BOOK OF THE YEAR

Killing for Country: A Family Story by David Marr (Black Inc.)

FICTION

Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko (University of Queensland Press)

NON-FICTION

Killing for Country: A Family Story by David Marr (Black Inc.)

DEBUT FICTION

The Visitors by Jane Harrison (Fourth Estate Australia)

ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

The Bird Art of William T. Cooper by Wendy Cooper (National Library of Australia)

CHILDREN’S

The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet by Jaclyn Moriarty (Allen & Unwin Children's)

YOUNG ADULT

Welcome to Sex by Dr Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)

This is an extraordinary honour. Thank you for choosing Killing for Country as book of the year. It began as a confession and ended five years of work with my collaborator and partner Sebastian Tesoriero as a history of the conquest of the country. That the independent booksellers have recognised our work in this way means a great deal to us. You are true friends to writers across the country. Thank you.

- David Marr, Indie Book of the Year Winner, Killing for Country