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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/12/10/121219/collis-wins-2018-act-book-of-the-year-for-dancing-home/|title=Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home'|date=2018-12-10|website=Books+Publishing|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-12-15}} The award was inaugurated in 1993 with $5,000 prize money.{{Cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127223286|title=Writers will headline celebrations|last=Hefner|first=Bob|date=1993-08-01|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)|access-date=2018-12-15|pages=26}}

Winners

class="wikitable sortable" width="%100" !Year !Author !Title !Publisher !Notes
rowspan="2"\| 1993	Marion Halligan	Lovers' Knot	Heinemann	rowspan="2" \|Joint winners{{Cite news\|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127223560\|title=Hope, Halligan share first ACT annual book award\|last=Hefner\|first=Robert\|date=1993-08-03\|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)\|access-date=2018-12-15\|pages=3}}
A. D. Hope	Chance Encounters	Melbourne University Press
1994	John Foulcher	New and Selected Poems	Brandl & Schlesinger	{{Cite news\|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118135024\|title=Literary award for political trilogy\|last=Hefner\|first=Robert\|date=1994-09-01\|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)\|access-date=2018-12-15\|pages=5}}
1995	Sara Dowse	Sapphires	\| Penguin Group	{{Cite news\|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128288367\|title=Dowse books a place in history\|last=Hefner\|first=Robert\|date=1995-07-19\|work=Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995)\|access-date=2018-12-15\|pages=5}}
1996	Paul Hetherington	Shadow Swimmer	Molonglo Press
1997	{{nowrap\|Francesca Rendle-Short}}	Imago	Spinifex Press
1998	Lee Chittick	Travelling With Percy : A South Coast Journey	Aboriginal Studies Press
1999	Craig Cormick	Unwritten Histories	Aboriginal Studies Press
2000	Adrian Caesar	The White: Last days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911-1913	Picador
rowspan="2"\| 2001	Alan Gould	The Schoonermaster's Dance	Flamingo	rowspan="2" \|Joint Winners
Dorothy Johnston	The Trojan Dog	Wakefield Press
2002	Jackie French	In the Blood	Angus & Robertson
2003	John Clanchy	The Hard Word	University of Queensland Press
2004	Marion Halligan	The Point	Allen & Unwin
2005	Tony Kevin	A Certain Maritime Incident : the sinking of SIEV X	Scribe Publications
2006	John Clanchy	Vincenzo's Garden	University of Queensland Press
2007	{{nowrap\|Quynh Du Thon That}}	Sunday Menu : selected short stories of Pham Thi Hoai	Pandanus
2008	Tony Kevin	Walking the Camino : A Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago	Scribe Publications
2009	Nicholas Drayson	A Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel {{Cite book\|last=Drayson\|first=Nicholas\|url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4832323\|title=A guide to the birds of East Africa\|date=2009\|publisher=Penguin Books\|isbn=978-0-14-103596-3\|location=London\|oclc=276647634}}	Viking	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2010/01/05/14414/act-book-of-the-year-and-poetry-prize-2009-winners-announced/\|title=ACT Book of the Year and Poetry Prize 2009 winners announced\|date=2010-01-05\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2010	Marion Halligan	Valley of Grace	Allen & Unwin	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2010/12/06/18298/2010-act-book-of-the-year-and-judith-wright-prize-winners-announced/\|title=2010 ACT Book of the Year and Judith Wright Prize winners announced\|date=2010-12-06\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2011	Chris Hammer	The River: A journey through the Murray-Darling Basin	Melbourne University Press
