ACT Book of the Year

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
1993Marion HalliganLovers' KnotHeinemannJoint winners[3]
A. D. HopeChance EncountersMelbourne University Press
1994John FoulcherNew and Selected PoemsBrandl & Schlesinger[4]
1995Sara DowseSapphiresPenguin Group[5]
1996Paul HetheringtonShadow SwimmerMolonglo Press
1997Francesca Rendle-ShortImagoSpinifex Press
1998Lee ChittickTravelling With Percy : A South Coast JourneyAboriginal Studies Press
1999Craig CormickUnwritten HistoriesAboriginal Studies Press
2000Adrian CaesarThe White: Last days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913Picador
2001Alan GouldThe Schoonermaster's DanceFlamingoJoint Winners
Dorothy JohnstonThe Trojan DogWakefield Press
2002Jackie FrenchIn the BloodAngus & Robertson
2003John ClanchyThe Hard WordUniversity of Queensland Press
2004Marion HalliganThe PointAllen & Unwin
2005Tony KevinA Certain Maritime Incident : the sinking of SIEV XScribe Publications
2006John ClanchyVincenzo's GardenUniversity of Queensland Press
2007Quynh Du Thon ThatSunday Menu : selected short stories of Pham Thi HoaiPandanus
2008Tony KevinWalking the Camino : A Modern Pilgrimage to SantiagoScribe Publications
2009Nicholas DraysonA Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel [6]Viking[7]
2010Marion HalliganValley of GraceAllen & Unwin[8]
2011Chris HammerThe River: A journey through the Murray-Darling BasinMelbourne University Press[9]
2012Bill GammageThe Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made AustraliaAllen & Unwin[9]
2013Frank BongiornoThe Sex Lives of Australians : A HistoryBlack Inc.[10]
2014Gordon PeakeBeloved land: stories, Struggles and secrets from Timor-LesteScribe Publications[11]
2015Mark HenshawThe Snow KimonoText Publishing[12]
2016Frank BongiornoThe Eighties : the decade that transformed AustraliaBlack Inc.[13]
2017Tom GriffithsThe Art of Time Travel : Historians and their craftBlack Inc.[14]
2018Paul CollisDancing HomeUniversity of Queensland Press[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]

References
  1. "Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home'". Books+Publishing. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. Hefner, Bob (1 August 1993). "Writers will headline celebrations". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 26. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. Hefner, Robert (3 August 1993). "Hope, Halligan share first ACT annual book award". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  4. Hefner, Robert (1 September 1994). "Literary award for political trilogy". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  5. Hefner, Robert (19 July 1995). "Dowse books a place in history". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 5. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. Drayson, Nicholas (2009). A guide to the birds of East Africa. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-103596-3. OCLC 276647634.
  7. "ACT Book of the Year and Poetry Prize 2009 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 5 January 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  8. "2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced". Books+Publishing. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  9. "Gammage wins 2012 ACT Book of the Year Award". Books+Publishing. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  10. "'The Sex Lives of Australians' named ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  11. "'Beloved Land' wins ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  12. "Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  13. "Bongiorno wins 2016 ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  14. "Griffiths wins 2017 ACT Book of the Year". Books+Publishing. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  15. "Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home'". Books+Publishing. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  16. "Cadwallader wins 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award". Books+Publishing. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  17. "Fuller wins 2020 ACT Book of the Year for 'Ghost Bird'". Books+Publishing. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  18. "ACT Book of the Year for 2021 revealed". ACT Government. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  19. "ACT Book of the Year Award". artsACT. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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