2021 Australian Book Design Awards shortlists
We are delighted to announce that the following titles have been shortlisted for the 2021 Australian Book Design Awards!
Best Designed Commercial Fiction Cover
The Morbids (Ewa Ramsey), designed by Laura Thomas
Best Designed Literary Fiction Cover
Honeybee (Craig Silvey), designed by Lisa White
The Octopus and I (Erin Hortle), designed by Alissa Dinallo
Best Designed Children’s Book
A Clue for Clara (Lian Tanner), designed by Hannah Janzen
Across the Risen Sea (Bren MacDibble), designed by Joanna Hunt
Emerging Designer of the Year
Mika Tabata (Her Perilous Mansion, Tiger & Cat, Son of the Brush, The Wisdom of Tea)
The winners will be announced 24th June 2021.
The rest of the shortlists and more information can be found here.
Honeybee
by Craig Silvey
The highly anticipated new novel by the bestselling author of Jasper Jones.
The Morbids
by Ewa Ramsey
Heart-wrenching, heartwarming and ultimately uplifting--a story about the power of a little kindness.
A Clue for Clara
by Lian Tanner
Can a scruffy chicken crack a crime? Perhaps, if she's a genius like Clara. An egg-cellent novel about a small chook and a big crime by the highly-acclaimed author of Ella and the Ocean.
Across the Risen Sea
by Bren MacDibble
Across the Risen Sea is an action-packed, compelling and heartfelt middle-fiction adventure, set in a post-climate change landscape, from the multi-award winning author of How to Bee.
The Octopus and I
by Erin Hortle
A stunning debut novel set on the Tasmanian coast that lays bare the wild, beating heart at the intersection of human and animal, love and loss, and fear and hope.
