Monday, July 23, 2012

Finalists announced - 2012 THORPE-Bowker New Zealand Book Industry Awards



Winners will be announced at the Booksellers NZ Conference Dinner/Industry Awards on Thursday night, 2 August at Rendezvous Hotel, Auckland

THORPE-Bowker Regional Bookshop of the Year:  North Island
The Children's Bookshop, Wellington
Paper Plus The Base, Hamilton
Unity Books Wellington

THORPE-Bowker Regional Bookshop of the Year:  South Island
Paper Plus Northlands, Christchurch
Page & Blackmore Booksellers, Nelson
The Children’s Bookshop, Christchurch

THORPE-Bowker Group Bookshop of the Year
Whitcoulls Sylvia Park, Auckland
Paper Plus Coastlands, Paraparaumu
Paper Plus Northlands, Christchurch

THORPE-Bowker Independent Bookshop of the Year
Unity Books Wellington
Page & Blackmore Booksellers, Nelson
Scorpio Books, Christchurch

THORPE-Bowker Award for Promotional and Sales Support
Penguin Group (NZ)
HarperCollins Publishers NZ
Random House NZ

THORPE-Bowker Award for New Zealand Publishing
Gecko Press
Craig Potton Publishing
Random House NZ

THORPE-Bowker Award for Sales Rep of the Year:  North Island
Helen Raos (Hachette NZ)
Ross Lorimer (Archetype/Allen & Unwin)
Paul Greenberg (Greene Phoenix Marketing)
Anna Applin (Archetype/Allen & Unwin)

THORPE-Bowker Award for Sales Rep of the Year:  South Island
Paul Greenberg (Greene Phoenix Marketing)
Louise Crisp (Random House NZ, formally Penguin Group (NZ))
Clare Davies (Macmillan NZ)
Peter Levy (HarperCollins Publishers NZ)

THORPE-Bowker Award for Publisher of the Year
Allen & Unwin
Gecko Press
Random House NZ


For more information or to purchase a ticket contact:
Cherie Arnott
Association Manager, Booksellers NZ
04 815 8361

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