Russell Prize for Humour Writing

2023
Shortlist announced

2023 Shortlist

2023
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The Speechwriter
Martin McKenzie-Murray
Scribe Publications
Winner
2023
Book cover image of Off the Charts
Off the Charts
Georgie Carroll
Pan Macmillan Australia
Shortlisted
2023
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You're Doing it Wrong: A History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women
Kaz Cooke
Penguin Random House Australia
Shortlisted
2023
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My Daughter's Wedding
Gretel Killeen
Hachette Australia
Shortlisted
2023
Book cover image of Sexy Tales of Paleontology
Sexy Tales of Paleontology
Patrick Lenton
Subbed In
Shortlisted
2023
Here Goes Nothing
Steve Toltz
Penguin Random House Australia
Shortlisted

Past winners

2021
Black is the New White
Black is the New White
Nakkiah Lui
Allen & Unwin
Winner
2019
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The Hunter and Other Stories of Men
David Cohen
Transit Lounge
Winner
2017
Quicksand
Quicksand
Steve Toltz
Penguin Random House Australia
Winner
2015
Book cover with drawing of Robert F Menzies
The Antibiography of Robert F. Menzies
Bernard Cohen
Harper Collins
Winner