Australian Book Industry Awards 2017 – Shortlist Announced

Australian Book Industry Awards 2017 – Shortlist Announced

One of the most significant events in the book publishing calendar is the announcement of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) and today the 2017 shortlist has been revealed, with winners announced on 25 May at gala event at the Art Gallery of NSW, featuring 2016 gold ABIA-winning author, actress and comedian Magda Szubanski as MC.

We’re delighted to see many of our previous books of the week and highly recommended titles on the list including Caroline Overington’s The One Who Got Away, Melissa Ashley’s The Birdman’s Wife, and Fiona McIntosh’s The Chocolate Tin, nominated for General Fiction.

The complete 2017 ABIA Shortlist is:

General Fiction Book of the Year

• Truly Madly Guilty , Liane Moriarty, (Macmillan Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
•  The Chocolate Tin , Fiona McIntosh, (Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House)
• The One Who Got Away , Caroline Overington, (HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers)
•  The Dry , Jane Harper, (Macmillan Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
• The Birdman’s Wife , Melissa Ashley, (Affirm Press)

Biography Book of the Year

• Songs of a War Boy, Deng Adut and Ben Mckelvey, (Hachette Australia, Hachette Australia)
• Life As I Know It , Michelle Payne and John Harms, (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne Un
  iversity Publishing)
• The Hate Race, Maxine Beneba Clarke, (Hachette, Hachette Australia)
• Working Class Boy , Jimmy Barnes, (HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers)
• Victoria , Julia Baird, (HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers)

Audiobook of the Year

•  Fight Like A Girl , Clementine Ford (Audible Studios, Audible Australia)
• Make It Happen: Live Your Best Life , Michelle Bridges (Audible Studios, Audible Australia)
• The 78-Storey Treehouse , Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton, Narrator Stig Wemyss (Bolinda audio, Bolinda Publishing)
• The Good People , Hannah Kent, Narrator Caroline Lennon (Bolinda audio, Bolinda Publishing)
•  True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, David Hunt (Audible Studios, Audible Australia)

• Illustrated Book of the Year

• The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle , Kayla Itsine, (Macmillan Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
• Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens to be Vegan) , Shannon Matinez & Mo Wyse, (Hardie Grant Books, HardieGrant Publishing)
• Penguin Bloom , Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive, (ABC Books, HarperCollins Publishers)
• Basics to Brilliance , Donna Hay, (HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers)
• New York , Megan Hess, (Hardie Grant Books, Hardie Grant Publishing)

International Book of the Year

• Commonwealth , Ann Patchett, (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury)
• Harry Potter & The Cursed Child , J.K. Rowling, (Little Brown, Hachette Australia)
• The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet , Michael Mosley, (Simon & Schuster Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia)
• The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries From a Secret World , Peter Wohlleben, (Black Inc., Schwartz Publishing)
• The North Water , Ian McGuire, (Scribner, Simon & Schuster Australia)

• Literary Fiction Book of the Year

• The Good People , Hannah Kent, (Picador Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
• The Last Painting of Sara de Vos , Dominic Smith, (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• An Isolated Incident , Emily Maguire, (Picador Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
• Goodwood , Holly Throsby, (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Between a Wolf and a Dog , Georgia Blain, (Scribe Publications)

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• Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year

• The Dry , Jane Harper, (Macmillan Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia)
• The Midnight Watch , David Dyer, (Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House)
•  Fight Like a Girl , Clementine Ford, (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Music and Freedom , Zoe Morrison, (Vintage Australia, Penguin Random House)
• Goodwood , Holly Throsby, (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)