Australian Book Industry Awards


The Australian Book Industry Awards are publishers' and literary awards held by the Australian Publishers Association annually in Sydney "to celebrate the achievements of authors and publishers in bringing Australian books to readers". Works are first selected by an academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by judging panels.
The inaugural event was held in July 2006.

2019 winners

Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe picked up four awards in the 2019 ABIA awards. Winners were:
The 2020 awards were announced at a virtual event hosted by Casey Bennetto on 13 May. Winners were: