2022 Winners
Indie Book of the Year
Love Stories by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)
FICTION
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Hamish Hamilton Australia)
NON-FICTION
Love Stories by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)
DEBUT FICTION
The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart (Viking Australia)
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
Still Life by Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson Australia)
CHILDREN’S
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
YOUNG ADULT
The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks (Lothian Children's Books)
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.