2013 ABIA Awards

2013 Australian Book Industry Awards have announced its winners. Sometimes I do feel the awards from the industry might be biased on best sellers list rather than literary values. However when you look the list of winners there are some good reads there. Surely you’d appreciate and enjoy reading them.

Parramatta City Library has all the titles for loan and title’s like The light between oceans has  been discussed by one of our reading groups The 1st Wed Reading Group and the group’s comments are on the blog.

2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Light between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Published by Random House Australia

ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: Joint winners

The Lost Diggers by Ross Coulthart

Published by HarperCollins Australia

Lake Eyre: A Journey through the Heart of the Continent by Paul Lockyer

Published by HarperCollins Australia

LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Light between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN

The Very Hungry Bear by Nick Bland

Published by Scholastic Australia

THE BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR OLDER CHILDREN

The 26- Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths

Published by Pan Macmillan Australia

BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR

Jim Stynes: My Journey by Jim Stynes and Warwick Green

Published by Penguin Group Australia

GENERAL NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

QF32 by Richard De Crespigny

Published by Pan Macmillan Australia

THE GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

Published by Allen & Unwin

THE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

The Light between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

Published by Random House Australia

NIELSEN BOOKSCAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER OF THE YEAR

50 Shades of Grey by E.L James

Published by Random House