Australian Christian Book of the Year 2026: Competition Winners

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Yes, it’s been a long time coming but worth the wait! Here’s the winners of our 2026 Australian Christian Book of the Year!

Last month saw the announcement of this year’s Australian Christian Book of the Year Award. Many congratulations to Matt Dodd for his outstanding books, “God’s Very Special Letters: The Epistles for Kids – Philippians, Colossians & Philemon, 1 Peter“. You can see the full awards night here:

But Matt isn’t the only winner! Thank you to all those who entered the davidould.net competition. Sparklit have generously arranged for us to give away a copy of every single nominated book! A couple of books got no entries. All entrants were added to a general pool to draw for a copy of those so a few winners got a different book than their first choice.

Here’s the full list of winners:

BookWinner
A King Washes Feet (Jessica Claire Bond)Andrew Barich
Called to Care (Jo Knight)Charles David Totterdell
How Christians Can Succeed Today (Greg Sheridan)Paul Hallam
Leviticus on the Butcher’s Block (Phil Bray)Ian Tyrell
Murriyang (Stan Grant)Jacob Kelly
Single Ever After (Dani Treweek)Michael Hyam
Unshaken Allegiance (Patrick Parkinson)Judith Kay
Tethered to Hope (Adriel Booker)Craig Hall
The Mythical Life of the Good Christian Girl
(Polly Jane Butterworth)
Jocelyn Loane
God’s Very Special Letters (Matt Dodd)Briony Bounds

Congratulations to all our winners! You’ll be hearing from Sparklit soon.

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