Australian Book Industry Awards 2023 winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers.

Updated May 26, 2023
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The blood traitor
Noni, Lynette
She'd failed them. All of them. And now she was paying the price. Kiva thought she knew what she wanted - revenge. But feelings change, people change . . . everything has changed. After what happened at the palace, Kiva is desperate to know if her...
What to say when you don't know what to say
Bell, Davina
WINNER OF THE ABIA CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR BIRTH TO THREE AWARD 2023 I'm not brave enough today. Maybe next time....
The boy from Boomerang Crescent
Betts, Eddie
It's a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG. Winner of the Australian Book Industry Awards, Social Impact Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2023 Indie Book Awards Sydney Morning Herald Best Reads of the...
The dreaming path : indigenous thinking to change your life
Callaghan, Paul
Runt
Silvey, Craig
A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author of Jasper Jones and Honeybee.
Wake
Burr, Shelley
WINNER OF THE DEBUT CRIME ACWA NED KELLY AWARD 2023WINNER OF THE ABIA'S MATT RICHELL AWARD FOR NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE DEBUT FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARD 2023'Politically savvy, cleverly plotted . . . the kind of book that invites the ravenous language of...
Dirt town
Scrivenor, Hayley
'A heart-wrenching mystery, Hayley Scrivenor's remarkable sense of place brings Dirt Town to life.' Jane Harper'Beautifully written, compassionate, with an entirely credible but heart-breaking ending. A stunning debut.' Ann CleevesMy best friend wore her name, Esther, like a queen wearing her crown...
Off to the market : a celebration of markets, cooking, and fresh food
Oehr, Alice
Winner of the 2023 ABIA Small Publishers' Children's Book of the Year A 2023 CBCA notable book Sunday is market day. We are looking for pumpkin, apples, eggs, and bread. What else will we find? Where did it come from? And what will we make with it? Learn all about produce in...
My dream time
Barty, Ashleigh
It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team it's always been important...
The whitewash
Lu, Siang
It sounded like a good idea at the time- A Hollywood spy thriller, starring, for the first time in history, an Asian male lead. With an estimated $350 million production budget and up-and-coming Hong Kong actor JK Jr, who, let's be honest, is not the sharpest tool in the shed, but probably...
Horse
Brooks, Geraldine
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique new novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses like Seabiscuit and SecretariatWINNER OF THE FICTION INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2023WINNER OF...
Dinner
Maehashi, Nagi
150 dinner recipes. Fail-proof. Delicious. Addictive. The food you want to cook, eat and share, night after night.Through her phenomenally popular online food site, RecipeTin Eats, Nagi Maehashi talks to millions of people a year who tell her about the food they love. Now, in her first cookbook,...
Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
THE NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, WITH OVER 6 MILLION COPIES SOLD Now a major Apple TV series starring Brie Larson 'The most charming, life-enhancing novel I've read in ages' Sunday Times 'Thought-provoking and stylish<...

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