Just announced this week! Thrilled to see Scott-Patrick’s debut volume of poetry on this list. Ceremony t6o happen in June 2023–stay tuned!

The Premier’s Prize for Book of the Year, sponsored by Writing WA ($15,000)

• Clean by Scott-Patrick Mitchell (Upswell Publishing)
• Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe (Penguin Random House)
• The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard by Nathan Hobby (Melbourne University Publishing)
• The Shield and the Spear: The Kimberley Land Council by Joe Fox (Magabala Books)
• Thistledown Seed: A Memoir  by Louise Helfgott (Brandl & Schlesinger)