Boffins Books is delighted to be the official bookseller for the Western Australian Permier's Book Awards.
The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards are for books published or self-published in 2023. The awards support, develop and recognise excellence in Western Australian writing. The State Library of Western Australia manages the Premier's Book Awards on behalf of the Government of Western Australia. Winners will be announced at the State Library on 7 June 2024.
Daisy Utemorrah for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and Young Adult Fiction, sponsored by Magabala Books
- Dr Stephen Hagan – Acacia: 6 Eyes on Yesterday
- Maureen Glover – Brothers in Arms
- Elise Thornthwaite – Underneath the Surface
- Marly and Linda Wells – Dusty Tracks
Premier's Prize for an Emerging Writer
Premier's Prize for Children's Book of the Year
- City of Light, written by Julia Lawrinson, illustrated by Heather Potter and Mark Jackson, published by Wild Dog Books
- The Eerie Excavation: An Alice England Mystery by Ash Harrier, published by Pantera Press
- A Friend for George, written and illustrated by Gabriel Evans, published by Puffin, an imprint of Penguin Random House Australia
- Our Country: Where History Happened, written by Mark Greenwood and illustrated by Frané Lessac, published by Walker Books Australia
- Scout and the Rescue Dogs by Dianne Wolfer, published by Walker Books Australia
Premier's Prize for Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA
Western Australian Writer's Fellowship
- Lucy Dougan
- Alan Fyfe
- Kylie Howarth
- Laurie Steed
- Emma Young
For more information about the Awards, visit the State Library's website www.slwa.wa.gov.au
