BOOK OF THE YEAR

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Penguin Australia)

FICTION

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Penguin Australia)

NON-FICTION

Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent (Picador Australia)

DEBUT FICTION

When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin (Hachette Australia)

ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

Wild by Design by Tim Pilgrim (Murdoch Books)

CHILDREN’S

Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (Lothian Children's Books)

YOUNG ADULT

Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire by Amy Doak (Penguin Australia)

I want to take this moment to express my profound gratitude. You (Independent booksellers) are a fundamental, crucial part of our arts industry, of our cultural identities, of the way we connect to ideas and stories, and to each other.

- Charlotte McConaghy, Indie Book of the Year Winner, Wild Dark Shore