BookPeople annual awards
Through our annual awards BookPeople celebrates 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 and the positive role they continue to play in their communities. The BookPeople Book awards recognise the Australian new release books our booksellers have selected as their favourite hand-sells as part of their ongoing drive to bring writers and readers together.
2025 Book of the Year Awards winners
BookPeople is delighted to announce the winners of the BookPeople 2025 Book of the Year Awards announced at the BookPeople Conference Gala Dinner and Awards Night in Brisbane on Sunday 15 June.
The BookPeople Book of the Year Awards recognise the Australian books published in 2023 that our booksellers have selected as their favourite books to personally recommend as part of their ongoing commitment to bring writers and readers together. These awards celebrate the unique role played by booksellers in sharing their knowledge and passion with communities across the country.
Previous winners include Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko, The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams, Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton, Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski, Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder, and The 52-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton.
BookPeople BookData - Adult Fiction Book of the Year
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Dusk by Robbie Arnott (Picador Australia)
BookPeople BookData - Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year
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The Season by Helen Garner (Text Publishing)
BookPeople Kids' Reading Guide - Children's Book of the Year
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The Midwatch by Judith Rossell (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
2025 Bookseller of the Year winners
BookPeople is delighted to announce the winners of the BookPeople 2025 Bookseller of the Year Awards announced at the BookPeople Conference Gala Dinner and Awards Night in Brisbane on Sunday 15 June.
The BookPeople Penguin Random House Australia Young Bookseller of the Year Award recognises and rewards the excellence of a bookseller 35 or under and promotes bookselling as a career choice for young people. This award gives booksellers the chance to be recognised by the book industry for their career achievements, innovation and outstanding performance in their stores as well as the local and wider community.
The Penguin Random House Young Bookseller of the Year 2025 winner is: Sophie Wigan, Harry Hartog Carindale.
The BookPeople Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Bookseller of the Year Award recognises individual children's specialist booksellers for their outstanding achievements in the past twelve months. The winner will not only be identified for their exceptional performance within the bookshop that they work in but also for their achievements within the book industry as well as the local and wider community. This award gives booksellers the chance to be recognised by the book industry for innovation, excellence and career achievements.
The Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Children’s Bookseller of the Year 2025 winner is: Allyx Lathrope, Kinokuniya Sydney.
The BookPeopleText Publishing Bookseller of the Year Award recognises an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the past twelve months. The winner will not only be identified for their exceptional performance within the bookshop that they work in but also for their achievements within the book industry as well as the local and wider community. This award gives booksellers the chance to be recognised by the book industry for innovation, excellence and career achievements.