The winners of the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced with RecipeTin Eats: Dinner taking home the book of the year award.
First established in 2001, the ABIAs showcase Australia’s best authors and exciting new talent. The winners were announced at the ABIAs awards ceremony in Sydney on 25 May.
Check out the winners:
ABIA book of the year
RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan)
General fiction book of the year
Dirt Town (Hayley Scrivenor, Macmillan)
Literary fiction book of the year
Horse (Geraldine Brooks, Hachette)
General nonfiction book of the year
Bulldozed (Niki Savva, Scribe)
Biography book of the year
My Dream Time (Ash Barty, HarperCollins)
Book of the year for older children (ages 13+)
Blood Traitor (Lynette Noni, Penguin)
Book of the year for younger children (ages 7–12)
Runt (Craig Silvey, illus by Sara Acton, A&U)
Children’s picture book of the year (ages 0–6)
What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say (Davina Bell & Hilary Jean Tapper, Lothian)
Illustrated book of the year
RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan)
International book of the year
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday UK)
Small publishers’ adult book of the year
The Dreaming Path (Paul Callaghan, Pantera)
Small publishers’ children’s book of the year
Off to the Market (Alice Oehr, Scribble)
Audiobook of the year
The Whitewash (Siang Lu, Wavesound)
Social impact book of the year
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent (Eddie Betts, S&S)
The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year
WAKE (Shelley Burr, Hachette Australia)
Book retailer of the year
Big W
Bookshop of the year
Matilda Bookshop
Publisher of the year
Allen & Unwin
Small publisher of the year
University of Queensland Press
Commissioning editor of the year
Jane Palfreyman (A&U)
Marketing strategy of the year
Stolen Focus (Johann Hari, Bloomsbury)
