Australian Book Industry Awards The Australian Book Industry Awards are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". Works are first selected by an academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by judging panels. The inaugural event was held in July 2006 .2019 winners Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe picked up four awards in the 2019 ABIA awards. Winners were:ABIA book of the year: Boy Swallows Universe , Trent Dalton Biography of the year award: Eggshell Skull , Bri Lee General fiction book of the year: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart , Holly Ringland General non-fiction book of the year: , Behrouz Boochani , Omid Tofighian Honourable mention for non-fiction book of the year: Any Ordinary Day , Leigh Sales Literary fiction book of the year: Boy Swallows Universe , Trent Dalton Illustrated book of year: Family: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourish , Hetty McKinnon International book of year: Less , Andrew Sean Greer Small publisher adults book of the year: Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia , Dr Anita Heiss Small publisher children’s book of the year: Whisper , Lynette Noni The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year: Boy Swallows Universe , Trent Dalton Book of the year for older children : Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds , Jeremy Lachlan Book of the year for younger children : The 104-Storey Treehouse , Andy Griffiths , Terry Denton Children’s picture book of the year : All the Ways to be Smart , Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys Audiobook of the year: Boy Swallows Universe , Trent Dalton, Narrator Stig Wemyss The Lloyd O’Neill hall of fame award for services to the Australian book industry: Richard Walsh The Pixie O’Harris award for outstanding commitment to children’s literature: Kathy Kozlowski Publisher of the year: Pan Macmillan Australia Small publisher of the year: Affirm Press Honourable mention: Magabala Books National book retailer of the year: Booktopia Independent book retailer of the year: Mary Martin Bookshops Rising star award: Ella Chapman, head of marketing communications at Hachette Australia 2020 winners The 2020 awards were announced at a virtual event hosted by Casey Bennetto on 13 May . Winners were: ABIA book of the year: Bluey: The Beach , Ludo Studio, BBC Studios and PRH Australia Biography of the year award: When All is Said & Done by Neale Daniher General fiction book of the year: Bruny , Heather Rose General non-fiction book of the year: Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules for Life , Kitty Flanagan Literary fiction book of the year: The Weekend , Charlotte Wood Illustrated book of year: The Whole Fish Cookbook, Josh Niland International book of year: The Testaments, Margaret Atwood Small publisher adults book of the year: Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta Small publisher children’s book of the year: Love Your Body , Jessica Saunders, illustrated by Carol Rossetti The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year: Your Own Kind of Girl, Clare Bowditch Book of the year for older children : Welcome To Your Period, Yumi Stynes and Melissa Kang Book of the year for younger children : The 117-Storey Treehouse , Andy Griffiths, Terry Denton Children’s picture book of the year : Bluey: The Beach , Ludo Studio, BBC Studios and PRH Australia Audiobook of the year: , Behrouz Boochani. Narrators: Benjamin Law , Omid Tofighian, Isobelle Carmody , Janet Galbraith, Mathilda Imlah, Geoffrey Robertson , Richard Flanagan , Sarah Dale, Thomas Keneally and Yumi Stynes The Lloyd O’Neill hall of fame award for services to the Australian book industry: Helen Garner The Pixie O’Harris award for outstanding commitment to children’s literature: Erica Wagner Publisher of the year: Allen & Unwin Small publisher of the year: Magabala Books National book retailer of the year: Books Kinokuniya Independent book retailer of the year: Readings Rising star award: Hazel Lam, senior book designer at HarperCollins
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