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More awards in the offing!

Small Publisher of the Year 2011

• Black Inc.
• Bolinda Publishing
• Melbourne University Publishing
• National Library of Australia
• Scribe Publications

Publisher of the Year 2011

• Allen & Unwin
• Hachette Australia
• HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Penguin Group Australia
• Random House Australia
• The Text Publishing Company

Biography of the Year 2011

• Ben Cousins – My Life (Ben Cousins, Macmillan)
• How to Make Gravy (Paul Kelly, Penguin)
• Lazarus Rising (John Howard, HarperCollins)
• The Family Law (Benjamin Law, Black Inc.) See my review.
• The Happiest Refugee (Anh Do, Allen & Unwin)

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2011

• Here on Earth (Tim Flannery, Text)
• Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd (David Marr, Black Inc.)
• Street Fight in Naples (Peter Robb, A&U)
• The Changi Brownlow (Roland Perry, Hachette Australia)
• True Spirit (Jessica Watson, Hachette)

Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2011

• All Through the Year (Jane Godwin, illus by Anna Walker, Penguin)
• Feathers for Phoebe (Rod Clement, HarperCollins)
• Maudie and Bear (Jan Omerod, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
• Mirror (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books)
• Noni the Pony (Alison Lester, A&U)
• The Legend of the Golden Snail (Graeme Base, Penguin)

Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to 14 years) 2011

• Conspiracy 365 (Gabrielle Lord, Scholastic)
• Graffiti Moon (Cath Crowley, Pan Macmillan)
• Shakespeare’s Hamlet (illus by Nicki Greenberg, A&U)
• Museum of Thieves: The Keepers Book 1 (Lian Tanner, A&U)
• Now (Morris Gleitzman, Penguin)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2011

• Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe) See my review.
• How it Feels (Brendan Cowell, Picador)
• Rocks in the Belly (Jon Bauer, Scribe) See my review.
• That Deadman Dance (Kim Scott, Picador) See my review.
• The Legacy (Kirsten Tranter, HarperCollins)

General Fiction Book of the Year 2011

• After America (John Birmingham, Macmillan)
• At Home with the Templetons (Monica McInerney, Penguin)
• Campaign Ruby (Jessica Rudd, Text) See my review.
• I Came to Say Goodbye (Caroline Overington, Random House)
• The Distant Hours (Kate Morton, A&U)

Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2011

• Into the Woods: The Battle for Tasmania’s Forests (Anna Krien, Black Inc.)
• Poh’s Kitchen (Poh Ling Yeow, HarperCollins)
• The Bark Cutters (Nicole Alexander, Random House)
• The Family Law (Benjamin Law, Black Inc.) See my review.
• The Happiest Refugee (Anh Do, A&U)

Book of the Year 2011

• Bereft (Chris Womersley, Scribe) See my review.
• How to Make Gravy (Paul Kelly, Penguin)
• I Came to Say Goodbye (Caroline Overington, Random House)
• Lazarus Rising (John Howard, HarperCollins)
• The Family Law (Benjamin Law, Black Inc.) See my review.
• The Happiest Refugee (Anh Do, A&U).

To see the other award finalists visit the Bookseller and Publisher article.