2008 Winners
The 2008 & 2009 winners were announced September 2010. The overall winner was Chloe Hooper's The Tall Man.
- Fiction: Richard Flanagan, Wanting
- Poetry: Bronwyn Lea, The Other Way Out
- Non-fiction: Chloe Hooper, The Tall Man
- Western Australian History: Brian Dibble, Doing Life: A biography of Elizabeth Jolley
- Children's book: Bob Graham, How to Heal a Broken Wing
- Writing for Young Adults: Shaun Tan, Tales from Outer Suburbia
- Script: Damien Millar, The Modern International Dead
Read more about this topic: Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
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