2025 Business Awards shortlist announcement

2 Apr 2025

The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) celebrate the professionals in the book business – the dedicated individuals and teams who bring stories to life, and books to the right readers.

Congratulations to the companies shortlisted for the Business Awards, all recognising outstanding contributions to the industry.

Bookshop of the Year 

  • Beaufort Street Books
  • Gleebooks Dulwich Hill
  • Matilda Bookshop
  • Paper Bird
  • Potts Point Bookshop
  • Riverbend Books

Book Retailer of the Year

  • Dymocks
  • QBD Books
  • Readings
  • Tales & Tomes
  • WHSmith

Multicategory Retailer of the Year

  • Amazon
  • BIG W
  • Kmart
  • The Nile

Commissioning Editor/Publisher of the Year

  • Anthea Bariamis (Simon & Schuster Australia)
  • Jane Pearson (Text Publishing)
  • Jeanmarie Morosin (Hachette Australia)
  • Rachel Bin Salleh (Magabala Books)
  • Rebecca Young (Scholastic Australia)
  • Vanessa Radnidge (Hachette Australia)

Marketing/Publicity Campaign of the Year 

  • Bake with Brooki by Brooke Bellamy (Penguin Random House Australia)
  • Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma (Hachette Australia)
  • Juice by Tim Winton (Penguin Random House Australia)
  • Personal Penguin Campaign (Penguin Random House Australia)
  • When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A Parker (HarperCollins Publishers)
  • Where is the Green Sheep 20th Anniversary Campaign (Penguin Random House Australia)

Children’s Publisher of the Year 

  • Affirm Press
  • Allen & Unwin Australia
  • Fremantle Press
  • Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
  • Magabala Books
  • Penguin Random House Australia

Small Publisher of the Year 

  • Fremantle Press
  • Magabala Books
  • Melbourne University Publishing
  • Rockpool Publishing
  • Smith Street Books
  • University of Queensland Press (UQP)

Publisher of the Year 

  • Allen & Unwin Australia
  • Hachette Australia
  • Pan Macmillan Australia
  • Penguin Random House Australia
  • Simon & Schuster Australia
  • Thames & Hudson Australia.

Book Awards shortlists and ABIA 2025 Ceremony

The Book Awards shortlists were announced last month and can be viewed here.

Join your industry colleagues to celebrate all those shortlisted for Awards – and of course, to be there on the night as the winners are announced!

The Awards Ceremony takes place on Wednesday 7 May at Zinc Fed Square in Melbourne.

Early bird tickets are available until midnight, Tuesday 8 April.