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2023 Winners
Indie Book of the Year
Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin)
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FICTION
Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Hachette Australia)
NON-FICTION
The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms by Richard Fidler (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
DEBUT FICTION
All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien (HQ Fiction, HarperCollins)
ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION
First Nations Food Companion by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan (Murdoch Books)
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CHILDREN’S
Runt by Craig Silvey (Allen & Unwin)
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YOUNG ADULT
The Brink by Holden Sheppard (Text Publishing)
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Thirteen years after Jasper Jones was awarded Book Of The Year, it bears reiterating that I owe my career to the support of Australia’s independent bookstores. It means the world to have earned the endorsement of so many insightful and dedicated booksellers, and I will always be grateful for their willingness to share their enthusiasm for my writing with Australian readers.
My appreciation has never been more pronounced than now. I am profoundly honoured and deeply proud that RUNT has won the 2023 Indie Book Awards Book Of The Year.
- Craig Silvey, Indie Book of the Year Winner, Runt
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