From Facebook: Offering the richest prize in the nation, with a tax-free prize pool of $600,000, the Awards recognise the outstanding talents of Australian writers, illustrators, poets, and historians.
“Congratulations to all of this year’s winners, whose work demonstrates the depth and diversity of Australian literature. Our stories connect us across generations, cultures and communities, and allow the world to see Australia through Australian eyes.” — Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP
Meet the winners:
📗FICTION: ‘A Piece of Red Cloth’ by Leonie Norrington, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga and Djawundil Maymuru
📗NON-FICTION: ‘The Red House’ by Kate Wild
📗POETRY: ‘Two Hundred Million Musketeers’ by Ender Başkan
📗AUS HISTORY: ‘The Southern Frontier’ by Rohan Howitt
📗YOUNG ADULT LIT: ‘Drift’ by Pip Harry
📗CHILDREN'S LIT: ‘Song of a Thousand Seas’ by Zana Fraillon
I gave both of these FIVE stars and both are Verse Novels which is a form I love and admire. In 2022 the judges also selected a verse novel in the Children's Literature category - Mina and the Whole Wide world. Click the label Verse Novel on this post to discover more books using this format. I have talked about other books by Pip Harry and Zana Fraillon on this blog too.
2014 Silver Buttons
2015 One Minute's Silence
2016 Sister Heart
2017 Home in the Rain
2018 Pea Pod Lullaby
2019 His Name was Walter
2021 How to Make a Bird
2022 Mina and the Whole Wide World
2025 Leo and Ralph
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