INDIE AWARDS 2024

 

Established in 2008, the Indie Book Awards celebrate the best Australian writing; and who better to nominate and judge the best-of-the-best than indie booksellers! What makes indie booksellers uniquely placed to judge and recommend the best Aussie books of the past year, is their incredible passion and knowledge, their contribution to the cultural diversity of the Australian reading public, by recommending beyond the big brands, and above all, their love of quality writing. The Awards recognise and celebrate indie booksellers as the number one supporters of Australian authors.

Australian independent booksellers nominate books for six categories shown below. The Category Winners and the Overall Book of the Year Winner were announced on the 25th of March, 2024.

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• KILLING FOR COUNTRY - DAVID MARR (Black Inc)

• EDENGLASSIE - MELISSA LUCASHENKO (Queensland Univ. Press )

• Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)
• The Seven by Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin)
• Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (University of Queensland Press)
• The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

• KILLING FOR COUNTRY - DAVID MARR (Black Inc)

• Bright Shining by Julia Baird (Fourth Estate Australia)
• Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder (Hamish Hamilton)
• The Remarkable Mrs Reibey by Grantlee Kieza (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
• Killing for Country: A Family Story by David Marr (Black Inc.)

• THE VISITORS - JANE HARRISON (Harper360)

• Green Dot by Madeleine Gray (Allen & Unwin)
• The Visitors by Jane Harrison (Fourth Estate Australia)
• Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne (Bantam Australia)
• Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt (Fremantle Press)

• THE BIRD ART OF WILLIAM T. COOPER - WENDY COOPER (Harper360)

• Paul Bangay by Paul Bangay (Thames & Hudson Australia)
• The New Modernist House by Patricia Callan (Thames & Hudson Australia)
• The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper (National Library of Australia)
• Good Life Growing by Hannah Moloney (Affirm Press)

• THE IMPOSSIBLE SECRET OF LILLIAN VELVET - JACLYN MORIARTY, KELLY CANBY (Allen & Unwin)

• Neil, the Amazing Sea Cucumber by Amelia McInerney, illustrated by Lucinda Gifford (Affirm Press)
• The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet by Jaclyn Moriarty (Allen & Unwin Children's)
• Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
• Kimmi by Favel Parrett (Hachette Australia)

• WELCOME TO SEX - DR. MELISSA KANG, YUMI STYNES, JENNY LATHAM (Hardie Grant Books)

• Saltwater Boy by Bradley Christmas (Walker Books Australia)
• Welcome to Sex by Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
• The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin Children's)
• Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice & Kate Rice (Walker Books Australia)