Events Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 2023

When
Friday, 23rd June
6:30pm
Where (see map)
State Library of Western Australia
Perth Cultural Centre
25 Francis Street
Perth WA 6000
ENQUIRIES
premiersbookawards@slwa.wa.gov.au or 08 9427 3173

Boffins Books is delighted to be the official bookseller for the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards.

The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards supports, develops and recognises excellence in Western Australian writing. These Awards are made available by the Western Australian Government and are managed by the State Library of Western Australia.

The Premier’s Prize for an Emerging Writer ($15,000)

The Premier’s Prize for Children’s Book of the Year ($15,000)

The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction ($15,000 and a publishing contract with Magabala Books)

  • Getting Dusty by Jared Thomas 
  • The Ultimate AGD by Kim Morrison 
  • A Queen’s Glory by Kristie Harris

The Premier’s Prize for Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA ($15,000)

The Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000)

  • Carolyn Wadley Dowley
  • Madison Godfrey
  • Michael Trant
  • Norman Jorgensen
  • Tracy Ryan

For information about the Awards, go to the State Library of Western Australia's website at www.slwa.wa.gov.au

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