Montana New Zealand Book Awards - Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture - 2007 winner and finalists

The Montana New Zealand Book Awards are organised and administrated by Booksellers New Zealand, the trade association for booksellers and publishers.

Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists Ann Packer, Random House Winner

Artists featured: Mieke Apps, Victoria Bell, Freda Brierley, Susan Broad, Rebecca Brown Thompson, Andrea Chandler, Andrea du Chatenier, Lindy Chinnery, Vita Cochran, Cheryl Comfort, Jane Coughlan, Morag Dean, Anne Field, Maree Garstang, Merrilyn George, Chelsea Gough, Jacquelyn Greenbank, Bronwyn Griffiths, Katya Gunn, Megan Hansen-Knarhoi, Heather Harding, Malcolm Harrison, Susan Holmes, Laura Hudson, Janice Jones, Laurel Judd, Heeni Kerekere, Ming Wei Li, Robin McLaughlin, Rosemary McLeod, Barbara McQuarrie, Serena McWilliam, Lani Morris, Katherine Morrison, Genevieve Packer, Robyn Parker, Diana Parkes, Clare Plug, Anna Prussing, Marilyn Rea-Menzies, Monique Redmond, Jocelyn Secombe, Ailie Snow, Sonia Snowden, Juliet Novena Sorrel, Sue Spigel, Yanny Split, Suzanne Tamaki, Monika Vance, Sue Wademan, Deborah Walsh, Gwen Wanigasekera, Donna Ward, Kate Wells, Tracy White, Mandy Wilson, Esther Woollaston.

Crown Lynn: A New Zealand Icon Valerie Ringer Monk, Penguin Books

"In the late 1930s Tom Clark, barely in his early 20s, began making porcelain tiles and electrical fittings alongside his family's brick and pipe works in New Lynn. By 1970 Crown Lynn was the biggest pottery in the Southern Hemisphere, with 500 staff turning out 15 million pieces of china … each year … Then in the 1980s changing economic conditions undermined profitability and the factory was shut down in 1989. "Crown Lynn" is enriched by detailed research, including interviews with the late Sir Tom Clark and many other Crown Lynn staff. It has more than 100 photographs of Crown Lynn products, a comprehensive timeline and an illustrated catalogue of backstamps." -- Back cover.

Kāhui Whetū: Contemporary Māori Art A Carvers Perspective Roi Toia & Todd Couper, Reed Publishing

Roi Toia and Todd Couper are exceptional contemporary carvers, based in Rotorua, New Zealand. Their works come out of tribal histories, cosmology and a keen spiritual awareness; these are contemporary carvings that blossom from knowledge of ancient lore, primarily Māori, but open to and encompassing other cultures. The sensitive photography of the pieces in this book serves to highlight the spirituality and beauty of the carvings. Each work is accompanied by an explanation of genesis and form and materials used. This book is a result of 35 years of collective experience actively working within the confines of the carving fraternity. Roi and Todd are continually developing their artistic styles, and are rapidly becoming nationally and internationally renowned, fulfilling commissions in the domestic, USA, Canadian and European and Asians markets.