Readings wins Book Retailer of the Year 2020
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: “I am honoured to receive this recognition, especially in such a turbulent time. It is an award for the whole company and an acknowledgement of the hard work of all my colleagues.”
Below is a full list of winners from the night. Our congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators, publishers and booksellers.
2020 ABIA BOOK AWARD WINNERS
ABIA Book of the Year:
Bluey: The Beach
General fiction book of the year
Bruny by Heather Rose
Literary fiction book of the year
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
General nonfiction book of the year
Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules for Life by Kitty Flanagan
Biography book of the year
When All is Said & Done by Neale Daniher, with Warwick Green
Book of the year for older children (ages 13+)
Welcome To Your Period by Yumi Stynes & Dr Melissa Kang
Book of the year for younger children (ages 7-13)
The 117-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton
Children’s picture book of the year (ages 0-6)
Bluey: The Beach
Illustrated book of the year
The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland
International book of the year
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Small publishers’ adult book of the year
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
Small publishers’ children’s book of the year
Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders & Carol Rossetti
The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
The Audiobook of the year
No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani, narrated by full cast
2020 ABIA BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS
Book Retailer of the Year:
Readings Books
Bookshop of the Year:
Books Kinokuniya
Publisher of the Year:
Allen & Unwin
Small Publisher of the Year:
Magabala Books
Rising Star of the Year
Hazel Lam
2020 ABIA HALL OF FAME
Lloyd O’Neil Award for Service to the Australian Book Industry:
Helen Garner
Pixie O’Harris Award for Outstanding Commitment to Children’s Literature:
Erica Wagner
