2007
The Board was pleased to present the ‘Eastbournes’ 2007 to the Lloyd Jones, George Gibbs, Butterfly Creek Players, Geoff Mann and Ann Packer.
Lloyd Jones – Mister Pip (Penguin, 2006), Winner Montana Medal for Fiction or Poetry, and Readers Choice Award, Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2007
George Gibbs – Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand (Craig Potton Publishing, 2006), Winner, Environment Section Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2007
Butterfly Creek Players – entertaining the community and giving aspiring actors the opportunity to flourish
Geoff Mann – many years of service to ECB
Anne Packer – STITCH – CONTEMPORARY NEW ZEALAND TEXTILE ARTISTS, (Random House NZ Ltd, 2006) Winner, Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture Section Montana New Zealand Book Awards, 2007