ACT Book of the Year explained
The ACT Book of the Year is an annual prize of $10,000 awarded for a literary work of fiction, nonfiction or poetry written by an author from the Australian Capital Territory.[1] The award was inaugurated in 1993 with $5,000 prize money.[2]
Winners
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Notes |
|---|
| 1993 | | Lovers' Knot | Heinemann | Joint winners[3] |
| Chance Encounters | Melbourne University Press |
| 1994 | | New and Selected Poems | | [4] |
| 1995 | | Sapphires | | | [5] |
| 1996 | | Shadow Swimmer | | |
| 1997 | | Imago | | |
| 1998 | Lee Chittick | Travelling With Percy : A South Coast Journey | | |
| 1999 | | Unwritten Histories | | |
| 2000 | | The White: Last days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913 | | |
| 2001 | | The Schoonermaster's Dance | Flamingo | Joint Winners |
| The Trojan Dog | Wakefield Press |
| 2002 | | In the Blood | | |
| 2003 | | The Hard Word | | |
| 2004 | Marion Halligan | The Point | | |
| 2005 | Tony Kevin | A Certain Maritime Incident : the sinking of SIEV X | | |
| 2006 | John Clanchy | Vincenzo's Garden | | |
| 2007 | | Sunday Menu : selected short stories of Pham Thi Hoai | Pandanus | |
| 2008 | Tony Kevin | Walking the Camino : A Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago | | |
| 2009 | Nicholas Drayson | A Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel [6] | Viking | [7] |
| 2010 | Marion Halligan | Valley of Grace | | [8] |
| 2011 | Chris Hammer | The River: A journey through the Murray-Darling Basin | | |
| 2012 | | The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia | | [9] |
| 2013 | | The Sex Lives of Australians : A History | | [10] |
| 2014 | Gordon Peake | Beloved land: stories, Struggles and secrets from Timor-Leste | | [11] |
| 2015 | Mark Henshaw | The Snow Kimono | | [12] |
| 2016 | Frank Bongiorno | The Eighties : the decade that transformed Australia | | [13] |
| 2017 | Tom Griffiths | The Art of Time Travel : Historians and their craft | | [14] |
| 2018 | Paul Collis | Dancing Home | | [15] |
| 2019 | Robyn Cadwallader | Book of Colours | HarperCollins | [16] |
| 2020 | Lisa Fuller | Ghost Bird | University of Queensland Press | [17] |
| 2021 | Subhash Jaireth | Spinoza's Overcoat: Travels with Writers and Poets | Transit Lounge | [18] |
| 2022 | Lucy Neave | Believe in Me | University of Queensland Press | [19] |
| 2023 | Frank Bongiorno | Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia | La Trobe University Press | [20] | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home'. 2018-12-10. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- News: Writers will headline celebrations. Hefner. Bob. 1993-08-01. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 2018-12-15. 26.
- News: Hope, Halligan share first ACT annual book award. Hefner. Robert. 1993-08-03. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 2018-12-15. 3.
- News: Literary award for political trilogy. Hefner. Robert. 1994-09-01. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 2018-12-15. 5.
- News: Dowse books a place in history. Hefner. Robert. 1995-07-19. Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 2018-12-15. 5.
- Book: Drayson, Nicholas. A guide to the birds of East Africa. 2009. Penguin Books. 978-0-14-103596-3. London. 276647634.
- Web site: ACT Book of the Year and Poetry Prize 2009 winners announced. 2010-01-05. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: 2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced. 2010-12-06. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: Gammage wins 2012 ACT Book of the Year Award. 2012-12-07. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: 'The Sex Lives of Australians' named ACT Book of the Year. 2014-04-01. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: 'Beloved Land' wins ACT Book of the Year. 2015-03-10. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year. 2016-01-11. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: Bongiorno wins 2016 ACT Book of the Year. 2016-12-16. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: Griffiths wins 2017 ACT Book of the Year. 2017-12-12. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2018-12-15.
- Web site: Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home' . Books+Publishing . 30 April 2023.
- Web site: Cadwallader wins 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award. 12 February 2020. Books+Publishing. en-AU. 2020-02-18.
- Web site: 2021-08-03. Fuller wins 2020 ACT Book of the Year for 'Ghost Bird'. 2021-08-03. Books+Publishing. en-AU.
- Web site: ACT Book of the Year for 2021 revealed . ACT Government . 30 April 2023.
- Web site: ACT Book of the Year Award . artsACT . 30 April 2023.
- Web site: 2023-12-05 . Bongiorno wins ACT Book of the Year . 2023-12-13 . Books+Publishing.
