Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award Winners

The Jessie Mackay Award for Poetry was awarded from 1940 by PEN NZ and named for the first locally born poet to achieve national prominence.

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Winners

	Poukahangatus: Poems by Tayi Tibble 4.16 avg rating — 998 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award for (Poetry) (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fully clothed and So Forgetful by Hannah Mettner 4.07 avg rating — 28 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award for (Poetry) (2018)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hera Lindsay Bird by Hera Lindsay Bird 4.24 avg rating — 1,626 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award for (Poetry) (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Be Dead in a Year of Snakes by Chris Tse 4.43 avg rating — 49 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graft by Helen Heath (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Briefcase by John G. Adams 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Sweet Harry by Lynn Jenner 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fast Talking PI by Selina Tusitala Marsh 4.20 avg rating — 50 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Talks by Sam Sampson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Incognito by Jessica Le Bas it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Heart by Airini Beautrais 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dream Fish Floating by Karlo Mila 4.28 avg rating — 46 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clung by Sonja Yelich 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adulterer's Bible by Cliff Fell 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feeding the Dogs by Kay McKenzie Cooke really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Husk: Poems by Chris Price by Chris Price MA liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animals Indoors by Stephanie de Montalk 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The art of walking upright by Glenn Colquhoun 4.44 avg rating — 36 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unfamiliar Legends Of The Stars by Kate Camp 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Roads Lead to the Sea by Kapka Kassabova (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before The Divorce We Go To Disneyland by Diane Brown really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings Jessie Mackay Award Best First Book Award (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars