The winners of the annual Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced last night and Readings is honoured to have won this year’s Book Retailer of the Year award!
Managing Director Mark Rubbo says: ‘To win this award for the second time is indeed amazing and a wonderful tribute to all my colleagues kept Readings going through the extended periods of lockdown. I see it, too, as an acknowledgement of the efforts of all the wonderful Victorian booksellers to get books to readers throughout last year. Thank you to the Australian Publishers Association for presenting this award and thank you to the judges for selecting us from so many fine entrants.’
Below is a full list of winners from the night. Our congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators, publishers and booksellers.
2021 ABIA BOOK AWARD WINNERS
ABIA Book of the Year:
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
General fiction book of the year
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Literary fiction book of the year
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu
General nonfiction book of the year
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
Biography book of the year
The Happiest Man On Earth by Eddie Jaku
Book of the year for older children (ages 13+)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Book of the year for younger children (ages 7-13)
The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor
Children’s picture book of the year (ages 0-6)
Our Home, Our Heartbeat by Adam Briggs, Kate Moon & Rachael Sarra
Illustrated book of the year
In Praise of Veg by Alice Zaslavsky
International book of the year
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Small publishers’ adult book of the year
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay
Small publishers’ children’s book of the year
Bindi by Kirli Saunders
The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year
The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham
The Audiobook of the year
Tell Me Why by Archie Roach
2021 ABIA BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS
Book Retailer of the Year:
Readings Books
Bookshop of the Year:
Avid Reader
Publisher of the Year:
Penguin Random House Australia
Small Publisher of the Year:
UQP
Rising Star of the Year
Pooja Desai
