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Shortlist announced for Indie Book Awards 2025

Who are the nominated authors across six categories chosen by independent booksellers across Australia?
17 Jan 2025 13:27
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Australian independent booksellers have nominated their favourite Australian books of 2024, with shortlisted titles announced across six categories for the Indie Book Awards 2025: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction, Illustrated Non-Fiction, Children’s books (up to 12 years old) and Young Adult (12+).

Leanne Kadareanu, Head of Books at Leading Edge Retail and a facilitator of the awards says: “This year’s Shortlist for the Indie Book Awards is bursting with the richness and diversity of Australian storytelling. Chosen by passionate independent booksellers who live and breathe books, these incredible books will connect, challenge and inspire readers and are the must-reads of the year.”

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Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian. She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025). Threads: @thuy_on123 Instagram: poemsbythuy

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