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Australian Book Industry Awards Winners 2010

JA July 06

In case you missed it, here are the winners of this year’s Australian Book Industry Awards. (via)

Chain Bookseller of the Year

WA Dymocks Garden City (Booragoon)

Independent Bookseller of the Year

Vic Readings Books Music Film Carlton

Specialist Bookseller of the Year

WA Boffins Bookshop

Bookseller Marketing Campaign of the Year

Shearers Bookshop, for The Truth Hurts

Small Publisher of the Year

Scribe Publications

Publisher of the Year

Allen & Unwin

Distributor of the Year

United Book Distributors

Publisher Marketing Campaign of the Year

Murdoch Books, for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, written by Stieg Larsson

International Success of the Year

Allen & Unwin, for The Slap

Illustrated Book of the Year

Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion, written by Stephanie Alexander, published by Penguin Australia

Biography of the Year

Bart: My Life, written by J.B. Cummings, published by Pan Macmillan

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year

Australians: Origins to Eureka, written by Thomas Keneally, published by Allen & Unwin

Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years)

Baby Wombat’s Week, written by Jackie French & illustrated by Bruce Whatley, published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia

Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to 14 years)

Parlour Games for Modern Families, written by Myfanwy Jones & Spiri Tsintziras, published by Scribe Publications

Literary Fiction Book of the Year

Jasper Jones, written by Craig Silvey, published by Allen & Unwin

General Fiction Book of the Year

Truth, written by Peter Temple, published by The Text Publishing Company

Newcomer of the Year (debut writer)

Piano Lessons, written by Anna Goldsworthy, published by Black Inc.

Book of the Year 2010