Congratulations and thanks to everyone involved so far!

This longlist introduces the titles, publishers and authors in the running for the 2021 ABIAs.

The ABIA Academy — a group of more than 250 publishers, booksellers, agents, media and industry representatives —  have selected and voted for books published in 2020 across 12 categories.  

The ABIAs showcase the collaborative efforts of publishers, editors, illustrators, marketers, designers, and authors in bringing quality books to Australia and abroad. It’s also a great opportunity to celebrate what we’ve done as an industry — and the joys of bringing books into the world.

 A shortlist will be released on Monday 12 April, with winners announced at the publishing industry’s night of nights on Wednesday 28 April.

Biography Book of the Year proudly presented by Borrowbox

• A Bigger Picture, Malcolm Turnbull (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)
• A Repurposed Life, Ronni Kahn with Jessica Chapnik Kahn (Allen & Unwin, Murdoch Books)
• Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave, Mark Mordue (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• Fourteen, Shannon Molloy (Simon & Schuster Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia)
• Paul Kelly, Stuart Coupe (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
• Soar: A Life Freed by Dance, David McAllister with Amanda Dunn (Thames & Hudson Australia , Thames & Hudson Australia)
• The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• Truganini, Cassandra Pybus (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

• Aurora Burning: The Aurora Cycle 2, Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Future Girl, Asphyxia (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Jane Doe and the Key of All Souls, Jeremy Lachlan (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
• Please Don’t Hug Me, Kay Kerr (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• The End of the World is Bigger than Love, Davina Bell (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• The F Team, Rawah Arja (Giramondo, Giramondo Publishing)
• The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• This One is Ours, Kate O’Donnell (University of Queensland Press, UQP)

Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)

• Finding Our Heart, Thomas Mayor; Illustrated by Blak Douglas (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow, Jessica Townsend (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)
• The Grandest Bookshop in the World, Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)
• The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals, Sami Bayly (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)
• The Year the Maps Changed, Danielle Binks (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)
• Took The Children Away, Archie Roach; Illustrated by Ruby Hunter (Simon & Schuster Australia , Simon & Schuster Australia)
• We Are Wolves, Katrina Nannestad (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
• When Rain Turns to Snow, Jane Godwin (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)

Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)

• Aunty’s Wedding, Miranda Tapsell, Joshua Tyler and Samantha Fry (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Bluey: The Creek Bluey (Penguin Random House, Puffin)
• Our Home, Our Heartbeat, Adam Briggs, Kate Moon and Rachael Sarra (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Little Hare)
• Respect, Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson; Illustrated by Lisa Kennedy (Magabala Books)
• Sing Me the Summer, Jane Godwin and Alison Lester (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)
• The Fire Wombat, Jackie French and Danny Snell (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• When We Say Black Lives Matter, Maxine Beneba Clarke (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)
• Windows, Jonathan Bentley and Patrick Guest (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Little Hare)

General Fiction Book of the Year

• The Bluffs, Kyle Perry (Penguin Random House, Michael Joseph)
• The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)
• The Godmothers, Monica McInerney (Penguin Random House, Michael Joseph)
• The Good Turn, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Morbids, Ewa Ramsey (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• The Mother Fault, Kate Mildenhall (Simon & Schuster Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia)
• The Survivors, Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• Trust, Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

General Non-fiction Book of the Year proudly presented by Copyright Agency

• Fire Country, Victor Steffensen (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• My Tidda, My Sister, Marlee Silva; Illustrated by Rachael Sarra (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• One Day I’ll Remember This: Diaries 1987–1995, Helen Garner (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark, Julia Baird (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Golden Maze: A biography of Prague, Richard Fidler (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
• The Space Between, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald (Penguin Random House, Viking)
• Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag’s Rules for Life, Nat’s What I Reckon (Penguin Random House, Ebury Australia)
• Women and Leadership, Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Penguin Random House, Vintage Australia)

Illustrated Book of the Year

• A Year of Simple Family Food, Julia Busuttil Nishimura (Pan Macmillan Australia, Plum)
• Beatrix Bakes, Natalie Paull (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)
• In Praise of Veg, Alice Zaslavsky (Allen & Unwin, Murdoch Books)
• Loving Country, Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• Places We Swim Sydney, Caroline Clements and Dillon Seitchik-Reardon (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• Plantopedia, Lauren Camilleri and Sophia Kaplan (Smith Street Books, Smith Street Books)
• Sam Bloom: Heartache & Birdsong, Samantha Bloom, Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
• To Asia, With Love, Hetty McKinnon (Pan Macmillan Australia, Plum)

