Latest news: ACT Book of the Year

Chris Hammer’s crime thriller, The Seven, has been named the 2024 ACT Book of the Year. Mr Hammer has won a prize of $10,000.

Six books have been shortlisted for the 2024 ACT Book of the Year award, including First Nations history, poetry, crime fiction, and horror.

Six finalists have been shortlisted for the 2023 ACT Book of the Year Award; the winner will be announced in November.

Nominations are now open for the 2023 ACT Book of the Year Award, recognising quality contemporary literary works.

Seven finalists have been shortlisted for the 2022 ACT Book of the Year Award, showcasing excellent works in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

Subhash Jaireth’s collection of essays, Spinoza’s Overcoat (Transit Lounge, 2020), is the 2021 ACT Book of the Year.

Bernard Collaery’s exposé of the Australian Government’s exploitation of East Timor, a history of censorship in Australia, essays about travel and writing, and volumes of poetry are among the six books shortlisted for the 2021 ACT Book of the Year, which recognises quality contemporary literary works by ACT-based authors.