Indie Book of the Year

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

Fiction

Honeybee by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin)

Non-Fiction
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird (Fourth Estate Australia)

Debut Fiction

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (Affirm Press)

Illustrated Non-Fiction

Plantopedia by Lauren Camilleri & Sophia Kaplan (Smith Street Books)

Children's

The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor (Affirm Press)

Young Adult

This One is Ours by Kate O'Donnell (University of Queensland Press)

Australian independent booksellers helped my novel thrive at a time when it seemed least likely. If I were in the business of giving out awards for outstanding achievement in 2020, independent booksellers would be at the top of the list. For this reason, it is a particularly special honour that The Dictionary of Lost Words has been chosen as the 2021 Indie Book of the Year.

- Pip Williams, Indie Book of the Year Winner, The Dictionary of Lost Words