Monday, May 6, 2019

Australian Book Industry Awards

Laterthanyouthink: added Category:Australian booksellers using HotCat


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The '''Australian Book Industry Awards''' ('''ABIA''') are [[publisher]]s' and [[literary award]]s 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.<ref name=about></ref>

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==2019 winners==

*ABIA book of the year: ''Boy Swallows Universe'', [[Trent Dalton]]
*Biography of the year award: ''Eggshell Skull'', [[Bri Lee]]
*General fiction book of the year: ''The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart'', Holly Ringland
*General non-fiction book of the year: ''[[No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison]]'', [[Behrouz Boochani]], Omid Tofighian (translator)
*Honourable mention for non-fiction book of the year: ''Any Ordinary Day'', [[Leigh Sales]]

*Literary fiction book of the year: ''Boy Swallows Universe'', Trent Dalton
*Illustrated book of year: ''Family: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourish'', Hetty McKinnon
*International book of year: ''Less'', [[Andrew Sean Greer]]
*Small publisher adults book of the year: ''Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia'', Dr [[Anita Heiss]] (ed.)
*Small publisher children’s book of the year: ''Whisper'', Lynette Noni
*The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year: ''Boy Swallows Universe'', Trent Dalton

*Book of the year for older children (ages 13+): ''Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds'', Jeremy Lachlan
*Book of the year for younger children (ages seven to 12): ''The 104-Storey Treehouse'', [[Andy Griffiths]], [[Terry Denton]]
*Children’s picture book of the year (ages up to six): ''All the Ways to be Smart'', Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys
*Audiobook of the year: ''Boy Swallows Universe'', Trent Dalton, Narrator Stig Wemyss
*The Lloyd O’Neill hall of fame award for services to the Australian book industry: Richard Walsh
*The Pixie O’Harris award for outstanding commitment to children’s literature: Kathy Kozlowski
*Publisher of the year: [[Pan Macmillan Australia]]
*Small publisher of the year: Affirm Press
*Honourable mention: [[Magabala Books]]
*National book retailer of the year: [[Booktopia]]
*Independent book retailer of the year: [[Mary Maydwell Martin|Mary Martin Bookshops]]
*Rising star award: Ella Chapman, head of marketing communications at [[Hachette Australia]]<ref name=ABIA>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

==References==


==External links==
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[[Category:Australian fiction awards]]
[[Category:Australian non-fiction book awards]]
[[Category:Australian booksellers]]


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