ACT Book of the Year
Winners
Winners
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| Year | **Author** | Title | Publisher | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | [Marion Halligan](/wiki/Marion_Halligan "Marion Halligan") | *Lovers' Knot* | [Heinemann](/wiki/Heinemann_%28publisher%29 "Heinemann (publisher)") | Joint winners |
| [A. D. Hope](/wiki/A._D._Hope "A. D. Hope") | *Chance Encounters* | [Melbourne University Press](/wiki/Melbourne_University_Press "Melbourne University Press") |
| 1994 | [John Foulcher](/wiki/John_Foulcher "John Foulcher") | *New and Selected Poems* | [Brandl \& Schlesinger](/wiki/Brandl_%26_Schlesinger "Brandl & Schlesinger") |  |
| 1995 | [Sara Dowse](/wiki/Sara_Dowse "Sara Dowse") | *Sapphires* | [Penguin Group](/wiki/Penguin_Group "Penguin Group") |  |
| 1996 | [Paul Hetherington](/wiki/Paul_Hetherington "Paul Hetherington") | *Shadow Swimmer* | [Molonglo Press](/wiki/Molonglo_Press "Molonglo Press") |  |
| 1997 |  | *Imago* | [Spinifex Press](/wiki/Spinifex_Press "Spinifex Press") |  |
| 1998 | Lee Chittick | *Travelling With Percy : A South Coast Journey* | [Aboriginal Studies Press](/wiki/Aboriginal_Studies_Press "Aboriginal Studies Press") |  |
| 1999 | [Craig Cormick](/wiki/Craig_Cormick "Craig Cormick") | *Unwritten Histories* | [Aboriginal Studies Press](/wiki/Aboriginal_Studies_Press "Aboriginal Studies Press") |  |
| 2000 | [Adrian Caesar](/wiki/Adrian_Caesar "Adrian Caesar") | *The White: Last days in the Antarctic Journeys of Scott and Mawson 1911\-1913* | [Picador](/wiki/Picador_%28imprint%29 "Picador (imprint)") |  |
| 2001 | [Alan Gould](/wiki/Alan_Gould "Alan Gould") | *The Schoonermaster's Dance* | Flamingo | Joint Winners |
| [Dorothy Johnston](/wiki/Dorothy_Johnston "Dorothy Johnston") | *The Trojan Dog* | [Wakefield Press](/wiki/Wakefield_Press_%28Australia%29 "Wakefield Press (Australia)") |
| 2002 | [Jackie French](/wiki/Jackie_French "Jackie French") | *In the Blood* | [Angus \& Robertson](/wiki/Angus_%26_Robertson "Angus & Robertson") |  |
| 2003 | [John Clanchy](/wiki/John_Clanchy "John Clanchy") | *The Hard Word* | [University of Queensland Press](/wiki/University_of_Queensland_Press "University of Queensland Press") |  |
| 2004 | [Marion Halligan](/wiki/Marion_Halligan "Marion Halligan") | *The Point* | [Allen \& Unwin](/wiki/Allen_%26_Unwin "Allen & Unwin") |  |
| 2005 | Tony Kevin | *A Certain Maritime Incident : the sinking of SIEV X* | [Scribe Publications](/wiki/Scribe_Publications "Scribe Publications") |  |
| 2006 | John Clanchy | *Vincenzo's Garden* | [University of Queensland Press](/wiki/University_of_Queensland_Press "University of Queensland Press") |  |
| 2007 |  | *Sunday Menu : selected short stories of Pham Thi Hoai* | Pandanus |  |
| 2008 | Tony Kevin | *Walking the Camino : A Modern Pilgrimage to Santiago* | [Scribe Publications](/wiki/Scribe_Publications "Scribe Publications") |  |
| 2009 | Nicholas Drayson | *A Guide to the Birds of East Africa: A Novel*   | [Viking](/wiki/Viking_Press "Viking Press") |  |
| 2010 | [Marion Halligan](/wiki/Marion_Halligan "Marion Halligan") | *Valley of Grace* | [Allen \& Unwin](/wiki/Allen_%26_Unwin "Allen & Unwin") |  |
| 2011 | [Chris Hammer](/wiki/Chris_Hammer "Chris Hammer") | *The River: A journey through the Murray\-Darling Basin* | [Melbourne University Press](/wiki/Melbourne_University_Press "Melbourne University Press") |  |
| 2012 | [Bill Gammage](/wiki/Bill_Gammage "Bill Gammage") | *The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia* | [Allen \& Unwin](/wiki/Allen_%26_Unwin "Allen & Unwin") |  |
| 2013 | [Frank Bongiorno](/wiki/Frank_Bongiorno "Frank Bongiorno") | *The Sex Lives of Australians : A History* | [Black Inc.](/wiki/Black_Inc. "Black Inc.") |  |
| 2014 | Gordon Peake | *Beloved land: stories, Struggles and secrets from Timor\-Leste* | [Scribe Publications](/wiki/Scribe_Publications "Scribe Publications") |  |
| 2015 | Mark Henshaw | *The Snow Kimono* | [Text Publishing](/wiki/Text_Publishing "Text Publishing") |  |
| 2016 | [Frank Bongiorno](/wiki/Frank_Bongiorno "Frank Bongiorno") | *The Eighties : the decade that transformed Australia* | [Black Inc.](/wiki/Black_Inc. "Black Inc.") |  |
| 2017 | Tom Griffiths | *The Art of Time Travel : Historians and their craft* | [Black Inc.](/wiki/Black_Inc. "Black Inc.") |  |
| 2018 | [Paul Collis](/wiki/Paul_Collins_%28fantasy_writer%29 "Paul Collins (fantasy writer)") | *Dancing Home* | [University of Queensland Press](/wiki/University_of_Queensland_Press "University of Queensland Press") |  |
| 2019 | [Robyn Cadwallader](/wiki/Robyn_Cadwallader "Robyn Cadwallader") | *Book of Colours* | [HarperCollins](/wiki/HarperCollins "HarperCollins") |  |
| 2020 | Lisa Fuller | *Ghost Bird* | [University of Queensland Press](/wiki/University_of_Queensland_Press "University of Queensland Press") |  |
| 2021 | Subhash Jaireth | *Spinoza's Overcoat: Travels with Writers and Poets* | [Transit Lounge](/wiki/Transit_Lounge "Transit Lounge") |  |
| 2022 | Lucy Neave | *Believe in Me* | [University of Queensland Press](/wiki/University_of_Queensland_Press "University of Queensland Press") |  |
| 2023 | [Frank Bongiorno](/wiki/Frank_Bongiorno "Frank Bongiorno") | *Dreamers and Schemers: A political history of Australia* | [La Trobe University Press](/wiki/Schwartz_Publishing "Schwartz Publishing") |  |


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