The winners of the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 25 May. We are very proud to have been named Publisher of the Year.
Congratulations to Jane Harper who won the overall Book of the Year for her stunning debut novel The Dry. The 78-Storey Treehouse also won the Book of the Year for Younger Children. Congratulations to author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Terry Denton.
Read the full list of awards here.
IN OTHER NEWS...
Jane Harper’s The Dry has been named Book of the Year and the Debut Fiction of the Year at the 2017 Indie Book Awards, presented at the Leading Edge Books Conference in Surfers Paradise on 20 March. Cath Crowley’s novel Words in Deep Blue also won the Young Adult Book of the Year. Wonderful news for two amazing authors and their superb books.
The Indie Book Awards are chosen by independent booksellers to reward and promote excellence in Australian writing. The overall winner receives $1000 and the category winners each receive $1000. The winners were chosen from a shortlist announced in December. For more information about the awards, visit the website here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
6 OCTOBER 2017
Join bestselling author Jane Harper at Grand View Hotel and hear her chat about her new novel, FORCE OF NATURE over lunch.
EVENT TIME: 12:00 PM
VENUE: Grand View Hotel
49 North St Cleveland QLD 4163
9 OCTOBER 2017
Join bestselling author Jane Harper at Sun Theatre and hear her chat about her new novel, FORCE OF NATURE.
EVENT TIME: 6:30 PM
VENUE: Sun Theatre
8 Ballarat St Yarraville VIC 3013
10 OCTOBER 2017
Join author Chris Womersley in-conversation at Eltham Bookshop and hear him talk about his new novel, City of Crows.
EVENT TIME: 6:30 PM
VENUE: Eltham Bookshop
970 Main Road Eltham VIC 3095
20 OCTOBER 2017
Join Annie Seaton at Kempsie Library, to hear her talk about her new book Diamond Sky
EVENT TIME: 11:00 AM
VENUE: Kempsey Library
Corner of Elbow & Tozer streets West Kempsey NSW 2440
27 OCTOBER 2017
Join former Australian former Labor politician Kevin Rudd at the Australian National University and hear him talk abut his new memoir, Not for the Faint-Hearted.
EVENT TIME: 6:30 PM
VENUE: Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University
Building 100, William Herbert Place Canberra ACT 2601