Book Award Announcement
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
The 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. These Awards recognise the achievements of Australian authors, and there are currently six categories awarded. The 2023 winners are:
- Fiction is Cold Enough for Snow, by Jessica Au. Find Cold Enough for Snow in our catalogue.
- Children’s Literature is Open Your Heart to Country, by Jasmine Seymour. Find Open Your Heart to Country in our catalogue.
- Non-Fiction is My Father and Other Animals, by Sam Vincent. Find My Father and Other Animals in our catalogue.
- Young Adult Literature is The Greatest Thing, by Sarah Winifred Searle. Find The Greatest Thing in our catalogue.
- Australian History is Unmaking Angus Downs, by Shannyn Palmer.
- Poetry is At the Altar of Touch, by Gavin Yuan Gao.
We would like to congratulate all who were nominated for these awards. To learn more about the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, and see the shortlists for each category, visit the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards page. To see the winners of other major book awards, visit our Book Award page.
