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.
Winners
* 2005:
Bob Connolly, ''Making Black Harvest''
* 2006: Neil Chenoweth, ''Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-Making''
* 2007:
Chris Masters, ''Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones''
* 2008:
Don Watson, ''American Journeys''
* 2009:
Graham Freudenberg
Norman Graham Freudenberg (; 12 May 1934 – 26 July 2019) was an Australian journalist, author and political advisor and speechwriter who worked with the Australian Labor Party for over forty years, beginning when he was appointed Arthur Calw ...
, ''Churchill and Australia''
* 2010: Shirley Shackleton, ''The Circle of Silence: A Personal Testimony Before, During and After Balibo''
* 2011: Russell Skelton, ''King Brown Country: The Betrayal of Papunya''
* 2012:
George Megalogenis, ''
The Australian Moment: How We Were Made for These Times''
* 2013:
Pamela Williams, ''Killing Fairfax: Packer, Murdoch and the Ultimate Revenge''
* 2014:
Paul Kelly, ''Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation''
* 2015:
Chip Le Grand, ''The Straight Dope: The Inside Story of Sport's Biggest Drug Scandal''
* 2016:
Stan Grant, ''Talking to My Country''
* 2017:
Louise Milligan, ''Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell''
* 2018: Helen Pitt, ''The House: The Dramatic Story of the Sydney Opera House and the People Who Made It''
* 2019:
Leigh Sales
Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 was nominated for the Gold Logie Award for M ...
, ''Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life''
* 2020: Lucie Morris-Marr, ''Fallen: The Inside Story of the Secret Trial and Conviction of Cardinal George Pell''
* 2021: Kate Holden, ''The Winter Road''
* 2022: Bronwyn Adcock, ''Currowan: The Story of a Fire and a Community During Australia's Worst'' summer
* 2023:
Antony Loewenstein, ''The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World''
* 2024:
Andrew Fowler, ''Nuked: The Submarine Fiasco That Sank Australia's Sovereignty
''
References
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Australian literary awards
Awards established in 2005