International Book of the Year

• A Life On Our Planet, David Attenborough (Penguin Random House, Ebury Press)
• A Promised Land, Barack Obama (Penguin Random House, Viking)
• Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Headline)
• Ottolenghi FLAVOUR, Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage (Penguin Random House, Ebury Press)
• Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador)
• Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Circus)
• The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Dialogue Books)
• Women Don’t Owe You Pretty, Florence Given (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Cassell)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

• A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, Jessie Tu (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• A Room Made of Leaves, Kate Grenville (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• Honeybee, Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Infinite Splendours, Sofie Laguna (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Song of the Crocodile, Nardi Simpson (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
• Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Last Migration, Charlotte McConaghy (Penguin Random House, Hamish Hamilton)

Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year

• Glimpses of Utopia: Real ideas for a fairer world, Jess Scully (Pantera Press, Pantera Press)
• Living on Stolen Land, Ambelin Kwaymullina (Magabala Books)
• Stone Sky Gold Mountain, Mirandi Riwoe (University of Queensland Press, UQP)
• The Animals in That Country, Laura Jean McKay (Scribe Publications, Scribe Publications)
• The Rain Heron, Robbie Arnott (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• What Is To Be Done: political engagement and saving the planet, Barry Jones (Scribe Publications, Scribe Publications)
• Where the Fruit Falls, Karen Wyld (UWA Publishing, UWA Publishing)
• Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja, Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja (Magabala Books)

Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year

• Anemone is not the Enemy, Anna McGregor (Scribe Publications, Scribble)
• Bindi, Kirli Saunders; Illustrated by Dub Leffler (Magabala Books)
• Claudette, Helene Magisson (Red Paper Kite, Red Paper Kite)
• Family, Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson; Illustrated by Jasmine Seymour (Magabala Books)
• Found, Bruce Pascoe and Charmaine Ledden-Lewis (Magabala Books)
• Howl, Kat Patrick; Illustrated by Evie Barrow (Scribe Publications, Scribble)
• Metal Fish, Falling Snow, Cath Moore (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• My Shadow is Pink, Scott Stuart (Larrikin House Publishing, Larrikin House) 

The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year proudly presented by Simpsons Solicitors

• A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, Jessie Tu (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Lucky’s, Andrew Pippos (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador Australia)
• My Tidda, My Sister, Marlee Silva; Illustrated by Rachael Sarra (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• Song of the Crocodile, Nardi Simpson (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
• The Coconut Children, Vivian Pham (Penguin Random House, Vintage Australia)
• The Grandest Bookshop in the World, Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)
• The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• The Morbids, Ewa Ramsey (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Congratulations and good luck to all the longlistees. Tickets are on sale now!

The Australian Publishers Association presents the longlist for the 2020 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The longlist introduces the titles, publishers and authors in the running for the 2020 ABIAs.

The ABIA Academy — a group of more than 250 publishers, booksellers, agents, media and industry representatives —  have selected and voted for books published in 2019 across 12 categories.  

The ABIAs showcase the collaborative efforts of publishers, editors, illustrators, marketers, designers, and authors in bringing quality books to Australia and abroad. It’s also a great opportunity to celebrate what we’ve done as an industry — and the joys of bringing books into the world.

 A shortlist will be released on Thursday 9 April, with winners announced at the publishing industry’s night of nights on Wednesday 29 April. 

The usually red carpeted event will be held at Sydney’s International Convention Centre and hosted by writer, musician and radio broadcaster, Casey Bennetto, back by popular demand and complete with three piece band. Claire Bowditch will be doing a special performance on the night, and we may be rolling out the blue carpet for a secret special guest.

Download social media images here. 

The 2020 ABIA Longlist

Biography Book of The Year

Australia Day, Stan Grant (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)

Born-Again Blakfella, Jack Charles (Penguin Random House Australia, Viking)

Gulpilil, Derek Rielly (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)

Penny Wong: Passion and Principle,  Margaret Simons (Black Inc., Black Inc.)

