BookPeople is delighted to announce the winners of the BookPeople 2024 Bookseller of the Year Awards announced at the BookPeople Conference Gala Dinner and Awards Night in Melbourne on Sunday 16 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 2024 winner is: Madeleine Delany, Fullers Bookshop
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 2024 winner is: Katherine Martin, Mary Martin Bookshop
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.
The Text Bookseller of the Year 2024 the winner is: Matt Davis, The Bookshop Queenscliff
Penguin Random House Young Bookseller of the Year - shortlist
- Madeleine Delany, Fullers Bookshop, Hobart TAS
- Lexie Eatock, Better Read Than Dead, Newton NSW
- Manuela Ocampo, The Book Cow Bookshop ACT
- Evie Rashell, The Book Warehouse, Lismore NSW
- Indianna Saunders-Shaw, Farrells Bookshop, Mornington VIC
- Molly Smith, Readings Emporium, Melbourne VIC
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing Children’s Bookseller of the Year – shortlist
- Jennifer Jackson, Paper Bird Children's Books & Art, Fremantle WA
- Samantha Kelly, Readings Doncaster, Doncaster VIC
- Allyx Lathrope, Books Kinokuniya, Sydney NSW
- Katherine Matthews, Mary Martin Bookshop, Melbourne VIC
- Pauline McLeod, Riverbend Books, Bulimba QLD
- Anna Sheen, Quick Brown Fox Bookshop, Grange QLD
Text Bookseller of the Year – shortlist
- Matt Davis, The Bookshop Queenscliff, Queenscliff VIC
- Charlotte Guest, The Book Bird, Geelong VIC
- Les McDonald, The Bookshop Darlinghurst, Darlinghurst NSW
- Megan McPheat, Harry Hartog, Sydney NSW
- Anna Savvas, The Bookshop Darwin, Darwin NT
- Andrew Sims, Gleebooks, Glebe NSW