The Australian Prime Minister's Literary Awards (PMLA) were announced at the end of 2007 by the incoming First Rudd ministry following the 2007 election. They are administered by the Minister for the Arts.Call for entries
(22 February 2008) The awards were designed as "a new initiative celebrating the contribution of

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to the nation's cultural and intellectual life." The awards are held annually and initially provided a tax-free prize of A$100,000 in each category, making it Australia's richest literary award in total. In 2011, the prize money was split into $80,000 for each category winner and $5,000 for up to four short-listed entries. The award was initially given in four categories – fiction, non-fiction, young adult and children's fiction – as selected by three judging panels. In 2012, a poetry category was added and the former

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was incorporated into the award. "The awards are open to works written by Australian citizens and permanent residents. Authors, publishers and literary agents are eligible to enter works, first published in the calendar year prior to the awards."PM Literary Awards
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Winners

2008 awards

2008 panels

For the inaugural

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awards, six Australians were appointed by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts to the judging panels: three each for the fiction and non-fiction awards.2008 judging panels

2008 shortlist and winners

The final decisions on the shortlist and winners for the awards was made by Prime Minister (

Kevin Rudd Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is an Australian former politician and diplomat who served as the 26th prime minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and again from June 2013 to September 2013, holding office as the leader of the ...

) based on the judging panels' recommendations. The following entries, out of more than 170 received, were selected for the shortlist: :''Listed in official shortlist order; winners in bold type.''

2008 fiction

*''Burning In'' by Mireille Juchau *''El Dorado'' by

Dorothy Porter Dorothy Featherstone Porter (26 March 1954 – 10 December 2008) was an Australian poet. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry. Early life Porter was born in Sydney. Her father was barriste ...

*'' Jamaica : a novel'' by

Malcolm Knox Sir Thomas Malcolm Knox (28 November 1900 – 6 April 1980) was a British philosopher who served as Principal of St Andrews University from 1953–1966 and Vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1975–1978. Biography Knox w ...

*''

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'' by Gail Jones *''The Complete Stories'' by

David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf AO (; born 20 March 1934) is an Australian poet, novelist, short story writer, playwright and librettist. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2008, Malouf has lectured at both the University of Quee ...

*'' The Widow and Her Hero'' by Tom Keneally *'' The Zookeeper's War'' by Steven Conte

2008 non-fiction

*''A History of Queensland'' by Raymond Evans *'' Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time'' by

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.My Life as a Traitor ''My Life as a Traitor'' is a 2007 biography and memoir, written by Zarah Ghahramani and Robert Hillman. The book documents the life of Ghahramani, including her early childhood. In 2001, Ghahramani was arrested for citing crimes against the Islam ...

'' by

Zarah Ghahramani Zarah Ghahramani ( fa, زاراە قهرمانی) is an Iranian-born Kurds, Kurdish author living in Australia who wrote ''My Life as a Traitor'', an award-winning memoir of her imprisonment and torture in Evin Prison. Life Ghahramani was born ...

with Robert Hillman *''Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769–1799'' by Philip Dwyer *''Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers'' by Philip Jones *''Shakespeare's Wife'' by

Germaine Greer Germaine Greer (; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the radical feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century. Specializing in English and women's literatu ...

*'' Vietnam: The Australian War'' by

Paul Ham Paul Ham is an Australian author, historian, journalist and publisher, who writes on the 20th century history of war, politics and diplomacy. He lives in Sydney and Paris. Life and career Between 1984 and 1998 Ham worked in London as a business ...

2009 awards

2009 panels

On 15 May 2009 the panels for the

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awards were announced.

2009 shortlist and winners

The 2009 shortlist from more than 250 entries was announced on Friday 18 September 2009 in Melbourne. The winners were announced on 2 November 2009. Two works shared the non-fiction award. :''Listed in official shortlist order; winners in bold type.''

2009 fiction

*''

The Pages The Pages is an island group in the Australian state of South Australia consisting of two small islands and a reef located in Backstairs Passage, a strait separating Kangaroo Island and the Fleurieu Peninsula. The island group has been locat ...

'' by

Murray Bail Murray Bail (born 22 September 1941) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and non-fiction. In 1980 he shared the Age Book of the Year award for his novel ''Homesickness.'' He was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He has lived most ...

*''

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'' by Geraldine Brooks *''

Wanting The idea of want can be examined from many perspectives. In secular societies want might be considered similar to the emotion desire, which can be studied scientifically through the disciplines of psychology or sociology. Want might also be exami ...

'' by

Richard Flanagan Richard Miller Flanagan (born 1961) is an Australian writer, who has also worked as a film director and screenwriter. He won the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel '' The Narrow Road to the Deep North''. Flanagan was described by the ''Washin ...

*''Everything I Knew'' by

Peter Goldsworthy Peter David Goldsworthy AM (born 12 October 1951) is an Australian writer and medical practitioner. He has won major awards for his short stories, poetry, novels, and opera libretti. Goldsworthy began his writing life as a poet, as described i ...

*''One Foot Wrong'' by

Sofie Laguna Sofie Laguna (born 1968) is an Australian writer. She was born in Sydney and studied law before deciding that being a lawyer was not for her. She has worked as an actor and is now a writer and playwright. She now lives in Melbourne. Awards ...

*'' The Boat'' by

Nam Le Nam Le ( Vietnamese: ''Lê Nam''; born 1978) is a Vietnamese-born Australian writer, who won the Dylan Thomas Prize for his book ''The Boat'', a collection of short stories. His stories have been published in many places including ''Best Austra ...

*''

The Good Parents ''The Good Parents'' is the second full-length novel written by Joan London. It was first published in 2008. The book concerns an eighteen-year-old girl, Maya de Jong, who moves to Melbourne and becomes involved in a relationship with her boss ...

'' by Joan London

2009 non-fiction

*''Van

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's Land'' by James Boyce *''Doing Life: A Biography of

Elizabeth Jolley Monica Elizabeth Jolley AO (4 June 1923 – 13 February 2007) was an English-born Australian writer who settled in Western Australia in the late 1950s and forged an illustrious literary career there. She was 53 when her first book was publishe ...

'' by Brian Dibble *''

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the he ...

: A Moment in History'' by

Jenny Hocking Jennifer Jane Hocking is an Australian historian, political scientist and biographer. She is the inaugural Distinguished Whitlam Fellow with the Whitlam Institute at Western Sydney University, Emeritus Professor at Monash University, and f ...

*'' The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island'' by

Chloe Hooper Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 1973) is an Australian author. Her first novel, ''A Child’s Book of True Crime'' (2002), was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book. In 2005, she turned to rep ...

*''House of Exile: The Life and Times of

Heinrich Mann Luiz Heinrich Mann (; 27 March 1871 – 11 March 1950), best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German author known for his socio-political novels. From 1930 until 1933, he was president of the fine poetry division of the Prussian Academy ...

and Nelly-Kroeger Mann'' by

Evelyn Juers Evelyn Juers (born 6 March 1950) is an Australian writer and publisher. Juers was born in Neritz, Germany, moved to Australia in 1960, and has lived in Hamburg, Sydney, London and Geneva. She has a PhD from University of Essex on the Brontë ...

*''Drawing the Global Colour Line'' by

Marilyn Lake Marilyn Lee Lake, (born 5 January 1949) is an Australian historian known for her work on the effects of the military and war on Australian civil society, the political history of Australian women"Book – A triumph of gentle Faith." Gold Coast ...

and Henry Reynolds *''The

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Case'' by David Marr *''American Journeys'' by

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. Academ ...

2010 awards

On 30 March

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two new award categories were announced: "young adults' fiction" and "children's fiction". The prize for both new awards was also $100,000; its entries were judged by one judging panel.

2010 panels

On 14 May 2010 the panels for the 2010 awards were announced.

2010 shortlist and winners

From over 330 entries, the 2010 shortlist of 29 titles was announced on 15 July 2010. The winners were announced on 8 November 2010. :''Listed in official shortlist order; winners in bold type.''

2010 fiction

*''

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'' by

J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African–Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, translator and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is one of the most critically acclaimed and decorated authors in th ...

*''The Book of Emmett'' by Deborah Forster *''The Lakewoman'' by

Alan Gould Alan Gould (born 22 March 1949) is a contemporary Australian novelist, essayist and poet. Life and career Gould was born in London to an English father and an Icelandic mother. His family lived in Northern Ireland, Germany and Singapore ...

*''

Dog Boy ''Dog boy'' was a term used to refer to adult male prison inmates in the Texas Department of Corrections for prisoners who would mimic an escape to be hunted down by prison bloodhounds and mounted guards as a training exercise. The bloodhounds in T ...

'' by

Eva Hornung Eva Sallis (also Eva HornungDog’s ...

*''

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'' by

*'' Lovesong'' by

Alex Miller Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949) is a Scottish football manager and former player. As a player, he had a 15-year career with Rangers, winning several trophies. As a manager, he won the 1991–92 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian. He subseque ...

*''As the Earth Turns Silver'' by

Alison Wong Alison Wong (born 1960) is a New Zealand poet and novelist of New Zealand Chinese, Chinese ancestry, heritage. Her background in mathematics comes across in her poetry, not as a subject, but in the careful formulation of words to white space an ...

