Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year Winners

The ACT Government offers an ACT Book of the Year Award for excellence in literature. The Award aims to support the development of ACT-based writers a ...more

Winners

	Dancing Home by Paul Collis 3.74 avg rating — 61 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2018)	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 Art of Time Travel: Historians and Their Craft by Tom Griffiths 4.25 avg rating — 93 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (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
	The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia by Frank Bongiorno 3.88 avg rating — 88 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year for (Judges' Choice) (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
	Beloved Land by Gordon Peake 3.97 avg rating — 102 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (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 Sex Lives of Australians: A History by Frank Bongiorno 3.89 avg rating — 57 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (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 Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage 4.13 avg rating — 649 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (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 River: A Journey through the Murray-Darling by Chris Hammer 3.94 avg rating — 54 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (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
	Valley of Grace by Marion Halligan 3.55 avg rating — 84 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2010)	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 Guide to the Birds of East Africa (Mr Malik #1) by Nicholas Drayson 3.80 avg rating — 3,848 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2009)	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
	Walking the Camino: A Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago by Tony Kevin 3.50 avg rating — 202 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2008)	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
	Sunday Menu: Selected Short Stories of Pham Thi Hoai by Phạm Thị Hoài 3.11 avg rating — 44 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2007)	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
	Vincenzo's Garden by John Clanchy 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2006)	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 Certain Maritime Incident : the sinking of SIEV X by Tony Kevin 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2005)	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 Point by Marion Halligan 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2004)	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
	Huts in the Victorian Alps: And the People Who Built and Care for Them by Klaus Hueneke 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year for Non-fiction (2004)	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 Hard Word by John Clanchy 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2003)	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
	In the Blood (Outlands Trilogy, #1) by Jackie French 3.80 avg rating — 112 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2002)	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 Trojan Dog by Dorothy Johnston (Goodreads Author) 3.05 avg rating — 37 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2001)	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 Schoonermaster's Dance by Alan Gould liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2001)	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 White by Adrian Caesar 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (2000)	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
	Unwritten Histories by Craig Cormick 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1999)	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
	Travelling with Percy: A South Coast Journey by Lee Chittick 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1998)	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
	Imago by Francesca Rendle-Short (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1997)	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
	Shadow Swimmer by Paul Hetherington 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1996)	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
	Sapphires by Sara Dowse 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1995)	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
	New And Selected Poems by John Foulcher really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1994)	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
	Chance Encounters by A.D. Hope 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1993)	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
	Lovers' Knots by Marion Halligan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year (1993)	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

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	Made by Humans: The AI Condition by Ellen Broad 4.02 avg rating — 96 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year Nominee (2019)	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
	Book of Colours by Robyn Cadwallader (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 656 ratings Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Book of the Year Nominee (2019)	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

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