Indie Book Awards shortlist 2025

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The 2025 Indie Book Awards shortlists have been announced. Of special interest:

CHILDREN’S SHORTLIST

To Stir with Love by Kate Mildenhall, illustrated by Jess Racklyeft (Simon & Schuster Australia)
All the Beautiful Things by Katrina Nannestad (ABC Books, HarperCollins Australia)
The Midwatch by Judith Rossell (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)
The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson (Penguin Australia)

YOUNG ADULT SHORTLIST

Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody (Allen & Unwin Children's)
Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak (Penguin Australia)
My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery (Allen & Unwin Children's)
Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma (Lothian Children's Books)