ACT Book of the Year

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The ACT Book of the Year is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory. [1] The award was inaugurated in 1993 with $5,000 prize money. [2]

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Winners

YearAuthorTitlePublisherNotes
1993 Marion Halligan Lovers' Knot Heinemann Joint winners [3]
A. D. Hope Chance Encounters Melbourne University Press
1994 John Foulcher New and Selected Poems Brandl & Schlesinger [4]
1995 Sara Dowse Sapphires Penguin Group [5]
1996 Paul Hetherington Shadow Swimmer Molonglo Press
1997Francesca Rendle-ShortImago Spinifex Press
1998Lee ChittickTravelling With Percy : A South Coast Journey Aboriginal Studies Press
1999 Craig Cormick Unwritten Histories Aboriginal Studies Press
2000 Adrian Caesar The White: Last days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913 Picador
2001 Alan Gould The Schoonermaster's DanceFlamingoJoint Winners
Dorothy Johnston The Trojan Dog Wakefield Press
2002 Jackie French In the Blood Angus & Robertson
2003 John Clanchy The Hard Word University of Queensland Press
2004 Marion Halligan The Point Allen & Unwin
2005Tony KevinA Certain Maritime Incident : the sinking of SIEV X Scribe Publications
2006John ClanchyVincenzo's Garden University of Queensland Press
2007Quynh Du Thon ThatSunday Menu : selected short stories of Pham Thi HoaiPandanus
2008Tony KevinWalking the Camino : A Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago Scribe Publications
2009Nicholas DraysonA Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel [6] Viking [7]
2010 Marion Halligan Valley of Grace Allen & Unwin [8]
2011 Chris Hammer The River: A journey through the Murray-Darling Basin Melbourne University Press [9]
2012 Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin [9]
2013 Frank Bongiorno The Sex Lives of Australians : A History Black Inc. [10]
2014Gordon PeakeBeloved land: stories, Struggles and secrets from Timor-Leste Scribe Publications [11]
2015Mark HenshawThe Snow Kimono Text Publishing [12]
2016 Frank Bongiorno The Eighties : the decade that transformed Australia Black Inc. [13]
2017Tom GriffithsThe Art of Time Travel : Historians and their craft Black Inc. [14]
2018 Paul Collis Dancing Home University of Queensland Press [15]
2019 Robyn Cadwallader Book of Colours HarperCollins [16]
2020Lisa FullerGhost Bird University of Queensland Press [17]
2021Subhash JairethSpinoza's Overcoat: Travels with Writers and Poets Transit Lounge [18]
2022Lucy NeaveBelieve in Me University of Queensland Press [19]
2023 Frank Bongiorno Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia La Trobe University Press [20]
2024 Chris Hammer The Seven Allen & Unwin [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home'". Books+Publishing. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ↑ Hefner, Bob (1 August 1993). "Writers will headline celebrations". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 26. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ↑ Hefner, Robert (3 August 1993). "Hope, Halligan share first ACT annual book award". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Hefner, Robert (1 September 1994). "Literary award for political trilogy". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. ↑ Hefner, Robert (19 July 1995). "Dowse books a place in history". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. ↑ Drayson, Nicholas (2009). A guide to the birds of East Africa. London: Penguin Books. ISBN   978-0-14-103596-3. OCLC   276647634.
  7. ↑ "ACT Book of the Year and Poetry Prize 2009 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced". Books+Publishing. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  9. 1 2 "Gammage wins 2012 ACT Book of the Year Award". Books+Publishing. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "'The Sex Lives of Australians' named ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. ↑ "'Beloved Land' wins ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  12. ↑ "Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  13. ↑ "Bongiorno wins 2016 ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  14. ↑ "Griffiths wins 2017 ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  15. ↑ "Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home'". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  16. ↑ "Cadwallader wins 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award". Books+Publishing. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  17. ↑ "Fuller wins 2020 ACT Book of the Year for 'Ghost Bird'". Books+Publishing. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "ACT Book of the Year for 2021 revealed". ACT Government. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  19. ↑ "ACT Book of the Year Award". artsACT. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "Bongiorno wins ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  21. ↑ Directorate, ACT Government; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=artsACT; Corporate=Community Services (3 May 2025). "ACT Book of the Year Award". artsACT. Retrieved 21 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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