Seven books from AUP have been longlisted across three categories for this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. 

The AUP team is excited to see the well-deserved recognition for these authors and their mahi. Congratulations to all the books longlisted for this year's awards. 

Here are the longlisted AUP books: 

General Non-Fiction Award

Thief, Convict, Pirate, Wife: The Many Histories of Charlotte Badger by Jennifer Ashton

A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru: A Collection of Narratives about Te Tai Tokerau Tīpuna by Melinda Webber and Te Kapua O'Connor

Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction

Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand by Nick Bollinger

Nature Boy: The Photography of Olaf Petersen edited by Catherine Hammond and Shaun Higgins

Mary and Peter Biggs Award for Poetry 

Always Italicise: How to write while colonised by Alice Te Punga Somerville

Meat Lovers by Rebecca Hawkes

Super Model Minority by Chris Tse

The shortlist will be announced in March. For more information, visit the New Zealand Book Awards website.