Winners to be announced 23 March 2020.
A huge congratulations to the Penguin Random House authors longlisted for the 2020 Indie Book Awards.
Fiction Longlist
- Maybe the Horse Will Talk by Elliot Perlman
- The Yield by Tara June Winch
Non-Fiction Longlist
- Against All Odds by Craig Challen and Richard Harris
Debut Fiction Longlist
- Hitch by Kathryn Hind
- Heart of the Grass Tree by Molly Murn
Illustrated Non-Fiction Longlist
- Ben Quilty by Ben Quilty
Children's Longlist
- The Tiny Star by Mem Fox and Freya Blackwood
The shortlist will be announced on 15 January 2020, and the category winners and overall book of the year will be announced at the Leading Edge Books conference in Brisbane on 23 March 2020.
Since the Awards inception twelve years ago, the Indies have a well-deserved reputation for picking the best of the best in Australian writing. Past Book of the Year winners have gone on to be bestsellers and win other major literary awards. Previous winners include: The Bush by Don Watson; The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan; The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman; All That I Am by Anna Funder; and Breath by Tim Winton.
Congratulations again to all authors longlisted.
Congratulations to author André Dao on this incredible honour.
Here Goes Nothing by Steve Totlz has been awarded the $1,000 Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize.
The shortlist for the 2022 Booker Prize has been announced, with two Penguin Random House novels named this year.
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The Davitt Awards recognise Australian women crime writers. See which books made the shortlist this year.
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Penguin Random House was named Publisher of the Year at the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards. Thank you to all of the authors, agents, booksellers, suppliers, staff and our amazing readers who made it possible.
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