The Indie Award
Chosen by Australian independent booksellers, the $18,000 prize will honour an Australian author for the best book of the past twelve months. The award is being managed by Leading Edge Books, a group of independent bookstores with member stores across Australia, both metropolitan and regional, including many of Australia's iconic independent bookshops. The award will demonstrate independent booksellers' commitment to Australian books and writers, with over 120 bookshops working together to sponsor this annual award.

Over 100 titles have been submitted to The Indie Award panel in the categories of Fiction, Debut Fiction, Non Fiction and Children's Books. Independent booksellers around the country are now madly reading, with the winner from each of the four categories to be announced on Monday 25th August. The winner of The Indie Award for the book of the year will be chosen by the booksellers from the four shortlist category winners and announced on Monday 6th October.

The Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Award was established under the terms of the will of the late Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, who died in September 1954. It is given annually for the novel or play of the highest literary merit which presents aspects of Australian life, and which has been published during the preceding year.
2008 Winner
The Time We Have Taken
Steven Carroll

VIC Premier's Award
The New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards were established by Premier Neville Wran in 1979 to honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers.
2007 Winner-Fiction
Carpentaria
Alexis Wright