The 2020 ABIAs longlist has been announced!
The ABIAs are the Australian Book Industry Awards, an annual celebration of Australian publishing that rewards the achievements of authors and publishers alike.
The awards are given out over a number of categories, from literary fiction to illustrated books. The books on the longlist are determined first by the ABIA Academy (consisting of more than 200 industry professionals), before a judging panel decides on the shortlist and the overall winners.
The shortlist will be revealed on the 9th of April, with the winners to be announced at a lavish ceremony in Sydney on the 29th of April.
Scroll down to see all of the longlisted books!
Biography Book of the Year
Australia Day by Stan Grant
A Born-Again Blakfella by Jack Charles
Gulpilil by Derek Rielly
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons
Tell Me Why by Archie Roach
The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory by Corey White
When All is Said & Done by Neale Daniher
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)
Detention by Tristan Bancks
How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox
It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories by Michael Earp et al
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim
This Is How We Change the Ending by Vikki Wakefield
Welcome to Country (Schools Edition) by Marcia Langton
Welcome To Your Period by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang
Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)
Explore Your World: Weird, Wild, Amazing! by Tim Flannery
Funny Bones by Kate Temple, Jol Temple and Oliver Phommavanh (editors)
How to Make a Movie in 12 Days by Fiona Hardy
Real Pigeons: Nest Hard by Andrew McDonald and Ben Wood (Illustrator)
The 117-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami Bayly
Under the Stars by Lisa Harvey-Smith & Mel Matthews (illustrator)
Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)
All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors by Davina Bell and Jenny Løvlie
Bluey: The Beach by Ludo Studio, BBC Studios and Penguin Random House Australia
Kindness Makes Us Strong by Sophie Beer
Lottie and Walter by Anna Walker
Mr Chicken All Over Australia by Leigh Hobbs
The Painted Ponies by Alison Lester
The Tiny Star by Mem Fox and Freya Blackwood (Illustrator)
Tilly by Jane Godwin and Anna Walker (Illustrator)
Wilam by Andrew Kelly, Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy (Illustrator)
General Fiction Book of the Year
Bruny by Heather Rose
Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare
Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
Peace by Garry Disher
Silver by Chris Hammer
The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White
General Non-fiction Book of the Year
Accidental Feminists by Jane Caro
Against All Odds by Craig Challen and Richard Harris
Banking Bad by Adele Ferguson
Fake by Stephanie Wood
488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan
See What You Made Me Do by Jess Hill
The Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, 1978 by Helen Garner
Troll Hunting by Ginger Gorman
Illustrated Book of the Year
Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape & Design 1925–1975 by Hannah Lewi and Philip Goad
Ben Quilty by Ben Quilty
Finding the Heart of the Nation by Thomas Mayor
Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia: Second Edition by Bill Arthur and Frances Morphy (eds.)
Olive Cotton by Helen Ennis
Step into Paradise by Jenny Kee and Linda Jackson
The Lost Boys by Paul Byrnes
The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland
Three Birds Renovations by Erin Cayless, Bonnie Hindmarsh and Lana Taylor
International Book of the Year
Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Lanny by Max Porter
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
Exploded View by Carrie Tiffany
Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng
The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
The Yield by Tara June Winch
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett
Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar
Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year
Cosmic Chronicles by Fred Watson
Feeding the Birds at Your Table by Darryl Jones
Invented Lives by Andrea Goldsmith
Kindred by Kirli Saunders
Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
Split by Lee Kofman
The White Girl by Tony Birch
Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year
Baby Business by Jasmine Seymour
Cooee Mittigar by Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson (Illustrator)
Little Bird’s Day by Sally Morgan and Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr (Illustrator)
Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders and Carol Rossetti (Illustrator)
Lunch at 10 Pomegranate Street by Felicita Sala
Sick Bay by Nova Weetman
Summer Time by Hilary Bell and Antonia Pesenti
You Can Change the World: The Kids’ Guide to a Better Planet by Lucy Bell
The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year
Being Black ‘n Chicken, & Chips by Matt Okine
Call Me Evie by J.P. Pomare
It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
The Prettiest Horse In The Glue Factory by Corey White
The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland
Troll Hunting by Ginger Gorman
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
Congratulations to all of the authors on the 2020 ABIAs Longlist!
Find out more about the Australian Book Industry Awards here.
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