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Cover image from Phosphorescence by Julia Baird (HarperCollins Publishers)
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ELEPHANTS WITH THE BEAUTIFUL
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THE THINGS SHE BENEVOLENCE
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her home. without him. Three
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Australian life in the late nineteenth century, Stone understood what animals were saying. OF LOST WORDS
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Hugh Mackay, one of Australia's most respected
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Sophie McNeill Liz Allen
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and intelligent, Displaced is ultimately a call to was sustained by the vast family networks that
personal action. endure to this day.
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THE WEED MUM'S ELEPHANT
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RIVIERA about the power of nature, Nampijinpa O’Keefe grew
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The best-selling Claris series, by advance orders welcome
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11INDIE BOOK AWARDS
2020 WINNERS
Australian
Independent
Bookseller
Australian independent booksellers have announced There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett as the
Indie Book Awards 2020 Book of the Year. The Indie Book Awards are chosen by the country’s
independent booksellers who select their favourite Australian books published in the previous
calendar year.
The individual category winners, in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction, Illustrated Non-Fiction,
Children’s and Young Adult, were also announced. From these six category winners the independent
booksellers selected the best of the best – the Indie Books Awards 2020 Book of the Year.
WINNER
Judges’ Comments: ‘This is a deeply moving story about the bonds of family. Subtle, yet beautifully
told, There Was Still Love is an absorbing view of childhood and the pre-WWII European immigrant
experience, told from those who left and those who were left behind. Poignant and resonant, Favel
conveys a profound sense of love, loss and belonging in this heartfelt novel.’
AWARD 2020 ‘There Was Still Love carries the dreamlike subtlety that made readers fall in love with When the Night
Comes and Past the Shallows. An innocent voice is imbued with remarkable depth, and through the eyes
& of children we piece together a heartbreaking tale of loss and distance. For both Ludèk and Mala, the
CATEGORY WINNER comforts of home, which Parrett writes beautifully, are what bridges the gap between their experience.
FICTION This novel is a love letter to the stories that Parrett has been shaped by, and the personal history that at
once defines and directs us. Melodious and poetic, this book is easy to love.’
CATEGORY WINNERS
Australian
Independent Bookseller
CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY WINNER CATEGORY WINNER
NON-FICTION DEBUT FICTION ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION CHILDREN'S YOUNG ADULT
Tell Me Why Allegra in Three Parts The Lost Boys The Illustrated Encyclopaedia The Surprising Power
by Archie Roach by Suzanne Daniel by Paul Byrnes of Ugly Animals of a Good Dumpling
Judges’ Comments: by Sami Bayly by Wai Chim
Judges’ Comments: Judges’ Comments:
‘A straightforward life story ‘Suzanne has captured perfectly ‘This book, so painstakingly well- Judges’ Comments: Judges’ Comments:
made all the more powerful by its the innocence and empathy of researched and poignant, is a thing ‘What a beautiful book! All animals, ‘This novel speaks frankly to so
narrative simplicity. Many know Allegra’s voice. We loved the of great beauty. I pored through every even the ones classed ugly, many of the tough issues faced
Archie’s songs, but this fleshes beautifully drawn relationships story, imagined the young life once deserve to be known. Reminiscent by first generation Australian
out the heartache, waste, hope between every. This book really lived, studied each photo and wept. of an old explorers’ journal which teenagers. It is also an incredibly
and redemption behind his lyrics, tore at our heartstrings from start Unthinkable, unthinkable. And yet, includes all the information of the sensitive exploration of what
showing how one man can sabotage to finish.’ we were so served. Lest we forget.’ animals being studied. It’s hard to it’s like to live with a severely
his life, how the system can believe that some of these animals depressed family member while
dehumanise lives, but how love really do exist.’ trying to maintain one’s own
and purpose can heal.’ sense of self.’
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