• 2008 Award Winners
• 2007 Award Winners
• CBCA Awards
• 2006 Award Winners
• TDK Australian Audio Book Awards
• Vision Australia Library Awards

2008 Award Winning Books and Shortlisted Titles Available in Audio fromLBA

Miles Franklin Award 2008

The time we have taken by Steven Carroll

Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 2008

The lost dog by Michelle De Kretser

Dylan Thomas Prize 2008

The boat by Nam Le

Man Booker Prize Longlist 2008

The lost dog by Michelle De Kretser

NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2008

Book of the Year

The lost dog by Michelle De Kretser

Christina Stead Prize for Fiction

The lost dog by Michelle De Kretser

UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing

Feather man by Rhyll McMaster

Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural NSW Award

Sunrise west by Jacob G. Rosenberg

Shortlist — The Patricia Wrightson Prize

Dragon moon by Carole Wilkinson

Shortlist — The Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature

The black dog gang by Robert Newton

Shortlist — The Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction

Sunrise west by Jacob G. Rosenberg

2008 Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards

Book of the Year — Younger Readers

Dragon moon by Carole Wilkinson

Honour Book — Younger Readers

Sixth grade style queen (not!) by Sherryl Clark

Honour Book — Older Readers

Black water by David Metzenthen

Marty’s shadow by John Heffernan

Honour Book — Eve Pownall Award

Kokoda track: 101 days by Peter Macinnis

Notable Book — Older Readers

Leaving Barrumbi by Leonie Norrington

Notable Book — Older Readers

Pharaoh: the boy who conquered the Nile by Jackie French

2008 Ned Kelly Awards (Crime Writing)

Best Crime Non-Fiction

Red centre, dark heart: true stories of mystery, drama and death in remote Australia by Evan McHugh

Best First Fiction

The low road by Chris Womersley

2008 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards

Non Fiction Book Award

Muck by Craig Sherborne

2008 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

The Prize for Young Adult Fiction

Tomorrow all will be beautiful by Brigid Lowry

Shortlist — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction

The lost dog by Michelle De Kretser

Shortlist — The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction

Muck by Craig Sherborne

2008 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Shortlist

The Prize for Fiction

El dorado by Dorothy Porter

Jamaica: a novel by Malcolm Knox

Sorry by Gail Jones

The Prize for Non-Fiction

My life as a traitor by Zarah Ghahramani and Robert Hillman

The Age 2008 Book of the Year Shortlist

An exacting heart: the story of Hephzibah Menuhin by Jacqueline Kent

I am Melba by Ann Blainey

The good parents by Joan London

WA Premier’s Book Awards - Australia-Asia Literary Award (Inaugural) Shortlist

The lost dog by Michelle de Kretser

2007 Award Winning Books and Shortlisted Titles Available in Audio from LBA

Winner National Biography Award

East of time by Jacob G. Rosenberg

Winner Dobbie Encouragement Award for Women Writers

Swallow the air by Tara June Winch

Winner Australian Newcomer of the Year – Book Industry Awards

Unpolished gem by Alice Pung

Winner Encore Award 2007 – Best Second Novel of 2005 and 2006

Carry me down by M.J. Hyland

Winner Hawthornden Prize

Carry me down by M.J. Hyland

Winner NSW Premier’s Literary Award – UTS Award for New Writing

Swallow the air by Tara June Winch

Winner NSW Premier’s Literary Award – Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature

