Nat’s What I Reckon wins second Booktopia FAB Award

Death To Jar Sauce by Nat’s What I Reckon (Ebury) has won the 2021 Booktopia Favourite Australian Book (FAB) Award. The social media star cook was also the 2020 winner of the award for Uncook Yourself: A ratbag’s guide to life (Ebury).

For the second year in a row, the author said he would donate his $5000 prize money to support mental health, giving this year’s winnings to Beyond Blue.

Established in 2019, the FAB Award is open to titles written by Australian authors and released by Australian publishers, and is chosen by the public through a voting system on the Booktopia website.

This year the online book retailer added two new awards each worth $5000: Booktopia’s Favourite Book and Favourite Australian Debut Book.

Booktopia’s Favourite Book went to Hannah Kent’s Devotion (Picador). ‘In a time of grief and isolation, Hannah Kent has provided the perfect literary tonic—inviting readers to contemplate the indelible and eternal energy of love,’ said Booktopia fiction category manager Ben Hunter. ‘No other book this year has struck a chord with so many staff members here at Booktopia. We were unanimous in our decision—Devotion is a triumph!’

Favourite Australian Debut Book went to The Boy From the Mish by Gary Lonesborough (A&U). ‘A warm and tender-hearted debut from a refreshing new voice in young adult fiction, The Boy from the Mish is a queer First Nations novel about self-discovery and first love,’ said Booktopia kids and YA category manager Sarah McDuling. ‘Raw in its honesty yet also disarmingly sweet, reading this book was a joyful and illuminating experience. I can’t wait to see what Gary Lonesborough writes next!’

For more information on the awards, see Booktopia’s website.

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