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

Established in 2008, the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards are Australia’s richest literary prize with a total prize pool of $600,000. Read more about the winning titles and the Award here.