Prime Minister's Literary Awards Winners

The Prime Minister's Literary Awards celebrate the contribution of Australian literature to the nation's cultural and intellectual life.

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Winners

	The Strangest Place by Stephen Edgar 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 4,277 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 35,460 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction Winner (2017)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 1,080 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War with Germany: The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War by Robert Stevenson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for History (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protected by Claire Zorn (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,011 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2015)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silver Button by Bob Graham (Illustrator) 3.68 avg rating — 429 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Children's Fiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Incredible Here and Now by Felicity Castagna 3.51 avg rating — 211 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Australia's Secret War: How unionists sabotaged our troops in World War II by Hal G.P. Colebatch 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Australian History (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War by Joan Beaumont 4.34 avg rating — 50 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Australian History (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John by Helen Trinca 3.29 avg rating — 92 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Nonfiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family by Gabrielle Carey 3.69 avg rating — 75 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Nonfiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call by Melinda Smith 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 4.02 avg rating — 54,832 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A World of Other People (The Eliot Quartet, #2) by Steven Carroll 3.73 avg rating — 297 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett 3.60 avg rating — 1,208 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farewell, Dear People: Biographies of Australia's Lost Generation by Ross McMullin 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Australian History (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fog a Dox by Bruce Pascoe 4.16 avg rating — 157 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Australian Moment by George Megalogenis 4.23 avg rating — 376 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Nonfiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jam Tree Gully by John Kinsella 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser 3.08 avg rating — 2,812 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodnight, Mice! by Frances Watts (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 84 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Children's Fiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When We Were Two by Robert Newton 3.94 avg rating — 499 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage 4.14 avg rating — 658 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Australian History (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark by Mark McKenna 4.50 avg rating — 22 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Nonfiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interferon Psalms by Luke Davies 3.61 avg rating — 28 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Poetry (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears 3.77 avg rating — 1,412 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shake a Leg by Boori Monty Pryor 3.93 avg rating — 46 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Children's Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 19,883 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Traitor by Stephen Daisley 3.81 avg rating — 158 ratings Prime Minister's Literary Awards for Fiction (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars