Timaru District Libraries

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Timaru District is a local government district on New Zealand’s South Island, administered by the Timaru District Council. It is part of the larger Canterbury Region. Timaru district was formed in 1989 from the amalgamation of Timaru City, Geraldine district, Temuka district and Stratham district.

PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS

2020

Tina Makereti

The Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke

2020

Fiona Kidman

This Mortal Boy

2019

Fiona Farrell

Decline and Fall on Savage Street

2018

Carys Bray

The Museum of You

2017

Lucy Wood

Weathering

2017

Ray Berard

Inside the Black Horse

2016

Rachel Joyce

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy

2016

Susan Barker

The Incarnations

2014

Matthew Green

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

2013

Elizabeth Haynes

Into the Darkest Corner

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