ABIA 2026 business award shortlists announced
Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, has announced the 2026 business award shortlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs).
The shortlistees in each category are:
Bookshop of the Year
- Books Kinokuniya Sydney
- Collins Booksellers Warrnambool
- Constant Reader
- Fullers Bookshop
- Gleebooks Dulwich Hill
- Paper Bird
Book Retailer of the Year
- Booktopia
- Dymocks
- The Nile
- QBD Books
- Readings
Multicategory Retailer of the Year
- Amazon Australia
- Big W
- Kmart
- WHSmith Australia
Commissioning Editor/Publisher of the Year
- Aviva Tuffield (University of Queensland Press)
- Clair Hume (Thames & Hudson)
- Marisa Pintado (Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
- Rebecca Saunders (Hachette Australia)
- Susannah Chambers (Allen & Unwin)
- Vanessa Radnidge (Hachette Australia)
Marketing/Publicity Campaign of the Year
- Alchemised (SenLinYu, Penguin Random House Australia)
- Cherry Lam colouring book series (Cherry Lam, Penguin Random House Australia)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid series (Jeff Kinney, Penguin Random House Australia)
- A Different Kind of Power (Jacinda Ardern, Penguin Random House Australia)
- Penguin 90th anniversary celebrations (Penguin Random House Australia)
- Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow (Jessica Townsend, Hachette Australia)
Children’s Publisher of the Year
- Allen & Unwin
- Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing
- Little Book Press
- Magabala Books
- Penguin Random House Australia
- Thames & Hudson Australia
Small Publisher of the Year
- Fremantle Press
- Little Book Press
- Magabala Books
- Rockpool Publishing
- Smith Street Books
- University of Queensland Press
Publisher of the Year
- Allen & Unwin
- Hachette Australia
- Hardie Grant Publishing
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Pan Macmillan Australia
- Penguin Random House Australia.
The awards “celebrate the professionals in the book business – the dedicated individuals and teams who bring stories to life and books to the right readers”.
The ABIA 2026 book awards shortlists were announced last week. Winners of the business and book awards, including the overall Book of the Year Award, will be announced at the awards ceremony at Linseed House at The Grounds of Alexandria in Warrane/Sydney on Thursday 21 May. Early bird tickets to the ceremony are available until midnight, Tuesday 21 April.
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