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Summer Reading Guide 2023

06/10/2023
This year's Summer Reading Guide is available at UBS.聽 聽A lot of the titles are…
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

29/06/2023
2023 Winners聽 聽Kingsolver, Barbara聽 聽 Demon Copperhead Diaz, Hernan聽 聽Trust
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BBC 100 Greatest Children’s Books

09/06/2023
The BBC Culture Platform showcases global trends in music, film, television, books, and style, and…
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Ernest Scott Prize – awarded annually to a book (or books) based on original research judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation.

08/06/2023
2023 Winners AITKINSON, Alan聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Elizabeth and John The MacArthurs of Elizabeth Farm…
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Book Trailers

16/05/2023
Upcoming Book Adaptations Silo (Book trilogy published as Wool, Shift and Dust) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYhuvIv1pA    …
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

15/03/2023
2023 Winners Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction Chidgey, Catherine聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽…
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New Zealand Society of Authors Heritage Book Awards

31/10/2022
2022 Winner - Non-fiction聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Mackintosh, Lucy聽 聽 Shifting Grounds Winner…
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Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction

28/10/2022
2022聽 聽 Winner聽 聽GILES, Harry Josephine聽 聽 Deep Wheel Orcadia
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Sir Julius Vogel Awards

29/08/2022
Best Novel 2022 Winner聽 聽Hart, Cassie聽 聽Butcherbird Youth Novel 2022 Winner聽 聽Young, Lani Wendt聽 聽…
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Books for the Classroom

11/08/2022
Occasionally we receive flyers from publishers with suggestions of books for classroom/educational use.聽 We would…
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Booker Prize

27/07/2022
2023 Winner聽 聽LYNCH, Paul聽 聽 Prophet Song 2022 Winner聽聽 聽KARUNATILAKA, Shehan聽 聽 聽 聽 聽…
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Orwell Prize for Political Writing

27/07/2022
2022 Winner Political Fiction聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Keegan, Claire聽 聽Small Things Like…
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Ngaio Marsh Awards

29/06/2022
2023 Winner Best Non Fiction聽 聽 聽 聽BRAUNIAS, Steve聽 聽 聽Missing Persons Winner Best First…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award

28/06/2022
2023 Shortlist Akec, Kgshak聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Hopeless…
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Women’s Prize for Fiction

16/06/2022
2023 Winner聽 聽Kingsolver, Barbara聽 聽 Demon Copperhead 2022 Winner聽 聽Ozeki, Ruth聽 聽 Book of Form…
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NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

02/06/2022
2023 Winners NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Margaret Mahy Book of the…
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International Booker Prize

30/05/2022
2023 Winner Gospodinov, Georgi聽 Time Shelter 2022 Winner聽 Shree, Geetanjali聽 Tomb of Sand
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Children’s University

24/05/2022
University Bookshop Canterbury supports the Children's University initiative via our UBS Book Bingo Challenge.聽 Children…