Books in running for the major awards

The longlist for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2003 was announced yesterday by the judges, retired publisher Brian Phillips and multi-published authors Marilyn Waring and Tony Simpson. The shortlist will be announced on June 20 and 22, and winners at a ceremony in Christchurch on July 22.

DEUTZ MEDAL FOR FICTION

The Hopeful Traveller by Fiona Farrell (Vintage)

Eight Stages of Grace by Diane Brown (Vintage)

The Shag Incident by Stephanie Johnson (Vintage)

When Gravity Snaps by Owen Marshall (Vintage)

The Book of the Film of the Story of My Life by William Brandt (Victoria University Press)

MONTANA MEDAL FOR NON FICTION

Biography Category:

The Book of Iris: A Life of Robin Hyde by Derek Challis (Auckland University Press)

Looking for the Phoenix by W H Oliver (Bridget Williams Books)

A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields by Philip Temple (Auckland University Press)

Somebodies and Nobodies: Growing Up in an Extraordinary Sporting Family by Brian Turner (Vintage)

Environment Category:

Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail by Geoff Chapple (Random House NZ),

Whenua: Managing Our Resources edited by Merata Kawharu (Reed Publishing)

Which New Zealand Insect? by Andrew Crowe (Penguin Books NZ)

History Category:

Fjords of Fiordland by Dr John Hall-Jones (Craig Printing)

The Canoes of Kupe: A History of the Martinborough District by Roberta McIntyre (Victoria University Press)

No Idle Rich: The Wealthy in Canterbury & Otago 1840-1914 by Jim McAloon (Otago University Press)

Songs of a Kaumatua by Mervyn McLean and Margaret Orbell (Auckland University Press)

Illustrative Category:

Tony Lane by Lara Strongman (Ouroborus Publishing)

Len Castle: Potter by Nancy Pel & Len Castle (Ron Sang Publications)

Barefoot Kings: New Zealand Photographs by John McDermott (Craig Potton Publishing)

Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Category:

Wine Atlas of New Zealand by Michael Cooper (Hodder Moa Beckett)

Samoan Art & Artists: O Measina a Samoa by Sean Mallon (Craig Potton Publishing)

The Last True Explorer: Into Darkest New Guinea by Philip Temple (Godwit)

New Zealand Abroad: The Story of VSA's Work in Africa, Asia and the Pacific by Trevor Richards, Jeremy Rose & Margot Schwass (Bridget Williams Books)

Poetry Category:

Playing God by Glenn Colquhoun (Steele Roberts)

As Big as a Father by Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (Steele Roberts)

Captain Cook in the Underworld by Robert Sullivan (Auckland University Press)

Reference and Anthology Category:

Pacific Art Niu Sila: The Pacific Dimension of Contemporary New Zealand Arts edited by Sean Mallon & Pandora Fulimalo Pereira (Te Papa Press)

Spirit in a Strange Land: A Selection of New Zealand Spiritual Verse edited by Paul Morris, Harry Ricketts & Mike Grimshaw (Godwit)

A Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language edited by Graeme Kennedy, Pat Dugdale, Richard Arnold, Shaun Fahey, David Moskovitz, Rachel McKee & David McKee (Bridget Williams Books)