It won The Age Book of the Year in 1996.

It was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award and shortlisted for the Age Book of the year.

The memoirs were well-received and won The Age Book of the Year in 1987.

Shortlisted - The Age Book of the Year Award (2005)

One of the award-winners is chosen as The Age Book of the Year.

The Age Book of the Year Awards, official website.

In 2006, his novel, Dead Europe, won The Age Book of the Year fiction award and was adapted into a film in 2012.

The Age Book of the Year.

It was the winner of the first The Age Book of the Year award.

It won The Age Book of the Year and the Betty Trask Prize.