Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2008 winners

Book of the Year 2008
People of the Book
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Australia

International Success Award 2008
Random House Australia for The Ranger’s Apprentice
Author: John Flanagan

Newcomer of the Year 2008
Secrets of the Red Lantern
Author: Pauline Nguyen
Publisher: Murdoch Books

Illustrated Book of the Year 2008
Maggie’s Harvest
Author: Maggie Beer
Publisher: Penguin Group (Australia)

Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2008
People of the Book
Author: Geraldine Brooks
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Australia

Book of the Year for Younger Children 2008
The Peasant Prince
Author: Li Cunxin
Illustrator: Anne Spudvilas
Publisher: Penguin Group (Australia)

Book of the Year for Older Children 2008
Ranger’s Apprentice 7: Erak’s Ransom
Author: John Flanagan
Publisher: Random House Australia

Biography of the Year 2008
Arthur Boyd: a life
Author: Darleen Bungey
Publisher: Allen & Unwin

General Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Girl Stuff
Author: Kaz Cooke
Publisher: Penguin Group (Australia)

General Fiction Book of the Year 2008
Those Faraday Girls
Author: Monica McInerney
Publisher: Penguin Group (Australia)