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