2013 Best Cover Winner AUP Anthology

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover

Winner 2013

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Title The Auckland University Press Anthology of New Zealand Literature by Jane Stafford and
Mark Williams (eds)

Publisher Auckland University Press
Format 238 x 176mm, 1184pp, jacketed hardback, section sewn, uncoated jacket with matt varnish, printed five-colour, head and tail bands, two ribbons
Judges' Comments Here’s an unusual concept: a cover made up of other covers. The title here is framed by strips taken from esteemed New Zealand books, including Coal Flat, The Rehearsal, The 10pm Question and Wulf . You can spend a long time exploring the subtleties of Scott Crickett’s design. Stare hard at the bottom left and you’ll see a Māori canoe that comes originally from a watercolour by Charles Heaphy, and above the canoe is a hilly West Coast landscape drawn by Colin McCahon.

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