The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.[1]
The award was established in 2008.
Winners and shortlists
editYear | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Toni Jordan | Addition | Winner | [2] |
2009 | Sonia Orchard | The Virtuoso | Winner | [2] |
2010 | Not awarded | [2] | ||
2011 | Jon Bauer | Rocks in the Belly | Winner | [2] |
2012 | Anna Funder | All That I Am | Winner | [2] |
Favel Parrett | Past the Shallows | Finalist | [3] | |
Rohan Wilson | The Roving Party | Finalist | [3] | |
Adrienne Ferreira | Watercolours | Finalist | [3] | |
2013 | M. L. Stedman | The Light Between Oceans | Winner | [4] |
Paul D. Carter | Eleven Seasons | Finalist | [5] | |
Peter Twohig | The Cartographer | Finalist | [5] | |
Hannah Richell | Secrets of the Tides | Finalist | [5] | |
2014 | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | Winner | [6] |
Inga Simpson | Mr Wigg | Finalist | [7] | |
Graeme Simsion | The Rosie Project | Finalist | [7] | |
Fiona McFarlane | The Night Guest | Finalist | [7] | |
2015 | Maxine Beneba Clarke | Foreign Soil | Winner | [8] |
Brooke Davis | Lost & Found | Finalist | [9] | |
Emily Bitto | The Strays | Finalist | [9] | |
Christine Piper | After Darkness | Finalist | [9] | |
2016 | Lucy Treloar | Salt Creek | Winner | [10] |
Shirley Barrett | Rush Oh! | Finalist | [11] | |
Robyn Cadwallader | The Anchoress | Finalist | [11] | |
Antonia Hayes | Relativity | Finalist | [11] | |
2017 | Jane Harper | The Dry | Winner | [12] |
Melissa Ashley | The Birdman's Wife | Finalist | [13] | |
David Dyer | The Midnight Watch | Finalist | [13] | |
Holly Throsby | Goodwood | Finalist | [13] | |
2018 | Mark Brandi | Wimmera | Winner | [14] |
Melanie Cheng | Australia Day | Finalist | [15] | |
Dennis Glover | The Last Man in Europe | Finalist | [15] | |
Sarah Schmidt | See What I Have Done | Finalist | [15] | |
2019 | Trent Dalton | Boy Swallows Universe | Winner | [16] |
Chris Hammer | Scrublands | Finalist | [17] | |
Heather Morris | The Tattooist of Auschwitz | Finalist | [17] | |
Christian White | The Nowhere Child | Finalist | [17] | |
2020 | Suzanne Daniel | Allegra in Three Parts | Winner | [18] |
Anne Brinsden | Wearing Paper Dresses | Finalist | [19] | |
Felicity McLean | The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone | Finalist | [19] | |
Molly Murn | Heart of the Grass Tree | Finalist | [19] | |
2021 | Pip Williams | The Dictionary of Lost Words | Winner | [20] |
Kyle Perry | The Bluffs | Finalist | [21] | |
Nardi Simpson | Song of the Crocodile | Finalist | [21] | |
Jessie Tu | A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing | Finalist | [21] | |
2022 | Lyn Yeowart | The Silent Listener | Winner | [22] |
Hannah Bent | When Things Are Alive They Hum | Finalist | [23] | |
Campbell Mattinson | We Are Not Men | Finalist | [23] | |
Diana Reid | Love & Virtue | Finalist | [23] | |
2023 | Tracey Lien | All That's Left Unsaid | Winner | [24] |
Shelley Burr | Wake | Finalist | [25] | |
Omar Sakr | Son of Sin | Finalist | [25] | |
Hayley Scrivener | Dirt Town | Finalist | [25] | |
2024 | Jane Harrison | The Visitors | Winner | [26] |
Madeleine Gray | Green Dot | Finalist | [27] | |
Kerryn Mayne | Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder | Finalist | [27] | |
Molly Schmidt | Salt River Road | Finalist | [27] |
References
edit- ^ ""Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""2012 Indie Awards"". ANZ LitLovers LitBlog. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2013"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""The 2013 Indie Awards Shortlist Announced"". Readings. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""The Indie Awards Shortlist for 2014"". Readings. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2015 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2016"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2016 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2017"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2017 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2018"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2018 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2019"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2019 shortlists announced"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2020"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards 2020 shortlists announced"". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2021"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2021 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2022"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2022 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2023"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2023 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Shortlist announced for the 2024 Indie Book Awards"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.