Prime Minister's Literary Awards winners 2015
The 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced with two categories naming joint winners.
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards recognise and reward excellence in Australian literature and history. Award Categories are fiction, poetry, non-fiction, Australian history, young adult fiction and children’s fiction.
Congratulations to the winners in each category.
Fiction
- The Golden Age by Joan London
Non-fiction
Joint winners:
- Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall by Michael Wilding
- John Olsen: An Artist’s Life by Darleen Bungey
Young adult fiction
- The Protected by Claire Zorn
Children’s fiction
- One Minute’s Silence by David Metzenthen and illustrated by Michael Camilleri
Poetry
- Poems 1957–2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann
Prize for Australian History
Joint winners:
- Charles Bean by Ross Coulthart
- The Spy Catchers—The Official History of ASIO Vol 1 by David Horner
For the full shortlist click here