#Ockham New Zealand Awards shortlist
- My next shortlist: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2019
- Kate Duignan
- Lloyd Jones
- Fiona Kidman
- Vincent O’Sullivan
- …have all made the shortlist for the coveted $53,000 Fiction prize.
- I won’t have much time to read them all because
- the prize will be announced on 14 May 2019.
- How many can I read before the deadline?
- Today starts my Ockham Awards read-a-thon!
- My POETRY predictions….will be late (pre-order books)
Fiction:
- The New Ships – Kate Duignan – pre-order arrives 15 July!
- The Cage – Lloyd Jones – READ (review)
- This Mortal Boy – Fiona Kidman – READ (review)
- All This by Chance – V. O’Sullivan – NOT reading…novel over 3 generations…not for me!
Non-Fiction:
- Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love – Joanne Drayton (no e-book yet…)
- Memory Pieces – Maurice Gee – pre-order arrives 08 Aug
- We Can Make a Life – C. Henry – READ
- With Them Through Hell – Anna Rogers – NOT READING
- (only in hardcover and costs 68 euros! (...too expensive for me!)
Poetry:
- Are Friends Electric ? – H. Heath (Ockham NZ Award poetry 2019) – READ
- There’s No Place Like the Internet in Springtime – E.Kennedy – pre-order 15 July
- The Facts – Therese Lloyd – READ
- Poūkahangatus by Tayi Tibble – pre-order 15 July
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NancyElin.blog 
Well you get around the reading globe!! If it was me I’d say I’d read one before the deadline – but as it’s you wouldn’t be in least surprised if you read all of them by the deadline – except for the extortionate priced book ( I’d agree that 68 euros for a book is just wrong!!)
I’d love to read more poetry shortlisted books…but a country with 4,8million people (New Zealand)
…a small book of poetry maybe too expensive to produce as an e-book!
The Last Facts (Therese Lloyd is an e-book!!)
…I read the first poem last night (64 words, no punctuation, no title)…but is SO impressive!
I think I will look at the 2018 longlist Ockham Awards….perhaps I can find a few as e-book!