Shortlist for Indie Book Awards

On 19 January the shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2022 was announced. These awards recognise the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers.

All titles are available to borrow via the library. Visit in person to browse or access the books using our suite of free digital platforms – Wollongong City Libraries app, BorrowBox, Indyreads and Libby. The winners will be announced at a virtual awards event on 21 March.

Fiction

Treasure and Dirt by Chris Hammer (Allen & Unwin)

Devotion by Hannah Kent (Picador Australia)

Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy (Hamish Hamilton Australia)

The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson (Hachette Australia)

Non-Fiction

Love Stories by Trent Dalton (Fourth Estate Australia)

Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri Lee (Allen & Unwin)

Toxic: The Rotting Underbelly of the Tasmanian Salmon Industry by Richard Flanagan (Penguin Australia)

Larrimah by Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson (Allen & Unwin)

Children’s

Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee (Allen & Unwin Children’s)

Somebody’s Land: Welcome to Our Country by Adam Goodes & Ellie Laing, illustrated by David Hardy (Allen & Unwin Children’s)

Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)

Wandi by Favel Parrett (Lothian Children’s Books)

Young Adult

The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks (Lothian Children’s Books)

The Boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough (Allen & Unwin Children’s)

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni (Penguin Australia)

If Not Us by Mark Smith (Text Publishing)

Debut Fiction

When Things Are Alive They Hum by Hannah Bent (Ultimo Press)

We Were Not Men by Campbell Mattinson (HarperCollins Australia)

Love & Virtue by Diana Reid (Ultimo Press)

The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart (Viking Australia)

Illustrated Non-Fiction

Where the River Bends by Jane and Jimmy Barnes (HarperCollins Australia)

Still Life by Amber Creswell Bell (Thames & Hudson Australia)

Garden Like a Nonno by Jaclyn Crupi (Affirm Press)

Costa’s World by Costa Georgiadis (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)