Celebrating the authors, editors, publishers, and retailers that bring readers and books together, the ABIA Awards are now in their eighteenth year.
It was another huge night for Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor, as the children’s book snatched up three awards, including the night’s major prize, the Gold ABIA. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow also took out the Book of the Year for Younger Readers, while Townsend herself won the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year. Topping best seller lists all over the world, and with 20th Century Fox already snapping up the film rights, it’s been a massive few months for the Sunshine Coast writer and her eleven year old protagonist.
For the second year running, iconic Aussie musician Jimmy Barnes took out the award for Biography of the Year, for Working Class Man, the follow-up to last year’s winning book Working Class Boy.
Four time nominee Michael Robotham’s patience finally paid off, with psychological thriller The Secrets She Keeps winning General Fiction Book of the Year, while Elena Favilli and Francesa Cavallo’s Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls won International Book of the Year.
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