Macky, Ballantyne to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; ABIA business awards shortlists announced
Bookseller Mandy Macky and children's publisher Maryann Ballantyne will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Wednesday, 28 April. Macky will...
ABIA 2021 longlists announced
The longlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Bluffs (Kyle Perry, Michael...
Walsh, Kozlowski to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; Chapman wins 2019 Rising Star award
Publisher and author Richard Walsh and children’s book specialist Kathy Kozlowski will be inducted into the ABIA Hall of Fame at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) on Thursday, 2...
ABIA 2019 longlists announced
The longlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year Nine Perfect Strangers (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan)...
A&U, NewSouth win industry awards at 2016 ABIAs; Szubanski’s ‘Reckoning’ named Book of the Year
The winners of the 2016 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on 19 May. Allen & Unwin was awarded Publisher of the Year and NewSouth Books was...
ABIAs 2016 date, venue announced
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on 19 May at the Art Gallery of NSW this year. The awards will be hosted by comedian Kitty Flanagan and...
ABIA 2015 shortlists announced
The shortlists for this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced.The shortlisted titles are: General fiction book of the year Laurinda (Alice Pung, Black Inc.) Lost & Found (Brooke Davis,...
New award categories for 2015 ABIAs
Three new awards will be presented for the first time at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).Two of the new awards, the Small Publisher Adult Book of the Year and...
ABIAs 2015 date and location announced
The 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on 21 May 2015. The awards will be held at Doltone House in Pyrmont during the Sydney Writers’ Festival, which runs...
Kent, Griffiths win inaugural ABIA/Booktopia People’s Choice Awards
Booktopia has announced the winners of the inaugural Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA)/Booktopia People’s Choice Award. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Picador) won the adult book award and The 39-Storey...
Text and Pan Macmillan scoop 2014 ABIAs
The winners of the 2014 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced in Sydney on Friday 23 May.It was a particularly successful night for Text Publishing, with Graeme Simsion’s The...
MC announced for 2014 ABIAs
Satirist and musician Casey Bennetto will host this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). Bennetto, who has previously hosted several Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, said he will ‘wear a spiffy...
New award categories, organising committee for 2014 ABIAs
A number of new awards will be presented for the first time at this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), while several other awards will no longer be part of...
2013 ABIA winners announced
The winners of the 2013 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Friday 24 May at the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney. This is the second time that the awards...
Book Industry Innovation Award shortlist announced
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for this year’s Book Industry Innovation Award, which will be presented as part of the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) in...
New academy to vote on ABIAs
A new academy has been chosen to vote on the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The academy has been reduced in size from 150 to 100 members, consisting of 50...
International authors take centre stage at SWF 2012
Book sales at this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, held between 14 and 20 May, were dominated by international authors, according to festival bookseller Gleebooks. Gleebooks owner David Gaunt told Bookseller+Publisher...
SWF 2012 program launched
The 2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) program has been launched and is available on the website and in print from bookshops, libraries and festival venues. Tickets are also now available....
2009 ABIA Awards announced
The 2009 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were presented last night, Tuesday 23 June, at a gala event at Sydney's Sofitel, hosted by Tara Moss. The 20 awards honour and recognise...
ABIA awards announced
Penguin is the 2008 publisher of the year, Scribe is small publisher of the year, Gleebooks the independent bookseller of the year and Dymocks Garden City Booragoon chain bookseller of...