The Walkley Book Award is an Australian award presented annually by the Walkley Foundation for excellence in long-form journalism and nonfiction, with subjects ranging from biography to true crime to investigative journalism and reporting.

Winners

* 2005: Bob Connolly, ''Making Black Harvest'' * 2006: Neil Chenoweth, ''Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-Making'' * 2007:

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, ''Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones'' * 2008:

Don Watson Don Watson (born 1949) is an Australian author, screenwriter, former political adviser, and speechwriter. Early life Watson was born in 1949 at Warragul in the Gippsland region of Victoria, and grew up on a farm in nearby Korumburra. Academi ...

, ''American Journeys'' * 2009: Graham Freudenberg, ''Churchill and Australia'' * 2010: Shirley Shackleton, ''The Circle of Silence: A Personal Testimony Before, During and After Balibo'' * 2011: Russell Skelton, ''King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya'' * 2012:

George Megalogenis George Megalogenis (born 1964)Bryant, NickGeorge Megalogenis ''Aesop Register'', 2013. is an Australian journalist, political commentator and author. Early life Born in Melbourne, Megalogenis attended Melbourne High School and went on to study e ...

, '' The Australian Moment: How We Were Made For These Times'' * 2013: Pamela Williams, ''Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge'' * 2014: Paul Kelly, ''Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation'' * 2015: Chip Le Grand, ''The Straight Dope: The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal'' * 2016: Stan Grant, ''Talking To My Country'' * 2017: Louise Milligan, ''Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of

George Pell George Pell (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy between 2014 and 2019, and was a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers between 2013 ...

'' * 2018: Helen Pitt, ''The House: The dramatic story of the Sydney Opera House and the people who made it'' * 2019:

Leigh Sales Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Cardinal George Pell'' * 2021: Kate Holden, ''The Winter Road'' * 2022: Bronwyn Adcock, ''Currowan: The story of a fire and a community during Australia’s worst'' summer

References

{{Reflist Australian literary awards Awards established in 2005