Readings wins Book Retailer of the Year 2021

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: ‘To win this award for the second time is indeed amazing and a wonderful tribute to all my colleagues kept Readings going through the extended periods of lockdown. I see it, too, as an acknowledgement of the efforts of all the wonderful Victorian booksellers to get books to readers throughout last year. Thank you to the Australian Publishers Association for presenting this award and thank you to the judges for selecting us from so many fine entrants.’

Below is a full list of winners from the night. Our congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators, publishers and booksellers.


2021 ABIA BOOK AWARD WINNERS


ABIA Book of the Year:
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

General fiction book of the year

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Literary fiction book of the year
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu

General nonfiction book of the year
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird

Biography book of the year
The Happiest Man On Earth by Eddie Jaku

Book of the year for older children (ages 13+)
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Book of the year for younger children (ages 7-13)
The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor

Children’s picture book of the year (ages 0-6)
Our Home, Our Heartbeat by Adam Briggs, Kate Moon & Rachael Sarra

Illustrated book of the year
In Praise of Veg by Alice Zaslavsky

International book of the year
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Small publishers’ adult book of the year
The Animals in That Country by Laura Jean McKay

Small publishers’ children’s book of the year
Bindi by Kirli Saunders

The Matt Richell award for new writer of the year
The Coconut Children by Vivian Pham

The Audiobook of the year
Tell Me Why by Archie Roach


2021 ABIA BUSINESS AWARD WINNERS


Book Retailer of the Year:
Readings Books

Bookshop of the Year:
Avid Reader

Publisher of the Year:
Penguin Random House Australia

Small Publisher of the Year:
UQP

Rising Star of the Year
Pooja Desai


You can read more about this year’s awards here.

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Phosphorescence

Julia Baird

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