Tell Me Why, Archie Roach (Simon & Schuster Australia, Simon & Schuster)

The Prettiest Horse In The Glue Factory, Corey White (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)

When All is Said & Done, Neale Daniher, with Warwick Green (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)

Your Own Kind of Girl, Clare Bowditch (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

Detention, Tristan Bancks (Penguin Random House Australia, Puffin)

How It Feels to Float, Helena Fox (Pan Macmillan Australia, Pan Australia)

It Sounded Better in My Head, Nina Kenwood (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories, Michael Earp et al (Walker Books Australia, Walker Books Australia)

The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling, Wai Chim (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

This Is How We Change the Ending, Vikki Wakefield (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Welcome to Country Youth Edition, Marcia Langton (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)

Welcome To Your Period, Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)

Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)

Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing!, Tim Flannery (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)

Funny Bones, Edited by Kate Temple, Jol Temple and Oliver Phommavanh (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

How to Make a Movie in 12 Days, Fiona Hardy (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)

Real Pigeons Nest Hard, Written by Andrew McDonald , Illustrated by Ben Wood (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)

The 117-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (Pan Macmillan Australia, Pan Australia)

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals, Sami Bayly (Hachette Australia, Lothian Children’s Books)

Under the Stars, Lisa Harvey-Smith, Mel Matthews (illustrator) (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)

Young Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe (Magabala Books, Magabala Books)

Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)

All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors, Davina Bell and Jenny Løvlie (Hardie Grant Egmont, Little Hare)

Bluey: The Beach, Ludo Studio, BBC Studios and Penguin Random House Australia (Penguin Random House Australia and Puffin)

Kindness Makes Us Strong, Sophie Beer (Hardie Grant Egmont, Little Hare)

Lottie and Walter, Anna Walker (Penguin Random House Australia, Puffin)

Mr Chicken All Over Australia, Leigh Hobbs (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

The Painted Ponies, Alison Lester (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

The Tiny Star, Mem Fox and Freya Blackwood (Penguin Random House Australia, Puffin)

Tilly, Jane Godwin and Anna Walker (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)

Wilam, Andrew Kelly, Aunty Joy Murphy, Lisa Kennedy (Walker Books Australia, Black Dog Books)

General Fiction Book of the Year

Bruny, Heather Rose (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Call Me Evie, J.P. Pomare (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia)

Cilka’s Journey, Heather Morris (Echo Publishing, Echo Publishing)

Good Girl, Bad Girl, Michael Robotham (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia)

Peace, Garry Disher (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Silver, Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

The Scholar, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)

The Wife and the Widow, Christian White (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)

General Non-fiction Book of the Year

Accidental Feminists, Jane Caro (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)

Against All Odds, Craig Challen and Richard Harris (Penguin Random House Australia, Viking)

Banking Bad, Adele Ferguson (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)

Fake, Stephanie Wood (Penguin Random House Australia, Vintage Australia)

Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules for Life, Kitty Flanagan (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse, Jess Hill (Black Inc., Black Inc.)

The Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I 1978, Helen Garner (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Troll Hunting, Ginger Gorman,  (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)

Illustrated Book of the Year

Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925–1975, Hannah Lewi and Philip Goad (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia)

Ben Quilty, Ben Quilty (Penguin Random House Australia, Lantern Australia)

Finding the Heart of the Nation, Thomas Mayor (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)

Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Second Edition, Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy (eds.) (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macquarie Dictionary Publishers)

Olive Cotton, Helen Ennis (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)

Step into Paradise, Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson (Thames & Hudson Australia and MAAS Media, Thames & Hudson Australia)

The Lost Boys: The untold stories of the under-age soldiers who fought in the First World War, Paul Byrnes (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)

The Whole Fish Cookbook, Josh Niland (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)

Three Birds Renovations, Erin Cayless, Bonnie Hindmarsh and Lana Taylor (Murdoch Books, Murdoch Books)

International Book of the Year

Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow (Hachette Australia, Fleet)

Fleishman is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner (Hachette Australia, Wildfire)

Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)

Lanny, Max Porter (Faber, Faber)

The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing)

The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (Penguin Random House Australia, Chatto & Windus)

Three Women, Lisa Taddeo (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Circus)

Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens (Hachette Australia, Corsair)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

Damascus, Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Exploded View, Carrie Tiffany (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Room for a Stranger, Melanie Cheng (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

The Drover’s Wife, Leah Purcell (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)

The Weekend, Charlotte Wood (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

The Yield, Tara June Winch (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)

There Was Still Love, Favel Parrett (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia)

Wolfe Island, Lucy Treloar (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador Australia)

Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year

Cosmic Chronicles, Fred Watson (NewSouth Publishing, NewSouth)

Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A guide for Australia, Darryl Jones (NewSouth Publishing NewSouth)

Invented Lives,  Andrea Goldsmith (Scribe Publications, Scribe Publications)

