1997 Winners
- Overall: (joint winners)
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- Robert Drewe The Drowner (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Gail Jones Fetish Lives (Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
- Fiction: (joint winners)
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- Robert Drewe The Drowner (Pan Macmillan Australia)
- Gail Jones Fetish Lives (Fremantle Arts Centre Press)
- Poetry: Alec Choate The Wheels of Hama: Collected War Poems (Victor Publishing)
- Historical & Critical Studies: Phillip Playford Carpet of Silver: the Wreck of the Zuytdorp (University of WA Press)
- Children & Young Adult's Books: Deborah Lisson A Place of Safety (Mammoth (Reed Books))
- Special Award: Songs of Strength: Sixteen Women Talk About Cancer (Women's Cancer Group (Macmillan))
- Script Award: Dickon Oxenburgh and Andrew Ross Merry-Go-Round-In -the Sea (Black Swan Theatre)
Read more about this topic: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
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