Australian Award-winning Authors
We're proud to publish some of the best Australian authors and with this collection we celebrate those that have won awards! Enjoy some of this country's finest writers and their works with this Australian award-winning collection of books.
Browse Australian Award-winning Authors Collection
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The Big Little Book Of Happy Sadness
by Colin ThompsonPublished: 01/04/2009
The funny, touching story of an unlikely friendship from master storyteller Colin Thompson
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Five Bells
by Gail JonesPublished: 01/02/2012
Winner of the Kibble Literary Award, Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction, the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature, The ALS Gold Medal, the Barbara Jefferiss Prize and the Indies Award.
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The Light Between Oceans
by M.L. StedmanPublished: 03/12/2012
This mesmerizing Australian novel has been a bestselling book around the world, and Hollywood movie rights were recently snapped up by Dreamworks, with David Heyman (Harry Potter) set to produce. Winner of the Indie Awards 'Book of the Year' 2013.
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Sounds Spooky
by Christopher ChengPublished: 01/05/2012
A spookily delightful Australian picture book, perfect for Halloween
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The Worry Tree
by Marianne MusgrovePublished: 03/09/2012
Just because something's not magic doesn't mean it can't be magical...
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The Ivory Rose
by Belinda MurrellPublished: 02/05/2011
An ivory rose charm is the beginning of a terrifying adventure in 1890s Sydney in this gothic ghost story - another thrilling time slip tale for girls from best-loved author Belinda Murrell.
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Beyond Fear
by Jaye FordPublished: 01/03/2012
An adrenaline-pumping suspense thriller from an extraordinary new talent.
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Brotherband 3: The Hunters
by John FlanaganPublished: 01/11/2012
It's time for a showdown. Pirates vs Skandians. Bring it on, Herons!
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Cold Light
by Frank MoorhousePublished: 01/11/2012
Winner of the Queensland Literary Award. Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Barbara Jefferis Prize.
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Am I Black Enough For You?
by Anita HeissPublished: 02/04/2012
Winner of the Vic Premier's Award for Indigenous Writing. The story of an urban-based high achieving Aboriginal woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.
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Recollections Of A Bleeding Heart 10th Anniversary Edition
by Don WatsonPublished: 01/09/2011
Award-winning and best-selling biography of Paul Keating with new content
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When Colts Ran
by Roger McDonaldPublished: 01/07/2011
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature
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Wanting
by Richard FlanaganPublished: 01/02/2012
The bestselling, universally lauded novel of desire and its denial from acclaimed writer Richard Flanagan.
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Ilustrado
by Miguel SyjucoPublished: 01/06/2010
One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010. Shortlisted for the Best First Book in the 2011 Commonwealth Writers Prize.
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Summertime
by J.M. CoetzeePublished: 02/08/2010
A rich, funny, and deeply affecting autobiographical novel from one of the world's greatest living writers.
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True History of the Kelly Gang, The
by Peter CareyPublished: 01/09/2008
Carey has reportedly said he waited a lifetime to write this novel. It has probably taken him a lifetime of writing to be able to accomplish it.’ Matthew Condon
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The Shadow Girl
by John LarkinPublished: 03/10/2011
‘I tried to be forgettable. That’s how I survived.’
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The Brotherhood
by Y A ErskinePublished: 01/08/2011
One dead cop, one small island and an impact that will last a lifetime.
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Brotherband 2: The Invaders
by John FlanaganPublished: 01/05/2012
Eight boys are about to take on a crew of fifty cut-throat pirates . . . is this an impossible quest?
