Category Archives: Cover

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2023 Finalist Designer: Tim Denee Title: Te Papa Te Taiao Nature Series: Native Birds of Aotearoa / Native Plants of Aotearoa Publisher: Te Papa Press Format: 184 x 125mm, 144pp (Birds) & 132pp (Plants), hardback. … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2022 Winner Judges’ comments Perhaps one of the brightest covers our panel looked at, Rangikura is an achievement in illustrative branding. Even if the author’s name was not hand drawn on the cover, we … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2022 Finalist Designers: Cover: Anna Brown with support from Matt Law. Interior: Anna Brown. Bee diagrams revisions: Matt Law Title:  Conversātiō — In the company of bees Publisher: Massey University Press Format: 230 x … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2022 Finalist Designers:  Camilla Lau & Te Kani Price with Rowan Heap (illustrator) Title:  Kurangaituku Publisher: HUIA Publishers Format: 229 x 152mm, 392pp, PUR bound. A linen finish paper stock was used for the … Continue reading →

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HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2022 Finalist   View shortlist

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments This stands out from the crowd because of its singular, strong typographic approach to the cover design. View shortlist

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Finalist Combining this with our main character William’s synaesthesia, the holographic foil was the perfect showcase of the main beats of the story. The illustrated foil riffs on English vintage cottage wallpapers. The … Continue reading →

HarperCollins Publishers Award for Best Cover 2021 Finalist Judges’ comments A grand tour of the South Island. The cover evokes nostalgia for a bygone era and memories of golden days with a contemporary twist – the horse is replaced by … Continue reading →