The TDK Australian Audio Book Awards were established by the National Library of Australia

National Library of Australia

The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...

 in 1988 and sponsored by TDK

TDK

, formerly , is a Japanese company which manufactures electronic materials, electronic components, and recording and data-storage media, and markets them globally. Their motto is "Contribute to culture and industry through creativity"...

 from 1991. They were the leading audio book awards in Australia between 1989 and 1999, and were open to both commercial and non-commercial publishers.

The aims were: to improve the quality of Australian audio book production by recognising the achievements of the producers/publishers and narrators; to increase public awareness of books in this format; and to promote consumer access to a wide range of Australian audio books.

Winners

Year	Category	Title-Author	Narrator	Producer
1989		A circle of quiet by Madeleine L'Engle Madeleine L'Engle Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer best known for her young-adult fiction, particularly the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An Acceptable Time...	Irene Pappas	Christian Blind Mission International
1990	Joint winner	Gone to Earth by Mary Webb Mary Webb Mary Webb , was an English romantic novelist and poet of the early 20th century, whose work is set chiefly in the Shropshire countryside and among Shropshire characters and people which she knew. Her novels have been successfully dramatized, most notably the film Gone to Earth in 1950 by Michael...	Anne Fraser	Hear a Book Service (Tasmania)
	Joint winner	The Great World by David Malouf David Malouf David George Joseph Malouf is an acclaimed Australian writer. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2000, his 1993 novel Remembering Babylon won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, he won the inaugural Australia-Asia Literary Award in 2008, and he was...	Bill Conn	Royal Blind Society of New South Wales
1991	Adult Literature and Overall Winner	Touching the Rock by John M Hull		Christian Blind Mission International
	Children's/Young Adult Literature	The Clinker by Roger Vaughan Carr		Royal Blind Society of NSW
1992	Adult Literature and Overall Winner	Patrick White: A Life by David Marr David Marr (journalist) David Ewan Marr is an Australian journalist, author, and progressive political and social commentator. His areas of expertise include the law, Australian politics, censorship, the media and the arts...	James Condon James Condon James Condon is an Australian actor.He has made many appearances on television, including The Story Of Peter Grey, Homicide, Matlock Police, Number 96 , Bellamy, The Young Doctors, Carson's Law, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner, The Flying...	Louis Braille Productions
	Children's/Young Adult Literature	The Dream by Rae Harris & Beryl Harp	Robert van Mackelenberg	Narkaling Productions
	Resource & Reference Materials	Overcoming Dyslexia by Bev Hornsby	Margaret Ford	Narkaling Productions
1993	Overall Winner and Adult Literature	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje , OC, is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian novelist and poet of Burgher origin. He is perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, The English Patient, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film.-Life and work:...	Stanley McGeagh	Braille & Talking Book Library
	Children's Literature	Letters from the Inside by John Marsden John Marsden (writer) John Marsden is an Australian writer, teacher and school principal. Marsden has had his books translated into nine languages including Swedish, Norwegian, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian and Spanish....	Denise Kirby and Sher Guhl	Royal Blind Society of NSW
	Resource & Reference	Massage & Myotherapy by Brian Tritton	Dr Meg Smith	TAFE Publications & the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
	Abridged Material	My Own Life by Hazel Hawke Hazel Hawke Hazel Hawke, AO is the former wife of Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia 1983–91. They divorced after he left the prime ministership. She worked in social policy areas, and was an excellent amateur pianist and a patron of the arts...	Hazel Hawke Hazel Hawke Hazel Hawke, AO is the former wife of Bob Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia 1983–91. They divorced after he left the prime ministership. She worked in social policy areas, and was an excellent amateur pianist and a patron of the arts...	Text Publishing Company