The red shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky

Winner 2006 WA Premier’s Literary Award – Best Young Adult

Destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey

Orange Prize Longlist

Careless by Deborah Robertson

Carry me down by M.J. Hyland

Commonwealth Writer's Prize Shortlist

Careless by Deborah Robertson

Carry me down by M.J. Hyland

Impac Dublin Longlist

Affection by Ian Townsend

The marsh birds by Eva Sallis

Miles Franklin Shortlist

Dreams of speaking by Gail Jones

Careless by Deborah Robertson

National Biography Award Shortlist

No time for dances by Gillian Bouras

Nita B. Kibble Award for Women Writers Shortlist

Agamemnon's kiss: selected essays by Inga Clendinnen

Dreams of speaking by Gail Jones

Ned Kelly Awards shortlists – Best First Crime Fiction

Behind the night bazaar by Angela Savage

Ned Kelly Awards shortlists – Best Crime Fiction

Chain of evidence by Garry Disher

Inkys Longlist – Australia’s First Teenage Choice Book Award

Monica Bloom by Nick Earls

Notes from the teenage underground by Simmone Howell

Will by Maria Boyd

2007 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Shortlists

The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction

The time we have taken by Steven Carroll

Feather man by Rhyll McMaster

The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-Fiction

Unpolished gem by Alice Pung

The Prize for Young Adult Fiction

Gravity by Scot Gardner

Notes from the teenage underground by Simmone Howell

Black water by David Metzenthen

The Grollo Ruzzene Foundation Prize for Writing about Italians in Australia

The Grand Experiment by Anouk Ride

2007 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards

Honour Book – Older Readers

The red shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky

Book of the Year – Younger Readers

Being Bee by Bateson, Catherine

Honour Books – Younger Readers

The tuckshop kid by Pat Flynn

Bird and Sugar Boy by Sofie Laguna

Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Red Haze: Australians and New Zealanders in Vietnam by Leon Davidson

Notable Books – Older Readers

His name in fire by Catherine Bateson

Will by Maria Boyd

Monica Bloom by Nick Earls

Gravity by Scot Gardner

Falling from Grace by Jane Godwin

Lonesome howl by Steven Herrick

Living next to Lulah by Nette Hilton

Notes from the teenage underground by Simmone Howell

Pagan's daughter by Catherine Jinks

Bye, Beautiful by Julia Lawrinson

Notable Books – Younger Readers

Cat's mountain by Baillie, Allan

I'm being stalked by a moonshadow by Doug MacLeod

CBCA Award Winning Books Available in Audio from LBA

2006

Winner CBCA Book of the Year – Older Readers

The Story of Tom Brennan by J.C. Burke

Honour Books – Older Readers

No Worries by Bill Condon

Lost Property by James Moloney

Honour Book – Younger Readers

Millie and the Night Heron by Catherine Bateson

Winner Book of the Year – Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli by Leon Davidson

Honour Book – Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

The Glory Garage: growing up Lebanese Muslim in Australia by Nadia Jamal and Taghred Chandab

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2005

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Older Readers

The Running Man by Michael Gerard Bauer

Honour Book - Older Readers

Fireshadow by Anthony Eaton

Honour Book - Older Readers

By the River by Steven Herrick [due for release in November 2005]

Honour Book - Younger Readers

A Horse Called Elvis by John Heffernan

Honour Book - Younger Readers

Billy Mack's War by James Roy

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2004

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson

Honour Book - Older Readers

Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen

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2003

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson

Honour Book - Older Readers

Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen

Winner CBCA Book of the Year Award - Younger Readers

Rain May and Captain Daniel by Catherine Bateson

Honour Book - Younger Readers

Horrendo's Curse by Anna Fienberg

Honour Book - Younger Readers

The Barrumbi Kids by Leonie Norrington

Honour Book - Older Readers

Painted Love Letters by Catherine Bateson

Honour Book - Older Readers

Walking Naked by Alyssa Brugman

Honour Book - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Black Snake: The Daring of Ned Kelly by Carole Wilkinson

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2002

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson

Honour Book - Older Readers

Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen

Honour Book - Older Readers

Mahalia by Joanne Horniman

Honour Book - Younger Readers

A Different Sort of Real by Kerry Greenwood

Honour Book - Eve Pownall Award for Information Books

Soldier Boy by Anthony Hill

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2001

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson

Honour Book - Older Readers

Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Two Hands Together by Diana Kidd

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2000

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Dragonkeeper by Carole Wilkinson

Honour Book - Older Readers

Boys of Blood and Bone by David Metzenthen

Winner CBCA Book of the Year - Younger Readers

Hitler's Daughter by Jackie French

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2006 Award Winners

2006 award winners now available in audio!

ALS GOLD MEDAL

The Patron Saint of Eels by Gregory Day

ALS GOLD MEDAL HIGHLY COMMENDED BOOKS

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany

The Marsh Birds by Eva Sallis

New Zealand Post Book Awards

Young Adult Fiction Prize

With Lots of Love from Georgia by Brigid Lowry

Non-Fiction Prize

Scarecrow Army: The Anzacs at Gallipoli by Leon Davidson

Nita Dobbie Literary Award

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living by Carrie Tiffany

NSW Premier's Literary Awards

Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction

East of Time by Jacob G. Rosenberg

Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature

Theodora's Gift by Ursula Dubosarsky

Patricia Wrightson Prize

In the Monkey Forest by Kierin Meehan

Queensland Premier's Literary Awards

Young Adult Book Award

The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky

SANE Book of the Year Award

Understanding Depression by Maria Prendergast

SA Premier's Award for Literature and the Fiction Prize – Arts Festival Awards for Literature

