Australian Book Industry Awards

Simpsons is a proud sponsor of the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards in Melbourne this year.

Adam Simpson will be presenting The Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year (for an author’s first book, regardless of genre), shortlisted are:

• All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot, Lucinda Price (Pantera Press)
• Because I’m Not Myself, You See, Ariane Beeston (Black Inc.)
• Big Time, Jordan Prosser (UQP, University of Queensland Press)
• The Chairman’s Lounge, Joe Aston (Scribner, Simon & Schuster Australia)
• Thanks for Having Me, Emma Darragh (Joan, Allen & Unwin)
• We Are the Stars, Gina Chick (Summit Books Australia, Simon & Schuster Australia)

Past winners have included Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe now a feature film on Netflix produced by Brouhaha Entertainment.