Annual publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association
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The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) are
publishers' and
literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in
Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". Works are first selected by an academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by judging panels.[1]
Biography Book of the Year: My Adventurous Life by
Dick Smith (Allen & Unwin)
Book of the Year for Older Children: The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni (Penguin Random House Australia)
Book of the Year for Younger Children: The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples by
Corey Tutt (Hardie Grant Publishing)
Picture Book Of The Year (Ages 0-6): Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country by
Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing, illustrated by David Hardy (Allen & Unwin)
General Fiction Book of the Year: Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz (Allen & Unwin)
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year: She's on the Money by Victoria Devine (Penguin Random House Australia)
Illustrated Book of the Year: Everything I Love to Cook by
Neil Perry (Murdoch Books)
International Book of the Year: The Storyteller by
Dave Grohl (Simon & Schuster)
Literary Fiction Book of the Year: Love & Virtue by
Diana Reid (Ultimo Press)
Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year: Dropbear by
Evelyn Araluen (University of Queensland Press)
Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year: The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman (UQP)
Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year: The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Rising Star Award: Emily Hart, Commissioning Editor, Hardie Grant Books
Hall of Fame Awards - Lloyd O'Neil Award: Sandy Grant, CEO Hardie Grant
Hall of Fame Awards - Pixie O'Harris Award:
Libby Hathorn
2023 winners
The 2023 shortlist was announced on 19 April 2023,[12] and the awards ceremony took place in Sydney on 25 May 2023.[13]
Biography Book of the Year: Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life, byAnna Funder (
Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House Australia)
Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+): Welcome to Sex, written by Melissa Kang and
Yumi Stynes, illustrated by Jenny Latham (HGCP Non- Fiction, Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7–12): It's the Sound of the Thing, by
Maxine Beneba Clarke (HGCP Older Readers, Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
Children's Picture Book of the Year (ages 0–6): A Life Song, written by
Jane Godwin, illustrated Anna Walker (
Puffin, Penguin Random House Australia)
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year: The Voice to Parliament Handbook, by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien (Hardie Grant Explore, Hardie Grant Publishing)
Illustrated Book of the Year: Australian Abstract, by Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson)
Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year: Artichoke to Zucchini: an alphabet of delicious things from around the world, by Alice Oehr (Scribble, Scribe Publications)
Social Impact Book of the Year: The Voice to Parliament Handbook, Thomas Mayo and Kerry O'Brien (Hardie Grant Explore, Hardie Grant Publishing)
The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year: Green Dot, by Madeleine Gray (Allen & Unwin)
Lloyd O'Neil Hall of Fame Award: Fiona Stager, co-owner of
Avid Reader and Where the Wild Things Are