Upstart Press Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book 2023

Winner

Designer: Duncan Munro, Lucky Stairs Studio, custom artwork created by Shane Cotton

Title: A Fire in the Belly of Hineāmaru: A Collection of Narratives about Te Tai Tokerau Tūpuna & Ka Ngangana Tonu a Hineāmaru: He Kōrero Tuku Iho nō Te Tai Tokerau
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Format: 240 x 170mm, 192pp and 184pp. Jacketed Hardback. Both editions have matching design with variations in colour on the jacket and case. The ‘flame text’ on the jackets is blind debossed onto the cases – in ‘Graphite’ Buckram for the English edition and ‘Cherry’ Buckram for the reo Māori edition.
Typography: Title font: Niveau Grotesk. Footnote font: Founders Grotesk Text. Body text font: Tiempos Text.

Judges’ comments A beautiful pair of books – one in te reo, one in English. Shane Cotton’s visually arresting artwork Hineāmaru is complimented by the alternating coloured letters of the fiery title type. The internal typography continues this visual theme with subtle tonally adjusted titles. The text is set at an easily readable size, and with considerable attention given to the tracking of every line, giving very consistent colour to every page.