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Edition 24 (2020)

Fiction (Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction)General non-fictionIllustrated non-fictionPoetry (Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry)Te Mūrau o te Tuhi – Māori Language AwardBest First Book awards (各部門)

Winners

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Becky Manawatu べっきー まなわつ Winner

Centering a Māori family, this novel traces loss, violence, and the possibility of repair with lyrical, unsparing prose.

A story that keeps hope alive even as grief closes in.

327 pages
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