The winners of the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced.
The Awards celebrate the creativity, skill and dedication of authors and publishers in brining Australian books to readers.
The winners are chose through a process of selection, first by the ABIA Academy which comprises over 250 industry representatives, and then shortlist and winners are selected by their judging panels.
Watch the 2022 ABIA awards ceremony here:
Check out the list of winners here:
ABIA book of the year
Love & Virtue (Diana Reid, Ultimo)
General fiction book of the year
Before You Knew My Name (Jacqueline Bublitz, A&U)
Literary fiction book of the year
Love & Virtue (Diana Reid, Ultimo)
General nonfiction book of the year
She’s on the Money (Victoria Devine, Penguin Life)
Biography book of the year
My Adventurous Life (Dick Smith, A&U)
Book of the year for older children (ages 13+)
The Prison Healer (Lynette Noni, Penguin)
Book of the year for younger children (ages 7–12)
The First Scientists: Deadly inventions and innovations from Australia’s First Peoples (Corey Tutt, Hardie Grant Explore)
Children’s picture book of the year (ages 0–6)
Somebody’s Land: Welcome to our Country (Adam Goodes & Ellie Laing, illus by David Hardy, A&U)
Illustrated book of the year
Everything I Love to Cook (Neil Perry, Murdoch Books)
International book of the year
The Storyteller (Dave Grohl, S&S)
Small publishers’ adult book of the year
Dropbear (Evelyn Araluen, UQP)
Small publishers’ children’s book of the year
The Edge of Thirteen (Nova Weetman, UQP)
Audiobook of the year
Devotion (Hannah Kent, narrated by Emily Wheaton, Pan Macmillan)
The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year
The Mother Wound (Amani Haydar, Macmillan)
Book retailer of the year
Harry Hartog Bookseller
Bookshop of the year
Avenue Bookstore Albert Park
Publisher of the year
Penguin Random House Australia
Small publisher of the year
University of Queensland Press
Rising Star award
Emily Hart (Hardie Grant).
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