2010 non-fiction

*''The Water Dreamers: The Remarkable History of Our Dry Continent'' by Michael Cathcart *''Strange Places: A Memoir of Mental Illness'' by

Will Elliott Will Elliott (born 1979) is an Australian horror and fantasy writer living in Brisbane, Queensland. He currently tutors at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Profile Elliott dropped out of a law degree at the age of 20 when he developed sch ...

*''The Colony: A History of Early Sydney'' by Grace Karskens *''The Life and Death of Democracy'' by John Keane *''The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir'' by

Mark Tredinnick Mark Tredinnick (born 1962) is an Australian poet, essayist and teacher. Winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize in 2011 and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in 2012. He is the author of thirteen books, including four vol ...

*''The Ghost at the Wedding'' by Shirley Walker

2010 young adult fiction

*''

Stolen Stolen may refer to: * ''Stolen'' (2009 Australian film), a 2009 Australian film * ''Stolen'' (2009 American film), a 2009 American film * ''Stolen: The Baby Kahu Story'' (2010 film), a film based on the real life kidnapping of baby Kahu Durie ...

'' by

Lucy Christopher Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel ''Stolen'', which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, ''Flyaway'', was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Aw ...

*''The Winds of Heaven'' by

Judith Clarke Judith Clarke (24 August 1943 – 14 May 2020) was an Australian best-selling author of short stories for children and young adults. Life Clarke was born on 24 August 1943 and raised in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state ...

*''Confessions of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God'' by Bill Condon *''The Museum of Mary Child'' by

Cassandra Golds Cassandra Golds (born 1962) is an Australian children's author. Career Her first book, ''Michael and the Secret War'', was accepted for publication when she was nineteen years old. In collaboration with the artist Stephen Axelsen, she went on ...

*''Swerve'' by

Phillip Gwynne Phillip Gwynne (born 1958) is an Australian author. He is best known for his 1998 debut novel, '' Deadly, Unna?'', a rites-of-passage story which uses Australian rules football as a backdrop to explore race relations in a small town in South Aus ...

*''Jarvis 24'' by

David Metzenthen David Metzenthen (born 1958) is an Australian writer for children and young adults who was born in Melbourne, Victoria. After completing his schooling in Melbourne, Metzenthen traveled to New Zealand where he held a variety of jobs. After retu ...

*''Beatle Meets Destiny'' by Gabrielle Williams

2010 children's fiction

*''Cicada Summer'' by

Kate Constable Kate Constable (born 1966) is an Australian author. Her first novel was '' The Singer of All Songs'', the first in the ''Chanters of Tremaris'' trilogy. It was later followed by '' The Waterless Sea'' and ''The Tenth Power''. Biography Constab ...

*''The Terrible Plop'' by

Ursula Dubosarsky Ursula Dubosarsky (born ''Ursula Coleman''; 1961 in Sydney) is an Australian writer of fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults, whose work is characterised by a child's vision and comic voice of both clarity and ambiguity. She ha ...

, illustrated by Andrew Joyner *''

Just Macbeth! ''Just Macbeth'' is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. It was written by Australian children’s author Andy Griffiths and produced by Bell Shakespeare as well as being released as a book. Cast Patrick Brammall as Andy ...

'' by Andy Griffiths, illustrated by

Terry Denton Terry Denton (born 26 July 1950) is an Australian illustrator and author. He is married and has three children. He is the second youngest of five boys and was born and grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. Denton now lives in Mornington, Victoria. De ...

*''Mr Chicken Goes to Paris'' by

Leigh Hobbs Leigh Hobbs (born 18 April 1953) is an Australian artist and author. He is best known in Australia and the United Kingdom for the humorous children's books which he has written and illustrated, although he has produced works across a wide ran ...

*''Running with the Horses'' by

Alison Lester Alison Jean Lester (born 17 November 1952) is an Australian author and illustrator who has published over 25 children's picture books and two young adult novels; ''The Quickstand Pony'' and ''The Snow Pony''. In 2005 Lester won the Children's ...

*''Star Jumps'' by Lorraine Marwood *''Mannie and the Long Brave Day'' by

Martine Murray Martine Murray (born 1965) is an Australians, Australian author and illustrator residing in Melbourne. She has written many critically acclaimed books, including How to Make a Bird, winner of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult aw ...

, illustrated by Sally Rippin *''Tensy Farlow and the Home for Mislaid Children'' by

Jen Storer Jen Storer (born 25 April 1961) is an Australian children's author. Many of her works have been short-listed for major Australian awards such as, the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year and ...

*''Harry and Hopper'' by

Margaret Wild Margaret Wild (born 1948) is an Australian children's writer. She has written more than 40 books for children. Her work has been published around the world and has won several awards. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Childre ...

, illustrated by

Freya Blackwood Freya Blackwood (born 1975) is an Australian illustrator and special effects artist. She worked on special effects for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy from 2001 to 2003 and won the Kate Greenaway Medal for British children's book illustration ...

2011 awards

Entries for the 2011 awards opened in January 2011 and an annual timetable was implemented: the shortlist was announced in late May and winners in early July. The awards were restructured to provide greater recognition for shortlisted authors. In each category, the winning book was awarded $80,000; $5,000 was awarded to up to four shortlisted titles. The eligibility criteria were extended to include

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s, and wordless picture books were eligible in the children's fiction category. The panellists from 2010 were returned for 2011.

2011 shortlist and winners

From 379 entries, the 2011 shortlist of 20 titles was announced on 26 May 2011. The winners, listed below in bold type, were announced on 8 July 2011.

2011 fiction

*''

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'' by

Stephen Daisley Stephen Daisley (born 1955) is a New Zealand novelist. Daisley won the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction for his novel ''Traitor'' and the Ockham New Zealand Book Award, 2016, for his second novel ''Coming Rain.'' Biography ...

*''Notorious'' by Roberta Lowing *''

When Colts Ran ''When Colts Ran'' is a 2010 novel by Australian novelist Roger McDonald. Plot summary The "Colts" of the title is the principal character, Kingsley Colts, an orphan being raised by World War I veteran Dunc Buckler and his wife Veronica. The ...

'' by

Roger McDonald Hugh Roger McDonald (born 23 June 1941 in Young, New South Wales) is an Australian award-winning author of several novels and a number of non-fiction works. He is also an accomplished poet and TV scriptwriter. Life and career The middle son of ...

*''Glissando'' by

David Musgrave David Musgrave (born 1965) is an Australian poet, novelist, publisher and critic. He is the founder of and publisher at Puncher & Wattmann, an independent press which publishes Australian poetry and literary fiction. He is also Deputy Chair of ...

*''

That Deadman Dance ''That Deadman Dance'' is the third novel by Western Australian author Kim Scott. It was first published in 2010 by Picador (Australia) and by Bloomsbury in the UK, US and Canada in 2012. It won the 2011 Regional Commonwealth Writers' Prize, t ...

'' by

Kim Scott Kim Scott (born 18 February 1957) is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. He is a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia. Biography Scott was born in Perth in 1957 and is the eldest of four siblings with ...

2011 non-fiction

*''Sydney'' by

Delia Falconer Delia Falconer, born in Sydney in 1966, is an Australian novelist who became famous for her bestselling novel, The Service of Clouds. She has been nominated for multiple literary awards in recognition for her work. Biography Falconer is an o ...

*''How To Make Gravy'' by Paul Kelly *'' The Party'' by

Richard McGregor Richard McGregor (born 1958) is an Australian journalist, writer, and author. He is currently working as a Senior Fellow at the Lowey Insititute based in Sydney, Australia. He previously was based in Japan and also other locations such as Shangh ...

*''The Hard Light of Day'' by

Rod Moss Rod Moss (born April 1948) is an Australian painter and writer. Life Moss was born in Ferntree Gully, April 1948 and completed both primary and secondary schooling in Boronia before gaining Secondary Art Teaching credentials and serving the ...

*''

Claude Lévi-Strauss Claude Lévi-Strauss (, ; 28 November 1908 – 30 October 2009) was a French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthro ...

: The Poet in the Laboratory'' by Patrick Wilcken

2011 young adult fiction

*''Good Oil'' by Laura Buzo *''Graffiti Moon'' by

Cath Crowley Cath Crowley is a young adult fiction author based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been shortlisted and received numerous literary awards including the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction for her novel ''Graffiti Moon'' ...

*''The Three Loves of Persimmon'' by

*''About a Girl'' by

Joanne Horniman Joanne Horniman (born 1951) is an Australian author who has won several awards for her books for children, teenagers and young adults. Her novels often set in country New South Wales, and often deal with such themes as the search for identity, ...

*''The Piper's Son'' by

Melina Marchetta Carmelina Marchetta (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian writer and teacher. Marchetta is best known as the author of teen novels, '' Looking for Alibrandi'', ''Saving Francesca'' and ''On the Jellicoe Road''. She has twice been awarded the CB ...

2011 children's fiction

*''Why I Love Australia'' by

Bronwyn Bancroft Bronwyn Bancroft (born 1958) is an Aboriginal Australian artist, and among the first Australian fashion designers invited to show her work in Paris. Born in Tenterfield, New South Wales, and trained in Canberra and Sydney, Bancroft worked a ...

