The winners of the 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards were announced in Sydney last night. The winners were:
Independent Bookseller of the Year
VIC - Readings Books Music Film Carlton
Bookseller Marketing Campaign of the Year
Readings Books Music Film Carlton, for The Boat by Nam Le
Book of the Year
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin)
Newcomer of the Year (debut writer)
The Boat by Nam Le (Penguin Australia)
Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2009
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Allen & Unwin)
General Fiction Book of the Year
The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton (Allen & Unwin)
Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to 14 years)
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (Penguin Australia)
Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years)
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes written by Mem Fox, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (Penguin Australia)
General Non-Fiction Book of the Year
The Tall Man by Chloe Hooper (Penguin Australia)
Biography of the Year
The Lucy Family Alphabet by Judith Lucy (Penguin Australia)
Illustrated Book of the Year
Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin)
International Success of the Year
Penguin Australia, for various Sonya Hartnett titles
Marketing Campaign of the Year
Penguin Australia, for Popular Penguins by various authors
Distributor of the Year
United Book Distributors
Publisher of the Year
Penguin Australia
Small Publisher of the Year
Black Inc.
You can read the full shortlists here.
