Book AwardsQueensland Premier's Literary Award

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Works (188)

TitlesOrder
Fredy Neptune: A Novel In Verse by Les MurrayFiction, 1999
The Sky Travellers: Journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939 (Miegunyah Press) by Bill GammageHistory, 1999
Unseen! by Paul JenningsBest Children's Book, 1999
Bone Flute by Nicole A. BourkeBest Emerging Author, 2000
Drylands by Thea AstleyFiction, 2000
The Family Tree by Jane GodwinBest Children's Book, 2000
John Curtin: A Life by David DayHistory, 2000
Why Weren't We Told? by Henry ReynoldsHarry Williams Award, 2000
Borderline : Australia's response to refugees and asylum seekers in the wake of the Tampa by Peter MaresHarry Williams Award, 2001
The colonial earth by Tim BonyhadyHistory, 2001
A fine and private place by Brian MatthewsNon-Fiction, 2001
Fox by Margaret WildBest Children's Book, 2001
MamaKuma : one woman, two cultures by Deborah CarlyonBest Emerging Author, 2001
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyFiction, 2001
Blat Magic by Michael StephensBest Children's Book, 2002
The Boyds : a family biography by Brenda NiallNon-Fiction, 2002
Gallipoli by Les CarlyonHistory, 2002
Getting the Girl by Markus ZusakYoung Adult, 2002
In denial : the stolen generations and the right by Robert ManneHarry Williams Award, 2002
The Lambing Flat by Nerida NewtonBest Emerging Author, 2002
Reconciliation : a journey by Michael GordonHarry Williams Award, 2002
The volcano by Venero ArmannoFiction, 2002
Boys Of Blood & Bone by David MetzenthenYoung Adult, 2003
Dark Victory by David MarrHarry Williams Award, 2003
Due Preparations for the Plague by Janette Turner HospitalFiction, 2003
The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies by Kimberley StarrBest Emerging Author, 2003
The meeting of the waters : the Hindmarsh Island affair by Margaret SimonsNon-Fiction, 2003
Mussolini by R. J. B. BosworthHistory, 2003
Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine BatesonBest Children's Book, 2003
Wambo, the Changing Face of Rural Australia by Chris Ashton2003
An accidental terrorist by Steven LangBest Emerging Author, 2004
Dancing With Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact by Inga ClendinnenHistory, 2004
A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions by Peter RobbNon-Fiction, 2004
Dragon Keeper by Carole WilkinsonBest Children's Book, 2004
Elizabeth Costello by J. M. CoetzeeFiction, 2004
The History Wars by Stuart MacintyreHarry Williams Award, 2004
How to Make a Bird by Martine MurrayYoung Adult ∙ 2004
Mahjar by Eva SallisAustralian Short Story, 2004
Wolf Notes by Judith BeveridgePoetry, 2004
Camel Rider by Prue MasonBest Children's Book, 2005
The long road of the junkmailer by Patrick HollandBest Emerging Author 2005
Papunya: A Place Made After the Story: the Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement by Geoffrey BardonNon-Fiction, 2005
Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne HornimanYoung Adult ∙ 2005
The Ship by Sarah DayPoetry, 2005
The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History through Songs, Sermons, and Speech by Shane WhiteHistory, 2005
Stem cells : controversy at the frontiers of science by Elizabeth FinkelScience Writers, 2005
The Turning: Stories by Tim WintonFiction, 2005
Vincenzo's Garden by John ClanchyAustralian Short Story, 2005
'The Last Mandarin: reflections on the career of Sir Arthur Tange' in Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration 94, Dec 1999 by Peter EdwardsHistory, 2006
The Anatomy of Wings by Karen FoxleeBest Emerging Author 2006
Asbestos House: The Secret History of James Hardie Industries by Gideon HaighHarry Williams Award, 2006
A Funny Thing Happened at 27,000 Feet by Craig CormickAustralian Short Story, 2006
The Garden Book by Brian CastroFiction, 2006
Good Health in the 21st Century by Carole HungerfordScience Writers, 2006
The New Arcadia: Poems by John KinsellaPoetry, 2006
Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-Making Adventurers in the Roaring '90s by Neil ChenowethNon-Fiction, 2006
The Red Shoe by Ursula DubosarskyYoung Adult, 2006
The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley by Martine MurrayBest Children's Book, 2006
Carpentaria by Alexis WrightFiction, 2007
