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Prestigious awards honouring excellence in literature and storytelling
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Flesh by David Szalay
Propulsive and hypnotic, Flesh asks profound questions about what drives a life: what makes it worth living, and what breaks it.
Flesh by David Szalay was named the winner of the Booker Prize 2025 at a ceremony in London on Monday, 10 November. Szalay receives £50,000 and a trophy, which was presented to him by last year’s winner, Samantha Harvey.
The Booker Prize 2025
Nobel Prize for Literature
2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards
Winner: Ghost Cities
Judges: Shimmering with satire and wisdom, and with an absurdist bravura, Ghost Cities is a genuine landmark in Australian literature
Miles Franklin Award
Winner: Heart Lamp
Heart Lamp becomes the first short-story collection to win the International Booker Prize – and the first winner originally written in Kannada.
The Women's Prize
Winner: Theory & Practice
Theory & Practice is a mesmerising account of desire and jealousy, truth and shame. It makes and unmakes fiction as we read, expanding our notion of what a novel can contain.
Michelle de Kretser, one of Australia’s most celebrated writers, bends fiction, essay and memoir into exhilarating new shapes to uncover what happens when life smashes through the boundaries of art.
Welcome to The Nile's Literary Awards page, your definitive guide to the world's most distinguished literary prizes. Our collection showcases the winners, shortlists, and longlists from prestigious awards that celebrate excellence in writing and storytelling.
Here, you'll find a curated selection of titles from the Miles Franklin Award, The Booker Prize, the International Booker Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize, alongside Australian literary treasures honoured by the Stella Prize and the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. We make it easy to find celebrated works like Ghost Cities by Siang Lu and Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser, ensuring you stay connected to the books that are shaping the literary world. Whether you're a student, an avid reader, or a book club enthusiast, this page is your essential resource for discovering the most critically acclaimed fiction and non-fiction from Australia and around the globe.