AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS (ABIA) 2021 AWARDS SHORTLIST The Australian Publishers Association have announced the shortlist for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards.  From this shortlist, the category winners and the overall ‘Book of the Year’ winner will be announced at the premier event on the Australian book industry calendar. The Virtual Broadcast of the

WINNERS ANNOUNCED – INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2021 Australian independent booksellers are thrilled to announce The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press) as their favourite book from last year, and the winner of The Indie Book Awards 2021 Book of the Year.  The Category Winners of the 2021 Indie Book Awards:  OVERALL WINNER: BOOK

AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS (ABIA) 2021 LONGLIST ANNOUNCEMENT IMPORTANT DATES AND INFORMATION  On Monday 22 February 2021 The Australian Publishers Association announced the 2021 ABIA longlist. The longlist introduces the titles, publishers and authors in the running for a coveted ABIA. This year, the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) and the Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) have come

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS Celebrating the best Australian writing  Australian independent booksellers are thrilled to announce their Shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2021, their favourite Australian books published in 2020. Two of the category shortlists for the Indie Book Awards 2021 are:  FICTION All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton

Established in 2008, the Indie Book Awards celebrate the best Australian writing; and who better to nominate and judge the best-of-the-best than indie booksellers! What makes indie booksellers uniquely placed to judge and recommend the best Aussie books of the past year, is their incredible passion and knowledge, their contribution to the cultural diversity of

The estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss and the Australian University Heads of English are proud to announce the winner of the 2020 Voss Literary Prize: Tara June Winch, The Yield (Penguin Random House Australia)