Announcement: The 2024 Indie Book Awards Shortlist

Australian independent booksellers have nominated their favourite Australian books of 2023 and are thrilled to announce their SHORTLIST for the Indie Book Awards 2024!

Established in 2008, the Indie Book Awards celebrate the best Australian writing, as nominated and judged by indie booksellers! The Awards recognise and celebrate indie booksellers as the number one supporters of Australian authors.

Find out which of your favourites made the shortlist…

FICTION SHORTLIST
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)
The Seven by Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin)
Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (University of Queensland Press)
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

NON-FICTION SHORTLIST
Bright Shining by Julia Baird (Fourth Estate Australia)
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life by Anna Funder (Hamish Hamilton)
The Remarkable Mrs Reibey by Grantlee Kieza (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
Killing for Country: A Family Story by David Marr (Black Inc.)

DEBUT FICTION SHORTLIST
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray (Allen & Unwin)
The Visitors by Jane Harrison (Fourth Estate Australia)
Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder by Kerryn Mayne (Bantam Australia)
Salt River Road by Molly Schmidt (Fremantle Press)

ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION SHORTLIST
Paul Bangay by Paul Bangay (Thames & Hudson Australia)
The New Modernist House by Patricia Callan (Thames & Hudson Australia)
The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper (National Library of Australia)
Good Life Growing by Hannah Moloney (Affirm Press)

CHILDREN’S SHORTLIST
Neil, the Amazing Sea Cucumber by Amelia McInerney, illustrated by Lucinda Gifford (Affirm Press)
The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet by Jaclyn Moriarty (Allen & Unwin Children’s)
Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
Kimmi by Favel Parrett (Hachette Australia)

YOUNG ADULT SHORTLIST
Saltwater Boy by Bradley Christmas (Walker Books Australia)
Welcome to Sex by Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin Children’s)
Stuck Up & Stupid by Angourie Rice & Kate Rice (Walker Books Australia)

The Category Winners and the Overall Book of the Year Winner will be announced at a virtual awards event on Monday 25 March 2024.