The shortlist for the 2019 Australia Book Industry Awards has been announced!
The nominees are voted for by the ABIA Voting Academy, which is made up of over 250 representatives from across the bookselling and publishing industry as well as additional specialist experts.
The 2019 shortlist includes some of the biggest names in the Australian book industry (which publishes over 7,000 new books annually) and this year’s list is a top-shelf showcase of high profile authors and amazing new talent.
This year’s list:
General Fiction Book of the Year
Scrublands, Chris Hammer
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, Holly Ringland
The Nowhere Child, Christian White
The Rúin, Dervla McTiernan
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris
General Non-fiction Book of the Year
Any Ordinary Day, Leigh Sales
Boys Will Be Boys, Clementine Ford
Dear Santa, Samuel Johnson
No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison, Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian (translator)
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia, Marcia Langton
Biography Book of the Year
Back, After the Break, Osher Günsberg
Challenge Accepted!, Celeste Barber
Eggshell Skull, Bri Lee
Johnathan Thurston: The Autobiography, Johnathan Thurston, with James Phelps
Teacher, Gabbie Stroud
Illustrated Book of the Year
A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast, Amber Creswell Bell
Family: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourish, Hetty McKinnon
Mirka & Georges, Lesley Harding & Kendrah Morgan
Special Guest, Annabel Crabb and Wendy Sharpe
The Cook’s Apprentice, Stephanie Alexander
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton
Bridge of Clay, Markus Zusak
Shell, Kristina Olsson
The Shepherd’s Hut, Tim Winton
Too Much Lip, Melissa Lucashenko
The Category Winners and the Overall ‘Book of the Year’ Winner will be announced at the ABIA Awards night on Thursday 2 May, during the Sydney Writers Festival.
