Losing My Religion (UNSW Press), Tom Frame's masterful survey of changing religious belief, identity and behaviour in Australia, is the 2010 Australian Christian Book of the Year.
The Australian Christian Book of the Year Award recognises a work written by an Australian author and published by an Australian publisher.
Second Prize was won by the internationally acclaimed book, The Trellis and the Vine (Matthias Media), by Colin Marshall & Tony Payne.
The mature and gritty first novel, Desolate Beauty (Ark House Press), earned Trudy Adams Third Prize.
Jack Burnham won the 2010 Young Australian Christian Writer Award for an unpublished manuscript by an Australian under the age of thirty.
Sarah Longden won the 2010 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award. Certificates of Commendation went to Carol Azzam, Caroline Dehn, Emily Hong, Anne Johnston, Zoe Krisnadi, Stephanie Ling Ling Choo, Skye Parry-Jones, Nicole Jasmine Rach, Daniel Terrington and Christy Tobeck.
The judges' comments are included in the 2010 Australian Christian Literature Awards Souvenir. Printed copies are available on request.
The awards were preceded by an engaging performance by poet, Cameron Semmens, and an address by inspiring 2009 Christian Book of the Year author, Naomi Reed.
The Australian Christian Literature Awards are one way in which the Society celebrates and encourages Australian Christian writing.