2024 ABIA Winners Announced!

2024 ABIA Winners Announced!

The winners of the 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced!

The 2024 winners were unveiled last night at a red-carpet event in Melbourne, where Better Reading’s Cheryl Akle interviewed authors and industry people as they arrived at the event. You can watch it here. This year, the ABIAs celebrated the creativity, dedication, and talents of the Australian book industry.

A huge congratulations to the winners, along with all the shortlisted authors and publishers.

See a few standouts below, and explore the full list of winners on the ABIAs website.

Book of the Year

The Voice to Parliament by Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien

The coveted Book of the Year Award was awarded to Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien for The Voice to Parliament Handbook, published by Hardie Grant.

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton

General Fiction Book of the Year and Marketing Strategy of the Year

The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams

Biography Book of the Year

Wifedom by Anna Funder

Children’s Picture Book Of The Year

A Life Song by Jane Godwin, illustrated by Anna Walker

Book of the Year for Younger Children

It’s the Sound of the Thing by Maxine Beneba Clarke

Click here for the full list of winners…

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    Publisher details

    The Voice to Parliament Handbook
    Authors
    Kerry O’Brien, Thomas Mayo
    Publisher
    Hardie Grant
    Genre
    Non Fiction
    Released
    17 May, 2023
    ISBN
    9781741178869

    Synopsis

    The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who have expressed support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but want to better understand what a Voice to Parliament actually means.

    'We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.' These words from the Uluru Statement from the Heart are a heartfelt invitation from First Nations People to fellow Australians, who will have the opportunity to respond when the Voice referendum is put to a national vote by the Albanese Government.

    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, and how it might function to improve policies affecting Indigenous communities, and genuinely close the gap on inequalities at the most basic level of human dignity.

    A handy tool for people inclined to support a ‘yes’ vote in the referendum, The Voice to Parliament Handbook reflects on this historic opportunity for genuine reconciliation, to right the wrongs and heal the ruptured soul of a nation. This guide offers simple explanations, useful anecdotes, historic analogies and visual representations, so you can share it among friends, family and community networks in the build-up to the referendum.

    If the ‘yes’ vote is successful this book will also become a keepsake of an important and emotional milestone in Australia's history.

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