Alexa Johnston
Alexa Johnston | |
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Nationality | New Zealander |
Alma mater | Northcote College, University of Auckland |
Genre | Biography, cookery |
Notable works | Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life, Ladies, a Plate |
Notable awards | Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award, Recipe Book of the Year |
Website | |
Ladies, a plate |
Alexa Johnston is an author, art curator, and historian from New Zealand.
Background[]
Johnston attended Northcote College. She studied Art History at the University of Auckland.[1]
Career[]
Johnston worked for nineteen years as a curator at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.[2]
Following the 2002 exhibition, 'Sir Edmund Hillary: Everest and Beyond', which she curated for Auckland Museum, Johnston published her first book, Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life.[2][3] The book was translated into German by Ursula Pesch and Hans Freundl.[4] Johnston collaborated with David Larsen to write Reaching the Summit, biography of Edmund Hillary for young adults.[5]
Johnston has published a number of books celebrating New Zealand's culinary history including Ladies, a Plate (2008), A Second Helping (2009), What's For Pudding? (2011), and Ladies, a Plate: Jams and Preserves (2016).[2]
In 2016, Johnston edited and revised the Edmonds Cookery Book for its 69th De Luxe edition.[6]
Awards[]
Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life received the non-fiction honour award in the 2008 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[7]
The first book in her cookery series, Ladies, a Plate, won the Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award at the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Awards.[7] It also won the Publishers' Association of New Zealand Award for Best Illustrated Book and was Recipe Book of the Year in the Culinary Quill Awards.[2]
Johnston's books have also won design awards, including Best Cover in the 2006 for Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life[8] and Nielsen Award for Best Book for Ladies, A Plate at the 2009 PANZ Book Design Awards.[9]
References[]
- ^ "Alexa Johnston". Auckland Libraries. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Alexa Johnston". Penguin New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Johnston, Alexa (2005). Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life. Penguin. ISBN 9780670045549.
- ^ Johnston, Alexa; Pesch, Ursula (translator); Freundl, Hans (translator) (2013). Sir Edmund Hillary: Die Biografie. NG Taschenbuch. ISBN 9783492404709.
- ^ "Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story by Alexa Johnston". Penguin New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Steenhart, Josie (28 September 2016). "Iconic Edmonds cookbook given mouthwatering makeover". Stuff. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Past Winners by Author". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Spectrum Book Design Awards 2006 winners". Publishers Association of New Zealand Inc. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "2009 PANZ Book Design Awards". PANZ Book Design Awards. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
External links[]
- Ladies, a plate - personal website
- Living people
- University of Auckland alumni
- New Zealand women writers
- Women cookbook writers
- New Zealand biographers
- Women biographers
- People educated at Northcote College