Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2025

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The 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Of special interest:

Prize for children's Literature

Three Dresses by Wanda Gibson (winner)

The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson (short list)
Listen, Hippo! by Gabriel Evans (short list)
The Midwatch by Judith Rossell (short list)

Highly recommended:

How to Free a Jinn by Raidah Shah Idil
Squishbook by Ben Hutchings

Prize for writing for young adults

Anomaly by Emma Lord (winner)

Liar’s Test by Ambelin Kwaymullina (short list)
Smoke & Mirrors by Barry Jonsberg (short list)

Highly recommended:

One By One They Disappear by Mike Lucas
The Skin I’m In by Steph Tisdell