Past Prime Minister's Literary Awards
2012
- Fiction winner
- Foal's Bread – Gillian Mears
- Poetry winner
- Interferon Psalms – Luke Davies
- Non-fiction winner
- An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark – Mark McKenna
- Young adult fiction winner
- When We Were Two – Robert Newton
- Children's fiction winner
- Goodnight, Mice! – Frances Watts, illustrator Judy Watson
- Prize for Australian History Winner
- The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aboriginies Made Australia – Bill Gammage
More information on the 2012 shortlists
2011
- Fiction winner
- Traitor – Stephen Daisley
- Non-fiction winner
- The Hard Light of Day: An artist’s story of friendships in Arrernte Country – Rod Moss
- Young adult fiction winner
- Graffiti Moon – Cath Crowley
- Children's fiction winner
- Shake a Leg – by Boori Monty Pryor and illustrator Jan Ormerod
More information on the 2011 shortlists and judges
2010
- Fiction winner
- Dog Boy by Eva Hornung
- Non-fiction winner
- The Colony: The History of Early Sydney by Grace Karskens
- Young adult fiction winner
- Confessions of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God by Bill Condon
- Children's fiction winner
- Star Jumps by Lorraine Marwood
More information on 2010 shortlists and judges
2009
- Fiction winner
- The Boat by Nam Le
- Non-fiction winners
- House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger-Mann by Evelyn Juers
- Drawing the Global Colour Line by Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds
More information on 2009 shortlists and judges
2008
- Fiction winner
- The Zookeeper’s War by Steven Conte
- Non-fiction winner
- Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers by Philip Jones