Back, After the Break<\/a><\/em>, Osher G\u00fcnsberg (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers) Amelia Westlake<\/a>, Erin Gough (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont) Lenny\u2019s Book of Everything<\/a><\/em>, Karen Foxlee (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin) All the Ways to be Smart,<\/a><\/em> Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys (Scribe Publications, Scribble Kids\u2019 Books) Nine Perfect Strangers<\/a><\/em>, Liane Moriarty (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia) Any Ordinary Day<\/a><\/em>, Leigh Sales (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton) A Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to Coast<\/a><\/em>, Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia) Becoming<\/a><\/em>, Michelle Obama (Penguin Random House Australia, Viking) Boy Swallows Universe<\/a><\/em>, Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate) Boy Swallows Universe<\/a><\/em>, Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate) A Superior Spectre<\/a><\/em>, Angela Meyer (Ventura Press, Peter Bishop Books) Alfred\u2019s War<\/a><\/em>, Rachel Bin Salleh<\/a> and Samantha Fry (Magabala Books, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation) The Australian Publishers Association has announced the longlist for the 2019 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":88723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[9678,345,9679],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Social-ABIA.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88685"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88750,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88685\/revisions\/88750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Butterfly on a Pin<\/a>: A memoir of love, despair and reinvention<\/em>, Alannah Hill (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Books)
Challenge Accepted!<\/a><\/em>, Celeste Barber (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
Eggshell Skull<\/a><\/em>, Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
Johnathan Thurston: The Autobiography, Johnathan Thurston<\/a><\/em>, with James Phelps (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
One Hundred Years of Dirt<\/a><\/em>, Rick Morton (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
Speaking Up<\/a>, Gillian Triggs (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
Teacher<\/em><\/a>, Gabbie Stroud (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Biography.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nBook of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/em>Between Us<\/em>,<\/a> Clare Atkins (Black Inc. Books, Black Inc.)
Catching Teller Crow<\/a><\/em>, Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
Hive<\/a><\/em>, A. J. Betts (Pan Macmillan Australia, Pan Australia)
Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds<\/a><\/em>, Jeremy Lachlan(Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
P is for Pearl<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Eliza Henry-Jones (HarperCollins Publishers, Angus & Robertson)
Small Spaces<\/a><\/em>, Sarah Epstein (Walker Books Australia, Walker Books Australia)
Tales from the Inner City<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Shaun Tan (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/OlderChildren.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nBook of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ninja Kid #1<\/a><\/em>, Anh Do and Jeremy Ley (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)
Polly and Buster: The Mystery of the Magic Stones<\/a><\/em>, Sally Rippin (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Real Pigeons Fight Crime<\/a><\/em>, Andrew McDonald & Ben Wood (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
The 104-Storey Treehouse<\/a><\/em>, Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
The Bad Guys Episode 7: Do-You-Think-He-Saurus?!<\/a><\/em>, Aaron Blabey (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)
The Tales of Mr Walker<\/a><\/em>, Jess Black and Sara Acton (Penguin Random House Australia, Puffin)
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow: Nevermoor 2<\/a><\/em>, Jessica Townsend (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children\u2019s Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Younger7-12.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nChildren\u2019s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cicada<\/a><\/em>, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Lothian Children\u2019s Books)
Claris: The Chicest Mouse in Paris<\/a><\/em>, Megan Hess (Hardie Grant Egmont, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Go Go and the Silver Shoes<\/a><\/em>, Jane Godwin and Anna Walker (Penguin Random House Australia, Viking)
If I Was Prime Minister<\/a><\/em>, Beck and Robin Feiner(HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
Love Makes a Family<\/a><\/em>, Sophie Beer (Hardie Grant Egmont, Little Hare Books)
Macca the Alpaca<\/a><\/em>, Matt Cosgrove (Scholastic Australia, Koala Books)
Pig the Grub,<\/a><\/em> Aaron Blabey (Scholastic Australia, Scholastic Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/PictureBook.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nGeneral Fiction Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Scrublands<\/a><\/em>, Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart<\/a><\/em>, Holly Ringland (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
The Lost Man<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Jane Harper (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)
The Nowhere Child, Christian White (Affirm Press)
The Other Wife<\/a><\/em>, Michael Robotham (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
The R\u00fain<\/a><\/em>, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz<\/a><\/em>, Heather Morris (Echo Publishing, Echo Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/GeneralFiction.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nGeneral Non-fiction Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Boys Will Be Boys<\/a><\/em>, Clementine Ford (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
