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The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 with the aim of creating a unique award recognising and rewarding the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The show more Awards celebrate the enormous depth and range of literary talent in this nation.




The Indie Book Awards differ from other literary awards because they are chosen by independent booksellers who are renowned for their love of books and reading, support new and emerging Australian authors and foster a love of quality writing. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (66), Shortlist (213), Longlist (374)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (10), 2023 (1), 2022 (1), 2021 (10), 2020 (9), 2019 (10), 2018 (11), 2017 (10), 2016 (4), 2015 (4), 2014 (4), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (4), 2009 (1), 2008 (1)
Announced:
December 2023: Longlist2024 Recent

Winner 14

WorkYear
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien2023
The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart2022
Allegra in Three Parts by Suzanne Daniel2020
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton2019
Wimmera by Mark Brandi2018
The Dry by Jane Harper2017
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar2016
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke2015
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent2014
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman2013
All That I Am by Anna Funder2012
Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer2011
The Virtuoso by Sonia Orchard2009
Addition by Toni Jordan2008

Shortlist 45

WorkYear
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray2024
The Visitors by Jane Harrison2024
Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne2024
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt2024
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien2023
The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart2022
Wearing Paper Dresses by Anne Brinsden2020
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity MacLean2020
Heart of the Grass Tree by Molly Murn2020
Scrublands by Chris Hammer2019
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris2019
The Nowhere Child by Christian White2019
Wimmera by Mark Brandi2018
Australia Day by Melanie Cheng2018
The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover2018
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt2018
The Dry by Jane Harper2017
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley2017
The Midnight Watch by David Dyer2017
Goodwood by Holly Throsby2017
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar2016
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett2016
The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader2016
Relativity by Antonia Hayes2016
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke2015
The Strays by Emily Bitto2015
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis2015
After Darkness by Christine Piper2015
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane2014
Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson2014
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion2014
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman2013
Eleven seasons by Paul D. Carter2013
Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell2013
The cartographer by Peter Twohig2013
All That I Am by Anna Funder2012
Watercolours by Adrienne Ferreira2012
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett2012
The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson2012
Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer2011
Book of lost threads by Tess Evans2011
The Old School by P. M. Newton2011
The Legacy: A Novel by Kirsten Tranter2011
The Virtuoso by Sonia Orchard2009
Addition by Toni Jordan2008

Longlist 78

WorkYear
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer2024
Fed to Red Birds by Rijn Collins2024
The House of Now and Then by Jo Dixon2024
Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast by Karina May2024
At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree by Alli Parker2024
The things that matter most by Gabbie Stroud2024
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien2023
The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart2022
The Hunted by Gabriel Bergmoser2021
Kokomo by Victoria Hannan2021
The Loudness of Unsaid Things by Hilde Hinton2021
The Bluffs by Kyle Perry2021
The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham2021
The Morbids by Ewa Ramsey2021
Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson2021
Sheerwater by Leah Swann2021
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu2021
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams2021
A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop2020
Hitch by Kathryn Hind2020
Act of Grace by Anna Krien2020
Crossings by Alex Landragin2020
Six Minutes by Petronella McGovern2020
Scrublands by Chris Hammer2019
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris2019
The Nowhere Child by Christian White2019
Flames by Robbie Arnott2019
The Helpline: A Novel by Katherine Collette2019
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan2019
The earth does not get fat by Julia Prendergast2019
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland2019
The Lucky Galah by Tracy Sorensen2019
Wimmera by Mark Brandi2018
Australia Day by Melanie Cheng2018
The Last Man in Europe by Dennis Glover2018
See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt2018
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey2018
Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman2018
Sparrow by Scot Gardner2018
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green2018
To become a whale by Ben Hobson2018
Storyland by Catherine Mckinnon2018
Half wild by Pip Smith2018
The Dry by Jane Harper2017
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley2017
The Midnight Watch by David Dyer2017
Goodwood by Holly Throsby2017
The memory artist by Katherine Brabon2017
The Windy Season by Sam Carmody2017
Skylarking by Kate Mildenhall2017
Music and freedom by Zoe Morrison2017
The Toymaker by Liam Pieper2017
Ruins by Rajith Savanadasa2017
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar2016
Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett2016
The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader2016
Relativity by Antonia Hayes2016
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke2015
The Strays by Emily Bitto2015
Lost & Found by Brooke Davis2015
After Darkness by Christine Piper2015
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane2014
Mr Wigg by Inga Simpson2014
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion2014
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman2013
Eleven seasons by Paul D. Carter2013
Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell2013
The cartographer by Peter Twohig2013
All That I Am by Anna Funder2012
Watercolours by Adrienne Ferreira2012
Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett2012
The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson2012
Rocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer2011
Book of lost threads by Tess Evans2011
The Old School by P. M. Newton2011
The Legacy: A Novel by Kirsten Tranter2011
The Virtuoso by Sonia Orchard2009
Addition by Toni Jordan2008

Descriptions

The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 with the aim of creating a unique award recognising and rewarding the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The Awards celebrate the enormous depth and range of literary talent in this nation.


The Indie Book Awards differ from other literary awards because they are chosen by independent booksellers who are renowned for their love of books and reading, support new and emerging Australian authors and foster a love of quality writing.

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/
Australian Independent Bookseller Awards, http://www.indies.com.au (English, Member-written)

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