BookPeople 2024 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Monday, 20 May 2024 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2024 Bookseller of the Year awards.
The awards recognise an individual bookseller for outstanding achievement in the past 12 months, with the young bookseller of the year award acknowledging a bookseller aged 35 years or under.
The shortlisted booksellers in each category are:
Bookseller of the year
- Matt Davis; The Bookshop at Queenscliff; Queenscliff, Victoria
- Charlotte Guest; The Book Bird; Geelong, Victoria
- Les McDonald; The Bookshop Darlinghurst; Darlinghurst, New South Wales
- Megan McPheat; Harry Hartog; Sydney, New South Wales
- Anna Savvas; The Bookshop Darwin; Darwin, Northern Territory
- Andrew Sims; Gleebooks; Glebe, New South Wales
Young bookseller of the year
- Madeleine Delany; Fullers Bookshop; Hobart, Tasmania
- Lexie Eatock; Better Read Than Dead; Newtown, New South Wales
- Manuela Ocampo; The Book Cow Bookshop; Kingston, Australian Capital Territory
- Evie Rashell; The Book Warehouse; Lismore, New South Wales
- Indiana Saunders; Farrells Bookshop; Mornington, Victoria
- Molly Smith; Readings Emporium; Melbourne, Victoria
Children’s bookseller of the year
- Jennifer Jackson; Paper Bird Children’s Books & Art; Fremantle, Western Australia
- Samantha Kelly; Readings Doncaster; Doncaster, Victoria
- Allyx Lathrope; Books Kinokuniya; Sydney, New South Wales
- Katherine Matthews; Mary Martin Bookshop; Melbourne, Victoria
- Pauline McLeod; Riverbend Books; Bulimba, Queensland
- Anna Sheen; Quick Brown Fox Bookshop; Grange, Queensland.
The 2024 winners will be announced along with the Book of the Year Awards at the BookPeople conference’s gala dinner and awards night on 16 June at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park.
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