2007 Australian Book Industry Awards

The shortlists for the 2007 Australian Book Industry Awards have been announced [PDF file].

Australian Chain Bookseller of the Year

NSW/ACT  Dymocks Sydney
Qld           Dymocks Indooroopilly
SA/NT       Dymocks Rundle Mall
Tas           Dymocks Hobart
Vic           Dymocks Camberwell
WA           Dymocks Garden City (Booragoon)

Australian Independent Bookseller of the Year
NSW/ACT  Gleebooks
Qld           Riverbend Bookshop
SA/NT       Imprints Booksellers
Tas           Fullers Hobart
Vic           Avenue Bookstore
WA           Boffins Bookshop

Australian Small Publisher of the Year

Black Dog Books
Black Inc
Giramondo Publishing Company
Jamie Durie Publishing
Scribe Publications

Australian Distributor of the Year

Alliance Distribution Services
Harper Entertainment Distribution Services
Macmillan Distribution Services
Random House Australia
United Book Distributors

Australian Marketing Campaign of the Year

Every Day by Bill Granger, published by Murdoch Books
Jonestown by Chris Masters, published by Allen & Unwin
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards, published by Penguin Group Australia
The Tenth Circle by Jodi Picoult, published by Allen & Unwin
Zac Power: Lunar Strike by H.I. Larry, published by Hardie Grant Egmont

Australian Export Success of the Year

Black Dog Books for Dragon Keeper Trilogy by Carole Wilkinson
Scholastic Australia for Monster Blood Tattoo Trilogy by D.M. Cornish
The Text Publishing Company for The Broken Shore by Peter Temple
The Text Publishing Company for The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery

Australian Illustrated Book of the Year

Every Day by Bill Granger, published by Murdoch Books
Garden of a Lifetime by Anne Latreille, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Keeping Culture: Aboriginal Tasmania edited by Amanda Reynolds, published by National Museum of Australia
Matt Moran by Matt Moran, published by Penguin Group Australia
My French Life by Vicki Archer, published by Penguin Group Australia

Australian Biography of the Year

A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones, published by Allen & Unwin
Florence Broadhurst by Helen O'Neill, published by Hardie Grant Australia
Jonestown by Chris Masters, published by Allen & Unwin
My Story by General Peter Cosgrove, published by HarperCollins Publishers
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung, published by Black Inc.

Australian General Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Agamemnon's Kiss: Selected Essays by Inga Clendinnen, published by The Text Publishing Company
Inhaling the Mahatma by Christopher Kremmer, published by HarperCollins Publishers
Silencing Dissent edited by Clive Hamilton & Sarah Maddison, published by Allen & Unwin
The Great War by Les Carlyon, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Tobruk by Peter FitzSimmons, published by HarperCollins Publishers

Australian Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years)

A Particular Cow by Mem Fox, illustrated by Terry Denton, published by Penguin Group Australia
Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French, published by HarperCollins Publishers
The Australian Twelve Days of Christmas by Heath McKenzie, published by Black Dog Books
The Cat on the Mat is Flat by Andy Griffiths, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Uno's Garden by Graeme Base, published by Penguin Group Australia

Australian Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to 14 years)

On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta, published by Penguin Group Australia
Rose By Any Other Name by Maureen McCarthy, published by Allen & Unwin
Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
The Arrival by Shaun Tan, published by Hachette Livre Australia
We Are the Weather Makers: Story of Global Warming by Tim Flannery, published by The Text Publishing Company

Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year

Careless by Deborah Robertson, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Carpentaria by Alexis Wright, published by Giramondo Publishing
Every Move You Make by David Malouf, published by Random House
Theft: A Love Story by Peter Carey, published by Random House
Underground by Andrew McGahan, published by Allen & Unwin

Australian General Fiction Book of the Year

Cents & Sensibility by Maggie Alderson, published by Penguin Group Australia
Cricket Kings by William McInnes, published by Hachette Livre Australia
The Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Hearn, published by Hachette Livre Australia
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton, published by Allen & Unwin
The Valley by Di Morrissey, published by Pan Macmillan Australia

Australian Newcomer of the Year (debut writer)

Blowing My Own Trumpet by James Morrison, published by Murdoch Books
Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch, published by University of Queensland Press
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton, published by Allen & Unwin
Undertow by Sydney Bauer, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung, published by Black Inc.

Australian Book of the Year

A Thinking Reed by Barry Jones, published by Allen & Unwin
Jonestown by Chris Masters, published by Allen & Unwin
The Arrival by Shaun Tan, published by Hachette Livre Australia
The Great War by Les Carlyon, published by Pan Macmillan Australia
Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung, published by Black Inc.

The winners in these 15 categories, along with the Lloyd O'Neil Award, the Pixie O' Harris Award and the Australian Publisher of the Year Award, will be announced at the ABIA presentation dinner on Tuesday 24th July 2007.

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