ABIA SHORTLIST 2024
Congratulations to our extremely talented and hardworking authors on making it to the various 2024 ABIA Shortlisting’s! Please see below for the books and authors that have been shortlisted for these awards…
AudioBook of the Year
by Thomas Mayo
Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and acclaimed journalist Kerry O’Brien have written this handbook to answer the most commonly asked questions about why the Voice should be enshrined in the Constitution.
General Fiction Book of the Year
by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
For years, Reagan Carsen has kept her life offline. No socials. No internet presence. No photos. Safe.
Until the day she stumbles on a shocking murder in a Sydney laneway. The victim looks just like her.
by Benjamin Stevenson
“I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out.”
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
by Thomas Mayo
Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and acclaimed journalist Kerry O’Brien have written this handbook to answer the most commonly asked questions about why the Voice should be enshrined in the Constitution.
by Nick Mckenzie
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
by Kate Mildenhall
An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place and their determination to shape their own stories. Are they connected by the river that runs through their stories, eternal yet constantly changing – or by the mysterious Hummingbird Project?
by Christos Tsiolkas
Two middle-aged men meet on an internet date. Each has been scarred by a previous relationship; each has his own compelling reasons for giving up on the idea of finding love
Social Impact Book of the Year
By Thomas Mayo
Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and acclaimed journalist Kerry O’Brien have written this handbook to answer the most commonly asked questions about why the Voice should be enshrined in the Constitution.
by Stan Grant
The Queen reigned for seventy years. She came to the throne at the height of Empire and died with the world at a tipping point. What comes next after the death of what Stan Grant calls 'the last white Queen'?
by Matilda Boseley
Journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what’s really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she’d had.
The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year
by Alli Parker
Gordon Parker is an eager eighteen-year-old Australian boy desperate to fight for his country, and Nobuko 'Cherry' Sakuramoto is a sixteen-year-old girl struggling to survive in Japan in the aftermath of World War II. But when they fall in love, they change the course of history.
by Rachelle Unreich
A mother and daughter.
Love. Loss. Wonder.
The story of a brilliant life.
Children’s Picture Book of the Year
by Davina Bell and Hillary Jean Tapper
It might not be how you imagined . . . at first.
Find a you-shaped space.
Let yourself!
Illustrated Book of the Year
by Matilda Boseley
Journalist Matilda embarked on an epic voyage to figure out what’s really happening in the stormy seas of the ADHD brain and write the guide she wished she’d had.
Book of the Year for Younger Children
By Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
Andy and Terry have built their biggest and most astonishing treehouse yet!