This is exciting – it’s not even 2025 yet, but The Valley has been longlisted for the prestigious 2025 Indie Book Awards, in amongst some inspiring company.
The awards are run by the Australian Independent Bookseller organisation – representing many of the country’s leading bookstores.
These are the stores that do so much to champion local authors and are such an important part of the Australian literary ecosystem.
See details of the longlists for all the different book categories here.
The Indies have been incredibly supportive of my books over the years. Scrublands (2019), Treasure & Dirt (2022) and The Seven (2024) were all shortlisted, while Silver (2020) and The Tilt (2023) were longlisted.
My thanks to the judges – past and present – and my congratulations to my fellow authors.