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HarperCollinsPublishers Australia are proud to announce these recent award winners and nominees. Awards are arranged in five categories - click a category below for details of award winners and nominees. Click a book's title for more information about that book.

Fiction | Children's | Non-Fiction | Design & Print Production

FICTION AWARDS

Wolf Hall

CONSUMED

THE NORTHERN CLEMENCY - Philip Hensher

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK - Geraldine Brooks

THE TIME WE HAVE TAKEN - Steven Carroll

THE NEW SPACE OPERA

THE GRAVE TATTOO - Val McDermid

THE ZOOKEEPER'S WAR - Stephen Conte

THE OTHER SIDE OF YOU - Sally Vickers

ORPHEUS LOST - Janette Turner Hospital

THE YIDDISH POLICEMEN'S UNION - Michael Chabon

DARKMANS - Nicola Barker

BROKEN SKIN - Stuart MacBride

 

 

2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Winner
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel

2008 FAW Christina Stead Award for Fiction
Winner
Consumed - Caroline Hamilton

2008 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Shortlisted
The Northern Clemency - Philip Hensher

2008 Colin Roderick Award
Shortlisted
Orpheus Lost - Janette Turner Hospital

2008 Hugo Awards
Best Novel
Winner
The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon

2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
Best Fiction Book
Winner
The Zookeeper's War - Steven Conte

2008 Australian Book Industry Awards
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
Book of the Year

Winner
People of the Book - Geraldine Brooks

2008 Miles Franklin Award
Winner
The Time We Have Taken - Steven Carroll

2008 Locus Awards
Best SF Novel
Winner

The Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
Best Anthology
Winner

The New Space Opera - ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathon Strahan

2008 Julius Vogel Award
Best Novel
Winner
Path of Revenge - Russell Kirkpatrick

2008 James Tiptree Jr Award
Honour Books
The Empress of Mijak - Karen Miller
The Riven Kingdom - Karen Miller

2008 Ditmar Awards
Best Collected Work and Best WA Professional Production
Winner
The New Space Opera - ed. Jonathon Strahan & Gardner Dozois

2008 Galaxy British Book Awards
Reader's Digest Author of the Year
Shortlisted
Doris Lessing
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Crime Thriller of the Year
Shortlisted

The Grave Tattoo - Val McDermid
Richard & Judy's Best Read of the Year
Shortlisted
Notes from an Exhibition - Patrick Gale
Children's Book of the Year
Shortlisted
Best Mate - Michael Morpurgo (published in the UK as Born to Run)

2008 Kiriyama Prize
Shortlisted
The Last Chinese Chef - Nicole Mones
Mosquito - Roma Tearne

2008 Commonwealth Writers Prize
South-East Asia and South Pacific Region
Shortlisted: Best First Book
The Zookeeper's War
- Steven Conte
Winner: Best Book
The Time We Have Taken - Steven Carroll

2008 Le Prince Maurice Prize
Shortlisted
The Other Side of You
- Sally Vickers

The Romantic Novelists' Association 2008 Romantic Novel of the Year
Winner
Pillow Talk
- Freya North

The 2008 Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Awards
Winner - Best First Historical Romance
Claiming the Courtesan
- Anna Campbell

Adelaide 2008 Festival Award for Fiction
Shortlisted
Orpheus Lost
- Janette Turner Hospital

2008 Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America
Best Novel
Shortlisted
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
- Michael Chabon

2007 Man Booker Prize
Shortlisted
Darkmans
- Nicola Barker

2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Fiction
Shortlisted
Orpheus Lost
- Janette Turner Hospital

2007 Victorian Premier's Award for Fiction
Shortlisted
The Time We Have Taken
- Steven Carroll

2007 The Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction
Shortlisted
The Time We Have Taken
- Steven Carroll

2007 Crime Writers Association Awards
Winner - 'Dagger in the Library'
Broken Skin
- Stuart MacBride

2007 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal
Shortlisted
The Infernal Optimist
- Linda Jaivin

2007 Galaxy British Book Awards (Nibbies)
TV and Film Book of the Year
Winner
The Devil Wears Prada
- Lauren Weisberger

CHILDRENS AWARDS

GAME AS NED - Tim Pegler

PHARAOH - Jackie French

THE SHADOW THIEF - Alexandra Adornetto

The Shaggy Gully Times - Jackie French

 

2008 Inky Teen Choice Awards
Golden Inky (Best Australian Book for Young Adult Readers)
Longlisted
Game as Ned - Tim Pegler
Silver Inky (Best International Book for Young Adult Readers)
Longlisted
Broken Soup - Jenny Valentine

2008 Australian Book Industry Awards
Shortlisted - Book of the Year for Older Children
The Shadow Thief - Alexandra Adornetto

