FICTION LONGLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Robbie Arnott Pan Macmillan Aus Shankari Chandran Ultimo Press chris hammer Emily Maguire Fiona McFarlane Allen & Unwin Liane M Jock Serong HarperCollins Aus Inga Simpson Hachette Australia Books Christian White Affirm Press Tim Winton Penguin Books Aus

NON-FICTION LONGLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Joe Aston SimonSchusterANZ Lech Blaine @BlackIncBooks Gina Chick Matthew Evans Murdoch Books Helen Garner Text Publishing Grantlee Kieza OAM HarperCollins Aus HughMackay Allen & Unwin Anthony Sharwood ❄️ Hachette Australia Books Marcus Zusak Pan Macmillan Aus

DEBUT FICTION LONGLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Lainie Anderson Susannah Begbie Winnie Dunn Hachette Australia Books Mitch Jennings HarperCollins Aus Anna Johnston Penguin Books Aus Lauren Keegan Writer | Psychologist Bri Lee Louise Milligan Allen & Unwin Mark Mupotsa-Russell Jane Tara Affirm Press

ILLUS NON-FICTION LONGLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Brooki Penguin Books Aus Criss Canning Thames & Hudson Australia Sarah Di Lorenzo SimonSchusterANZ Sabrina Hahn NEIRO | ETH | CRYPTO Sophie Hansen Murdoch Books Pan Macmillan Aus Patrick McCaughey Melbourne University Publishing Tony Tan Richard Unsworth Alice Zaslavsky

CHILDREN'S LONGLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Sophie Beer - 'Thunderhead' out now! ⛈️⚡ Allen & Unwin Freya Blackwood HarperCollins Aus Zanni Louise Arnot Walker Books Australia @katemildenhall SimonSchusterANZ judith rossell Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Kate Simpson Briony Stewart Hachette Children's Books ANZ Affirm Press Penguin Books Aus

YA LONGLIST #IndieBookAwards25 ISOBELLE CARMODY Allen & Unwin Amy Doak PenguinTeenAus Lauren Draper Pan Macmillan Aus Kate Emery Tigest Girma Hachette Children's Books ANZ Kate Gordon Riveted Press Raelke Grimmer @uwapublishing @Glonesborough Steph Tisdell twitofalili #loveOZYA

FICTION SHORTLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Congratulations to the shortlisted authors and publishers! Robbie Arnott Pan Macmillan Aus Jock Serong HarperCollins Aus Christian White Affirm Press Tim Winton Penguin Books Aus Thank you to our category sponsor Allen & Unwin

NON-FICTION SHORTLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Congrats to those shortlisted! Gina Chick Summit Books SimonSchusterANZ Helen Garner Text Publishing Grantlee Kieza OAM ABC Books HarperCollins Aus Marcus Zusak Pan Macmillan Aus Thanks to our sponsor @mupublishing

DEBUT FICTION SHORTLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Congratulations to the shortlisted authors & publishers! Susannah Begbie Hachette Australia Books Anna Johnston Penguin Books Aus Lauren Keegan Writer | Psychologist Affirm Press Louise Milligan Allen & Unwin Thank you to our category sponsor Affirm Press

ILLUS NON-FICTION SHORTLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Congrats to the shortlisted authors and publishers! Criss Canning Thames & Hudson Australia Nagi Maehashi Pan Macmillan Aus Patrick McCaughey Melbourne University Publishing Tony Tan Murdoch Books Thank you to our category sponsor Thames & Hudson Australia

CHILDREN'S SHORTLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Congrats to those shortlisted! @katemildenhall Jess Racklyeft SimonSchusterANZ Katrina Nannestad ABC Books @HarperKidsAU judith rossell Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Stuart Wilson Penguin Books Aus #loveOZMG Thanks to our sponsor SimonSchusterANZ

YOUNG ADULT SHORTLIST #IndieBookAwards25 Congratulations to the shortlisted authors and publishers! ISOBELLE CARMODY Allen & Unwin Amy Doak PenguinTeenAus Kate Emery Allen & Unwin Tigest Girma Hachette Children's Books ANZ #loveOZYA Thank you to our category sponsor @penguinbookaus

Tonight we reveal this year’s Indie Book Awards Category Winners and the 2025 Book of the Year #IndieBookAwards25 Watch the announcement live youtu.be/ym_pyANg_g0

Fiction Category Winner #IndieBookAwards25 'Dusk' by Robbie Arnott Pan Macmillan Aus Judges’ Comments: ‘I was captivated...Robbie paints this beautifully vivid picturesque world that is harsh and can be brutal but is also wonderful and breathtaking. Category sponsor Allen & Unwin

Non-Fiction Category Winner #IndieBookAwards25 'Three Wild Dogs and the Truth' by Marcus Zusak Pan Macmillan Aus Judges’ Comments: ‘This surely was written with a paintbrush. Thanks Markus, you made me have all the feels.' Category sponsored by Melbourne University Publishing

Debut Fiction Category Winner #IndieBookAwards25 'All the Bees in the Hollows' Congratulations to Lauren Keegan Writer | Psychologist Affirm Press Judges’ Comments: ‘I loved this book! It was beautifully written, lyrical even… a brilliant debut.' Category sponsored by Affirm Press

Illustrated Non-Fiction Category Winner #IndieBookAwards25 'The Paintings of Criss Canning' by Criss Canning Thames & Hudson Australia Judges’ Comments: ‘Criss Canning’s book is a warm visual enchantment of her still life paintings.' Category sponsored by Thames & Hudson Australia

Children's Category Winner #IndieBookAwards25 'All the Beautiful Things' by Katrina Nannestad ABC Books @HarperKidsAU Judges’ Comments: ‘A powerful yet gentle narrative that reminds us of the goodness and hope that exist even in the darkest corners of the world.’

Young Adult Category Winner #IndieBookAwards25 'My Family and Other Suspects' by Kate Emery Allen & Unwin Judges' Comments: ‘A love letter to all things classic crime wrapped up in a pacey and entertaining teen mystery.’ Category sponsored by @penguinbookaus #loveozya

The overall Book of the Year #IndieBookAwards25 Dusk' by Robbie Arnott Pan Macmillan Aus Judges’ Comments: ‘Robbie Arnott’s writing has a distinct, effortless quality that immediately pulls me in. I feel lucky to be a reader while he’s a writer.” Sponsored by HarperCollins Aus