1994	Overall Winner and Unabridged Fiction	White Eye: A Novel by Blanche d'Alpuget Blanche d'Alpuget Josephine Blanche d'Alpuget is an Australian writer, and second wife of the longest-serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister, Bob Hawke.-Biography:...	Beverley Dunn Beverley Dunn Beverley Dunn is an Australian actress.She has appeared in numerous films including The Dish and Shine , and was a regular cast member on the television series The Flying Doctors as Claire Bryant....	Louis Braille Books
	Abridged Fiction	More Favourite Play School Stories by Various Traditional writers	Benita Collings Benita Collings Benita Collings is an Australian actress and television personality. Collings is best known for her long running stint as a presenter for Play School on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation... , Noni Hazelhurst Noni Hazelhurst Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst is an Australian actress. She won the Best Support Actress in a Single Series in the Logie Awards of 1985. After attending St Leonard's College in Brighton East, Victoria, Hazlehurst completed a Bachelor of Arts in 1973 at Flinders University in Adelaide... , John Hamblin John Hamblin John Hamblin is an Australian children's television presenter and actor, best known for presenting Play School from 1970 to 1999.Hamblin grew up in Suffolk, England, and did his national service in Cyprus before returning to England to become an actor... , Alister Smart	ABC Enterprises
	Unabridged Non-Fiction	Questions of Rights: A Guide to the Law and Rights of People with an Intellectual Disability by Janice Connelly	Margaret Ford	Narkaling Productions
	Abridged Non-Fiction	Cry of the Damaged Man: A Personal Journey of Recovery by Tony Moore	Tony Moore	HarperCollins Audio Books
1995	Overall Winner and Unabridged Fiction	Dark Places by Kate Grenville Kate Grenville Kate Grenville is one of Australia's best-known authors. She's published nine novels, a collection of short stories, and four books about the writing process....	James Condon James Condon James Condon is an Australian actor.He has made many appearances on television, including The Story Of Peter Grey, Homicide, Matlock Police, Number 96 , Bellamy, The Young Doctors, Carson's Law, Sons and Daughters, Prisoner, The Flying...	Louis Braille Books
	Unabridged Non-fiction	Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith Patsy Adam-Smith Patricia Jean "Patsy" Adam-Smith AO, OBE was an Australian author, historian and servicewoman. She was a prolific writer on a range of subjects covering 'history, folklore and the preservation of national traditions', and also wrote her autobiography in two parts...	Beverley Dunn Beverley Dunn Beverley Dunn is an Australian actress.She has appeared in numerous films including The Dish and Shine , and was a regular cast member on the television series The Flying Doctors as Claire Bryant....	Louis Braille Books
	Abridged Non-fiction	Kings in Grass Castles by Mary Durack Mary Durack Dame Mary Durack AC DBE was an Australian author and historian. She wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country.-Childhood:...	Judy Dick and others	ABC Enterprises
	Abridged Fiction	Beastie Stories by Mark Dumbleton and others	Mark Mitchell	ABC Enterprises
1996	Overall Winner and Unabridged Fiction	The Riders by Tim Winton Tim Winton Timothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....	Geoff Cartwright	Royal Blind Society
	Abridged Fiction	Foxspell by Gillian Rubinstein Gillian Rubinstein Gillian Rubinstein is an English-born children's author and playwright. Born in Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, Rubinstein split her childhood between England and Nigeria, moving to Australia in 1973. As well as eight plays, numerous short stories and articles, she has written...	Heather Steen	ABC Enterprises
	Unabridged Non-Fiction	Home Before Dark by Ruth Park Ruth Park Ruth Park, AM was a New Zealand-born author, who spent most of her life in Australia. Her best known works are the novels The Harp in the South and Playing Beatie Bow , and the children's radio serial The Muddle-Headed Wombat , which also spawned a book series .-Personal history:Park was born in...  and Rafe Champion	Peter Hosking	Louis Braille Books
	Abridged Non-Fiction	Kitchen Capers by Australian Women's Weekly Australian Women's Weekly The Australian Women's Weekly is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by ACP Magazines, a division of PBL Media based in Sydney. Audited circulation in 2009 exceeded 500,000 copies monthly, making it the largest magazine in Australia.-History:...	Victoria Howell	Information Alternatives
	Special Award for an audiobook of outstanding quality aimed at a younger market	That Eye, The Sky by Tim Winton Tim Winton Timothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....	Stig Wemyss	Bolinda Audio Books
