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Guidelines and Nomination Form

About the Award

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2019 National Biography Award Judges

Listen to the 2018 Events

Shortlisted authors for the 2018 National Biography Award

2018 Winner and Shortlist

The Enigmatic Mr Deakin by Judith Brett

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Songs of a War Boy by Deng Thiak Adut with Ben Mckelvey

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Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader by Troy Bramston

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A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work by Bernadette Brennan

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Writing for Raksmey: A Story of Cambodia by Joan Healy

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The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim Winton

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Past Winners

2017 - National Biography Award

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2016 - National Biography Award

Book cover of Mannix by Brenda Niall

2015 - National Biography award

Australian Poet C.J. Dennis on book cover of An Unsentimental Block - The life and work of C.J.Dennis by Philip Butterss

2014 - National Biography Award

Jane Franklin and image of coastline on book cover of The Ambitions of Jane Franklin Victorian Lady Adventurer by Alison Alexander

National Biography Award Past Winners

The Many Worlds of RH Matthews

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