Sixty Lights – Gail Jones

Speech Pathology Book of the Year

Naked Bunyip Dancing by Steven Herrick

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards

The Prize for Indigenous Writing

Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

Young Adult Fiction Prize

Theodora's Gift by Ursula Dubosarsky

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TDK Australian Audio Book Awards

2000

Winner Unabridged Fiction

An Accommodating Spouse by Elizabeth Jolley
Narrated by Julia Blake

Winner Trish Trinnick Award for Best Narrator

Cate Milte
for The Rose Grower by Michelle de Kretser

Overall Winner

My Girragundji and The Binna Binna Man
by Boori Monty Pryor and Meme McDonald
Narrated by Boori Monty Pryor

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1999

Winner Unabridged Non-Fiction

Caddie: the autobiography of a Sydney Barmaid
Narrated by Helen Morse

1998

Winner Unabridged Non-Fiction

Dreamtime Alice by Mandy Sayer
Narrated by Deidre Rubenstein

1997

Winner Trish Trinnick Award for Best Narrator

James Wright
for The Fiftieth Gate by Mark Raphael Baker

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1996

Winner Unabridged Non-Fiction

Home Before Dark by Ruth Park and Rafe Champion
Narrated by Peter Hosking

1995

Winner Unabridged Fiction

Dark Places by Kate Grenville
Narrated by James Condon

Winner Unabridged Non-Fiction

Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith
Narrated by Beverley Dunn

1994

Overall Winner

White Eye by Blanche D'Alpuget
Narrated by Beverley Dunn

1993

Overall Winner

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Narrated by Stanley McGeagh

1992

Overall Winner

Patrick White: a life by David Marr
Narrated by James Condon

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Vision Australia Library Awards

2002

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Corfu by Robert Dessaix
Narrated by Paul English

Winner Adult Narrator of the Year

Paul English for Corfu by Robert Dessaix

Winner Civica Young Adult
Audio Book of the Year

Willow Tree and Olive by Irini Savvides
Narrated by Melissa Eccleston

Winner Civica Young Adult
Narrator of the Year

Melissa Eccleston
for Willow Tree and Olive by Irini Savvides

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2001

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Conditions of Faith by Alex Miller
Narrated by Jenny Seedsman

Joint winners Adult Narrator of the Year

Deidre Rubenstein and James Wright
for The Architect by Jillian Watkinson

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Audio Book of the Year

Whistle Man by Brian Ridden
Narrated by Francis Greenslade

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Narrator of the Year

David Tredinnick
for Max by Michael Hyde

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2000

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Happy Families by Susan Varga
Narrated by Helen Morse

Winner Adult Narrator of the Year

Helen Morse
for Happy Families by Susan Varga

Joint winners Sanderson Young Adult
Audio Book of the Year

The Ivory Trail by Victor Kelleher
Narrated by Stuart Halusz

The View from Ararat by Brian Caswell
Narrated by Melissa Eccleston

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Narrator of the Year

Stuart Halusz
for The Ivory Trail by Victor Kelleher

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1999

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

On the Goddess Rock by Arlene Chai
Narrated by Marie-Louise Walker

Winner Adult Narrator of the Year

Marie-Louise Walker
for On the Goddess Rock by Arlene Chai

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Audio Book of the Year

All My Dangerous Friends by Sonya Hartnett
Narrated by Michelle Offen

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Narrator of the Year

Michelle Offen
for All My Dangerous Friends by Sonya Hartnett

1998

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Fiftieth Gate by Mark Raphael Baker
Narrated by James Wright

Winner Adult Narrator of the Year

David Tredinnick
for Little White Secrets by Catherine Jinks

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Audio Book of the Year

Kelp by Linda Aronson
Narrated by Caroline Lee

Winner Sanderson Young Adult
Narrator of the Year

Caroline Lee
for Kelp by Linda Aronson

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1997

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Night Letters by Robert Dessaix
Narrated by Robert Dessaix

Winner Adult Narrator of the Year

Bruce Kerr
for The Drowner by Robert Drewe

1996

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
Narrated by James Wright

1995

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith
Narrated by Beverley Dunn

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1994

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Tell Me I'm Here by Anne Deveson
Narrated by Lise Rodgers

1993

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Put Your Whole Self In by Meme McDonald
Narrated by Eirene Pappas

1992

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Jewels and Ashes by Arnold Zable
Narrated by James Wright

1991

Winner Adult Audio Book of the Year

Tartar City Woman by Trevor Hay
Narrated by Michael Carman

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