The Indie Book AwardWinner

Given by Australian Independent Bookseller

66 Works 0 Books
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, 2023 (6), 2022 (6), 2020 (5), 2019 (5), 2018 (6), 2017 (5), 2016 (6), 2015 (3), 2014 (4), 2013 (4), 2012 (4), 2011 (4), 2009 (4), 2008 (4)
Announced:
December 2023: Longlist2024 Recent

Winner 66

WorkCategoryYear
Runt by Craig SilveyChildren’s books2023
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey LienDebut fiction2023
Horse by Geraldine BrooksFiction2023
First Nations Food CompanionIllustrated Non-fiction2023
The Book of Roads and Kingdoms by Richard FidlerNon-fiction2023
The Brink by Holden SheppardYoung Adult fiction2023
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina NannestadChildren’s books2022
The Silent Listener by Lyn YeowartDebut fiction2022
Still Life: Contemporary Painters by Amber Creswell BellIllustrated Non-fiction2022
Love Stories by Trent DaltonNon-fiction2022
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghyNon-fiction2022
The Monster of Her Age by Danielle BinksYoung Adult fiction2022
Allegra in Three Parts by Suzanne DanielDebut fiction2020
There Was Still Love by Favel ParrettFiction2020
The Lost Boys by Paul ByrnesIllustrated Non-fiction2020
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie RoachNon-fiction2020
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai ChimYoung Adult fiction2020
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen FoxleeChildren’s books2019
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent DaltonDebut fiction2019
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia by Marcia LangtonIllustrated Non-fiction2019
The Arsonist by Chloe HooperNon-fiction2019
A Song Only I Can Hear by Barry JonsbergYoung Adult fiction2019
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica TownsendChildren’s books2018
Wimmera by Mark BrandiDebut fiction2018
The Choke by Sofie LagunaFiction2018
Native: art and design with Australian plants by Kate HerdIllustrated Non-fiction2018
Saga Land by Richard FidlerNon-fiction2018
Wilder Country by Mark SmithYoung Adult fiction2018
Circle by Jeannie BakerChildren’s books2017
The Dry by Jane HarperDebut fiction2017
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic SmithFiction2017
Everywhere I Look by Helen GarnerNon-fiction2017
Words in Deep Blue by Cath CrowleyYoung Adult fiction2017
The Bad Guys by Aaron BlabeyChildren’s books2016
Salt Creek by Lucy TreloarDebut fiction2016
Golden Boys by Sonya HartnettFiction2016
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte WoodFiction2016
Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda SzubanskiNon-fiction2016
Cloudwish by Fiona WoodYoung Adult fiction2016
Withering-by-Sea by Judith RossellChildren's & YA2015
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba ClarkeDebut fiction2015
The bush : travels in the heart of Australia by Don WatsonNon-fiction2015
Kissed by the Moon by Alison LesterChildren’s books2014
Burial Rites by Hannah KentDebut fiction2014
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganFiction2014
Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David HuntNon-fiction2014
The Brides of Rollrock Island by Margo LanaganChildren’s books2013
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. StedmanDebut fiction2013
Nine Days by Toni JordanFiction2013
QF32 by Richard De CrespignyNon-fiction2013
The Little Refugee by Anh DoChildren’s books2012
All That I Am by Anna FunderDebut fiction2012
The Street Sweeper by Elliot PerlmanFiction2012
Worse Things Happen at Sea: Tales of Life, Love, Family and the Everyday Beauty in Between by William McInnesNon-fiction2012
Mirror by Jeannie BakerChildren’s books2011
Rocks in the Belly by Jon BauerDebut fiction2011
Bereft by Chris WomersleyFiction2011
The Happiest Refugee by Anh DoNon-fiction2011
Pearl Verses the World by Sally MurphyChildren’s books2009
The Virtuoso by Sonia OrchardDebut fiction2009
Jasper Jones by Craig SilveyFiction2009
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe HooperNon-fiction2009
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun TanChildren’s books2008
Addition by Toni JordanDebut fiction2008
Breath by Tim WintonFiction2008
American Journeys by Don WatsonNon-fiction2008

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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