Kindred, Kirli Saunders (Magabala Books, Magabala Books)

Paris Savages, Katherine Johnson (Ventura Press, Ventura Press)

Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Split, Lee Kofman (Ventura Press, Ventura Press)

The White Girl, Tony Birch (University of Queensland Press, University of Queensland Press)

Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year

Baby Business, Jasmine Seymour (Magabala Books, Magabala Books)

Cooee Mittigar, Written by Jasmine Seymour, Illustrated by Leanne Mulgo Watson (Magabala Books, Magabala Books)

Little Bird’s Day, Written by Sally Morgan, Illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr (Magabala Books, Magabala Books)

Love Your Body,  Written by Jessica Sanders, Illustrated by Carol Rossetti (Five Mile, Five Mile)

Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street, Felicita Sala (Scribe Publications, Scribble)

Sick Bay, Nova Weetman (University of Queensland Press, University of Queensland Press)

Summer Time, Hilary Bell and Antonia Pesenti (NewSouth Publishing, NewSouth)

You Can Change the World: The Kids’ Guide to a Better Planet, Lucy Bell (Pantera Press, Pantera Press)

The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year

Being Black ‘n Chicken, and Chips, Matt Okine (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia)

Call Me Evie, J.P. Pomare (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia)

It Sounded Better in My Head, Nina Kenwood (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

The Prettiest Horse In The Glue Factory, Corey White (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)

The Whole Fish Cookbook, Josh Niland (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)

Troll Hunting, Ginger Gorman (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)

Your Own Kind of Girl, Clare Bowditch (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin) 

The Australian Publishers Association is excited to announce the longlist for the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The longlist introduces the titles, publishers and authors in contention for a coveted 2019 ABIA.

Voted for by the ABIA Academy — a group of more than 250 publishers, booksellers, agents, media and industry representatives — have selected books published in 2018 across 12 categories.  

The ABIAs showcase the collaborative efforts of publishers, editors, illustrators, marketers, designers, and authors in bringing quality books to Australian and international markets.  

A shortlist will be released on Thursday April 11, with the winners announced at the publishing industry’s night of nights on Thursday 2 May. The red carpet event will be held at Sydney’s International Convention Centre and hosted by writer, musician and radio broadcaster, Casey Bennetto.

Tickets are on sale now.

For the complete longlist, see below or visit the official ABIAs website abiawards.com.au  

For further information, please contact:

Alex Christopher, Australian Publishers Association

T: 02 9281 9788  M: 0491269049   E: alex.christopher@publishers.asn.au

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ABIA LONGLIST 2019

Biography Book of the Year

• Back, After the Break, Osher Günsberg (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• Butterfly on a Pin: A memoir of love, despair and reinvention, Alannah Hill (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)
• Challenge Accepted!, Celeste Barber (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• Eggshell Skull, Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Johnathan Thurston: The Autobiography, Johnathan Thurston, with James Phelps (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• One Hundred Years of Dirt, Rick Morton  (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
• Speaking Up, Gillian Triggs (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
• Teacher, Gabbie Stroud (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

• Amelia Westlake, Erin Gough (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
• Between Us, Clare Atkins (Black Inc. Books, Black Inc.)
• Catching Teller Crow, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Hive, A. J. Betts (Pan Macmillan Australia, Pan Australia)
• Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds, Jeremy Lachlan(Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
• P is for Pearl, Eliza Henry-Jones (HarperCollins Publishers, Angus & Robertson)
• Small Spaces, Sarah Epstein (Walker Books Australia, Walker Books Australia)
• Tales from the Inner City, Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)

• Lenny’s Book of Everything, Karen Foxlee (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Ninja Kid #1, Anh Do and Jeremy Ley (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)
• Polly and Buster: The Mystery of the Magic Stones,  Sally Rippin (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
• Real Pigeons Fight Crime, Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
• The 104-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• The Bad Guys Episode 7: Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?!, Aaron Blabey (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)
• The Tales of Mr Walker,  Jess Black and Sara Acton (Penguin Random House Australia, Puffin)
• Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 2,  Jessica Townsend (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)

Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)

• All the Ways to be Smart,  Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys (Scribe Publications, Scribble Kids’ Books)
• Cicada, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children’s Books)
• Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris, Megan Hess (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
• Go Go and the Silver Shoes, Jane Godwin and Anna Walker (Penguin Random House Australia, Viking)
• If I Was Prime Minister, Beck and Robin Feiner(HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
• Love Makes a Family, Sophie Beer (Hardie Grant Egmont, Little Hare Books)
• Macca the Alpaca, Matt Cosgrove (Scholastic Australia, Koala Books)
• Pig the Grub, Aaron Blabey (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)

