Celebrating Awards!

Last week, two BWB history titles won two significant awards, and these follow other endorsements for BWB books. So time to celebrate!

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Ian Wards Prize, Archives and Records Association of NZ

For ‘an outstanding piece of writing which … also clearly demonstrates exemplary and/or innovative use of primary resources’.

2013, winner

Born to a Changing World by Alison Clarke

2012, joint winner

Strong, Beautiful and Modern by Charlotte Macdonald

Ernest Scott Prize

For original research which makes ‘the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation’.

2013, shortlisted

Webs of Empire by Tony Ballantyne

2012, shortlisted

Strong, Beautiful and Modern by Charlotte Macdonald

Sports History Prize (Australian Society for Sports History)

‘your key interpretation impressed the judges’, who also praised ‘the thorough interrogation of the sources’.

2013, winner

Strong, Beautiful and Modern by Charlotte Macdonald.

International co-publishing is also affirming BWB history titles:

Webs of Empire – University of British Columbia Press (Canada)

Strong, Beautiful and Modern – University of British Columbia Press

No Ordinary Deal – Allen & Unwin (Australia)

In/visible Sight – Athabasca University Press (Canada)

Melissa Pitts, Director of University of British Columbia Press writes:

‘We are delighted to co-publish with Bridget Williams Books. The vision and quality of the work they produce is very high, and the scholarship is of interest and value to a worldwide English market. Clearly Bridget Williams and her staff have an excellent relationship with some of the top scholars in New Zealand and beyond. We look forward to collaborating with this very fine press in the years to come.’

We enjoy taking BWB books out to the world through the scholarly networks that continue robustly in the digital age.

Bridget Williams