2009 The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry
2010 Room Emma Donoghue
MILES FRANKLIN AWARD
Awarded for a novel or play of the highest literary merit, written by an Australian, presenting aspects of Australian life, and published during the preceding year.
1957 Voss Patrick White
1958 To the Islands Randolph Stow
1959 The Big Fellow Vance Palmer
1960 The Irishman Elizabeth O’Connor
1961 Riders in the Chariot Patrick White
1962 The Well-Dressed Explorer Thea Astley The Cupboard Under the Stairs George Turner
1963 Careful He Might Hear You Sumner Locke Elliott
1964 My Brother Jack George Johnston
1965 The Slow Natives Thea Astley
1966 Trap Peter Mathers
1967 Bring Larks and Heroes Thomas Keneally
1968 Three Cheers for the Paraclete Thomas Keneally
1969 Clean Straw for Nothing George Johnston
1970 A Horse of Air Dal Stivens
1971 The Unknown Industrial Prisoner David Ireland
1972 The Acolyte Thea Astley
1973 No award
1974 The Mango Tree Ronald McKie
1975 Poor Fellow My Country Xavier Herbert
1976 The Glass Canoe David Ireland
1977 Swords and Crowns and Rings Ruth Park
1978 Tirra Lirra by the River Jessica Anderson
1979 A Woman of the Future David Ireland
1980 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson
1981 Bliss Peter Carey
1982 Just Relations Rodney Hall
1983 No award
1984 Shallows Tim Winton
1985 The Doubleman Christopher Koch
1986 The Well Elizabeth Jolley
1987 Dancing on Coral Glenda Adams
1988 No award
1989 Oscar and Lucinda Peter Carey
1990 Oceana Fine Tom Flood
1991 The Great World David Malouf
1992 Cloudstreet Tim Winton
1993 The Ancestor Game Alex Miller
1994 The Grisly Wife Rodney Hall
1995 The Hand That Signed the Paper Helen Demidenko
1996 Highways to a War Christopher Koch
1997 The Glade Within the Grove David Foster
1998 Jack Maggs Peter Carey
1999 Eucalyptus Murray Bail
2001 Dark Palace Frank Moorhouse
2002 Dirt Music Tim Winton
2003 Journey to the Stone Country Alex Miller
2004 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard
2005 The White Earth Andrew McGahan
2006 The Ballad of Desmond Kale Roger McDonald
2007 Carpentaria Alexis Wright
2008 The Time We Have Taken Steven Carroll
2009 Breath Tim Winton
2010 Truth Peter Temple
MONTANA NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARD
This was the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award until 1994. Author must be a New Zealand citizen. From 2010 the prize was renamed the New Zealand Post Book Award.
1968 The New Zealand Sea Shore John Morton/M. Miller
1969 Augustus Earle in New Zealand A. Murray-Oliver
1970 Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste John Dunmore
1971 William and Mary Rolleston Rosemary Rolleston
1972 200 Years of New Zealand Painting Gil Docking
1973 Strangers and Journeys Maurice Shadbolt
1974 Tangi Witi Ihimaera
1975 Nothing Venture, Nothing Win Sir Edmund Hillary
1976 The Wind Commands Harry Morton
1977 Charles Brasch James Bertram
1978 Sovereign Chief: A Biography of Baron de Thierry J. D. Raeside
1979 Plumb Maurice Gee
1980 Leaves of the Banyan Tree Albert Wendt
1981 Eruera Eruera Stirling/Anne Salmond Te Rauparaha Patricia Burns
1982 Craft New Zealand Doreen Blumhardt, Brian Brake Other Halves Sue McCauley
1983 To the Is-Land Janet Frame
1984 Maori: A Photographic and Social History Michael King
1985 The Envoy from Mirror City Janet Frame
1986 The Matriarch Witi Ihimaera
1987 Season of the Jew Maurice Shadbolt
1988 The Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange
1989 Sylvia Lynley Hood
1990 Moriori Michael King
1991 The Burning Boy Maurice Gee
1992 Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Barbara Anderson
1993 Going West Maurice Gee (Name change to Montana Book Award)
1994 Let the River Stand Vincent O’Sullivan
1995 Bulibasha Witi Ihimaera (Name change to Montana New Zealand Book Award)
1996 Redemption Songs — A Life of To Kooti Arikangii Te Turuki Judith Binney
1997 The Story of Suzanne Aubert Jessie Munroe
1998 Live Bodies Maurice Gee
1999 The Vintner’s Luck Elizabeth Knox
2000 Harlequin Rex Owen Marshall
2001 The Book of Fame Lloyd Jones
2002 Stonedogs Craig Marriner
2003 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson
2004 Slow Water Annamarie Jagoose
2005 Tue Patricia Gace
2006 Blindsight Maurice Gee
2007 Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
2008 Opportunity Charlotte Grimshaw
2009 About My Wife Emily Perkins
2010 As the Earth Turns Silver Alison Wong
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
Author must be an American citizen. Books cannot be submitted for this but are selected by a panel.
FICTION PRIZEWINNERS
1950 The Man With the Golden Arm Nelson Algren
1951 Collected Stories William Faulkner
1952 From Here to Eternity James Jones
1953 Invisible Man Ralph Ellison
1954 The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow
1955 Ten North Frederick John O’Hara
1956 No award
1957 Field of Vision Wright Morris
1958 The Wapshot Chronicle John Cheever
1959 The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud
1960 Goodbye, Columbus Philip Roth
1961 The Waters of Kronos Conrad Richter