The Hon Prime Minister Scott Morrison MP and the Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield have announced the 2018 shortlists in their joint media release—2018 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists announced.

2015 Winners and shortlists

2015: Non-fiction
Book cover. Darleen Bungey's John Olsen an artist's life
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winner - John Olsen: An Artist's Life
Author:
Darleen
Bungey
Illustrator:
book cover image: Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall: A Documentary by Emeritus Professor Michael Wilding.
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winner - Wild Bleak Bohemia: Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall
Author:
Michael
Wilding
Illustrator:
book cover image: Private Bill by Barrie Cassidy.
Private Bill
Author:
Barrie
Cassidy
Illustrator:
book cover image: This House of Grief by Helen Garner.
This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial
Author:
Helen
Garner
Illustrator:
book cover image: Encountering the Pacific: In the Age of Enlightenment by (Scientia Professor) John Gascoigne FAHA.
Encountering the Pacific: In the Age of Enlightenment
Author:
John
Gascoigne
Illustrator:
2015: Prize for Australian History
Book cover Charles Bean - If people really knew: One man's struggle to report the Great War and tell the truth.
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winner - Charles Bean
Author:
Ross
Coulthart
Illustrator:
Bookcover of The Spy Catchers. The Offical Hostory of ASIO 1949 - 1963 by David Horner
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winner - The Spy Catchers—The Official History of ASIO Vol 1
Author:
David
Horner
Illustrator:
Book cover - Europens in Australia Volume Three
The Europeans in Australia—Volume Three: Nation
Author:
Alan
Atkinson
Illustrator:
Book cover Descent into Hell by Peter Brune
Descent into Hell
Author:
Peter
Brune
Illustrator:
Book cover Menzies at War
Menzies at War
Author:
Anne
Henderson AM
Illustrator:
2015: Young Adult literature
Book cover The Protected by Claire Zorn
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winner - The Protected
Author:
Claire
Zorn
Illustrator:
Book cover Are you seeing me?
Are You Seeing Me?
Author:
Darren
Groth
Illustrator:
Book cover - The Astrologers Daughter by Rebecca Lim.
The Astrologer's Daughter
Author:
Rebecca
Lim
Illustrator:
Bookcover of Tigers on the Beach by Dough Macleod
Tigers on the Beach
Author:
Doug
MacLeod
Illustrator:
Book cover The Minnow by Diana Sweeney
The Minnow
Author:
Diana
Sweeney
Illustrator:
2015: Children's literature
book cover image: One Minute's Silence
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winner - One Minute's Silence
Author:
David
Metzenthen
Illustrator:
Michael
Camilleri
book cover image: Two Wolves
Two Wolves
Author:
Tristan
Bancks
Illustrator:
Book cover image: My Dad is a Bear
My Dad is a Bear
Author:
Nicola
Connelly
Illustrator:
Annie
White
Book cover - My two blankets - Irena Kobald.
My Two Blankets
Author:
Irena
Kobald
Illustrator:
Freya
Blackwood
book cover image: Withering-by-Sea
Withering-by-Sea
Author:
Judith
Rossell
Illustrator:

2014 Winners and shortlists

2014: Fiction
Book cover of A World of Other People
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winner - A World of Other People
Author:
Steven
Carroll
Illustrator:
Book cover of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
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winner - The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Author:
Richard
Flanagan
Illustrator:
Book cover of The Night Guest
The Night Guest
Author:
Fiona
McFarlane
Illustrator:
Book cover of Coal Creek
Coal Creek
Author:
Alex
Miller
Illustrator:
Book cover of Belomor
Belomor
Author:
Nicolas
Rothwell
Illustrator:
2014: Poetry
Book cover of Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call
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winner - Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call
Author:
Melinda
Smith
Illustrator:
Book cover of Tempo
Tempo
Author:
Sarah
Day
Illustrator:
Book cover - Eldershaw by Stephen Edgar
Eldershaw
Author:
Stephen
Edgar
Illustrator:
Book cover of 1953
1953
Author:
Geoff
Page
Illustrator:
Book cover of Chains of Snow
Chains of Snow
Author:
Jakob
Ziguras
Illustrator:
2014: Non-fiction
Moving Among Strangers front cover
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winner - Moving Among Strangers
Author:
Gabrielle
Carey
Illustrator:
Madeleine front cover
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winner - Madeline: A Life of Madeleine St John
Author:
Helen
Trinca
Illustrator:
Book cover of The Lucky Culture
The Lucky Culture
Author:
Nick
Cater
Illustrator:
Book cover of Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815
Author:
Philip
Dwyer
Illustrator:
Book cover of Rendezvous with Destiny
Rendezvous with Destiny
Author:
Michael
Fullilove
Illustrator:
2014: Prize for Australian History
Book cover of Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War
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winner - Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War
Author:
Joan
Beaumont
Illustrator:
Australias Secret War front cover
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winner - Australia's Secret War: How unionists sabotaged our troops in World War II
Author:
Hal G.P.
Colebatch
Illustrator:
Book cover of First Victory: 1914
First Victory: 1914
Author:
Mike
Carlton
Illustrator:
Book cover of Arthur Phillip: Sailor Mercenary Governor Spy
Arthur Phillip: Sailor Mercenary Governor Spy
Author:
Michael
Pembroke
Illustrator:
Book cover of The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
Author:
Clare
Wright
Illustrator:
2014: Young Adult literature
The Incredible Here and Now front cover
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winner - The Incredible Here and Now
Author:
Felicity
Castagna
Illustrator:
Book cover of Pureheart
Pureheart
Author:
Cassandra
Golds
Illustrator:
Book cover of Girl Defective
Girl Defective
Author:
Simmone
Howell
Illustrator:
Book cover of Life in Outer Space
Life in Outer Space
Author:
Melissa
Keil
Illustrator:
Book cover of The First Third
The First Third
Author:
Will
Kostakis
Illustrator:
2014: Children's literature
Silver Buttons front cover
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winner - Silver Buttons
Author:
Bob
Graham
Illustrator:
Book cover of Song for a Scarlet Runner
Song for a Scarlet Runner
Author:
Julie
Hunt
Illustrator:
Book cover of My Life As an Alphabet
My Life As an Alphabet
Author:
Barry
Jonsberg
Illustrator:
Book cover Kissed by the Moon
Kissed by the Moon
Author:
Alison
Lester
Illustrator:
Book cover of Rules of Summer
Rules of Summer
Author:
Shaun
Tan
Illustrator:

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