*''Flyaway'' by

*''Now'' by

Morris Gleitzman Morris Gleitzman (born 9 January 1953) is an English-born Australian author of children's and young adult fiction.Bob Graham Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He is a member of the Dem ...

*''Shake a Leg'' by

Boori Monty Pryor Boori Monty Pryor (born 1950) is an Aboriginal Australian author best known as a storyteller and as the inaugural Australian Children's Laureate (20122013). Early life and family Pryor is descended from the Birri Gubba nation of the Bowen re ...

and

Jan Ormerod Jan Ormerod (23 September 1946 – 23 January 2013), born Janet Louise Hendry, was an Australian illustrator of children's books. She first came to prominence from her wordless picture book ''Sunshine'' which won the 1982 Mother Goose Award. He ...

2012 awards

The

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awards were launched in early December 2011; entries closed on 1 February 2012. A new award for poetry was announced and the Prize for Australian History was incorporated. The winners, listed below in bold type, were announced on 23 July 2012.

2012 panels

The panels for the 2012 awards consist of:

2012 shortlist and winners

From 509 entries, the 2012 shortlist of 25 titles was announced on 20 March 2012.

2012 fiction

*'' All That I Am'' by

Anna Funder Anna Funder (born 1966) is an Australian author. She is the author of '' Stasiland'' and '' All That I Am'' and the novella ''The Girl With the Dogs''. Life Funder went to primary school in Melbourne and Paris; she attended Star of the Sea Col ...

*''

Sarah Thornhill ''Sarah Thornhill'' (2011) is a novel by Australian author Kate Grenville. It is the sequel to the author's 2005 novel '' The Secret River''. It won the 2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian General Fiction Book of the Ye ...

'' by

Kate Grenville Catherine Elizabeth Grenville (born 1950) is an Australian author. She has published fifteen books, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, and books about the writing process. In 2001, she won the Orange Prize for ''The Idea of Perfection ...

*''

Foal's Bread ''Foal's Bread'' is a 2011 novel by Australian author Gillian Mears. It was the winner of the 2012 ALS Gold Medal, the Age Book of the Year for Fiction, the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction, and the Victorian Premier's Literary Award ...

'' by

Gillian Mears Gillian Mears (21 July 1964 – 16 May 2016) was an Australian short story writer and novelist. Her books ''Ride a Cock Horse'' and ''The Grass Sister'' won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, in 1989 and 1996, respectively. ''The Mint Law ...

*''

Autumn Laing ''Autumn Laing'' is a 2011 novel by the Australian author Alex Miller. Awards and nominations * Winner, Melbourne Prize for Literature 2012 * Shortlisted, 2012 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction * Shortlisted, 2011 Manning Clark House N ...

'' by

*''Forecast: Turbulence'' by

Janette Turner Hospital Janette Turner Hospital (née Turner) (born 1942) is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer who has lived most of her adult life in Canada or the United States, principally Boston (Massachusetts), Kingston (Ontario) and Columbia (South ...

2012 poetry

*''Ashes in the Air'' by Ali Alizadeh *''Interferon Psalms'' by

Luke Davies Luke Davies (born 1962) is an Australian writer of poetry, novels and screenplays. His best known works are '' Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction'' (which was adapted for the screen in 2006) and the screenplay for the film ''Lion'', which ea ...

*''Armour'' by John Kinsella *''Southern Barbarians'' by

John Mateer John Mateer (born 1971) is a South African-born Australian poet and author. Early life and education He was born in Roodepoort, South Africa in 1971, and grew up on the outskirts of Johannesburg. He spent some of his childhood in Canada, befo ...

*''New and Selected Poems'' by

Gig Ryan Gig Ryan, born Elizabeth Anne Martina Ryan November 5, 1956, is an Australian poet. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Ryan was born in Leicester, England in 1956. Her father is the Australian surgeon Peter Jo ...

2012 non-fiction

*''A Short History of Christianity'' by

Geoffrey Blainey Geoffrey Norman Blainey (born 11 March 1930) is an Australian historian, academic, best selling author and commentator. He is noted for having written authoritative texts on the economic and social history of Australia, including '' The Tyranny ...

*'' Michael Kirby Paradoxes and Principles'' by Alexander Jonathan (A. J.) Brown *''Kinglake-350'' by

Adrian Hyland Adrian Hyland is an Australian writer of non-fiction and crime fiction. Life Hyland lived for many years in outback communities of Australia after graduating from Melbourne University in literature, classics and Chinese language. Family cir ...

*''When Horse Became Saw'' by

Anthony Macris Anthony Macris (born 29 June 1962) is an Australian novelist, critic and academic. He has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards, the ''Age'' Book of the Year, and been named a '' Sydney Morning Herald'' Best Young Australian N ...

*''An Eye for Eternity: The Life of

Manning Clark Charles Manning Hope Clark, (3 March 1915 – 23 May 1991) was an Australian historian and the author of the best-known general history of Australia, his six-volume ''A History of Australia'', published between 1962 and 1987. He has been descri ...

'' by

Mark McKenna Mark McKenna (born 5 May 1996) is an Irish actor, musician, and singer. He is mostly known for having starred in the film ''Sing Street'' and the YouTube Premium/Amazon Prime series'' Wayne''. Career McKenna made his film debut in 2016 in ''Si ...

2012 Prize for Australian History

*''1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia'' by James Boyce *''The Biggest Estate on Earth'' by

Bill Gammage William Leonard Gammage (born 1942) is an Australian academic historian, adjunct professor and senior research fellow at the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University (ANU). Gammage was born in Orange, New South Wales, w ...

*''Breaking the Sheep's Back'' by Charles Massy *''Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal people and the Australian Nation'' by Russell McGregor *''Immigration Nation: The Secret History of Us'' by Renegade Films Australia

2012 young adult fiction

*''A Straight Line to My Heart'' by Bill Condon *''Being Here'' by

Barry Jonsberg Barry Jonsberg (born 1951) is an Australian author and teacher who was born in Liverpool. He earned two degrees in English and Psychology from Liverpool University and was a college lecturer in Crewe, Cheshire before moving to Australia in 1999 ...

*''Pan's Whisper'' by Sue Lawson *''When We Were Two'' by Robert Newton *''Alaska'' by Sue Saliba

2012 children's fiction

*''Evangeline, The Wish Keeper's Helper'' by

Maggie Alderson Maggie Alderson (born 1959) is a London-born Australian author, magazine editor and fashion journalist. She is the former editor of ''ES'', the ''Evening Standard'' magazine (British Society of Magazine Editors, Editor of the Year, Colour Suppleme ...

*''The Jewel Fish of Karnak'' by

Graeme Base Graeme Rowland Base (born 6 April 1958) is a British-Australian author and artist of picture books. He is perhaps best known for his second book, '' Animalia'' published in 1986, and third book '' The Eleventh Hour'' which was released in 1989. ...

*''Father's Day'' by

Anne Brooksbank Anne Mary Brooksbank (born 1943) is an Australian writer. She has written a number of novels as well as scripts for film and TV. She teaches screenwriting at The Australian Film Television and Radio School. Personal life She was born in Melbour ...

*''Come Down, Cat!'', written by

Sonya Hartnett Sonya Louise Hartnett (born 1968) is an Australian author of fiction for adults, young adults, and children. She has been called "the finest Australian writer of her generation". For her career contribution to "children's and young adult litera ...

and illustrated by Lucia Masciullo *''Goodnight, Mice!'', written by

Frances Watts Frances Watts is the pen-name of Ali Lavau, a Switzerland, Swiss born Australian author, who moved to Sydney, Australia when she was three years old. She has studied English literature at Macquarie University, going on to teach Australian Lit ...

and illustrated by Judy Watson

2013 awards

The

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awards were launched in late 2012; entries closed on 17 January 2013.

2013 panels

The panels for the 2013 awards consist of:

2013 shortlist and winners

The 2013 shortlist of 29 titles was announced on 17 June 2013. The winners, listed below in bold type, were announced on 15 August 2013 at the

State Library of Queensland The State Library of Queensland is the main reference and research library provided to the people of the State of Queensland, Australia, by the state government. Its legislative basis is provided by the Queensland Libraries Act 1988. It contain ...

2013 fiction

*''Floundering'' by Romy Ash *''

The Chemistry of Tears ''The Chemistry of Tears'' is a 2012 novel by Australian author Peter Carey. Plot summary Catherine Gehrig is a middle-aged horologist working in "the Georgian halls" of the Swinburne Museum, London SW1. For the last 13 years she has been in ...

'' by Peter Carey *''

Questions of Travel ''Questions of Travel'' is a 2012 novel by Australian author Michelle de Kretser. It won the 2013 Miles Franklin Award and the 2013 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Fiction. Description The novel concerns two main characters: Laura—an Aus ...

'' by

Michelle de Kretser Michelle de Kretser (born 1957) is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), and moved to Australia in 1972 when she was 14. Education and literary career De Kretser was educated at Methodist College, Colombo, and in Melbo ...

*''Lost Voices'' by

Christopher Koch Christopher John Koch AO (16 July 1932 – 23 September 2013) was an Australian novelist, known for his 1978 novel '' The Year of Living Dangerously'', which was adapted into an award-winning film. He twice won the Miles Franklin Award (for ' ...

*''

Mateship with Birds ''Mateship with Birds '' is a 2012 novel by Australian novelist Carrie Tiffany which won the inaugural 2013 Stella Prize. Notes * Dedication: For Peter Reviews * ''The Guardian'' * ''The Monthly'' Awards and nominations * 2013 inaugural wi ...

'' by

Carrie Tiffany Carrie Tiffany (born 1965) is an English-born Australian novelist and former park ranger. Biography Tiffany was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and migrated to Australia with her family in the early 1970s. She grew up in Perth, Western Australia ...

2013 poetry

*''Burning Rice'' by

Eileen Chong Eileen Chong (born 1980) is an Australian contemporary poet. Early life and education Chong was born in 1980, in Singapore of Hakka, Hokkien, and Peranakan descent. She grew up speaking English, Mandarin and Hokkien. Chong studied English ...

*''The Sunlit Zone'' by Lisa Jacobson *''Jam Tree Gully: Poems'' by John Kinsella *''Liquid Nitrogen'' by

Jennifer Maiden Jennifer Maiden (born 1949) is an Australian poet. She was born in Penrith, New South Wales, and has had 36 books published: 28 poetry collections, 6 novels and 2 nonfiction works. Her current publishers are Quemar Press in Australia and Blooda ...

*''Crimson Crop'' by Peter Rose

2013 non-fiction

*''

Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has b ...

's War'' by

*''Uncommon Soldier'' by

Chris Masters Christopher Todd Mordetzky (born January 8, 1983) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) under the ring name Chris Adonis as a member of Strictly Business. He is a former two-time National ...

*''Plein Airs and Graces'' by Adrian Mitchell *''The Australian Moment'' by

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 ...

*''Bold Palates'' by Barbara Santich

2013 Prize for Australian History

*''The Sex Lives of Australians: A History'' by

Frank Bongiorno Francis Robert Bongiorno, (born 1969) is an Australian historian, academic and author. He is a professor of history at the Australian National University, and was head of the university's history department from 2018 to 2020. Bongiorno is the P ...

*''Sandakan'' by

*''

'' by

*''Farewell, dear people'' by

Ross McMullin Ross McMullin (born 1952) is an Australian historian who has written a number of books on political and social history, as well as several biographies. McMullin was educated at the University of Melbourne, where he wrote his Master of Arts thes ...

*''The Censor's Library'' by Nicole Moore

2013 young adult fiction

*''Everything Left Unsaid'' by Jessica Davidson *''The Children of the King'' by

*''Grace Beside Me'' by Sue McPherson *''Fog a Dox'' by

Bruce Pascoe Bruce Pascoe (born 1947) is an Aboriginal Australian writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children's literature. As well as his own name, Pascoe has written under the pen names Murray Gray and Leopold Glass. Since August 2 ...

*''Friday Brown'' by Vikki Wakefield

2013 children's fiction

*''Red'' by

Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson AM (born 1950) is an Australian children's author. Born in Young, New South Wales, she is one of six children, the sister of former ABC TV Washington Correspondent Michael Gleeson, and the mother of ''Home and Away'' actress J ...

*''Today We Have No Plans'' by

Jane Godwin Jane Godwin (born 1964 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian author, and is a publisher at Penguin Books Australia for children and young adult books. Godwin has sole-authored fifteen books which have been published internationally, and she ...

and illustrated by Anna Walker *''What's the Matter, Aunty May?'' by Peter Friend and illustrated by Andrew Joyner *''The Beginner's Guide to Revenge'' by Marianne Musgrove

2014 awards

The

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awards were launched in December 2013; entries closed on 28 February 2014. The winners, listed below in bold type, were announced on 8 December 2014.

2014 panels

The panels for the 2014 awards consist of:

2014 shortlist and winners

The 2014 shortlist of 30 titles was announced on 19 October 2014.

2014 fiction

*''

A World of Other People ''A World of Other People'' (2013) is a novel by Australian author Steven Carroll. It was the joint winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Plot summary The novel uses T. S. Eliot's poem "Little Gidding" from ''Four Quartets'' as ...

'' by

Steven Carroll Steven Carroll (born 1949) is an Australian novelist. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria and studied at La Trobe University. He has taught English at secondary school level, and drama at RMIT. He has been Drama Critic for '' The Sunday Age'' new ...

(joint winner) *''

The Narrow Road to the Deep North ''Oku no Hosomichi'' (, originally ), translated as ''The Narrow Road to the Deep North'' and ''The Narrow Road to the Interior'', is a major work of '' haibun'' by the Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō, considered one of the major texts of Japanese l ...

'' by

(joint winner) *''The Night Guest'' by

Fiona McFarlane Fiona McFarlane (born 1978) is an Australian author, best known for her book ''The Night Guest'' and her collection of short stories ''The High Places''. She is a recipient of the Voss Literary Prize, the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing a ...

*'' Coal Creek'' by

*''Belomor'' by

Nicolas Rothwell Nicolas Rothwell is a journalist and the Northern Australia correspondent for ''The Australian'' newspaper. He is also an award-winning writer with several works of non-fiction to his name. Background Rothwell is the child of Czech and Australi ...

2014 poetry

*''Tempo'' by

Sarah Day Sarah Day (born 1958) is an English-born Australian poet and teacher. She was also the poetry editor of ''Island Magazine'' for several years. Biography Sarah E Day was born in Lancashire, England, in 1958 and grew up in Hobart, Tasmania. A ...

*''Eldershaw'' by

Stephen Edgar Stephen Edgar (born 1951) is an Australian poet, editor and indexer. Background and education Edgar was born in Sydney, where he attended Sydney Technical High School. After time spent living in London, he later returned to Australia, going ...

*''1953'' by

Geoff Page Geoffrey Donald Page (born 7 July 1940) is an Australian poet, translator, teacher and jazz enthusiast. He has published 22 collections of poetry, as well as prose and verse novels. Poetry and jazz are his driving interests, and he has also wr ...

*''Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call'' by

Melinda Smith Melinda Smith (born 1971) is an Australian poet. Smith won the poetry section of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards in 2014 for her collection ''Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call''. The award citation said, "From its range of techn ...

*''Chains of Snow'' by

Jakob Ziguras Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Aw ...

2014 non-fiction

*''Moving Among Strangers'' by

Gabrielle Carey Gabrielle Carey (born 10 January 1959) is an Australian writer noted for the teen novel, ''Puberty Blues'', which she co-wrote with Kathy Lette. This novel was the first teenage novel published in Australia that was written by teenagers. Carey h ...

(joint winner) *''The Lucky Culture'' by

Nick Cater Nicholas Charles Cater is a British-born Australian journalist and author who writes on culture and politics. He is a columnist for ''The Australian'' newspaper. Early life and education Cater was born in Billericay, Essex, and grew up in Hythe ...

*''Citizen Emperor'' by Philip Dwyer *''Rendezvous with Destiny'' by

Michael Fullilove Michael Fullilove , a public and international policy academic, is the Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, an international policy think tank located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Fullilove is the author ...

*''Madeleine: A Life of

Madeleine St John Madeleine St John (12 November 194118 June 2006) was an Australian writer, the first Australian woman to be shortlisted Beresford, Bruce (2009) "In memory of a friendship", ''The Canberra Times'', 28 March 2009, Panorama, p. 9 for the Booker Priz ...

'' by

Helen Trinca Helen Trinca is an Australian journalist and author. She has been managing editor and as is associate editor at ''The Australian''. Background Trinca was born in Perth and graduated from the city's University of Western Australia with a BA in ...

(joint winner)

2014 Prize for Australian History

*''Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War'' by

Joan Beaumont Joan Errington Beaumont, (born 25 October 1948) is an Australian historian and academic, who specialises in foreign policy and the Australian experience of war. She is professor emerita in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Austral ...

(joint winner) *''First Victory 1914'' by

Mike Carlton Michael James Carlton, (born 31 January 1946) is an Australian former media commentator, radio host, television journalist, author and newspaper columnist. He formerly co-hosted the daily breakfast program on Sydney radio station 2UE with Peter ...

*''Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II'' by

Hal G.P. Colebatch Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (7 October 1945 – 10 September 2019) was a West Australian author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor, and lawyer. Biography Colebatch was the son and biographer of Australian politician Sir Hal Colebatch (18 ...

(joint winner) *''

Arthur Phillip Admiral Arthur Phillip (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales. Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 unti ...

: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy'' by Michael Pembroke *''The Forgotten Rebels of

Eureka Eureka (often abbreviated as E!, or Σ!) is an intergovernmental organisation for research and development funding and coordination. Eureka is an open platform for international cooperation in innovation. Organisations and companies applying th ...

'' by

Clare Wright Clare Alice Wright, (born 14 May 1969) is an American Australian historian, author and broadcaster. She is a professor of history at La Trobe University, and was the winner of the 2014 Stella Prize. Wright has worked as a political speechwri ...

