Winners have been named for the 2025 Readings Prize, which are sponsored by Readings bookstore in Melbourne, Australia. Each year, three prizes are awarded by teams of Readings staff. The winners in new Australian fiction, YA, and children's categories each receive A$5,000 (about US$3,235). In addition, the Gab Williams Prize is judged by the Readings Teen Advisory Board from the YA shortlist, with the winner receiving A$1,000 (about US$645). This year's winners are:
New Australian fiction: I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena
YA: Aisle Nine by Ian X Cho
Children's: How to Free a Jinn by Raidah Shah Idil
Gab Williams Prize: This Dream Will Devour Us by Emma Clancey
"The Readings Prize is unique in the Australian literary landscape as the only prize currently run by an independent Melbourne bookshop, and specifically supporting emerging local voices. Each year, the three prizes are awarded by teams of Readings staff and reflect our judgement of the works that have attained the highest literary merit in their category--and of course they’re always great reads, too," said prize coordinator Angela Crocombe, adding that the Gab Williams Prize "is awarded in memory of our much-missed former colleague."