Indie Book Award (Australia)2017

Given by Australian Independent Bookseller

50 Works 18,688 Books 1,012 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 with the aim of creating a unique award recognising and rewarding the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The show more Awards celebrate the enormous depth and range of literary talent in this nation.




The Indie Book Awards differ from other literary awards because they are chosen by independent booksellers who are renowned for their love of books and reading, support new and emerging Australian authors and foster a love of quality writing.

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Stages:
All, Winner (79), Shortlist (213), Longlist (197)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (60), 2023 (36), 2022 (24), 2021 (54), 2020 (56), 2019 (41), 2018 (60), 2017 (50), 2016 (20), 2015 (16), 2014 (16), 2013 (16), 2012 (16), 2011 (16), 2009 (4), 2008 (4)

Winner 5

WorkCategoryYear
Circle by Jeannie BakerChildren's Books2017
The Dry by Jane HarperDebut Fiction2017
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic SmithFiction2017
Everywhere I Look by Helen GarnerNon-Fiction2017
Words in Deep Blue by Cath CrowleyYoung Adult2017

Shortlist 15

WorkCategoryYear
Pig the Winner by Aaron BlabeyChildren's Books2017
The 78-Storey Treehouse by Andy GriffithsChildren's Books2017
Wormwood Mire by Judith RossellChildren's Books2017
The Birdman's Wife by Melissa AshleyDebut Fiction2017
The Midnight Watch by David DyerDebut Fiction2017
Goodwood by Holly ThrosbyDebut Fiction2017
The Good People by Hannah KentFiction2017
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane MoriartyFiction2017
Where the Trees Were by Inga SimpsonFiction2017
The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba ClarkeNon-Fiction2017
Ghost Empire by Richard FidlerNon-Fiction2017
Fight Like a Girl by Clementine FordNon-Fiction2017
Gemina by Amie KaufmanYoung Adult2017
The Road to Winter (Wilder Trilogy) by Mark SmithYoung Adult2017
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal SutherlandYoung Adult2017

Longlist 30

WorkCategoryYear
Charlie and the War Against the Grannies by Alan BroughChildren's Books2017
What Do They Do with All the Poo from All of the Animals at the Zoo? by Anh DoChildren's Books2017
The Bone Sparrow by Zana FraillonChildren's Books2017
Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy MurphyChildren's Books2017
Molly and Mae: A Friendship Journey by Danny ParkerChildren's Books2017
Artie and the Grime Wave by Richard RoxburghChildren's Books2017
The Memory Artist by Katherine BrabonDebut Fiction2017
The Windy Season by Sam CarmodyDebut Fiction2017
Skylarking by Kate MildenhallDebut Fiction2017
Music and Freedom by Zoe MorrisonDebut Fiction2017
The Toymaker by Liam PieperDebut Fiction2017
Ruins by Rajith SavanadasaDebut Fiction2017
The Easy Way Out by Steven AmsterdamFiction2017
Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia BlainFiction2017
The Better Son by Katherine Jane JohnsonFiction2017
An Isolated Incident by Emily MaguireFiction2017
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina MarchettaFiction2017
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock SerongFiction2017
Songs of a War Boy: The bestselling biography of Deng Adut - a child soldier, refugee and man of hope by Deng Thiak AdutNon-Fiction2017
Working Class Boy by Jimmy BarnesNon-Fiction2017
Penguin Bloom by Cameron BloomNon-Fiction2017
Talking to My Country by Stan GrantNon-Fiction2017
True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David HuntNon-Fiction2017
The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim WintonNon-Fiction2017
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-FattahYoung Adult2017
The Other Side of Summer by Emily GaleYoung Adult2017
Breathing Under Water by Sophie HardcastleYoung Adult2017
The Sidekicks by Will KostakisYoung Adult2017
My Sister Rosa by Justine LarbalestierYoung Adult2017
One Would Think the Deep by Claire ZornYoung Adult2017

Descriptions

The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 with the aim of creating a unique award recognising and rewarding the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The Awards celebrate the enormous depth and range of literary talent in this nation.


The Indie Book Awards differ from other literary awards because they are chosen by independent booksellers who are renowned for their love of books and reading, support new and emerging Australian authors and foster a love of quality writing.

(English, Award granter)
URL: https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/
Australian Independent Bookseller Awards, http://www.indies.com.au (English, Member-written)

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