BookPeople annual awards
Through a series of annual awards BookPeople celebrate the work of Australian booksellers and the books they love to sell. The annual BookPeople Bookseller awards recognise the unique role played by booksellers in distributing learning, ideas, and literature to communities and the BookPeople Book awards recognise the Australian new release books our booksellers have selected as their favourite hand-sells.
NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2023 AWARDS OPEN IN EARLY APRIL - MEMBERS WATCH OUT FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE WEEKLY E-NEWS.
BookPeople award winners - 2022
Book of the Year winners:
BookPeople Nielsen - Adult Fiction Book of the Year
Love & Virtue by Diana Reid (Ultimo Press)
BookPeople Nielsen - Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year
Love Stories: by Trent Dalton (HarperCollins Australia)
BookPeople Kids' Reading Guide - Children's Book of the Year
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books)
Bookseller of the Year winners:
BookPeople Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Children's Bookseller of the Year
Becky Lucas, Shakespeare’s Bookshop
BookPeople Penguin Random House Australia Young Bookseller of the Year
Kimaya Charlton, Where the Wild Things Are
BookPeople Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year
Melanie Peacock, Constant Reader