Readings Carlton, as seen from the back of the shop.

Other award highlights from last night include Scribe Publications winning the Small Publisher of the Year award, Allen and Unwin winning Publisher of the Year and Craig Silvey’s Jasper Jones won Book of the Year.

Congratulations to all the winning booksellers, publishers, authors and illustrators. Here’s the full list of winners as voted for by booksellers and publishers of Australia.

Independent Bookseller of the Year 2010

• Gleebooks (NSW/ACT)
• Avid Reader (Qld)
• Imprints Booksellers (SA/NT)
• Fullers Bookshop Hobart (Tas)
• Readings Books Music Film Carlton (Vic)
• Bookcaffe (WA)

Small Publisher of the Year 2010

• Black Dog Books
• Black Inc.
• New Holland Publishers
• Scribe Publications
• UNSW Press

Publisher of the Year 2010

• Allen & Unwin
• Murdoch Books
• Penguin Australia
• Random House Australia
• Text Publishing

Book of the Year 2010

• Australians: Origins to Eureka, written by Thomas Keneally, published by Allen & Unwin
• Bart: My Life, written by J.B. Cummings, published by Pan Macmillan
• Jasper Jones
• Ransom, written by David Malouf, published by Random House Australia
• Truth, written by Peter Temple, published by The Text Publishing Company

Newcomer of the Year (debut writer) 2010

• Piano Lessons
• Red Dust, written by Fleur McDonald, published by Allen & Unwin
• Siddon Rock, written by Glenda Guest, published by Random House Australia
• The Virtuoso, written by Sonia Orchard, published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• The Weight of Silence, written by Catherine Therese, published by Hachette Australia

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2010

• Dog Boy, written by Eva Hornung, published by The Text Publishing Company
• Jasper Jones
• Lovesong, written by Alex Miller, published by Allen & Unwin
• Ransom, written by David Malouf, published by Random House Australia
• The World Beneath, written by Cate Kennedy, published by Scribe Publications

Biography of the Year 2010

• Affection: A Memoir of Love, Sex and Intimacy, written by Krissy Kneen, published by The Text Publishing Company
• Bart: My Life
• Cadel Evans: Close to Flying, written by Cadel Evans, published by Hardie Grant
• Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men, written by Peter FitxSimons, published byHarperCollins Publishers Australia
• Hey Mum, What’s a Half-Caste?, written by Lorraine McGee-Sippel, published by Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation

General Fiction Book of the Year 2010

• Heartless, written by Tasma Walton, published by University of Queensland Press
• The Cattleman’s Daughter, written by Rachael Treasure, published by Penguin Australia
• The Death of Bunny Munro, written by Nick Cave, published by The Text Publishing Company
• The Five Greatest Warriers, written by Matthew Reilly, published by Pan Macmillan
• Truth

General Nonfiction Book of the Year 2010

• Australians: Origins to Eureka
• Bendable Learnings, written by Don Watson, published by Random House Australia
• Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, edited by Nicholas Jose, published by Allen& Unwin
• Piano Lessons, written by Anna Goldsworthy, published by Black Inc.
• The Life You Can Save, written by Peter Singer, published by The Text Publishing Company

Illustrated Book of the Year 2010

• A Life on Pittwater, written by Susan Duncan, published by Random House Australia
• Stephanie Alexander’s Kitchen Garden Companion
• Thai Street Food, written by David Thompson, published by Penguin Australia
• The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa, written by Murray Waldron, published by HarperCollins Publishers Australia
• The Songs of Sapa, written by Luke Nguyen, published by Murdoch Books

Book of the Year for Older Children (age range 8 to14 years) 2010

• Liar, written by Justine Larbalestier, published by Allen & Unwin
• Parlour Games for Modern Families
• The Billionaire’s Curse, written by Richard Newsome, published by The Text PublishingCompany
• The Ghost’s Child, writen Sonya Hartnett, published by Penguin Australia
• The Ranger’s Apprentice: Halt’s Peril, written by John Flanagan, published by Random HouseAustralia

Book of the Year for Younger Children (age range 0 to 8 years) 2010

• Baby Wombat’s Week
• Grug, written & illustrated by Ted Prior, published by Simon & Schuster Australia
• Mr Chicken Goes to Paris, written & illustrated by Leigh Hobbs, published by Allen & Unwin
• Running with the Horses, written & illustrated by Alison Lester, published by Penguin Australia
• The Terrible Plop, written by Ursula Dubosarsky & illustrated by Andrew Joyner, published byPenguin Australia

Chain Bookseller of the Year 2010

• Dymocks George St Sydney (NSW/ACT)
• Dymocks Indooroopilly (Qld)
• Dymocks Adelaide (SA/NT)
• Dymocks Hobart (Tas)
• Hill of Content (Vic)
• Dymocks Garden City (Booragoon) (WA)

Specialist Bookseller of the Year 2010

• The Cookery Book (NSW/ACT)
• Folio Books (Qld)
• ALS Library Services (SA/NT)
• Ellison Hawker Bookshop (Tas)
  
• Books for Cooks (Vic)
• Boffins Bookshop (WA)
  

Bookseller Marketing Campaign of the Year 2010

• Better Read Than Dead, for Year of the Book and others
• Big W, for The Big Book Bonanza
• Fullers Bookshop Hobart, for 10 Rules of Rock & Roll
• Pages & Pages Booksellers Mosman, for Revolutionary Road
• Shearers Bookshop, for *The Truth Hurts*

Distributor of the Year 2010

• Alliance Distribution Services
• Harper Entertainment Distribution Services
• Macmillan Distribution Services
• Random House Australia
• United Book Distributors

Publisher Marketing Campaign of the Year 2010

• Allen & Unwin, for Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
• Murdoch Books, for
• Random House Australia, for Fallen by Lauren Kate
• Simon & Schuster Australia, for Grug by Ted Prior
• Text, for The Women in Black by Madeleine St John

International Success of the Year 2010

• Allen & Unwin, for
• Hinkler Books, for Dora the Explorer
• Hinkler Books, for Simply Success
• UNSW Press, for Fishes of the Open Ocean