*The winners of the Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards were announced in a ceremony on Sunday 16 September. *
Fiona Skyring’s Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia won the overall 2011 Premier’s Prize as well as the WA History Award. All That I Am by Anna Funder was voted the winner of the People’s Choice Award.
Tim Winton was inducted into the State Library of Western Australia’s Hall of Fame of notable and prolific WA writers.
Congratulations to all the winning authors!
Here’s the full list of winners:
Premier’s Prize: Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia by Fiona Skyring
WA History: Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia by Fiona Skyring
Fiction: All That I Am by Anna Funder
Non-Fiction: Her Father’s Daughter by Alice Pung
Young Adult Fiction: Only Ever Always by Penni Russon
Children’s Literature: Sam, Grace and the Shipwreck by Michelle Gillespie, illustrated by Sonia Martinez
Poetry: The Argument by Tracy Ryan
Digital Narrative: Machine Man by Max Barry
Scripts: Cloudstreet - Three-part TV miniseries adaptation by Tim Winton & Ellen Fontana
*People’s Choice Award *: All That I Am by Anna Funder
