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
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