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News  •  18 January 2022

 

Indie Book Awards 2022 shortlist revealed

We're excited to announce four of our authors have made it to the shortlist.

Congratulations to all our authors shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2022. 

Charlotte McConaghy's Once There Were Wolves has been shortlisted in the fiction category, while Toxic by Richard Flanagan has been shortlisted in the non-fiction category. 

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni has been named in the young adult category and Lyn Yeowart's first published novel, The Silent Listener, is shortlisted in the debut fiction category. 

The Indie Book Awards celebrate the best in Australian writing as chosen by independent booksellers across the country. 

We wish our authors all the best for when the book of the year is announced in March.  

Featured Titles

Once There Were Wolves

**A Journey into the Wild and the Human Heart**

From the author of the international bestseller Migrations comes a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands

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Toxic
Is Tasmanian salmon one big lie?
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The Prison Healer
'Lynette Noni is a masterful storyteller. A must-read for any fantasy lover!' SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
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The Silent Listener
'A wickedly dark debut - haunting and unputdownable.' Christian White, author of The Nowhere Child
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