Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Illustrated Non-Fiction

The Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Illustrated Non-Fiction is a prize category in the annual Indie Book Awards (Australia) presented by Australian Independent Booksellers.[1]

The award was established in 2018.

Winners and shortlists

Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Illustrated Non-Fiction
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
2018Kate Herd & Jela Ivankovic-WatersNative: Art & Design with Australian PlantsWinner[2]
Maggie Beer with Professor Ralph MartinsMaggie's Recipe For LifeFinalist[3]
Alex Elliott-Howery & Sabine SpindlerCornersmith: Salads and PicklesFinalist[3]
Janelle McCullochBeyond the RockFinalist[3]
2019Marcia LangtonMarcia Langton: Welcome to CountryWinner[4]
Amber Creswell BellA Painted Landscape: Across Australia from Bush to CoastFinalist[5]
Hetty McKinnonFamily: New vegetable classics to comfort and nourishFinalist[5]
Claire TakacsAustralian DreamscapesFinalist[5]
2020Paul ByrnesThe Lost BoysWinner[6]
Thomas MayorFinding the Heart of the NationFinalist[7]
Josh NilandThe Whole Fish CookbookFinalist[7]
Jo Turner (editor)In an Australian LightFinalist[7]
2021Lauren Camilleri & Sophia KaplanPlantopediaWinner[8]
Samantha Bloom, Cameron Bloom & Bradley TrevorSam Bloom: Heartache & BirdsongFinalist[9]
Natalie PaullBeatrix BakesFinalist[9]
Alice ZaslavskyIn Praise of VegFinalist[9]
2022Amber Creswell BellStill LifeWinner[10]
Jane & Jimmy BarnesWhere the River BendsFinalist[11]
Jaclyn CrupiGarden Like a NonnoFinalist[11]
Costa GeorgiadisCosta's WorldFinalist[11]
2023Damien Coulthard and Rebecca SullivanFirst Nations Food CompanionWinner[12]
Eloise GrillsBig Beautiful Female TheoryFinalist[13]
National Gallery of AustraliaCressida CampbellFinalist[13]
Nagi MaehashiRecipeTin Eats: DinnerFinalist[13]
2024Wendy CooperThe Bird Art of William T. CooperWinner[14]
Paul BangayPaul BangayFinalist[15]
Patricia CallanThe New Modernist HouseFinalist[15]
Hannah MoloneyGood Life GrowingFinalist[15]

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