Category Archives: Cover

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026 Finalist Designer: Jo Bailey Title: Mr Ward’s Map: Victorian Wellington street by street Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 315 x 230 mm, 560pp, hardback + jacket. The case is Sakura book cloth #5410 with … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026 Finalist Cover Designer: Momoe i manu ae ala atea‘e Tasker Title: Black Sugarcane Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press Format: 210 x 170 mm, 128pp, thread sewn. Typography: Cover: Churchward Samoa, size 15/18pt, … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026 Finalist Designer: Carly Yates and Gideon Keith (Seven Design) Title: The Collector: Thomas Cheeseman and the making of the Auckland Museum Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 240 x 180 mm, 320pp, hardback. Spine: … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026 Finalist Designer: Sarah Wilkins Title: All Her Lives Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press Format: 210 x 138 mm, 272pp, perfect bound. Typography: Cover: Futura Bold, size 63/28/16pt Baskerville, size 22/16/10pt, regular, italic … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026 Finalist Designer: Aaron Beehre Title: Whenua Publisher: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Format: 260 x 220 mm, 392pp, hard case with printable cloth debossed on front and spine. Two marker ribbons … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2026 Finalist Designer: Aaron Beehre Title: There is a Horse in the Art Gallery! Publisher: Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Format: 190 x 160 mm, 54pp, board book. Case printed on Wibalin Natural … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designers: Duncan Munro Title: worm, root, wort… & bane Publisher: Alice Austen House Press Format: 203 x 127mm, 312pp, flexibind with rose-pink foil for the cover type. Extensive wet-proofing to achieve the best … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designers: Katie Kerr, Studio Katie Kerr Title: Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 235 x 180mm, 444pp, section sewn, cased in square-backed over 2mm box board, … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2025 Finalist Designer: Sarah Elworthy Title: Old Black Cloud: A cultural history of mental depression in Aotearoa New Zealand Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 230 x 163mm, 312pp, limpbound printed on uncoated creamy stock. … Continue reading →