The Colin Roderick Award is presented annually by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at Queensland's James Cook University for "the best book published in Australia which deals with any aspect of Australian life". [1] It was first presented in 1967 and now has a prize of A$50,000. Starting in 1980, the H. T. Priestley Memorial Medal has also been bestowed upon the award winner.
The Award was founded by Colin Roderick, an Australian "writer, editor, academic and educator". [2]
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Garry Disher | Sanctuary | Shortlisted | [12] |
| Jane Godwin | Look Me in the Eye | |||
| Gail Jones | One Another | |||
| Leah Kaminsky | Disorders of the Blood | |||
| Khin Myint | Fragile Creatures | |||
| Lainie Anderson | The Death of Dora Black | Longlisted | [13] | |
| Robbie Arnott | Dusk | |||
| Danielle Binks | Six Summers of Tash Leopold | |||
| Darren McCullum | The Wobbly Bike | |||
| John Wayne Parr | The Fighter | |||