Five judges will be selected for the New Zealand Post Book
Awards, and three judges for the children’s awards. Expressions of
interest are welcomed from authors, publishers, academics, reviewers, critics,
booksellers, librarians and beyond to judge the country’s premier book awards.
Applications can be completed online at www.nzpostbookawards.co.nz and a brief curriculum vitae should be
supplied demonstrating the applicant’s literary experience for the judging
role. Applications close at 5pm, Friday 27 September. The judging
panel will be selected by the Book Awards Governance Group, comprising
stakeholder representatives.
Te Reo advisors are also sought to judge the Māori Language
award, and to advise the judging panel on books submitted in Te Reo in both
children’s and senior awards. Fluent speakers of Māori are invited to put
their names forward for these additional advisor roles.
The awards are an exciting and prestigious event on the literary
calendar, celebrating New Zealand’s finest writers, illustrators and their
books. Each year finalists and winners are chosen from over a hundred entrants
to celebrate and promote excellence in writing and illustration in New
Zealand. Books entered into the awards are judged on the quality of
writing, research, illustration, audience appeal, design and production values.
Publishers will be invited to submit entries for the awards in
October.
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