Prize winners

• 2009 (Fiction):  Things we didn't see coming by Steve Amsterdam
• 2009 (Non-Fiction):  Down to the crossroads: on the trail of the 2008 US election by Guy Rundle

Miles Franklin Award

• 2009 Winner:  Breath by Tim Winton

Commonwealth Writers Prize

• 2009 Best First Book Winner:  The slap by Christos Tsiolkas

Man Booker Prize (UK)

• 2009 Winner:  Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell

• The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction 2009 Winner:  The slap by Christos Tsiolkas
• The Nettie Palmer Prize for Non-fiction 2009 Winner:  The tall man by Chloe Hooper