the 2025 longlist.
graphic novels.
graphic novels.
Hairy Holes
by Brenton E McKenna
(Magabala Books)
Ghost Book
by Remy Lai
(Allen & Unwin)
The Greatest Thing
by Sarah Winifred Searle
(Allen & Unwin)
Neverlanders
by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva
(Penguin Random House)
When the World Was Soft
by Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation
(Allen & Unwin)
The Sweetness Between Us
by Sarah Winifred Searle
(Allen & Unwin)
by Brenton E McKenna
(Magabala Books)
Ghost Book
by Remy Lai
(Allen & Unwin)
The Greatest Thing
by Sarah Winifred Searle
(Allen & Unwin)
Neverlanders
by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva
(Penguin Random House)
When the World Was Soft
by Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation
(Allen & Unwin)
The Sweetness Between Us
by Sarah Winifred Searle
(Allen & Unwin)
the 2025 longlist.
non-fiction.
non-fiction.
Always Was, Always Will Be
by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
(Magabala Books)
Ask Aunty: Seasons
by Aunty Munya Andrews and illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
(Hardie Grand Explore)
Design & Building on Country: First Knowledges for younger readers
by Paul Memmott & Alison Page and illustrated by Blak Douglas
(Thames & Hudson Australia)
Brilliant Minds
by Shannon Meyerkort & Amy Blackwell
(Affirm Press)
In My Blood It Runs
by Dujuan Hoosan, Margaret Anderson & Carol Turner and illustrated by Blak Douglas
(Pan Macmillan Australia)
Gurawul the Whale
by Max Dulumunmun Harrison and illustrated by Laura La Rosa
(Magabala Books)
Our Mob
by Taylor Hampton & Jacinta Daniher and illustrated by Seantelle Walsh
(Ford Street Publishing)
Looking After Country with Fire
by Victor Steffensen and illustrated by Sandra Steffensen
(Hardie Grant Explore)
The Wonder of Little Things
by Vince Copley & Lea McInerney
(HarperCollins)
The Trees
by Victor Steffensen and illustrated by Sandra Steffensen
(Hardie Grand Explore)
by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson
(Magabala Books)
Ask Aunty: Seasons
by Aunty Munya Andrews and illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
(Hardie Grand Explore)
Design & Building on Country: First Knowledges for younger readers
by Paul Memmott & Alison Page and illustrated by Blak Douglas
(Thames & Hudson Australia)
Brilliant Minds
by Shannon Meyerkort & Amy Blackwell
(Affirm Press)
In My Blood It Runs
by Dujuan Hoosan, Margaret Anderson & Carol Turner and illustrated by Blak Douglas
(Pan Macmillan Australia)
Gurawul the Whale
by Max Dulumunmun Harrison and illustrated by Laura La Rosa
(Magabala Books)
Our Mob
by Taylor Hampton & Jacinta Daniher and illustrated by Seantelle Walsh
(Ford Street Publishing)
Looking After Country with Fire
by Victor Steffensen and illustrated by Sandra Steffensen
(Hardie Grant Explore)
The Wonder of Little Things
by Vince Copley & Lea McInerney
(HarperCollins)
The Trees
by Victor Steffensen and illustrated by Sandra Steffensen
(Hardie Grand Explore)
the 2025 longlist.
poetry.
poetry.
Pasifika Navigators
by 52 Pasifika Student Authors
(Mila’s Books)
It’s the Sound of the Thing
by Maxine Beneba Clarke
(Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
by 52 Pasifika Student Authors
(Mila’s Books)
It’s the Sound of the Thing
by Maxine Beneba Clarke
(Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
the 2025 longlist.
young adult novels.
young adult novels.
A Way Home
by Emily Brewin
(MidnightSun Publishing)
Catch a Falling Star
by Eileen Merriman
(Penguin Random House New Zealand)
Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything (Except This)
by Elisa Chenoweth
(Hardie Grant)
Liar’s Test
by Ambelin Kwaymullina
(Text Publishing)
Into the Mouth of the Wolf
by Erin Gough
(Hardie Grant)
Robert Runs
by Mariah Sweetman
(Magabala Books)
Inkflower
by Suzy Zail
(Walker Books Australia)
Slipping the Noose
by Meg Caddy
(Text Publishing)
Two Can Play That Game
by Leanne Yong
(Allen & Unwin)
The Quiet and the Loud
by Helena Fox
(Pan Macmillan Australia)
White Noise
by Raelke Grimmer
(UWA Publishing)
by Emily Brewin
(MidnightSun Publishing)
Catch a Falling Star
by Eileen Merriman
(Penguin Random House New Zealand)
Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything (Except This)
by Elisa Chenoweth
(Hardie Grant)
Liar’s Test
by Ambelin Kwaymullina
(Text Publishing)
Into the Mouth of the Wolf
by Erin Gough
(Hardie Grant)
Robert Runs
by Mariah Sweetman
(Magabala Books)
Inkflower
by Suzy Zail
(Walker Books Australia)
Slipping the Noose
by Meg Caddy
(Text Publishing)
Two Can Play That Game
by Leanne Yong
(Allen & Unwin)
The Quiet and the Loud
by Helena Fox
(Pan Macmillan Australia)
White Noise
by Raelke Grimmer
(UWA Publishing)