Book awards highlight the calibre and excellence of published writing and make it easy to select a worthy read. Discover some absolute gems from announcements made July and August 2021, and get your own copy from your local independent bookshop.

Australian independent booksellers are thrilled to announce their Shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2021, their favourite Australian books published in 2020!

The Indie Book Awards 2020 have been announced in extraordinary times, without the sense of ceremony that these amazing books deserve. Let’s all support Australian writers, and the Australian Independent Booksellers who have chosen these books to be the best of the best. Your local bookseller would love to help you get these brilliant reads into your hands right now!

Australian independent booksellers, members of Leading Edge Books, are thrilled to announce their Longlist for the Indie Book Awards 2019!

Michelle de Kretser has won the 2018 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel THE LIFE TO COME, published by Allen & Unwin.