The 2023 Indie Book Awards shortlist

19 January 2023

The Australian literary award season (and quite a long season it is), is underway for the year, with the announcement yesterday of the 2023 Indie Book Awards shortlist. Four titles, in six categories, are in contention this year:

Fiction:

Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
Horse by Geraldine Brooks
Seeing Other People by Diana Reid
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland

Non-Fiction:

The Book Of Roads And Kingdoms by Richard Fidler
The First Astronomers by Duane Hamacher, with Elders and Knowledge Holders
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose
The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner by Grace Tame

Debut Fiction:

Wake by Shelley Burr
All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
Son of Sin by Omar Sakr
Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor

Illustrated Non-Fiction:

First Nations Food Companion by Damien Coulthard and Rebecca Sullivan
Big Beautiful Female Theory by Eloise Grills
Cressida Campbell by National Gallery of Australia
RecipeTin Eats: Dinner by Nagi Maehashi

Children’s:

Frank’s Red Hat by Sean E Avery
Ceremony: Welcome to Our Country by Adam Goodes and Ellie Laing
Guardians: Wylah the Koorie Warrior 1 by Jordan Gould and Richard Pritchard
Runt by Craig Silvey

Young Adult:

Cop and Robber by Tristan Bancks
The Museum of Broken Things by Lauren Draper
Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood
The Brink by Holden Sheppard

The winners will be named on Monday 20 March 2023.