The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards celebrate outstanding literary talent in Australia and the valuable contribution Australian literature and history makes to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life.
Congratulations to this year’s winning authors!
Fiction winner:
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Non-fiction co-winners:
Sea People by Christina Thompson & William Collins
Songspirals by Gay’wu Group of Women
Australian History winner:
Meeting the Waylo by Tiffany Shellam
Poetry winner:
The Lost Arabs by Omar Sakr
Young Adult winner:
How it Feels to Float by Helena Fox
Children’s Fiction winner:
Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines by Jasmine Seymour & Leanne Mulgo Watson