Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Selecting the Marsh Maestros

Organizers of New Zealand’s annual Ngaio Marsh Awards have announced their finalists for the 2022 prizes, in two categories.

Best Novel:
The Devils You Know, by Ben Sanders (Allen & Unwin)
Before You Knew My Name, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin)
She’s a Killer, by Kirsten McDougall (Te Herenga Waka
University Press)
Quiet in Her Bones, by Nalini Singh (Hachette)
The Quiet People, by Paul Cleave (Upstart Press)
Nancy Business, by R.W.R. McDonald (Allen & Unwin)

Best First Novel:
Isobar Precinct, by Angelique Kasmara (Cuba Press)
Before You Knew My Name, by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin)
Waking the Tiger, by Mark Wightman (Hobeck)
Small Mouth Demon, by Matt Zwartz (Poetry in Motion)
Shadow Over Edmund Street, by Suzanne Frankham (Journeys
to Words)

Both of the category winners will be revealed during a special event at this year’s WORD Christchurch Festival, to be held on the South Island of New Zealand from August 31 to September 4.

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