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Friday, July 2, 2010

Australian Book Industry Awards (2006-2010)

from Australian Book Industry Awards accessed 7/1/10

The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) announced the shortlists for its 2010 Awards today and Readings is honoured to have made the cut for Independent Bookseller of the Year for our Carlton shop. The shortlists were voted for by booksellers and publishers across the country and winners will be announced in Sydney on June 30.

Book of the Year 2010
* Australians: Origins to Eureka, written by Thomas Keneally, published by Allen & Unwin
* Bart: My Life, written by J.B. Cummings, published by Pan Macmillan
* Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey, published by Allen & Unwin  -- Winner!
* Ransom, written by David Malouf, published by Random House Australia
* Truth, written by Peter Temple, published by The Text Publishing Company

Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2010
* Piano Lessons, written by Anna Goldsworthy, published by Black Inc.  -- Winner!
* Red Dust, written by Fleur McDonald, published by Allen & Unwin
* Siddon Rock, written by Glenda Guest, published by Random House Australia
* The Virtuoso, written by Sonia Orchard, published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia
* The Weight of Silence, written by Catherine Therese, published by Hachette Australia

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2010
* Dog Boy, written by Eva Hornung, published by The Text Publishing Company
* Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey, published by Allen & Unwin  -- Winner!
* Lovesong, written by Alex Miller, published by Allen & Unwin
* Ransom, written by David Malouf, published by Random House Australia
* The World Beneath, written by Cate Kennedy, published by Scribe Publications

Biography of the Year 2010
* Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex and Intimacy, written by Krissy Kneen
* Bart: My Life, written by J.B. Cummings, published by Pan Macmillan  -- Winner!
* Cadel Evans: Close to Flying, written by Cadel Evans, published by Hardie Grant
* Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men, written by Peter FitxSimons
* Hey Mum, What’s a Half-Caste?, written by Lorraine McGee-Sippel

General Fiction Book of the Year 2010
* Heartless, written by Tasma Walton, published by University of Queensland Press
* The Cattleman’s Daughter, written by Rachael Treasure, published by Penguin Australia
* The Death of Bunny Munro, written by Nick Cave, published by The Text Publishing Company
* The Five Greatest Warriers, written by Matthew Reilly, published by Pan Macmillan
* Truth, written by Peter Temple, published by The Text Publishing Company  -- Winner!

General Nonfiction Book of the Year 2010
* Australians: Origins to Eureka, written by Thomas Keneally  -- Winner!
* Bendable Learnings, written by Don Watson, published by Random House Australia
* Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, edited by Nicholas Jose
* Piano Lessons, written by Anna Goldsworthy, published by Black Inc.
* The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, written by Peter Singer, published by The Text Publishing Company

Illustrated Book of the Year 2010
* A Life on Pittwater, written by Susan Duncan, published by Random House Australia
* Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion, written by Stephanie Alexander,  -- Winner!
* Thai Street Food, written by David Thompson, published by Penguin Australia
* The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa, written by Murray Waldron
* The Songs of Sapa, written by Luke Nguyen, published by Murdoch Books

Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2010
* Liar, written by Justine Larbalestier, published by Allen & Unwin
* Parlour Games for Modern Families, written by Myfanwy Jones & Spiri Tsintziras, published by Scribe Publications  -- Winner!
* The Billionaire’s Curse, written by Richard Newsome, published by The Text Publishing Company
* The Ghost’s Child, writen Sonya Hartnett
* The Ranger’s Apprentice: Halt’s Peril, written by John Flanagan

Book of the Year 2009
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas  -- Winner!
Breath by Tim Winton
Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
The Boat by Nam Le
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper

Newcomer of the Year 2009
The Boat by Nam Le  -- Winner!
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
Never Say Die by Chris O’Brien,
The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow by A.J. Mackinnon

Illustrated Book of the Year 2009
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan   -- Winner!
A Brush with Birds by Penny Olsen
The Artist’ s Lunch by Alice McCormick & Sarah Rhodes
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Michel Streich
Utopia: the Genius of Emily Kame Kngwarreye, edited by Margo Neale

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2009
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas  -- Winner!
Breath by Tim Winton
The Boat by Nam Le
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
The Spare Room by Helen Garner

Book of the Year for Older Children 2009
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta   -- Winner!
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French
Australia Dragon Dawn by Carole Wilkinson
Home and Away, by John Marsden, illustrated by Matt Ottley
Australia Pip: The Story of Olive, written by Kim Kane

Biography of the Year 2009
The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith Lucy   -- Winner!
I am Melba by Ann Blainey
Never Say Die by Chris O’Brien
Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography by Jill Roe

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2009
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper  -- Winner!
1788 by David Hill
Life in His Hands by Susan Wyndham
The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow by A.J. Mackinnon
What’s Happening to Our Girls by Maggie Hamilton

