Walkley Book Award

The Walkley Book Award is an Australian award presented annually by the Walkley Foundation for excellence in long-form journalism and nonfiction, with subjects ranging from biography to true crime to investigative journalism and reporting.^[1][2]

Winners

• 2005: Bob Connolly, Making Black Harvest^[3]
• 2006: Neil Chenoweth, Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-Making^[4]
• 2007: Chris Masters, Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones^[5]
• 2008: Don Watson, American Journeys^[6]
• 2009: Graham Freudenberg, Churchill and Australia^[7]
• 2010: Shirley Shackleton, The Circle of Silence: A Personal Testimony Before, During and After Balibo^[8]
• 2011: Russell Skelton, King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya^[9]
• 2012: George Megalogenis, The Australian Moment: How We Were Made For These Times^[10]
• 2013: Pamela Williams, Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge^[11]
• 2014: Paul Kelly, Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation^[12]
• 2015: Chip Le Grand, The Straight Dope: The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal^[13]
• 2016: Stan Grant, Talking To My Country^[3]
• 2017: Louise Milligan, Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell^[14]
• 2018: Helen Pitt, The House: The dramatic story of the Sydney Opera House and the people who made it^[15]
• 2019: Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day : Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life^[16]
• 2020: Lucie Morris-Marr, Fallen: The inside story of the secret trial and conviction of Cardinal George Pell^[17]
• 2021: Kate Holden, The Winter Road^[18]
• 2022: Bronwyn Adcock, Currowan: The story of a fire and a community during Australia’s worst summer^[19]
• 2023: Antony Loewenstein, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world^[20]

References

1. "Walkley Book Award: Terms & Conditions". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
2. "Walkley Book Award 2020 longlist announced". Books+Publishing. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
3. "Walkley Book Award". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
4. "'Packer's Lunch' wins Walkley". Books+Publishing. 2006-12-04. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
5. "Gold Walkley winner hits out at AFP". www.abc.net.au. 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
6. "Don Watson". Q+A. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
7. "Obituary - Graham Freudenberg - Obituaries Australia". oa.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
8. McDonald, Hamish (2010-12-09). "Balibo widow didn't stay silent". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
9. "Territory journalists win at Walkley Awards". www.abc.net.au. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
10. "'The Australian Moment' wins 2012 Walkley Book Award". Books+Publishing. 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
11. "Pamela Williams Wins Walkley Book Award With Killing Fairfax". The Booktopian. 2013-11-28. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
12. "DT Editor Paul Whittaker picks up third Walkley". PerthNow. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
13. Le Grand, Chip (2015). The straight dope: the inside story of sport's biggest drug scandal. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-522-86850-0. OCLC 908193018.
14. "Milligan wins 2017 Walkley Book Award for 'Cardinal'". Books+Publishing. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
15. Fletcher, Clare (2019-03-20). "Spotlight on: Helen Pitt". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
16. "Guardian Australia wins Walkley award for coverage of Indigenous affairs". The Guardian. 2019-11-28. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
17. "Morris-Marr's 'Fallen' wins 2020 Walkley Book Award". Books+Publishing. 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
18. "Samantha Maiden wins the Gold Walkley Award". The Walkley Foundation. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
19. "'Currowan' wins Walkley Book Award". Books+Publishing. 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
20. "Loewenstein's 'The Palestine Laboratory' wins 2023 Walkley Book Award". Books+Publishing. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-23.