The shortlist for this year's Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) has been announced.
The shortlist for this year's Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) has been announced.
The shortlist is as follows:
Marketing Campaign of the Year 2008, in memory of John Cody, sponsored by Random House Australia
- Allen & Unwin for An Uncommon Reader (Alan Bennett)
- Allen & Unwin for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J K Rowling)
- Hachette Livre Australia for Advance Australia ... Where? (Hugh Mackay)
- Hardie Grant Books for Court in the Middle (Andrew Fraser)
- Penguin Group (Australia) for Girl Stuff (Kaz Cooke)
International Success of the Year 2008, sponsored by Activair
- Hachette Livre Australia for The Arrival (Shaun Tan)
- Hardie Grant Books for Turquoise (Greg & Lucy Malouf)
- New Holland for Where's Bin Laden? (Daniel Lalic)
- Penguin Group (Australia) for Mao's Last Dancer (Li Cunxin)
- Random House Australia for ‘Ranger's Apprentice' (John Flanagan)
- The Text Publishing Company for A Little Rain on Thursday (Matt Rubinstein)
Illustrated Book of the Year 2008
- Alfred Gregory (Alfred Gregory, Lantern)
- Maggie's Harvest (Maggie Beer, Lantern)
- Pier (Greg Doyle, Murdoch Books)
- Secrets of the Red Lantern (Pauline Nguyen, Murdoch Books)
- The Great Gatsby (Niki Greenberg, A&U)
Biography of the Year 2008
- Andrew Johns: The Two of Me (Andrew Johns & Neil Cadigan, HarperSport)
- Arthur Boyd: A Life (Darleen Bungey, A&U)
- Births Deaths Marriages (Georgia Blain, Vintage)
- I Peed on Fellini, (David Stratton, Random House)
- Josh Hartnett Definitely Wants To Do This (Bruce Beresford, Flamingo)
General Nonfiction Book of the Year 2008
- American Journeys (Don Watson, Knopf)
- Girl Stuff (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
- Poll Dancing: The Story of the 2007 Election (Mungo MacCallum, Black Inc.)
- Vietnam: The Australian War (Paul Ham, HarperCollins)
- Who Killed Channel 9? (Gerald Stone, Macmillan)
Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2008
- Just Shocking! (Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton, Pan)
- Tashi and the Mixed-Up Monster, (Anna & Barbara Fienberg, illustrated by Kim Gamble, A&U)
- The Peasant Prince (Li Cunxin, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas, Viking)
- The Trouble With Dogs! (Bob Graham, Walker Books)
- What Bumosaur is That? (Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton, Macmillan)
Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2008
- Dragon Moon (Carole Wilkinson, Black Dog Books)
- Ranger's Apprentice 7: Erak's Ransom (John Flanagan, Random House)
- The Key to Rondo (Emily Rodda, Omnibus)
- The Shadow Thief (Alexandra Adornetto, HarperCollins)
- The Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame, published by Walker Books)
Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2008
- A Fraction of the Whole, written by Steve Toltz, Hamish Hamilton)
- People of the Book (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak, Picador)
- The Children (Charlotte Wood, A&U)
- The Memory Room (Christopher Koch, Knopf)
General Fiction Book of the Year 2008
- Addition (Toni Jordan, Text)
- Sucked In (Shane Maloney, Text)
- The River Baptists (Belinda Castles, A&U)
- The Six Sacred Stones (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan)
- Those Faraday Girls (Monica McInerney, Penguin)
Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2008
- A Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz, Hamish Hamilton)
- Addition (Toni Jordan, Text)
- People Like Us (Waleed Aly, Picador)
- Secrets of the Red Lantern (Pauline Nguyen, Murdoch Books)
- Van Diemen's Land (James Boyce, Black Inc.)
Book of the Year 2008
- American Journeys (Don Watson, Knopf)
- Girl Stuff (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
- Maggie's Harvest (Maggie Beer, Lantern)
- People of the Book, (Geraldine Brooks, Fourth Estate)
- The Book Thief (Markus Zusak, Picador)
This article from Thorpe Bowker's Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2008, Thorpe-Bowker
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