2014 young adult fiction

*''The Incredible Here and Now'' by

Felicity Castagna Felicity Castagna is an Award winning Australian writer. She won the young adult fiction prize at the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Awards for her book, ''The Incredible Here and Now''. She won the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards for her ...

*''Pureheart'' by

*''Girl Defective'' by Simmone Howell *''Life in Outer Space'' by Melissa Keil *''The First Third'' by

Will Kostakis William Kostakis (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian author and journalist. In high school, he won the '' Sydney Morning Herald'' Young Writer of the Year prize for a short story called 'Bing Me'. He went on to sign his first book deal in his fi ...

2014 children's fiction

*''Silver Buttons'' by

Bob Graham Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham (born November 9, 1936) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He is a member of the Dem ...

*''Song for a Scarlet Runner'' by Julie Hunt *''My Life as an Alphabet'' by

*''Kissed by the Moon'' by

*''Rules of Summer'' by

Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated inc ...

2015 awards

The

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awards were launched in December 2014; entries closed on 28 February 2015.

2015 panels

The panels for the 2015 awards consist of:

2015 shortlist and winners

The 2015 shortlist of 30 titles was announced on 23 November 2015. The winners were announced in Sydney on 14 December 2015.

2015 fiction

* ''

Amnesia Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused temporarily by the use ...

'' by Peter Carey * ''

In Certain Circles In Certain Circles is an Australian novel by Elizabeth Harrower. Though the novel was written sometime in the late 1960s and early 1970s, it was not published until 2014 when it became her first novel published in 48 years. It helped to spur a r ...

'' by Elizabeth Harrower * '' Golden Boys'' by

* ''

The Golden Age Golden Age refers to a mythological period of primeval human existence perceived as an ideal state when human beings were pure and free from suffering. Golden Age may also refer to: * Golden age (metaphor), the classical term used as a metaphor ...

'' by Joan London * ''To Name Those Lost'' by

Rohan Wilson Rohan Wilson is an Australian novelist who was born and raised in Launceston, Tasmania, where he currently lives. He holds degrees and diplomas from the universities of Tasmania, Southern Queensland and Melbourne. In 2003 he travelled to Jap ...

2015 poetry

* ''Devadatta's Poems'' by

Judith Beveridge Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. S ...

* ''Earth Hour'' by

* ''Exhibits of the Sun'' by

* ''Poems 1957–2013'' by

Geoffrey Lehmann Geoffrey Lehmann (born 28 June 1940) is an Australian poet, children's writer, and tax lawyer. Lehmann grew up in McMahon's Point, Sydney, and attended the Shore School in North Sydney. He graduated in arts and law from the University of Sy ...

* ''Towards the Equator: New & Selected Poems'' by Alex Skovron

2015 non-fiction

* ''Encountering the Pacific: In the Age of Enlightenment'' by John Gascoigne * ''John Olsen: An Artist's Life'' by Darleen Bungey * ''Private Bill'' by

Barrie Cassidy Barrie Cassidy (born 4 March 1950) is an Australian political journalist, as well as a radio and television host and presenter and commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the long-running host of the Sunday morning pol ...

* '' This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial'' by

Helen Garner Helen Garner (née Ford, born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's first novel, '' Monkey Grip'', published in 1977, immediately established her as an original voice on the Aust ...

* ''Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall'' by

Michael Wilding Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding (23 July 1912 – 8 July 1979) was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, ''Under Caprico ...

2015 Prize for Australian History

* ''

Charles Bean Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (18 November 1879 – 30 August 1968), usually identified as C. E. W. Bean, was Australia's official war correspondent, subsequently its official war historian, who wrote six volumes and edited the remaining six of ...

'' by Ross Coulthart * ''Descent into Hell'' by Peter Brune * ''Menzies at War'' by Anne Henderson * ''The Europeans in Australia – Volume Three: Nation'' by Alan Atkinson * ''The Spy Catchers – The Official History of ASIO Vol 1'' by

David Horner David Murray Horner, (born 12 March 1948) is an Australian military historian and academic. Early life and military career Horner was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 12 March 1948. He was raised in a military household—his father, Mu ...

2015 young adult fiction

* ''Are You Seeing Me?'' by Darren Groth * ''The Astrologer's Daughter'' by Rebecca Lim * ''The Minnow'' by Diana Sweeney * ''The Protected'' by

Claire Zorn Claire Zorn (born in Penrith, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of young adult fiction. She was awarded the CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 2015 and 2017. Personal life Zorn grew up in the Blue Mountains and a ...

* ''Tigers on the Beach'' by Doug MacLeod

2015 children's fiction

* ''My Dad is a Bear'' by Nicola Connelly and illustrated by Annie White * ''My Two Blankets'' by Irena Kobald and illustrated by

* ''One Minute's Silence'' by

and illustrated by Michael Camilleri * ''Two Wolves'' by

Tristan Bancks Tristan Bancks (21 December 1974) is an Australian children's and teen's author, with a background in filmmaking and acting. As an actor, he is known for his role as Tug O'Neale on ''Home and Away'' between 1992-1994. Biography Bancks trained ...

* ''Withering-by-Sea'' by Judith Rossell

2016 awards

2016 shortlist and winners

The 2016 shortlist of 30 titles was announced on 17 October 2016. The winners were announced on 9 November 2015.

2016 fiction

*''Forever Young'' by

*''The Life of Houses'' by

Lisa Gorton Lisa Gorton (born 1972) is an Australian poet, novelist, literary editor and essayist. She is the author of three award-winning poetry collections: ''Press Release'', ''Hotel Hyperion'' '','' and ''Empirical''. Her novel ''The Life of Houses,'' ...

*''

The World Repair Video Game ''The World Repair Video Game'' (2015) is a novel by Australian author David Ireland. The novel was serialised in five parts then published as a limited edition hardback by Island magazine and was shortlisted in the Fiction Category of the 201 ...

'' by David Ireland *''Quicksand'' by

Steve Toltz Steve Toltz (born 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian novelist. Works ''A Fraction of the Whole'', his first novel, was released in 2008 to widespread critical acclaim. It is a comic novel which tells the history of a family of Australian outcasts ...

*''

The Natural Way of Things ''The Natural Way of Things'' (2015) is a novel by Australian writer Charlotte Wood. It won the Stella Prize, for writing by Australian women, in 2016. Plot summary Ten young women are held prisoner somewhere in the Australian bush by two male ...

'' by

Charlotte Wood Charlotte Wood (born 1965) is an Australian novelist. ''The Australian'' newspaper described Wood as "one of our ustralia'smost original and provocative writers". Biography Wood was born in Cooma, New South Wales. She is the author of six ...

2016 poetry

*''Net Needle'' by Robert Adamson *''Cocky's Joy'' by Michael Farrell *''The Hazards'' by

Sarah Holland-Batt Sarah Holland-Batt is a contemporary Australian poet, critic, and academic. Early life and education Born in Southport, Queensland, Sarah Holland-Batt grew up in Australia and Denver, Colorado. She was educated at the University of Queensland ...

*''Waiting for the Past'' by Les Murray *''The Ladder'' by

Simon West Simon Alexander West (born 1961) is an English film director and producer. He has primarily worked in the action genre, most notably as the director of the films '' Con Air'', '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'', '' The Mechanic'', and '' The Expend ...

2016 Prize for Australian History

*''The Story of Australia's People. The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia'' by

*''Let My People Go: The untold story of Australia and the Soviet Jews 1959–89'' by

Sam Lipski Samuel Lipski (born 1938) is an Australian journalist. He has been editor-in-chief of the ''Australian Jewish News'' and has worked as a reporter and columnist for '' The Age'', '' The Australian'', ''The Bulletin'' and '' The Sydney Morning H ...

and Suzanne D Rutland *''Red Professor: The Cold War Life of Fred Rose'' by

Peter Monteath Peter David Monteath (born 1961) is an Australian historian and academic. He is a professor in Modern European History at Flinders University in South Australia. Monteath's research interests are in modern European and Australian history. He ha ...

and Valerie Munt *''

Ned Kelly Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout wi ...

: A Lawless Life'' by Doug Morrissey *''The War with Germany: Volume III – The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War'' by Robert Stevenson

2016 non-fiction

*''

Tom Roberts Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe ...

and the Art of Portraiture'' by Julie Cotter *''On Stalin's Team: The Years of Living Dangerously in Soviet Politics'' by

Sheila Fitzpatrick Sheila May Fitzpatrick (born June 4, 1941) is an Australian historian, whose main subjects are history of the Soviet Union and history of modern Russia, especially the Stalin era and the Great Purges, of which she proposes a "history from below" ...

*''

Thea Astley Thea Beatrice May Astley (25 August 1925 – 17 August 2004) was an Australian novelist and short story writer. She was a prolific writer who was published for over 40 years from 1958. At the time of her death, she had won more Miles Frankli ...

: Inventing her own Weather'' by Karen Lamb'' *''Second Half First'' by

Drusilla Modjeska Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946) is a contemporary Australian writer and editor. Life Modjeska was born in London and was raised in Hampshire. She spent several years in Papua New Guinea (where she was briefly a student at the University of Pa ...

*''Island Home'' by

Tim Winton Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Mile ...