Every Move You Make by David MaloufAustralian Short Story, 2007
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 by Christopher ClarkHistory, 2007
Jonestown : the power and the myth of Alan Jones by Chris MastersHarry Williams Award, 2007
Layla, Queen of Hearts by Glenda MillardBest Children's Book, 2007
One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith ClarkeYoung Adult, 2007
The Passenger by Laurie DugganPoetry, 2007
Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Tom GriffithsNon-Fiction, 2007
Drawing the Global Colour Line: White Men's Countries and the International Challenge of Racial Equality by Marilyn LakeHistory, 2008
Muck: A Memoir by Craig SherborneNon-Fiction, 2008
Omega Park by Amy BarkerBest Emerging Author, 2008
The Peasant Prince by Cunxin LiBest Children's Book, 2008
Requiem for a Beast by Matt OttleyYoung Adult, 2008
Someone else : fictional essays by John HughesAustralian Short Story, 2008
The Spare Room by Helen GarnerFiction, 2008
Typewriter Music by David MaloufPoetry, 2008
Why Is Uranus Upside Down?: And Other Questions About the Universe by Fred WatsonScience Writers, 2008
The Boat by Nam LeAustralian Short Story, 2009
Little Blue by Gaye ChapmanBest Children's Book, 2009
PASTEUR'S GAMBIT : Louis Pasteur, the Australiasian Rabbit Plague and a Ten Million Dollar Prize by Stephen Dando-CollinsScience Writers, 2009
A Small Free Kiss in the Dark by Glenda MillardYoung Adult, 2009
Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography by Jill RoeHistory, 2009
The Striped World by Emma JonesPoetry, 2009
Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe HooperNon-Fiction, 2009
Wanting by Richard FlanaganFiction, 2009
Apocrypha by William O'ShaunessyPoetry, 2010
The Blue Plateau: An Australian Pastoral by Mark TredinnickNon-Fiction, 2010
Drink the air by Richard YaxleyYoung Adult, 2010
Little White Slips by Karen HitchcockAustralian Short Story, 2010
Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change by Clive HamiltonHarry Williams Award, 2010
RPM by Noel MengelBest Emerging Author, 2010
Summertime: Scenes from Provincial Life by J. M. CoetzeeFiction, 2010
Sydney Harbour by Ian HoskinsHistory, 2010
Toppling by Sally MurphyBest Children's Book, 2010
Why I Love Australia by Bronwyn Bancroft2010
Being Here by Barry JonsbergYoung Adult, 2011
The Beloved by Annah FaulknerBest Emerging Author, 2011
An eye for eternity : the life of Manning Clark by Mark McKennaNon-Fiction, 2011
Into the Woods by Anna KrienHarry Williams Award, 2011
Just a Dog by Michael Gerard BauerBest Children's Book, 2011
Northern voyagers : Australia's monsoon coast in maritime history by Alan PowellHistory, 2011
Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda LohreyFiction, 2011
Starlight: 150 Poems by John TranterPoetry, 2011
The Australian Moment by George MegalogenisHarry Williams Award, 2012
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill GammageHistory, 2012
Cold Light by Frank MoorhouseFiction, 2012
Crimson crop. by Peter RosePoetry, 2012
Forecast: Turbulence by Janette Turner HospitalShort Story Collection, 2012
The Ink Bridge by Neil GrantYoung Adult, 2012
Kumiko and the shadow catchers by Briony StewartChildren's Book, 2012
My Island Homicide by Catherine TitaseyEmerging Author, 2012
The People Smuggler: The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi, The 'Oskar Schindler Of Asia' by Robin De CrespignyNon-Fiction, 2012
Sex, Genes & Rock 'n' Roll: How Evolution Has Shaped the Modern World by Rob BrooksScience, 2012
Boy, Lost by Kristina OlssonNon-Fiction ∙ 2013
A Corner of White by Jaclyn MoriartyYoung Adult, 2013
Don't let a spoonbill in the kitchen! by Narelle OliverChildren's Book, 2013
The Flash of Recognition: Photography and the Emergence of Indigenous Rights by Jane LydonHistory, 2013
Gap by Rebecca JessenEmerging Author, 2013
Jam Tree Gully: Poems by John KinsellaPoetry, 2013
Like a House on Fire by Cate KennedyShort Story Collection, 2013
Mullumbimby by Melissa LucashenkoFiction, 2013
The Secret Keeper by Kate MortonPeople's Choice, 2013
1914: The Year the World Ended by Paul HamNon-Fiction, 2014
Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War by Joan BeaumontHistory, 2014
The Cracks in the Kingdom by Jaclyn MoriartyYoung Adult, 2014
Earth Hour by David MaloufPoetry, 2014
