Media Release: Wednesday, 19 July 2011

2011 THORPE-Bowker New Zealand Book Industry Awards

The New Zealand Book Industry celebrated the best of New Zealand’s Booksellers and Publishers at an annual awards function at Te Papa.

The winners in the various categories are:

THORPE-Bowker Regional Bookseller of the Year North Island
Benny’s Bookshop, New Plymouth

THORPE-Bowker Regional Bookseller of the Year South Island
Scorpio Books, Christchurch

THORPE-Bowker Group Bookseller of the Year
Paper Plus Wanaka

THORPE-Bowker Independent Bookseller of the Year
Unity Books, Wellington

THORPE-Bowker Award for Promotional and Sales Support
Penguin Group (NZ)

THORPE-Bowker Award for New Zealand Publishing
Random House NZ

THORPE-Bowker Award for Sales Rep of the Year North Island
Ross Lorimer (Archetype/Allen & Unwin)

THORPE-Bowker Award for Sales Rep of the Year South Island
Louise Crisp (Penguin Group (NZ))

THORPE-Bowker Award for Publisher of the Year
Random House NZ

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