2016 children's fiction

*''Adelaide's Secret World'' by Elise Hurst *''Sister Heart'' by Sally Morgan *''Perfect'' by Danny Parker and

*''The Greatest Gatsby: A visual book of grammar'' by

Tohby Riddle Tohby Riddle is an Australian artist and writer/illustrator of picture books and illustrated books that have been published in many countries, and translated into many languages, around the world. His work has been translated by Haruki Murakami a ...

*''Mr Huff'' by Anna Walker

2016 young adult fiction

*''Becoming Kirrali Lewis'' by Jane Harrison *''Illuminae: The Illuminae Files_01'' by

Amie Kaufman Amie Kaufman is a ''New York Times'' bestselling and internationally bestselling Australian author of science fiction and fantasy for young adults. She is known for the ''Starbound Trilogy'' and ''Unearthed'', which she co-authored with Meaga ...

and

Jay Kristoff Jay Kristoff (born 11 November 1973) is an Australian author of fantasy and science fiction. He writes both for adult readers and young adults. He lives in Melbourne. Biography Kristoff was born in Perth, Australia in 1973. As a child, Kristo ...

*''A Single Stone'' by Meg McKinlay *''In Between Days'' by

Vikki Wakefield Vikki Wakefield (born 1970) is an Australian author who writes young adult fiction. Career After a career working in banking, journalism and graphic design, Wakefield studied at TAFE and began writing. Her first book, ''All I Ever Wanted'', ...

*''Green Valentine'' by

Lili Wilkinson Lili Wilkinson (born 7 April 1981) is an Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and manageinsideadog.com.au a website for teenagers about books, as part of her role at the Centre For Youth Literature ...

2017 awards

2017 shortlist and winners

The

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

shortlist of 30 titles from more than 450 entries was announced on 17 November 2017. The winners were announced on 1 December.

2017 panels

The panels for the 2017 awards consist of:Judging panels
(content changes every year)

2017 fiction

*''The Easy Way Out'' by

Steven Amsterdam Steven Amsterdam (born in New York City on January 31, 1966) is an American writer. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, where he also works as a palliative care nurse. Biography Steven Amsterdam was born and raised in New York City. He attended Bro ...

*''The Last Days of Ava Langdon'' by Mark O'Flynn *''Their Brilliant Careers'' by Ryan O'Neill *''Waiting'' by

Philip Salom Philip Salom (born 8 August 1950) is an Australian poet and novelist, whose poetry books have drawn widespread acclaim. His 14 collections of poetry and four novels are noted for their originality and expansiveness and surprising differences fr ...

*''Extinctions'' by Josephine Wilson

2017 poetry

*''Painting Red Orchids'' by

*''Year of the Wasp'' by

Joel Deane Joel Deane (born 1969) is an Australian poet, novelist, and speechwriter. Bibliography Non-fiction * ''Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power'' (UQP, 2015) Fiction * ''Another'' (IP, 2004) * ''The Norseman's Song'' (Hunter, 2010) Poetry * ...

*''Content'' by Liam Ferney *''Fragments'' by

Antigone Kefala Antigone Kefala (28 May 1931 – 3 December 2022) was an Australian poet and prose-writer of Greek-Romanian heritage. She was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council and is acknowledged as being an important voice in capturing ...

*''Headwaters'' by Anthony Lawrence

2017 non-fiction

*''Mick: A Life of

Randolph Stow Julian Randolph Stow (28 November 1935 – 29 May 2010) was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet. Early life Born in Geraldton, Western Australia, Randolph Stow was the son of Mary Campbell Stow née Sewell and Cedric Ernest Stow, a ...

'' by

Suzanne Falkiner Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952) is an Australian writer. Biography Born in Sydney, Falkiner grew up in western New South Wales. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales and later completed postgraduate cour ...

*''The Art of Time Travel: Historians and their Craft'' by Tom Griffiths *''Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of

Alan Moorehead Alan McCrae Moorehead, (22 July 1910 – 29 September 1983) was a war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, ''The White Nile'' (1960) and ''The Blue Nile'' (196 ...

'' by Thornton McCamish *''Quicksilver'' by

*''The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art'' by

Sebastian Smee Sebastian Smee is an Australian-born Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for the ''Washington Post''. Education and career Educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, Smee graduated from the University of Sydney with an Honours degree in fine arts ...

2017 Prize for Australian History

*''A passion for exploring new countries

Matthew Flinders Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first littoral zone, inshore circumnavigate, circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland ...

and

George Bass George Bass (; 30 January 1771 – after 5 February 1803) was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. Early years Bass was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, Georg ...

'' by Josephine Bastian *''Valian for Truth: The Life of

Chester Wilmot Reginald William Winchester Wilmot (21 June 1911 – 10 January 1954) was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the ABC during the Second World War. After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter, and wro ...

, War Correspondent'' by Neil McDonald *'' Evatt: A Life'' by John Murphy *''Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story'' by Elizabeth Tynan *''A Handful of Sand: The

Gurindji Gurindji may refer to: * Gurindji, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia *Gurindji people, an Australian Aboriginal people **Gurindji language, the language of the Gurindji people **Gurindji Kriol language, the main language now spoken by Guri ...

Struggle, After the Walk-off'' by Charlie Ward

2017 young adult fiction

*''Words in Deep Blue'' by

*''The Bone Sparrow'' by

Zana Fraillon Zana Fraillon (born 1981) is an Australian writer of fiction for children and young adults based in Melbourne, Australia. Fraillon is known for allowing young readers to examine human rights abuses within fiction and in 2017 she won an Amnesty C ...

*''The Stars at Oktober Bend'' by

Glenda Millard Glenda Millard is an Australian writer of children's literature and young adult fiction. Biography Millard was born in Victoria, Australia. Her first work was published in 1999 by Margaret Hamilton Books, entitled ''Unplugged!''. In 2003 she ...

*''Forgetting Foster'' by Dianne Touchell *''One Would Think Deep'' by

2017 children's fiction

*''Home in the Rain'' by

(joint winners) *''Blue Sky, Yellow Kite'' by Janet A. Holmes, illustrator: Jonathan Bentley *''My Brother'' by Dee Huxley, illustrator: Oliver Huxley *''Figgy and the President'' by

Tamsin Janu Tamsin may refer to: * Tamsin, short form of Thomasina Persons * Tamsin (given name) * Tamsin Agnes Margaret Olivier, English actress; daughter of actors Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright * Tamsin Blanchard, British fashion journalist * Tamsin C ...

*''Dragonfly Song'' by

Wendy Orr Wendy Orr is a Canadian-born Australian writer born in Edmonton, Alberta. She is probably best known as the author of ''Nim's Island'', which was made into a film in 2008 starring Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler Gerard Ja ...

(joint winners)

2018 awards

2018 shortlist and winners

The

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

shortlist of 30 titles from more than 500 entries was announced on 17 October 2018. The winners were announced on 5 December 2018.

2018 panels

The panels for the 2018 awards consist of:

2018 fiction

*''A Long Way from Home'' by Peter Carey *''Border Districts'' by

Gerald Murnane Gerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel ''The Plains'' (1982). ''The New York Times'', in a big feature published on 27 March 2018, called him "the greatest living English-language writer ...

*''First Person'' by

*''Taboo'' by

*''

The Life to Come "The Life to Come" is a short story by English writer E. M. Forster, written in 1922 and published posthumously in '' The Life to Come (and Other Stories)'' in 1972. It was written into four chapters: Night, Evening, Day and Morning. In 2017, ...

'' by

2018 poetry

*''Archipelago'' by

Adam Aitken Adam Aitken is an Australian poet. Early life Australian writer Adam Aitken was born in London in 1960. He spent his early childhood with relatives in Thailand, and was educated at a convent in Malaysia, then a school in Perth Western Australi ...

*''Blindness and Rage: A Phantasmagoria'' by

Brian Castro Brian Albert Castro (born 16 January 1950) is an Australian novelist and essayist. Biography Castro was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Australia since 1961. He was Chair of Creative Writing (2008-2019) at the University of Adelaide and Di ...

*''Chatelaine'' by Bonny Cassidy *''Domestic Interior'' by

Fiona Wright Fiona Wright (born 1983) is an Australian poet and critic. Life and career Fiona Wright grew up in Menai, New South Wales. Wright has completed residencies including an Island of Residencies placement at the Tasmanian Writers' Centre in 2007. S ...

*''Transparencies'' by

2018 non-fiction

*''Asia's Reckoning'' by

*''Mischka's War: A European Odyssey of the 1940s'' by

*''No Front Line: Australia's Special Forces at War in Afghanistan'' by

*''The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders'' by Stuart Kells *''Unbreakable'' by

Jelena Dokic Jelena Dokic ( sr, Јелена Докић, Jelena Dokić; ; born 12 April 1983) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator, writer, and former professional tennis player. Her highest ranking as a tennis player was world No. 4, in August 2002. ...

and Jessica Halloran

2018 Prize for Australian History

*''Beautiful Balts: From Displaced Persons to New Australians'' by Jayne Persian *''Hidden in Plain View: The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney'' by Paul Irish *''Indigenous and Other Australians Since 1901'' by Timothy Rowse *''

John Curtin John Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Australia from 1941 until his death in 1945. He led the country for the majority of World War II, including all but the last few ...

