ABIA Awards 2026
The winners of the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced with Once I Was a Giant by Zeno Sworder (Thames & Hudson) taking out the overall Book of the Year award, as well as the award for Children’s Picture Book of the Year.
Selected winners are listed below.
Book of the Year
- Once I Was a Giant (Zeno Sworder, Thames & Hudson)
General Fiction Book of the Year
- Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan) *
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy, Penguin)
Social Impact Book of the Year
- A Piece of Red Cloth (Leonie Norrington, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga & Djawundil Maymuru, Allen & Unwin) *
For more information and a list of all the winners, click here.
Books marked * have been reviewed by QRC. To read our reviews, click on the title.