General Fiction Book of the Year

• Nine Perfect Strangers, Liane Moriarty (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• Scrublands, Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Lost Man, Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• The Nowhere Child, Christian White (Affirm Press)
• The Other Wife, Michael Robotham (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
• The Rúin, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris (Echo Publishing, Echo Publishing)

General Non-fiction Book of the Year

• Any Ordinary Day, Leigh Sales (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
• Boys Will Be Boys, Clementine Ford (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Dear Santa, Samuel Johnson (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
• No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian (translator) (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador Australia)
• The Arsonist, Chloe Hooper (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
• The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
• Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia, Marcia Langton (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• Woo’s Wonderful World of Maths, Eddie Woo (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)

Illustrated Book of the Year

• A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast, Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia)
• Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour, David Coles (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia)
• Family: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourish, Hetty McKinnon (Pan Macmillan Australia, Plum)
• Flour and Stone: Baked for Love, Life & Happiness, Nadine Ingram with photography by Alan Benson (Simon & Schuster Australia, Julie Gibbs for Simon & Schuster Australia)
• Mirka & Georges, Lesley Harding & Kendrah Morgan (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
• Resident Dog: Incredible Homes and the Dogs That Live There, Nicole England (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia)
• Special Guest, Annabel Crabb and Wendy Sharpe (Murdoch Books, Murdoch Books)
• The Cook’s Apprentice, Stephanie Alexander (Penguin Random House Australia, Lantern)

International Book of the Year

• Becoming, Michelle Obama (Penguin Random House Australia, Viking)
• CIRCE, Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury)
• Fear: Trump in the White House, Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster UK, Simon & Schuster UK)
• Less, Andrew Sean Greer (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Abacus)
• Lost Connections, Johann Hari (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Circus)
• Milkman, Anna Burns (Faber & Faber, Faber & Faber)
• Normal People, Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber, Faber & Faber)
• Ottolenghi SIMPLE, Yotam Ottolenghi (Penguin Random House Australia, Ebury Press)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

• Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• Bridge of Clay, Markus Zusak (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador Australia)
• In the Garden of the Fugitives, Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
• Shell, Kristina Olsson (Simon & Schuster Australia, Scribner Australia)
• The Children’s House, Alice Nelson (Penguin Random House Australia, Vintage Australia)
• The Shepherd’s Hut, Tim Winton (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
• Too Much Lip, Melissa Lucashenko (The University of Queensland Press, UQP)
• Wintering, Krissy Kneen (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)

Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year

• A Superior Spectre, Angela Meyer (Ventura Press, Peter Bishop Books)
• Blakwork, Alison Whittaker (Magabala Books, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation)
• Deep Time Dreaming, Billy Griffiths (Black Inc. Books, Black Inc.)
• Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, Dr Anita Heiss (ed.) (Black Inc Books, Black Inc.)
• The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted, Robert Hillman (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• The Geography of Friendship, Sally Piper (The University of Queensland Press, UQP)
• The Western Front Diaries of Charles Bean, Edited by Peter Burness (UNSW Press, published in association with the Australian War Memorial, NewSouth)
• Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean, Joy McCann (UNSW Press, NewSouth)

Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year

• Alfred’s War, Rachel Bin Salleh and Samantha Fry (Magabala Books, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation)
• Black Cockatoo, Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler (Magabala Books, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation)
• Empty, Andrew Pratley, Angel McMullan(New Frontier Publishing, Little Steps Publishing)
• Heads And Tails: Insects, John Canty (author/illustrator), (Berbay Publishing, Berbay Publishing)
• I Had Such Friends, Meg Gatland-Veness (Pantera Press, Pantera Press)
• Night Walk, Alison Binks (writer and illustrator), (Berbay Publishing, Berbay Publishing)
• Rhyme Cordial, Antonia Pesenti (Scribe Publications, Scribble Kids’ Books)
• The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls, Adam Cece (illustrated by Andrew Weldon) (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• Whisper, Lynette Noni (Pantera Press, Pantera Press)

The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year

• Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Nowhere Child,  Christian White (Affirm Press, -)
• Eggshell Skull, Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• One Hundred Years of Dirt, Rick Morton (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
• Teacher, Gabbie Stroud (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Rúin,  Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris (Echo Publishing, Echo Publishing)