ABIA AWARDS 2022 - WINNERS

May 23, 2022

The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers.

Winners for the Australian Book Industry Awards are determined through a process of selection, first by the ABIA Academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by our Judging Panels.

Biography Book of the Year

Emotional Female - Yumiko Kadota
The Mother Wound - Amani Haydar
Turns Out, I'm Fine - Judith Lucy
It Wasn't Meant to be Like This - Lisa Wilkinson
WINNER: My Adventurous Life - Dick Smith

Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

WINNER: The Prison Healer - Lynette Noni
Anything but Fine - Tobias Madden
The Boy from the Mish - Gary Lonesborough
The Gaps - Leanne Hall
Welcome to Consent - Yumi Stynes

Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7–12)

Exit Through the Gift Shop - Maryam Master
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature - Sami Bayly
WINNER: The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples - Corey Tutt
Dragon Skin - Karen Foxlee
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief - Katrina Nannestad

Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0–6)

Day Break - Amy McQuire and Matt Chun
Bedtime Sorted! - Jimmy Rees, illustrated by Briony Stewart
Winner Winner Bin Chicken Dinner - Kate and Joel Temple
WINNER: Somebody's Land: Welcome to Our Country - Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing, illustrated by David Hardy
Boss of Your Own Body - Byll and Beth Stephen, illustrated by Simon Howe

General Fiction Book of the Year

The Younger Wife - Sally Hepworth
Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray - Anita Heiss
WINNER: Before You Knew My Name - Jacqueline Bublitz
When Things are Alive They Hum - Hannah Bent

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry - Richard Flanagan
WINNER: She's on the Money - Victoria Devine
Heartsick: Three stories about love and loss, and what happens in between - Jessie Stephens
So You Think You Know What's Good for You? - Norman Swan
Love Stories - Trent Dalton

Illustrated Book of the Year

Still Life - Amber Creswell Bell
Death to Jar Sauce - Nat's What I Reckon
You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad and Bonkers Advice to Women - Kaz Cooke
WINNER: Everything I Love to Cook - Neil Perry
Costa's World - Costa Georgiadis

International Book of the Year

These Precious Days - Ann Patchett
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love - Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad
WINNER: The Storyteller - Dave Grohl
Beautiful World, Where Are You - Sally Rooney
Still Life - Sarah Winman

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

Devotion - Hannah Kent
Love Objects - Emily Maguire
Wild Abandon - Emily Bitto
The Truth About Her - Jacqueline Maley
WINNER: Love & Virtue - Diana Reid

Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year

Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Foragers - Alison Pouliot and Tom May
The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison - Sean Kelly
WINNER: Dropbear - Evelyn Araluen
Caught in the Act - Shane Jenek
Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience - Veronica Gorrie

Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year

WINNER: The Edge of Thirteen - Nova Weetman
Let's Eat Weeds! - Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb
Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day - Davina Bell, illustrated by Allison Colpoys
Albert Namatjira - Vincent Namatjira
Kunyi - Kunyi June Anne McInerney

Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year

Before You Knew My Name - Jacqueline Bublitz
The Truth About Her - Jacqueline Maley
WINNER: The Mother Wound - Amani Haydar
When Things are Alive They Hum - Hannah Bent
Love & Virtue - Diana Reid

Audiobook of the Year

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams - Anita Heiss
Emotional Female - Yumiko Kadota
The Performance - Claire Thomas
WINNER: Devotion - Hannah Kent
SPANIAN - Christopher Kevin Au

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