General Fiction Book of the Year 2009
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton  -- Winner!
A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn
All Together Now by Monica McInerney
How To Break Your Own Heart by Maggie Alderson
The Build Up, written by Phillip Gwynne

Illustrated Book of the Year 2008
Alfred Gregory by Alfred Gregory
Maggie’s Harvest by Maggie Beer -- Winner!
Pier by Greg Doyle
Secrets of the Red Lantern by Pauline Nguyen
The Great Gatsby, by F Scott FitzGerald, illustrated by Nicky Greenberg

Biography of the Year 2008
Andrew Johns: The Two of Me, by Andrew Johns & Neil Cadigan
Arthur Boyd: a life by Darleen Bungey -- Winner!
Births Deaths Marriages by Georgia Blain
I Peed on Fellini by David Stratton
Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants To Do This... by Bruce Beresford

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2008
American Journeys by Don Watson
Girl Stuff by Kaz Cooke -- Winner!
Poll Dancing: The Story of the 2007 Election by Mungo MacCallum
Vietnam: The Australian War by Paul Ham
Australia Who Killed Channel 9? by Gerald Stone

Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2008
Dragon Moon by Carole Wilkinson
Ranger’ s Apprentice 7: Erak’ s Ransom by John Flanagan -- Winner!
The Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda
The Shadow Thief, by Alexandra Adornetto
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Robert Ingpen

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2008
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks -- Winner!
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Children by Charlotte Wood
The Memory Room by Christopher Koch

General Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Addition by Toni Jordan
Sucked In by Shane Maloney
The River Baptists by Belinda Castles,
The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly
Those Faraday Girls by Monica McInerney -- Winner!

Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2008
A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz
Addition by Toni Jordan
People Like Us by Waleed Aly
Secrets of the Red Lantern by Pauline Nguyen -- Winner!
Van Diemen’s Land by James Boyce

Book of the Year 2008
American Journeys by Don Watson
Girl Stuff by Kaz Cooke
Maggie’s Harvest by Maggie Beer
People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks -- Winner!
The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak

Australian Illustrated Book of the Year 2007
Every Day by Bill Granger
Garden of a Lifetime by Anne Latreille,
Keeping Culture: Aboriginal Tasmania, edited by Amanda Reynolds
Matt Moran by Matt Moran,
My French Life by Vicki Archer -- Winner!

Australian Biography of the Year 2007
A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones
Florence Broadhurst by Helen O’Neill
Jonestown by Chris Masters -- Winner!
My Story by General Peter Cosgrove
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung

Australian General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2007
Agamemnon’s Kiss: Selected Essays by Inga Clendinnen
Inhaling the Mahatma by Christopher Kremmer
Silencing Dissent, edited by Clive Hamilton & Sarah Madison,
The Great War by Les Carlyon -- Winner!
Tobruk by Peter FitzSimons

Australian Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2007
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta,
Rose By Any Other Name by Maureen McCarthy
Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan -- Winner!
We Are the Weather Makers: Story of Global Warming by Tim Flannery

Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2007
Careless by Deborah Robertson
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright -- Winner!
Every Move You Make by David Malouf
Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey
Underground by Andrew McGahan

Australian General Fiction Book of the Year 2007
Cents & Sensibility by Maggie Alderson
Cricket Kings by William McInnes
The Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Hearn
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton -- Winner!
The Valley by Di Morrissey

Australian Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2007
Blowing My Own Trumpet by James Morrison
Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton
Undertow by Sydney Bauer
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung -- Winner!

Australian Book of the Year 2007
A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones
Jonestown by Chris Masters
The Arrival, by Shaun Tan
The Great War by Les Carlyon -- Winner!
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung

Australian Illustrated Book of the Year 2006
Italian Joy by Carla Coulson -- Winner!
Saha by Greg & Lucy Malouf
The Travel Book, published by Lonely Planet Publications

Australian Biography of the Year 2006
A Man’s Got to Have a Hobby by William McInnes
Far From a Still Life: Margaret Olley by Meg Stewart -- Winner!
Out of My Comfort Zone by Steve Waugh

Australian General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2006
Spotless: room-by-room solutions to domestic disasters by Shannon Lush and Jennifer Fleming,
The Latham Diaries by Mark Latham
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change by Tim Flannery -- Winner!

Australian Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2006
Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah -- Winner!
Sir Thursday by Garth Nix
The Secret World of Wombats by Jackie French

Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2006
March by Geraldine Brooks,
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Secret River by Kate Grenville -- Winner!

Australian General Fiction Book of the Year 2006
How to Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints) by Kathy Lette,
Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
The Broken Shore by Peter Temple -- Winner!

Australian Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2006
A Man’s Got to Have a Hobby by William McInnes -- Winner!
Everyman’ s Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany
In My Skin: A Memoir by Kate Holden

Australian Book of the Year 2006
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Secret River by Kate Grenville -- Winner!
The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change by Tim Flannery

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