MARION has announced the winners of the 2026 ACT Literary Awards.
The winner of the overall Marion Halligan Award, selected from the category winners was The Dingo’s Noctuary (Judith Nangala Crispin, Puncher & Wattman).
The winning titles in two of the categories are:
Fiction
- Winner: In the Name of the Trees (Merlinda Bobis, Spinifex Press)
- Winner (self-published): To Heal a Lyrebird (Kate Liston-Mills)
Nonfiction
- Winner: Versailles Mirrored: The Power of Luxury, Louis XIV to Donald Trump (Robert Wellington, Bloomsbury Visual Arts)
Held annually, the awards recognise the achievements of writers from the ACT and surrounding regions.
More information about the awards is available on the MARION website.
The Dingo’s Noctuary and Versailles Mirrored have been reviewed by QRC. Click on the book’s title to read our review.