Today, the 2022 ABIAs longlist has finally been revealed!
The ABIAs (Australian Book Industry Awards) celebrate the best of the Australian book industry from the past year, in both publishing and bookselling. Books of the Year are revealed across a range of industry categories, with past winners including Trent Dalton, Jessica Townsend and even the creators of Bluey.
The shortlist will be announced on the 23rd of May and the Books of the Year unveiled on the 9th of June, 2022. Read on for the full 2022 ABIAs longlist!
Biography Book of the Year
Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota
The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar
Daring to Fly by Lisa Millar
Turns Out, I’m Fine by Judith Lucy
Power Play by Julia Banks
How We Love by Clementine Ford
It Wasn’t Meant to be Like This by Lisa Wilkinson
My Adventurous Life by Dick Smith
How to End a Story Diaries: 1995–1998 by Helen Garner
Book of the Year for Older Children (ages 13+)
The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni
Anything but Fine by Tobias Madden
Tell Me Why (YA Edition) by Archie Roach
Dark Rise by C S Pacat
The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
The Gaps by Leanne Hall
If Not Us by Mark Smith
Welcome to Consent by Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang
Book of the Year for Younger Children (ages 7-12)
My Brother Ben by Peter Carnavas
Exit Through the Gift Shop Maryam Master
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature by Sami Bayly
Wandi by Favel Parrett
The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia’s First Peoples by Corey Tutt
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators by Karen Wyld and Jaelyn Biumaiwai
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad
Children’s Picture Book of the Year (ages 0-6)
The Tiny Explorers by Kat Macleod
Walk of the Whales by Nick Bland
Day Break by Amy McQuire and Matt Chun
Bedtime Sorted by Jimmy Rees, illustrated by Briony Stewart
Winner Winner Bin Chicken Dinner by Kate and Joel Temple, illustrated by Ronojoy Gosh
The Curiosities by Zana Fraillon and Phil Lesnie
Somebody’s Land: Welcome to Our Country by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing, illustrated by David Hardy
Boss of Your Own Body by Byll and Beth Stephen, illustrated by Simon Howe
General Fiction Book of the Year
After Story by Larissa Behrendt
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss
Treasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
The Way It Is Now by Garry Disher
When Things are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent
General Non-fiction Book of the Year
Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego
Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry by Richard Flanagan
She’s on the Money by Victoria Devine
Heartsick by Jessie Stephens
So You Think You Know What’s Good for You? by Norman Swan
Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee
Love Stories by Trent Dalton
My Year of Living Vulnerably by Rick Morton
Illustrated Book of the Year
A Life in Pattern by Anna Spiro
Still Life by Amber Creswell Bell
Garden Like a Nonno by Jaclyn Crupi
Death to Jar Sauce by Nat’s What I Reckon
You’re Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad and Bonkers Advice to Women by Kaz Cooke
Christine Manfield’s Indian Cooking Class by Christine Manfield
Take One Fish by Josh Niland
Dear Son: Letters and Reflections from First Nations Fathers and Sons by Thomas Mayor
Everything I Love to Cook by Neil Perry
Costa’s World by Costa Georgiadis
International Book of the Year
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
The Promise by Damon Galgut
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love by Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Literary Fiction Book of the Year
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Devotion by Hannah Kent
Seven and a Half by Christos Tsiolkas
Love Objects by Emily Maguire
Wild Abandon by Emily Bitto
The Truth About Her by Jacqueline Maley
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid
Small Publishers’ Adult Book of the Year
The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou
Wild Mushrooming: A Guide for Foragers by Alison Pouliot and Tom May
The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison by Sean Kelly
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen
Caught in the Act by Shane Jenek
Flight of the Budgerigar by Penny Olsen
Black and Blue: a memoir of racism and resilience by Veronica Gorrie
The Shape of Sound by Fiona Murphy
Small Publishers’ Children’s Book of the Year
The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman
Wiradjuri Country by Larry Brandy
A Pair of Pears and an Orange by Anna McGregor
Let’s Eat Weeds by Annie Raser-Rowland and Adam Grubb, illustrated by Evie Barrow
Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day by Davina Bell, illustrated by Allison Colpoys
Albert Namatjira by Vincent Namatjira
The River by Sally Morgan, illustrated by Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr
Kunyi Kunyi by June Anne McInerney
The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year
Allee Richards (Small Joys of Real Life)
Corey Tutt (The First Scientists)
Ella Baxter (New Animal)
Jacqueline Bublitz (Before You Knew My Name)
Jacqueline Maley (The Truth About Her)
Amani Haydar (The Mother Wound)
Hannah Bent (When Things are Alive They Hum)
Diana Reid (Love & Virtue)
Congratulations to all of the authors on the 2022 ABIAs longlist!
Find out more about the Australian Book Industry Awards here
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