Go Fish goes large at the New Zealand Post Book Awards

Here are the winners from tonight’s New Zealand Post Book Awards ceremony, congratulations to the authors and the publishers and all those involved:

Illustrated non-fiction winner: Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast by Al Brown, Random House NZ is the night’s big success – winning the People’s Choice Award and the Illustrated non-fiction category.

The other double winner is General non-fiction winner: Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921 by Judith Binney, Bridget Williams Books which took out the prestigious Book of the Year award.

• General non-fiction winner: Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921 by Judith Binney, Bridget Williams Books
• Illustrated non-fiction winner: Go Fish: Recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast by Al Brown, Random House NZ
• Poetry: Just This by Brian Turner, Victoria University Press
• Fiction: As the Earth Turns Silver by Alison Wong, Penguin Books

Find out more about the finalists and winners of the best first book awards.

Thanks to those livetweeting the event including http://twitter.com/nzbookcouncil and http://twitter.com/auchmill for all the up to date information.