's War: The coming of war in the Pacific, and reinventing Australia, volume 1'' by John Edwards *''The Enigmatic Mr Deakin'' by

Judith Brett Judith Brett (born 1949, Melbourne) is an Emeritus Professor of politics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. She retired from La Trobe in 2012, after a restructuring of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in which the School of ...

2018 young adult fiction

*''Living on Hope Street'' by Demet Divaroren *''My Lovely Frankie'' by

*''Ruben'' by Bruce Whatley *''The Ones that Disappeared'' by Zana Fraillon *''This Is My Song'' by Richard Yaxley

2018 children's fiction

*''Feathers'' by

Phil Cummings Phil Cummings is a South Australian children's fiction author. Born in Port Broughton, his first book, "Goodness Gracious", was published in 1989.Heuzenroeder, Catherine (1 July 2012).Children's author draws from book of life. ABC RiverRetrieved ...

and Phil Lesnie *''Figgy Takes the City'' by Tamsin Janu *''Hark, It's Me, Ruby Lee!'' by Lisa Shanahan and Binny Talib *''Pea Pod Lullaby'' by

and Stephen Michael King *''Storm Whale'' by Sarah Brennan and

Jane Tanner Barbara Jane Tanner, known as Jane Tanner, (born 29 November 1946 in Melbourne) is an Australian children's book illustrator. Majoring in painting and printmaking at the National Gallery School, Melbourne, she worked as a traditional artist for ...

2019 awards

2019 shortlist and winners

The

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

shortlist of 30 titles from more than 500 entries was announced on 12 September 2019. On 23 October the winners were announced at a ceremony in Canberra.

2019 fiction

*''A Stolen Season'' by Rodney Hall *''Beautiful Revolutionary'' by Laura Elizabeth Woollett *''Saudade'' by Suneeta Peres da Costa *''

The Death of Noah Glass ''The Death of Noah Glass'' (2018) is a novel by Australian author Gail Jones (writer), Gail Jones. Plot summary ''The Death of Noah Glass'' concerns three main characters: the eponymous Noah Glass and his children Evie and Martin. Noah has bee ...

'' by Gail Jones *''

Too Much Lip ''Too Much Lip'' (2018) is a novel by Australian author Melissa Lucashenko. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and the Stella Award. It was the winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. Pl ...

'' by

Melissa Lucashenko Melissa Lucashenko is an Indigenous Australian writer of adult literary fiction and literary non-fiction, who has also written novels for teenagers. In 2013 at The Walkley Awards, she won the "Feature Writing Long (over 4000 words) Award" for ...

2019 poetry

*''Blakwork'' by

Alison Whittaker Alison Whittaker is a Gomeroi writer and a senior researcher at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. A review in ''World Literature Today'' called her "Australia's most important recently emerged poet". Early life and education Whitta ...

*''Click Here For What We Do'' by

Pam Brown Pamela Jane Barclay Brown (born 1948) is an Australian poet. Career Pam Brown was born in Seymour, Victoria. Most of her childhood was spent on military bases in Toowoomba and Brisbane. Since her early twenties, she has lived in Melbourne a ...

*''Newcastle Sonnets'' by Keri Glastonbury *''Sun Music: New and Selected Poems'' by

*''Viva the Real'' by

Jill Jones Jill Jones (born July 11, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress, who performed as a backing vocalist for Teena Marie and Prince in the 1980s. Overview Jones was born in Lebanon, Ohio on July 11, 1962. Her mother, a fashion model, ...

2019 non-fiction

*''A Certain Light: A Memoir of Family, Loss and Hope'' by

Cynthia Banham Cynthia Banham (born July 1972) is an Australian journalist and academic in the fields of political science and international law. Initially working as a lawyer, Banham switched to journalism in 1999, and became foreign affairs and defence corresp ...

*''Axiomatic'' by

Maria Tumarkin Maria Tumarkin is an Australian cultural historian, essayist and novelist, and is Senior Lecturer in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne, teaching creative writing. Biography Tumarkin was born and raised in K ...

*''Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955–1964'' by Paul Genoni and Tanya Dalziell *''Rusted Off: Why Country Australia Is Fed Up'' by Gabrielle Chan *''The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire'' by

2019 Prize for Australian History

*''Dancing in Shadows: Histories of Nyungar Performance'' by

Anna Haebich Anna Elizabeth Haebich, ( ; born 18 December 1949) is an Australian writer, historian and academic. Career Haebich is a John Curtin Distinguished Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. She was ...

*''Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia'' by Billy Griffiths *''The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History'' by Meredith Lake *''The Land of Dreams: How Australians Won Their Freedom, 1788–1860'' by David Kemp *''You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World'' by

2019 young adult fiction

*''Between Us'' by Clare Atkins *''Cicada'' by

*''Lenny's Book of Everything'' by

Karen Foxlee Karen Foxlee (born 1971) is an Australian novelist. Life and career After training and working as a nurse for most of her adult life, she graduated from the University of the Sunshine Coast with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2005, in creative w ...

*''The Art of Taxidermy'' by Sharon Kernot *''The Things That Will Not Stand'' by

Michael Gerard Bauer Michael Gerard Bauer (born 1955 in Brisbane) is an Australian full-time children's and young adult author, and was formerly an English teacher. Biography Bauer was born in Brisbane and attended Marist College Ashgrove before attending the Univ ...

2019 children's fiction

*''His Name Was Walter'' by

Emily Rodda Jennifer June Rowe, (born 4 April 1948), is an Australian author. Her crime fiction for adults is published under her own name, while her children's fiction is published under the pseudonyms Emily Rodda and Mary-Anne Dickinson. She is well know ...

*''Sonam and the Silence'' by

Eddie Ayres Ed Le Brocq, previously known as Ed or Eddie Ayres () (born Emma Ayres, 1967), is a musician, music teacher, radio presenter and writer. He is notable for his work on the Australian ABC Classic radio station, as well as for his numerous charita ...

, illustrated by Ronak Taher *''The Feather'' by

, illustrated by

*''The Incredible Freedom Machines'' by Kirli Saunders, illustrated by Matt Ottley *''Waiting for Chicken Smith'' by David Mackintosh

2020 awards

The 2020 awards were announced on 22 January 2020; entries had to be submitted by 28 February 2020.

2020 panels

The panels for the 2020 awards consist of:

2020 shortlist and winners

The

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

shortlist of 30 titles from 562 entries received was announced on 13 November 2020. The winners were announced on 10 December.

2020 fiction

* ''The Death of Jesus'' by

* ''Exploded View'' by

* ''Wolfe Island'' by

Lucy Treloar Lucy Treloar is an Australian novelist. Her first novel, ''Salt Creek'', won the 2016 Dobbie Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2016 Miles Franklin Award and the 2016 Walter Scott Prize. Her second novel, ''Wolfe Island'', won the 2020 ...

* ''

The Yield ''The Yield'' is a 2019 novel by Tara June Winch. She won the 2020 Miles Franklin Award for this book. The book also won the 2020 Voss Literary Prize and the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction. The novel follows the story of a you ...

'' by

Tara June Winch Tara June Winch (born 1983) is an Australian writer. She is the 2020 winner of the Miles Franklin Award for her book ''The Yield''. Biography Tara June Winch was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia in 1983. Her father is from the Wi ...

* ''The Weekend'' by

2020 poetry

* ''Heide'' by П. O. * ''The Future Keepers'' by Nandi Chinna * ''Empirical'' by

* ''Birth Plan'' by L. K. Holt * ''The Lost Arabs'' by Omar Sakr

2020 non-fiction

* ''The Enchantment of the Long-haired Rat'' by Tim Bonyhady * ''Songspirals: Sharing Women's Wisdom of Country through Songlines'' by Gay'Wu Group of Women * ''See What You Made Me Do'' by

Jess Hill Jesse Terrill Hill (January 20, 1907 – August 31, 1993) was an American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator who was best known for his tenure as a coach and athletic director at the University of Southern California (USC). His c ...

* ''Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia'' by

Christina Thompson Christina Thompson is best known for her book ''Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia'', which won the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for Nonfiction. Career Christina Thompson was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and grew up outs ...

* ''Hearing Maud: A Journey for a Voice'' by Jessica White (about

Rosa Campbell Praed Rosa Campbell Praed (; 26 March 1851 – 10 April 1935), often credited as Mrs. Campbell Praed (and also known as ''Rosa Caroline Praed''), was an Australian novelist in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Her large bibliography covered multiple ...

's daughter)

2020 Australian history

* ''From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting'' by

* ''Progressive New World: How Settler Colonialism and Transpacific Exchange Shaped American Reform'' by

* ''Sludge: Disaster on Victoria's Goldfields'' by Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies * ''The Oarsmen: The Remarkable Story of the Men Who Rowed from the Great War to Peace'' by Scott Patterson * ''Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago'' by Tiffany Shellam

2020 young adult fiction

* ''The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling'' by Wai Chim * ''How It Feels to Float'' by Helena Fox * ''The Honeyman and the Hunter'' by Neil Grant * ''When the Ground Is Hard'' by Malla Nunn * ''This Is How We Change the Ending'' by

2020 children's fiction

* ''Cheeky Dogs: To Lake Nash and Back'' by Dion Beasley and Johanna Bell (illustrator) * ''One Careless Night'' by Christina Booth * ''Winter of the White Bear'' by Martin Ed Chatterton * ''Catch a Falling Star'' by Meg McKinlay * ''Cooee Mittigar: A Song on

Darug The Dharug or Darug people, formerly known as the Broken Bay tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people, who share strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, lived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans, scattered throughout much ...

