The Fryer Library congratulates UQ alumnus and Brisbane resident Kate Morton for taking out the 2013 People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year with her third novel The Secret Keeper. A mystery, set in London and shifting between past and present, it has already received high praise and topped bestseller lists across the globe.

Rising out of the ashes of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, the Queensland Literary Awards were founded by members of the local writing and publishing community including University of Queensland creative writing lecturer Dr Stuart Glover.

Queenslanders have fared particularly well this year considering that all categories, apart from the People's Choice Award and Emerging Queensland Author, are open to any work by writers resident across Australia. Another Brisbane resident, Kris Olsson, won the Non-Fiction Book Award for her family memoir Boy, Lost and Brisbane born and raised Melissa Lucashenko won the Fiction Book Award for her novel Mullumbimby, beating out literary heavyweights Murray Bail and Christopher Koch for the honour.

You can view all the categories, shortlists and winners and learn more about the Queensland Literary Awards online.

-- Darren Williams.