Authors Gerard McCann and Louise Wolhuter discuss their experiences winning the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards and what it meant to them.
Gerard McCann took home the Non-Fiction Book of the Year for Anatomy of a Secret: One Man's Search for Justice. Louise Wolhuter won the Fiction Book of the Year for Shadows of Winter Robins.
The 2026 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards close for entries on 6 March 2026. The State Library of Western Australia is inviting writers, illustrators and publishers to submit works published or self-published between 1 January 2025 and 31st December 2025.
With a total prize pool of $120 000 the state’s biggest book awards recognise and celebrate the best of Western Australian storytelling. Guidelines and information on how to enter is available on the State Library website
The State Library manages the Premier's Book Awards on behalf of the WA Government. See the full list of 2025 winners.
Start reading your way through a selection of previous shortlisted and winning books through the Libby app, free with your State Library membership or head to your local bookstore or public library.
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