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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)







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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