The Australian Publishers Association 2021 ABIA longlist

The Australian Publishers Association announced the 2021 ABIA longlist today. The longlist introduces the titles, publishers and authors in the running for a coveted ABIA. It’s a cracking list, check it out below.

General Fiction Book of the Year

• The Bluffs, Kyle Perry (Penguin Random House, Michael Joseph)
• The Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams (Affirm Press, Affirm Press)
• The Godmothers, Monica McInerney (Penguin Random House, Michael Joseph)
• The Good Turn, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
• The Morbids, Ewa Ramsey (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• The Mother Fault, Kate Mildenhall (Simon & Schuster Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia)
• The Survivors, Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
• Trust, Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)

General Non-fiction Book of the Year

• Fire Country, Victor Steffensen (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• My Tidda, My Sister, Marlee Silva; Illustrated by Rachael Sarra (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
• One Day I’ll Remember This: Diaries 1987–1995, Helen Garner (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark, Julia Baird (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Golden Maze: A biography of Prague, Richard Fidler (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
• The Space Between, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald (Penguin Random House, Viking)
• Un-cook Yourself: A Ratbag’s Rules for Life, Nat’s What I Reckon (Penguin Random House, Ebury Australia)
• Women and Leadership, Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Penguin Random House, Vintage Australia)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

• A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, Jessie Tu (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• A Room Made of Leaves, Kate Grenville (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
• All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• Honeybee, Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Infinite Splendours, Sofie Laguna (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
• Song of the Crocodile, Nardi Simpson (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
• Sorrow and Bliss, Meg Mason (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
• The Last Migration, Charlotte McConaghy (Penguin Random House, Hamish Hamilton)

For the full list, including children’s categories, click here.

A shortlist will be released on Monday 12 April, with winners announced at the publishing industry’s night of nights on Wednesday 28 April.

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