Songlines'' by Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson (illustrator)

2021 awards

2021 panels

The panels for the 2021 awards consist of:

2021 shortlist and winners

The

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shortlist of titles from entries received was announced on 22 October 2021. The winners were announced on 14 December 2021.

2021 fiction

* ''A Treacherous Country'' by K. M. Kruimink * ''In the Time of Foxes'' by Jo Lennan * ''Lucky's'' by Andrew Pippos * ''The Bass Rock'' by

Evie Wyld Evelyn Rose Strange "Evie" Wyld (born 16 June 1980) is an Anglo-Australian author. Her first novel, '' After the Fire, A Still Small Voice'', won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 2009, and her second novel, '' All the Birds, Singing'', won the ...

* ''The Labyrinth'' by

Amanda Lohrey Amanda Frances Lillian Lohrey (; born 13 April 1947) is an Australian writer and novelist. Career Lohrey completed her education at the University of Tasmania before taking up a scholarship at the University of Cambridge. From 1988 to 1994 ...

2021 poetry * ''Change Machine'' by

Jaya Savige Jaya Savige is an Australian poet. Biography Born in Sydney (1978), Savige grew up in Queensland, on Bribie Island and in Brisbane, boarding at St Joseph's College, Nudgee. He attended the University of Queensland, where, after withdrawing ...

* ''Homer Street'' by

Laurie Duggan Laurence James Duggan (born 1949), known as Laurie Duggan, is an Australian poet, editor, and translator. Life Laurie Duggan was born in Melbourne and attended Monash University, where his friends included the poets Alan Wearne and John A. Sc ...

* ''Nothing to Declare'' by Mags Webster * ''Shorter Lives'' by

John A. Scott John Alan Scott (who has published under the names John A. Scott and John Scott) (born 23 April 1948) is an English- Australian poet, novelist and academic. Biography Scott was born in Littlehampton

* ''The Strangest Place: New and selected poems'' by

2021 non-fiction * ''Flight Lines: Across the globe on a journey with the astonishing ultramarathon birds'' by Andrew Darby * ''The Altar Boys'' by Suzanne Smith * ''The Details: On love, death and reading'' by

Tegan Bennett Daylight Tegan Bennett Daylight (born 1969, in Sydney) is an Australian writer of novels and short stories. She is best known as a fiction writer, teacher and critic, publishing both books of non-fiction and numerous short stories. She has also written ...

* ''The Stranger Artist: Life at the edge of Kimberley painting'' by Quentin Sprague * ''Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse'' by

Cassandra Pybus Cassandra Jean Pybus (born 29 September 1947) is an Australian historian and writer. She is a former professorial fellow in history at the University of Sydney, and has published extensively on Australian and American history. Pybus was born i ...

2021 Australian history * ''Ceremony Men: Making ethnography and the return of the Strehlow collection'' by Jason M. Gibson * ''Pathfinders: A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW'' by Michael Bennett * ''People of the River: Lost worlds of early Australia'' by

Grace Karskens Grace Elizabeth Karskens, (born 12 March 1958) is an Australian historian who is professor of history at the University of New South Wales. Career Grace Elizabeth Karskens, born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1958, graduated from the Universi ...

* ''Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970'' by Amanda Harris * ''The Convict Valley: The bloody struggle on Australia's early frontier'' by Mark Dunn 2021 young adult fiction * ''Loner'' by Georgina Young * ''Metal Fish, Falling Snow'' by Cath Moore * ''The End of the World Is Bigger than Love'' by

Davina Bell Davina Bell is an Australian literary editor and children's writer. Her 2020 book, ''The End of the World Is Bigger than Love'', won a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award in 2021. Early life and education Bell was born in Perth, Wester ...

* ''The F Team'' by Rawah Arja * ''When Rain Turns to Snow'' by

2021 children's literature * ''Fly on the Wall'' by

Remy Lai Remy Lai is an author and illustrator of children's books and middle-grade graphic novels. She was born Indonesia, grew up in Singapore, and currently lives in Brisbane. Her books tell stories of young Chinese immigrants and Chinese Australians. ...

(jointly awarded) * ''How to Make a Bird'' by Meg McKinlay, illustrated by Matt Ottley (jointly awarded) * ''The January Stars'' by

* ''The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst'' by

Jaclyn Moriarty Jaclyn Moriarty (born 1968 in Perth) is an Australian novelist, most known for her young adult literature. She is a recipient of the Davitt Award and the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction. Biography Moriarty was raised in the north-we ...

, illustrated by Kelly Canby * ''The Year the Maps Changed'' by Danielle Binks

2022 awards

2022 shortlist and winners

The

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...

shortlist of titles from entries received was announced on 7 November 2022, with the winners announced on 13 December 2022.

2022 fiction

* ''Dark as Last Night'' by

Tony Birch Tony Birch (born 1957) is an Aboriginal Australian author, academic and activist. He regularly appears on ABC local radio and Radio National shows and at writers’ festivals. He was head of the honours programme for creative writing at the Uni ...

* ''The Hands of Pianists'' by Stephen Downes * ''Devotion'' by

Hannah Kent Hannah Kent (born 1985) is an Australian writer, known for two novels – '' Burial Rites'' (2013) and '' The Good People'' (2016). Her third novel, ''Devotion'', was published in 2021. Early life and education Kent was born in 1985 grew up in ...

* ''Night Blue'' by Angela O'Keeffe * ''Red Heaven'' by

2022 poetry

* ''Fifteeners'' by

Jordie Albiston Jordie Albiston (30 September 1961 – 28 February 2022) was an Australian poet. Early life Jordie Albiston grew up in Melbourne, the second of four children. She studied music at the Victorian College of the Arts before completing a doct ...

* ''Dancing with Stephen Hawking'' by

John Foulcher John Foulcher (born 7 December 1952) is an Australian poet and teacher. Education Foulcher graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Diploma of Education. He has been a teacher in New South Wales, Victoria, ...

* ''Human Looking'' by Andy Jackson * ''Fish Work'' by Caitlin Maling * ''Homecoming'' by

Elfie Shiosaki Elfie Shiosaki is a Noongar and Yawuru poet and academic based in Perth, Western Australia. Her debut book ''Homecoming'' won the 2022 Western Australian Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer. It was also shortlisted in the 2022 ALS Gold Me ...

2022 non-fiction

* ''Title Fight: How the Yindjibarndi battled and defeated a mining giant'' by Paul Cleary * ''The Case That Stopped a Nation: The Archibald Prize controversy of 1944'' by Peter Edwell * ''Puff Piece'' by

John Safran , citizenship = , education = , occupation = DocumentarianJournalistRadio presenterAuthor , years_active = 1997 – present , known_for = '' John Safran's Music Jamboree'' '' John Safran vs God'' ''Ra ...

* ''Another Day in the Colony'' by

Chelsea Watego Chelsea Joanne Watego (formerly Bond, born 1978/1979) is an Aboriginal Australian academic and writer. She is a Mununjali Yugambeh and South Sea Islander woman and is currently Professor of Indigenous Health at Queensland University of Technol ...

* ''Rogue Forces: An explosive insiders' account of Australian SAS war crimes in Afghanistan'' by

Mark Willacy Mark Willacy is an Australian investigative journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He along with ABC Investigations-Four Corners Team won the 2020 Gold Walkley for their special report on ''Killing Field,'' which covered ...

2022 Australian history

* ''White Russians, Red Peril: A Cold War history of migration to Australia'' by

* ''Semut: The untold story of a secret Australian operation in WWII Borneo'' by Christine Helliwell * ''Return to Uluru'' by

* ''Harlem Nights: The secret history of Australia's Jazz Age'' by Deirdre O'Connell * '' Farmers or Hunter-Gatherers? The Dark Emu Debate'' by Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe

2022 Young adult

* ''Still Alive: Notes from Australia's immigration detention system'' by Safdar Ahmed * ''100 Remarkable Feats of Xander Maze'' by Clayton Zame Comber * ''The Gaps'' by Leanne Hall * ''Tiger Daughter'' by Rebecca Lim * ''Tell Me Why (For Young Adults)'' by

Archie Roach Archibald William Roach (8 January 1956 – 30 July 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal activist. Often referred to as "Uncle Archie", Roach was a Gunditjmara and Bundjalung elder who campaigned for the rights of Abori ...

2022 Children's

* ''The Boy and the Elephant'' by

* ''Mina and the Whole Wide World'' by Sherryl Clark, illustrated by Briony Stewart * ''Common Wealth'' by Gregg Dreise * ''Dragon Skin'' by

* ''Exit Through the Gift Shop'' by Maryam Master, illustrated by Astred Hicks

References

External links

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