Montana Book Award Finalists announced

The finalists in the Montana Book Awards include, The 10pm Question by Kate De Goldi which won the NZ Post Children’s Book Award.

Ladies A Plate: Traditional Home Baking by Alexa Johnston is a finalist in the Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture section. This is an intergenerational book. It’s full of recipes my mother used to make and I gave a copy to my daughter.

Another finalist in that section is The Pavlova Story: A Slice of New Zealand’s clinary History by Helen Leach (and yes, records show it was cooked in New Zealand before Australia).

The full list of finalists is here.

Kate De Goldi wins award with 10 PM Question

 Kate De Goldi won the NZ Post Children’s Book Awards with The 10 PM Question.

That book was also the winner of the Young Adult section.

The other winners were:

Non Fiction: Back & Beyond New Zealand Painting for the Young and Curious by Gregory O’Brien.

Junior  Fiction: Old Drumble by Jack Lasenby.

Picture Book: Roadworks by Sally Sutton, illustrated by Brian Lovelock.

Picture Book Honour Award: Piggety-Wiggety Jiggety Jig by Diana Neild, illustrated by Philip Webb.

Children’s Choice Award: The Were-Nana by Melinda Szymanik, illustrated by Sarah Nelisiwe Anderson.

Best First Book: Violence 101  by Denis Wright.