The Prime Minister's Literary Awards winners 2020

9 Dec 2020

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

Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal Encounters in the Archipelago

Tiffany Shellam

This book explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century

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Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines

Jasmine Seymour

‘Warami mittigar. Hello friend.We welcome you to Darug Country.’ Cooee Mittigar takes you on a walk through Darug Country.

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How it Feels to Float

Helena Fox

A stunning, profound, deeply hopeful portrayal of living with mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice in YA.

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Sea People

Christina Thompson

A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People is a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world.

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Song Spirals: Sharing Women’s Wisdom of Country Through Songlines

Gay'wu Group of Women

Songspirals is a rare opportunity for outsiders to experience Aboriginal women’s role in crying the songlines in a very authentic and direct form.

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The Lost Arabs

Omar Sakr

Award-winning Arab Australian poet Omar Sakr presents a pulsating collection of poetry that interrogates the bonds and borders of family, faith, queerness, and nationality.

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The Prime Minister's Literary Awards winners 2020