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Alison & Ineka discuss the four fiction finalists of the 2022 NZ Book Awards.

The winners of the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be announced on 11 May. For more details of the shortlisted titles for the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction, visit their website: https://bit.ly/3qs9Q0v or read extracts from each with the Ockhams Fiction Sampler (PDF): https://bit.ly/35542mi

Explore the full 2022 longlist here: https://bit.ly/3D4WKeV and request via Auckland Libraries catalogue.

All books discussed in this episode of Books and Beyond can be requested via the Auckland Libraries catalogue:

Kurangaituku / Whiti Hereaka / published 2021 by Huia Publishing / Adult Fiction NZ and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3tzLBQ9

Entanglement / Bryan Walpert / published 2021 by Mākaro Press / Adult Fiction NZ: https://bit.ly/36gt6rj

A Good Winter / Gigi Fenster / published 2021 by Text Publishing / Adult Fiction NZ, OverDrive/Libby and BorrowBox: https://bit.ly/3txfuk8

Greta and Valdin / Rebecca K. Reilly / published 2021 by / Adult Fiction NZ and OverDrive/Libby: https://bit.ly/3rC8scW