	Special Commendation for an outstanding non-winning entry	Surviving Rape: A Handbook about Rape for Survivors, Family, Friends and Workers by Sydney Rape Crisis Centre	Jenny Vuletic	Redfern legal Centre Publishing
1997	Unabridged Fiction (Children's)	Brown Ears at Sea by Steve Lawhead	Robert Grubb	Christian Blind Mission International
	Abridged Fiction	Eating Out and Other Stories by Natalie Scott	Ruth Cracknell Ruth Cracknell Ruth Cracknell AM was an Australian theatre and television character actress who appeared in many comedy roles. She was known variously as "Crackers", "Dame Crackers" and "Dame Ruth" throughout a career spanning 56 years....	ABC Enterprises
	Abridged Non-Fiction	Fifty Years of Silence, by Jan Ruff-O'Herne	Jan Ruff-O'Herne	ABC Enterprises
	Unabridged Non-Fiction	Kings in Grass Castles, by Mary Durack Mary Durack Dame Mary Durack AC DBE was an Australian author and historian. She wrote Kings in Grass Castles and Keep Him My Country.-Childhood:...	Jenny Seedsmanwas	Bolinda Audio Books
	The Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator	The Fiftieth Gate The Fiftieth Gate The Fiftieth Gate is a book written by Mark Raphael Baker and published by HarperCollins in 1997. The book documents his exploration of his parents' memories and past in relation to the Holocaust... by Mark Raphael Baker	James Wright	Louis Braille Books
	Special Commendation	Unna You Fullas by Glenyse Ward	Michelle Torres	Narkaling
1998	Abridged Audio Book	Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay Joan Lindsay Joan Lindsay, Lady Lindsay was an Australian author, best known for her "ambiguous and intriguing" novel Picnic at Hanging Rock.-Life:...	Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline McKenzie Jacqueline Susan McKenzie is an Australian actress.McKenzie made her film debut in the 1987 film Wordplay and on stage in Child Dancing for Griffin Theatre Company. She made a strong impression in Romper Stomper , and over the next couple of years came to be regarded as one of Australia's most...	ABC Enterprises
	Unabridged Fiction	The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things, and has also written two screenplays and several collections of essays...	Jenny Vuletic	The Royal Blind Society
	Unabridged Non-Fiction	Dreamtime Alice by Mandy Sayer	Deidre Rubenstein Deidre Rubenstein Deidre Rubenstein is an Australian television and theatre actress, well known for her performance in Australian soap operas and main stage dramatic roles...	Louis Braille Books
	Audio Book for Young People	Blueback by Tim Winton Tim Winton Timothy John "Tim" Winton , is an Australian novelist and short story writer.-Life:Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the regional city of Albany....	Stig Wemyss	Australian Large Print Audio & Video
	The Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator	The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel, The God of Small Things, and has also written two screenplays and several collections of essays...	Jenny Vuletic
	Special Award	The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer , known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey...	Henry Smith	Parkham Records
1999	Audiobooks for Young People	Staying Alive in Year 5 by John Marsden John Marsden (writer) John Marsden is an Australian writer, teacher and school principal. Marsden has had his books translated into nine languages including Swedish, Norwegian, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Italian and Spanish....	Tim Ferguson Tim Ferguson Timothy Dorcen Langbene "Tim" Ferguson is an Australian comedian and television presenter.- Background :...	Pan Macmillan Australia
	Unabridged Fiction	Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Charles Frazier Charles Frazier is an award-winning American historical novelist.Frazier was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973. He earned an M.A. from Appalachian State University in the mid-1970s, and received his Ph.D. in English from the University...	Noel Hodda	Royal Blind Society
	Unabridged Non-Fiction	Caddie by Caddie	Helen Morse Helen Morse Helen Morse is an Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television, and on stage.-Biography:Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England. She was the oldest of four children; her parents were a doctor and nurse...	Louis Braille Audio
	Narrator's Award (Trish Trinick Prize)	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...	Edgar Metcalf	Narkaling
	Special Award	Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea: Traditional stories	Jenni Cargill	Jenni Cargill
	Marketing and Promotions Award			Bolinda Audio Books