How to Do a Liver Transplant: Stories from My Surgical Life by Kellee SlaterPeople's Choice, 2014
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganFiction, 2014
Only the Animals: Stories by Ceridwen DoveyShort Story Collection, 2014
Refuge by Jackie FrenchChildren's Book, 2014
Rules of Summer by Shaun TanChildren's Book, 2014
Anzac, The Unauthorised Biography by Carolyn HolbrookHistory, 2015
Becoming Aurora by Elizabeth KasmerEmerging Author, 2015
The bush : travels in the heart of Australia by Don WatsonNon-Fiction, 2015
The Golden Age by Joan LondonFiction, 2015
Merciless Gods by Christos TsiolkasShort Story Collection, 2015
On the road ... with kids : one family's life-changing gap year by John AhernPeople's Choice, 2015
The Pause by John LarkinYoung Adult, 2015
A Single Stone by Meg McKinlayChildren's Book, 2015
Waiting for the Past by Les MurrayPoetry, 2015
Warrior: A Legendary Leader's Dramatic Life and Violent Death on the Colonial Frontier by Libby ConnorsState Significance, 2015
Anatomy of Voice by David MusgravePoetry, 2016
Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia BlainFiction, 2016
Dreaming the Enemy by David MetzenthenYoung Adult, 2016
A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories by Elizabeth HarrowerShort Story Collection, 2016
The High Places by Fiona McFarlaneShort Story Collection, 2016
KidGlovz by Julie HuntChildren's Book ∙ 2016
Not Just Black and White by Lesley WilliamsState Significance, 2016
The Pearl Frontier: Indonesian Labor and Indigenous Encounters in Australia's Northern Trading Network by Julia MartínezHistory, 2016
Small Acts of Disappearance by Fiona WrightNon-Fiction, 2016
Swimming Home: A Novel by Mary-Rose MacCollPeople's Choice, 2016
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa AshleyFiction, 2017
The Circle and the Equator by Kyra GiorgiShort Story Collection, 2017
The Daintree blockade : the battle for Australia's tropical rainforests by Bill WilkieState Significance, 2017
Fragments by Antigone KefalaPoetry, 2017
The Grand, Genius Summer of Henry Hoobler by Lisa ShanahanChildren's Book, 2017
Into the Heart of Tasmania: A Search for Human Antiquity by Rebe TaylorHistory, 2017
The Killing of Louisa by Janet LeeEmerging Author, 2017
Saltwater by Cathy McLennanNon-Fiction and People's Choice, 2017
Words in Deep Blue by Cath CrowleyYoung Adult, 2017
Brisbane houses with gardens : the story of the people who built them by Beth WilsonPeople's Choice, 2018
The Elephant by Peter CarnavasChildren's Book, 2018
In the Dark Spaces by Cally BlackYoung Adult, 2018
I love poetry by Michael FarrellPoetry, 2018
Pulse Points by Jennifer DownShort Story Collection, 2018
Taboo by Kim ScottFiction, 2018
Tracker: Stories of Tracker Tilmouth by Alexis WrightNon-Fiction, 2018
We'll show the world : Expo 88 by Jackie RyanHistory and State Significance, 2018
Blakwork by Alison WhittakerPoetry, 2019
Exploded view by Carrie TiffanyFiction, 2019
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen FoxleeYoung Adult, 2019
The Slightly Alarming Tale of the Whispering Wars Wars by Jaclyn MoriartyChildren's, 2019
Too Much Lip by Melissa LucashenkoWork of State Significance, 2019
An Unconventional Wife: the life of Julia Sorell Arnold by Mary HobanNon-Fiction, 2019
Zebra : and other stories by Debra AdelaideShort Story Collection, 2019
As Fast As I CanChildren's, 2020
Ghost Bird by Lisa FullerYoung Adult, 2020
Heartland: How Rugby League Explains Queensland by Joe GormanWork of State Significance, 2020
Heide by PioJudith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry, 2020
A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha BirdPeople’s Choice, 2020
Lucky Ticket by Joey BuiSteele Rudd Award for a Short Story Collection, 2020
Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography by Helen EnnisNonfiction, 2020
Stone Sky Gold Mountain by Mirandi RiwoeFiction ∙ 2020
Amnesia Road: Landscape, violence and memory by Luke StegemannNonfiction, 2021
Bindi by Kirli SaundersChildren's, 2021
Car Crash: A Memoir by Lech BlaineWork of State Significance, 2021
Mary's Last Dance: the Untold Story of the Wife of Mao's Last Dancer by Mary LiPeople’s Choice, 2021
Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath MooreYoung Adult, 2021
Ordinary Matter by Laura ElveryShort Story Collection, 2021
Song of the Crocodile by Nardi SimpsonFiction, 2021