Dear Santa<\/a><\/em>, Samuel Johnson (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Hachette Australia)
No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison<\/a><\/em>, Behrouz Boochani, Omid Tofighian (translator) (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador Australia)
The Arsonist<\/a><\/em>, Chloe Hooper (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
The Land Before Avocado<\/a><\/em>, Richard Glover (HarperCollins Publishers, ABC Books)
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia<\/a><\/em>, Marcia Langton (Hardie Grant Publishing, Hardie Grant Travel)
Woo\u2019s Wonderful World of Maths<\/a><\/em>, Eddie Woo (Pan Macmillan Australia, Macmillan Australia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ABIA2019_NonFic.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nIllustrated Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour, David Coles<\/a><\/em> (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia)
<\/a>Family: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourish<\/a><\/em>, Hetty McKinnon (Pan Macmillan Australia, Plum)
Flour and Stone: Baked for Love, Life & Happiness<\/a><\/em>, Nadine Ingram with photography by Alan Benson (Simon & Schuster Australia, Julie Gibbs for Simon & Schuster Australia)
Mirka & Georges, Lesley Harding & Kendrah Morgan<\/a><\/em> (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
Resident Dog: Incredible Homes and the Dogs That Live There<\/a><\/em>, Nicole England (Thames & Hudson Australia, Thames & Hudson Australia)
Special Gues<\/a><\/em>t<\/a>, Annabel Crabb and Wendy Sharpe (Murdoch Books, Murdoch Books)
The Cook\u2019s Apprentice<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Stephanie Alexander (Penguin Random House Australia, Lantern)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Illustratedd.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nInternational Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CIRCE<\/a><\/em>, Madeline Miller (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury)
Fear: Trump in the White House<\/a><\/em>, Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster UK, Simon & Schuster UK)
Less<\/a><\/em>, Andrew Sean Greer (Hachette Australia Pty Ltd, Abacus)
Lost Connections<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Johann Hari (Bloomsbury Publishing, Bloomsbury Circus)
Milkman<\/a><\/em>, Anna Burns (Faber & Faber, Faber & Faber)
Normal People<\/a><\/em>, Sally Rooney (Faber & Faber, Faber & Faber)
Ottolenghi SIMPLE<\/a><\/em>, Yotam Ottolenghi (Penguin Random House Australia, Ebury Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ABIA2019international.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nThe Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Nowhere Child<\/a><\/em>, Christian White (Affirm Press,)
Eggshell Skull<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
One Hundred Years of Dirt<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Rick Morton (Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne University Press)
Teacher<\/a><\/em>, Gabbie Stroud (Allen & Unwin, Allen & Unwin)
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Holly Ringland (HarperCollins Publishers, Fourth Estate)
The R\u00fain<\/a><\/em>, Dervla McTiernan (HarperCollins Publishers, HarperCollins Publishers)
The Tattooist of Auschwitz<\/a><\/em>, Heather Morris (Echo Publishing, Echo Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/MattRichell.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nLiterary Fiction Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bridge of Clay<\/a><\/em>, Markus Zusak (Pan Macmillan Australia, Picador Australia)
In the Garden of the Fugitives<\/a>, Ceridwen Dovey (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
Shell<\/a>, Kristina Olsson (Simon & Schuster Australia, Scribner Australia)
The Children\u2019s House<\/a><\/em>, Alice Nelson (Penguin Random House Australia, Vintage Australia)
The Shepherd\u2019s Hut<\/a><\/em>, Tim Winton (Penguin Random House Australia, Hamish Hamilton)
Too Much Lip<\/a><\/em>, Melissa Lucashenko (The University of Queensland Press, UQP)
Wintering<\/a><\/em>, Krissy Kneen (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/literary.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nSmall Publishers\u2019 Adult Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Blakwork<\/a><\/em>, Alison Whittaker (Magabala Books, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation)
Deep Time Dreaming<\/a><\/em>, Billy Griffiths (Black Inc. Books, Black Inc.)
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Dr Anita Heiss (ed.) (Black Inc Books, Black Inc.)
The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted<\/a><\/em>, Robert Hillman (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
The Geography of Friendship<\/a><\/em>, Sally Piper (The University of Queensland Press, UQP)
The Western Front Diaries of Charles Bean<\/a><\/em>, Edited by Peter Burness (UNSW Press, published in association with the Australian War Memorial, NewSouth)
Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean<\/a><\/em>, Joy McCann (UNSW Press, NewSouth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SmallPubAdult.jpg\")
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\n\n\n\nSmall Publishers\u2019 Children\u2019s Book of the Year<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Black Cockatoo<\/a><\/em>, Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler (Magabala Books, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation)
Empty<\/a><\/em>, Andrew Pratley, Angel McMullan(New Frontier Publishing, Little Steps Publishing)
Heads And Tails: Insects<\/a><\/em>, John Canty (author\/illustrator), (Berbay Publishing, Berbay Publishing)
I Had Such Friends<\/a><\/em>, Meg Gatland-Veness (Pantera Press, Pantera Press)
Night Walk<\/a><\/em>,<\/a> Alison Binks (writer and illustrator), (Berbay Publishing, Berbay Publishing)
Rhyme Cordial<\/a><\/em>, Antonia Pesenti (Scribe Publications, Scribble Kids\u2019 Books)
The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls<\/a><\/em>, Adam Cece (illustrated by Andrew Weldon) (Text Publishing, Text Publishing)
Whisper<\/a><\/em>, Lynette Noni (Pantera Press, Pantera Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/SmallPubKid.jpg\")
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