Book Award Announcement
Australian Book Industry Awards 2024
The 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards have been announced. Chosen by people working in the Australian book industry, they award 20 different categories. The 2024 winners were:
- Biography: Wifedom, by Anna Funder. Find Wifedom in our catalogue.
- Older Children: Welcome to Sex, by Yumi Stynes. Find Welcome to Sex in our catalogue.
- Younger Children: It’s the Sound of the Thing, by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Find It’s the Sound of the Thing in our catalogue.
- Children’s Picture Book: A Life Song, by Jane Godwin and Anna Walker. Find A Life Song in our catalogue.
- General Fiction: The Bookbinder of Jericho, by Pip Williams. Find The Bookbinder of Jericho in our catalogue.
- General Non-Fiction: The Voice to Parliament Handbook, by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien. Find The Voice to Parliament in our catalogue.
- Illustrated: Australian Abstract, by Amber Cresswell Bell. Find Australian Abstract in our catalogue.
- International: Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros. Find Fourth Wing in our catalogue.
- Literary Fiction: Lola in the Mirror, by Trent Dalton. Find Lola in the Mirror in our catalogue.
- Audiobook: The Teacher’s Pet, by Hedley Thomas. Find The Teacher’s Pet in our catalogue.
- Small Publisher’s Adult Book: Edenglassie, by Melissa Lucashenko. Find Edenglassie in our catalogue.
- Small Publicher’s Children’s Book: Artichoke to Zucchini, by Alice Oehr. Find Artichoke to Zucchini in our catalogue.
- Social Impact: The Voice to Parliament Handbook, by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien. Find The Voice to Parliament in our catalogue.
- Matt Richell Award for New Writer: Green Dot, by Madeline Gray. Find Green Dot in our catalogue.
- Marketing Strategy: The Bookbinder of Jericho, by Pip Williams. Find The Bookbinder of Jericho in our catalogue.
- Book of the Year: The Voice to Parliament Handbook, by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien. Find The Voice to Parliament in our catalogue.
- Bookshop: Fuller’s Bookshop.
- Commissioning Editor/Publisher: Catherine Milne, HarperCollins Publishers.
- Publisher: Penguin Random House.
- Small Publisher: Magabala Books.
We would like to congratulate all who were nominated for these awards. To learn more about the Australian Book Industry Awards, and see the shortlists for each category, visit the Australian Book Industry Awards page. To see the winners of other major book awards, visit our Book Award page.
