Books published by the Giramondo Publishing Company have won or been short-listed for the following literary and design awards.

Pirate Rain

Jennifer Maiden’s poetry collection Pirate Rain has won the 2010 Age Poetry Book of the Year Award and the 2010 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Award for Poetry.

Storm and Honey

Judith Beveridge’s poetry collection Storm and Honey has won the 2010 Grace Leven Poetry Prize and been shortlisted for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.

Barley Patch

Gerald Murnane’s novel Barley Patch has won the 2010 Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation and has been shortlisted for the 2009 Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Fiction

The Bath Fugues

Brian Castro’s novel The Bath Fugues has been shortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the Adelaide Festival Award for Fiction, the Queenland Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction and the Victorian Premier’s Vance Palmer Award for Fiction.

Between Stations

Kim Cheng Boey’s collection of essays Between Stations has been shortlisted for the 2009 Western Australian Premier’s Prize for non-fiction.

Look Who’s Morphing

Tom Cho’s collection of fiction Look Who’s Morphing has been shortlisted for the 2010 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize First Book Award, the 2009 Age Book of the Year, the Melbourne Prize and the 2009 Victorian Premier’s Prize for fiction.

Eighth Habitation

Adam Aitken’s poetry collection Eighth Habitation has been shortlisted for the 2010 Adelaide Festival John Bray Award for Poetry

Fire Season

Kate Middleton’s collection of poetry Fire Season has won the 2009 Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Poetry, was highly commended in the 2009 FAW Anne Elder Award, and has been shortlisted for the 2009 Victorian Premier’s C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.

The Other Way Out

Bronwyn Lea’s poetry collection The Other Way Out has won the 2010 Adelaide Festival John Bray Award for Poetry and the 2008 Western Australian Premier’s Prize for Poetry. It has also been shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry and the Queensland Premier’s Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry.

The Land I Came Through Last

Robert Gray’s memoir The Land I Came Through Last has won The Nib CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature, and been shortlisted for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction, and the Colin Roderick Award

Mother Land

Dmetri Kakmi’s memoir Mother Land has been shortlisted for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Douglas Stewart Prize for non-fiction

House of Exile

Evelyn Juers’ collective biography House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroger-Mann has won the 2009 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for non-fiction, and been shortlisted for the National Biography Award, the ALS Gold Medal and the Victorian Premier’s Prize for non-fiction and the Western Australian Premier’s Prize for non-fiction.

Press Release

Lisa Gorton’s poetry collection Press Release won the 2008 Victorian Premier’s CJ Dennis Prize for Poetry, and has been shortlisted for the 2009 Melbourne Prize New Writing Award.

The Australian Popular Song Book

Alan Wearne’s poetry collection The Australian Popular Song Book has won the 2008 Grace Leven prize and has been shortlisted for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the 2008 Queensland Premier’s Judith Wright Calanthe Prize for Poetry.

Not Finding Wittgenstein

J.S. Harry’s poetry collection Not Finding Wittgenstein winner of the 2008 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has been shortlisted for the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal and the Adelaide Festival John Bray Award for Poetry.

An Illustrated History of Dairies

Joanne Burns’ poetry collection An Illustrated History of Dairies has been shortlisted for the 2008 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry.

Someone Else

John Hughes’ collection of fictional essays Someone Else is the winner of the 2008 Adelaide Festival Award for Innovation and has been longlisted for the 2009 Warwick Prize for Writing, and shortlisted for the 2008 Queensland Premier’s Steele Rudd Short Story award.

Burning In

Mireille Juchau’s novel Burning In has been shortlisted for the inaugural Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, 2008 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Nita B Kibble Literary Award, longlisted for the inaugural West Australian Premier’s Australia-Asia Literary Award, and has been highly commended in the inaugural Barbara Jefferis Award.

The Orphan Gunner

Sara Knox’s novel The Orphan Gunner won the 2009 Asher Award, and has been shortlisted for the 2008 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book.

Carpentaria

Alexis Wright’s Carpentaria is the winner of the 2007 Miles Franklin Award, the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, Victorian Premier’s Award for Fiction, Queensland Premier’s Award for Fiction, and the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award.

The Garden Book

Brian Castro’s The Garden Book was the winner of the 2006 Queensland Premier’s Award for Fiction and was shortlisted for the 2006 Miles Franklin Award.

Friendly Fire

Jennifer Maiden’s Friendly Fire was the winner of the Age Poetry Book of the Year Award and Age Book of the Year Award in 2006.

The Idea of Home

John Hughes’ collection of essays The Idea of Home was the winner of the 2005 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction.

Wolf Notes

Judith Beveridge’s poetry collection Wolf Notes was shortlisted for the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has won both the 2004 Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, and the 2004 Victorian Premier’s C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.

The Sleep of a Learning Man

Anthony Lawrence’s poetry collection The Sleep of a Learming Man was shortlisted for the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry and the 2004 Victorian Premier’s C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry.

Shanghai Dancing

Brian Castro’s novel Shanghai Dancing has been shortlisted for the 2003 Age Book of the Year Award for Fiction and the Queensland Premier’s Award for Fiction, and has won the Victorian Premier’s Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction and the NSW Premier’s Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and Book of the Year Award.

Anything the Landlord Touches

Emma Lew’s poetry collection Anything the Landlord Touches was shortlisted for the 2003 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry and the Age Book of the Year Award for Poetry, and has won both the Judith Wright Calanthe Poetry Prize, and the Victorian Premier’s C.J. Dennis Prize for Poetry

HEAT 10

Short listed Phillips Fox Award for Best Designed C Format Book, 1998 Australian Publishers’ Association Design Awards

HEAT 5

Winner Penguin Award for Best Designed Paperback, 1997 Australian Publishers’ Association Design Awards