BREAKING NEWS: Australian Book Industry Award Winners 2021

What a night. The ABIAs are in full swing… the awards have been handed out… Congratulations to Julia Baird for winning ABIA Book of the Year for Phosphorescence. It really did help us through tough times last year.

Now it’s time to party. But before we do, here are the 2021 Australian Book Industry Award Winners

ABIA Book of the Year

Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark, Julia Baird (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)

Audio Book of the Year

Tell Me Why, Archie Roach; narrated by Archie Roach (Sound Kitchen, Simon & Schuster Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia)

Biography of the Year

The Happiest Man on Earth, Eddie Jaku (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)

Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, Garth Nix (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)

The Grandest Bookshop in the World, Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)

Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)

Our Home, Our Heartbeat, Adam Briggs, Kate Moon and Rachael Sarra (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Little Hare)

General Fiction Book of the Year

The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)

General Non-fiction Book of the Year

Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark, Julia Baird (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)

Illustrated Book of the Year

In Praise of Veg, Alice Zaslavsky (Allen & Unwin, Murdoch Books)

International Book of the Year

Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Circus)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, Jessie Tu (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year

The Animals in That Country, Laura Jean McKay (Scribe Publications, Scribe Publications)

Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year

Bindi, Kirli Saunders; Illustrated by Dub Leffler (Magabala Books)

The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year

The Coconut Children, Vivian Pham (Penguin Random House, Vintage Australia)

For more information, check out the ABIA site here.