Category Archives: Non-illustrated

 Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Arch and Jane MacDonnell (Inhouse) Title: Tony Fomison: Life of the Artist Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 240 x 170 mm, 472pp, section sewn, cased in on 3c printed Fine Linen, jacket … Continue reading →

Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Arch and Jane MacDonnell (Inhouse) Title: The Origins of an Experimental Society: New Zealand, 1769–1860 Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 228 x 152 mm, 584pp, section sewn, cased in on 1c Wibalin … Continue reading →

 Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Alan Deare & Dave McDonald (Area Design) Title: Kim: A Journey Between Worlds Publisher: Ugly Hill Press Format: 234 x 152 mm, 236pp, section sewn with separate ends, flexibound cover with round … Continue reading →

Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Megan van Staden Title: Capital Trees: The arboreal legacy of Te Upoko-o-te-Ika the Wellington region Publisher: Te Papa Press Format: 198 x 128mm, 280pp, limpbound with jacket. Printed on 100gsm Woodfree FSC … Continue reading →

Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designer: Momoe i manu ae ala atea‘e Tasker (cover), Ashleigh Young (Interiors) Title: Black Sugarcane Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press Format: 210 x 170 mm, 128pp, thread sewn. Typography: Cover: Churchward Samoa, … Continue reading →

Award for Best Non Illustrated Book 2026 Finalist Designers: Te Kani Price Title: Ngā Oro me Ngā Iere a Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti – Sweet Harmonies in Song by Ōpōtiki Mai Tawhiti Publisher: Huia Publishers Format: 260 x 180 mm, 154pp, a … Continue reading →

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2025 Finalist Designer: Katie Kerr, Studio Katie Kerr Title: Slender Volumes Publisher: Spoor Books Format: 130 x 196mm, 192pp, perfect bound. Wide cover flaps with a slight fore edge overhang. Typography: Plantin (Monotype) … Continue reading →

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2025 Finalist Designer: Arch & Jane MacDonnell, Inhouse Title: Japan: An Autobiography Publisher: Six Point Press Format: 195 x 120mm, 168pp, section Sewn in 12 with red thread. Gatefold cover. Diecut cover with one window … Continue reading →

Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2025 Finalist Designer: Duncan Munro Title: In the Half Light of a Dying Day Publisher: Auckland University Press Format: 210 x 140mm, 92pp, paperback, section sewn. Cover printed 3c x 1c on 300gsm … Continue reading →