2008 Carnegie Medal
Shortlisted
Finding Violet Park - Jenny Valentine

2008 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards
Best Book for Older Readers
Shortlisted
Pharaoh - Jackie French
Best Book for Younger Readers
Shortlisted
The Shaggy Gully Times - Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
Notable Books
Doomsday - James Moloney
Master of the Books - James Moloney
Game as Ned - Tim Pegler
Hello God - Moya Simmons

2008 White Ravens
Awarded to Books of Exceptional Artistic and Literary Style
Winners
The Shadow Thief
- Alexandra Adornetto
The Shaggy Gully Times - Jackie French & Bruce Whatley

NON FICTION AWARDS

WHERE THE SEA TAKES US - Kim Huynh

VIETNAM - Paul Ham

THE REST IS NOISE - Alex Ross

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING - Joan Didion

THE LOST - Daniel Mendelsohn

A DEATH IN BELMONT - Sebastian Junger

THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS - Conn & Hal Iggulden

2008 Colin Roderick Award
Shortlisted
Where the Sea Takes Us - Kim Huynh

2008 Queensland Premier's Awards
Best History Book
Shortlisted
Vietnam - Paul Ham

2008 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
Best Non-Fiction Book
Shortlisted
Vietnam - Paul Ham

2008 Australian Book Industry Awards
Shortlisted - Biography of the Year
Andrew Johns: The Two of Me - Andrew Johns & Neil Cadigan
Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants to Do This - Bruce Beresford
Shortlisted - Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Vietnam - Paul Ham

2007 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Winner
The Rest is Noise
- Alex Ross

2008 Orwell Prize
Longlisted
What's Left
- Nick Cohen
Six Degrees - Mark Lynas
William Wilberforce - William Hague

2007 World Food Media Awards
Winner - Best Children's Cookbook
Nora's Dinners
- Nora Sands

2007 Prix Medicis - Essai
Winner
The Year of Magical Thinking
- Joan Didion

2007 National Book Critics Circle Awards
Best Memoir
Winner
The Lost
- Daniel Mendelsohn

2007 Edgar Awards
Best True Crime Book
Winner
Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
- James Swanson

2007 L.L.Winship / PEN New England Award
Best Non-Fiction Book
Winner
A Death in Belmont
- Sebastian Junger

2007 Galaxy British Book Awards (Nibbies)
Borders Book of the Year
Winner
The Dangerous Book For Boys
- Conn & Hal Iggulden

2006 Australian Christian Book of the Year Award
Shortlisted
An Angel in the Court - Anne Henderson

2006 Hawthornden Prize
Winner
Stuart: A Life Backwards - Alexander Masters

The Kiriyama Prize
Winner
Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia
- Piers Vitebsky

Guardian First Book Award
Winner
Stuart: A Life Backwards - Alexander Masters

DESIGN AWARDS

OCTAVIUS O'MALLEY AND THE MYSTERY OF THE EXPLODING CHEESE - Alan Sunderland

ADVERBS - Daniel Handler

ON, OFF - Colleen McCullough

GHOST TIDE - Yo Yo

POMEGRANATE SOUP - Marsha Mehran

PLAYING WITH WATER - Kate Llewellyn

2007 Australian Publishers' Association Book Design Awards
Bloomin' Books Best Designed Childrens Fiction Book
Winner

Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Exploding Cheese - Alan Sunderland
Designer: Darren Holt

The Allen & Unwin Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
Winner
Adverbs - Daniel Handler
Designer: The HarperCollins Design Studio

The 2007 Galley Club Awards for Excellence in Production and Print
Winner

Leaf Litter
- Rachel Tonkin
Production by Joan Raftery
Highly commended
M.O.T.H.E.R: A Tribute - Danny Katz
Production by Jill Donald

The Penguin Books Australia Best Designed Commercial Fiction Book
Winner
Crook as Rookwood - Chris Nyst
Cover Designer: Michael Donahue
Shortlisted

On, Off - Colleen McCullough
Cover Designer: Katy Wright

The Allen & Unwin Best Designed Literary Fiction Book
Winner
Ghost Tide - Yo Yo and Ben Carrdus
Designer: Natalie Winter
Shortlisted
Pomegranate Soup - Marsha Mehran
Cover Designer: Natalie Winter

The Better Read Than Dead Bookshop Best Designed Literary Non-Fiction Book
Shortlisted
Playing With Water - Kate Llewellyn
Cover Designer: Katie Mitchell

The Best Designed Non-Fiction Book
Winner
Absurdistan - Eric Campbell
Cover Designer: Katherine Hall, de Luxe & Associates

McPherson's Printing Best Designed Cover of the Year
Shortlisted
Absurdistan - Eric Campbell
Cover Designer: Katherine Hall, de Luxe & Associates

The 2006 Galley Club Awards for Excellence in Production and Print
Winner
Playing With Water - Kate Llewellyn
Production by Jill Donald
Shortlisted
Ghost Tide - Yo Yo and Ben Carrdus
Production by Jill Donald
Frankenstein - Margete Lamond and Drahos Zak
Production by Joan Raftery








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