Welcome to Literary Awards Australia global gateway to 250+Australian, American, British, Canadian, New Zealand and Irish book awards. Shortlists & results from the world's leading literary awards plus author biographies. This is a sister site to Literary Festivals Australia, Literary Festivals UK & Festival Australia.
2012 Shortlists Victorian Premier's Literary Awards08-Sep-2012
Founded by John Cain, the former Premier of Victoria , to mark the centenary of the births of Vance ..
Queensland Literary Awards 2012 Winners08-Sep-2012
The Queensland Literary Awards were established on the 4th of April, 2012 as a response to Queen..
Madeline Miller Wins Britain's Orange Prize With Debut Novel "The Song of Achilles"07-Sep-2012
American author Madeline Miller has won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction with her debut novel T..
Ned Kelly Crime Award Winners 201207-Sep-2012
The Ned Kelly Awards(named for the famous Australian bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leadi..
Children's Book Council of Australia WINNERS
Older Readers The Dead I Know Scot Gardner
Younger Readers Crow Country Kate Constable
Early Childhood The Runaway Hug Nick Bland and Freya Blackwood
Picture Book of the Year A Bus Called Heaven Bob Graham
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch
Check out the 2012 Honour Book Winners and past winners of the CBCA
Australian Book Industry Award
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is the peak industry body for Australian book, journal and electronic publishers. The 2012 winners have been announced. Anna Funder was the big winner taking out both the Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the overall Book of the Year award with All That I Am. Full winners and shortlists
2012 Age Book of the Year
THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER 2012 1835: The Founding of Melbourne& The Conquest Of Australia - James Boyce[
Fiction: Foal’s Bread by Gillian Mears -Gillian Mears
Poetry: The Brokenness Sonnets I-III And Other Poems-Mal McKimmie More & Past winners
Kathleen Mitchell Award
The Kathleen Mitchell Award for Young Writers is a biennial Award dedicated to encouraging young Australian authors to achieve their dreams.
The Trust Company as Trustee for the Kathleen Mitchell Award, announced on 14 June 2012, Melanie Joosten as winner of the $15,000 prize for her novel Berlin Syndrome. Read more

Anna Funder, winner of the Samuel JohnsonPrize and author of "