2012	Bill Gammage	The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia	Allen & Unwin	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2012/12/07/25775/gammage-wins-2012-act-book-of-the-year-award/\|title=Gammage wins 2012 ACT Book of the Year Award\|date=2012-12-07\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2013	Frank Bongiorno	The Sex Lives of Australians : A History	Black Inc.	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/04/01/29836/the-sex-lives-of-australians-named-act-book-of-the-year/\|title='The Sex Lives of Australians' named ACT Book of the Year\|date=2014-04-01\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2014	Gordon Peake	Beloved land: stories, Struggles and secrets from Timor-Leste	Scribe Publications	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2015/03/10/32531/beloved-land-wins-act-book-of-the-year/\|title='Beloved Land' wins ACT Book of the Year\|date=2015-03-10\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2015	Mark Henshaw	The Snow Kimono	Text Publishing	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/01/11/38357/henshaw-wins-2015-act-book-of-the-year/\|title=Henshaw wins 2015 ACT Book of the Year\|date=2016-01-11\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2016	Frank Bongiorno	The Eighties : the decade that transformed Australia	Black Inc.	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2016/12/16/82486/bongiorno-wins-2016-act-book-of-the-year/\|title=Bongiorno wins 2016 ACT Book of the Year\|date=2016-12-16\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2017	Tom Griffiths	The Art of Time Travel : Historians and their craft	Black Inc.	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2017/12/12/99449/griffiths-wins-2017-act-book-of-the-year/\|title=Griffiths wins 2017 ACT Book of the Year\|date=2017-12-12\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|access-date=2018-12-15}}
2018	Paul Collis	Dancing Home	University of Queensland Press	{{cite web \|title=Collis wins 2018 ACT Book of the Year for 'Dancing Home' \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/12/10/121219/collis-wins-2018-act-book-of-the-year-for-dancing-home/ \|website=Books+Publishing \|access-date=30 April 2023}}
2019 \|Robyn Cadwallader \|Book of Colours \|HarperCollins \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2020/02/12/145679/cadwallader-wins-2019-act-book-of-the-year-award/\|title=Cadwallader wins 2019 ACT Book of the Year Award\|last=\|first=\|date=12 February 2020\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|access-date=2020-02-18}}
2020 \|Lisa Fuller \|Ghost Bird \|University of Queensland Press \|{{Cite web\|last=\|date=2021-08-03\|title=Fuller wins 2020 ACT Book of the Year for 'Ghost Bird'\|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2021/08/03/190827/fuller-wins-2020-act-book-of-the-year-for-ghost-bird/\|access-date=2021-08-03\|website=Books+Publishing\|language=en-AU}}
2021 \|Subhash Jaireth \|Spinoza's Overcoat: Travels with Writers and Poets \|Transit Lounge \|{{cite web \|title=ACT Book of the Year for 2021 revealed \|url=https://www.cmtedd.act.gov.au/open_government/inform/act_government_media_releases/cheyne/2022/act-book-of-the-year-for-2021-revealed \|website=ACT Government \|access-date=30 April 2023}}
2022 \|Lucy Neave \|Believe in Me \|University of Queensland Press \|{{cite web \|title=ACT Book of the Year Award \|url=https://www.arts.act.gov.au/funding/act-book-of-the-year-award \|website=artsACT \|access-date=30 April 2023}}
2023 \|Frank Bongiorno \|Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia \|La Trobe University Press \|{{Cite web \|date=2023-12-05 \|title=Bongiorno wins ACT Book of the Year \|url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2023/12/05/243686/bongiorno-wins-act-book-of-the-year/ \|access-date=2023-12-13 \|publisher=Books+Publishing}}
2024 \|Chris Hammer \|The Seven \|Allen & Unwin \|{{Cite web \|last=Directorate \|first=ACT Government; PositionTitle=Director; SectionName=artsACT; Corporate=Community Services \|date=2025-05-03 \|title=ACT Book of the Year Award \|url=https://www.arts.act.gov.au/funding/act-book-of-the-year-award \|access-date=2025-06-21 \|website=artsACT \|language=en}}

References

External links

[https://www.arts.act.gov.au/funding/act-book-of-the-year-award-eligibility-and-submissions Official website]
[https://www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/frequentlyaskedquestions/Events/literaryawards/book_of_the_year Libraries ACT website]

Category:Australian literary awards

Category:Awards established in 1993

Category:Culture of the Australian Capital Territory

Category:Australian literature-related lists