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2025
Winners

BOOK OF THE YEAR

Dusk by Robbie Arnott (Picador Australia)

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FICTION

Dusk by Robbie Arnott (Picador Australia)

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NON-FICTION

Three Wild Dogs and the Truth by Markus Zusak (Picador Australia)

 

 DEBUT FICTION

All The Bees in the Hollows by Lauren Keegan (Affirm Press)

 

ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION

The Paintings of Criss Canning by Criss Canning (Thames & Hudson Australia)

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CHILDREN’S

All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)

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YOUNG ADULT

My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery (Allen & Unwin Children's)

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Didn’t see this coming! What a world, hey. Can’t believe it. I’m thrilled and honoured that people who love books so much they sell them for a living found something worthwhile in this book. I’m off for a lager.

- Robbie Arnott, Indie Book of the Year Winner, Dusk

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