2017. A film adaptation of Dirt Music, directed by Gregor Jordan, was released in October 2020. A film adaptation of Blueback is scheduled for release on 1st January 2023. Critical studies and reviews of Winton's work The Fiction of Tim Winton: Earthed and Sacred, Lyn McCredden, Sydney University Press, 2017 Tim Winton: Critical Essays, Lyn McCredden and Nathanael O'Reilly (eds), University of Western Australia Publishing, 2014 Mind the Country: Tim Winton’s fiction, Salhia Ben-Messahel, University of Western Australia Press, 2006 Tim Winton: the writer and his work, Michael McGirr, Macmillan Education, 1999 Tim Winton: a celebration, Hilary McPhee (ed), National Library of Australia, (1999) Reading Tim Winton, Richard Rossiter and Lyn Jacobs (eds), Angus & Robertson, (1993) Awards and nominations Four time Miles Franklin Award winner, 1984, 1992, 2002, 2009 Two time Booker Prize nominee 1995, 2002 Winton was included in the Bulletin's "100 Most Influential Australians" list in 2006 Australian National Living Treasure 1997 Centenary Medal for service to literature and the community 2001 Friends of the National Library of Australia Celebration Award 1999 Australian Society of Authors Medal for Community work re 'Save Ningaloo Reef' campaign 2003Full list of awards and nominations:An Open Swimmer 1981 Australian Vogel National Literary AwardShallows 1984 Miles Franklin Award, 1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award - FictionScission and Other Stories 1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award 1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award - FictionMinimum of Two and Other Stories 1988 Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award - FictionJesse (picture book) 1990 Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award: Children's BookCloudstreet 1991 NBC Banjo Award for Fiction 1991 Western Australian Premier's Book Award Fiction 1992 Miles Franklin Award 1992 Deo Gloria Award Related to Cloudstreet 1999 AWGIE Award (for playwrights Nick Enright & Justin Monjo) 2002 Helpmann Award (Best Direction of a Play : Neil Armfield) 2002 Helpmann Award (Best Play)Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo 1991 Joint winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award: Children's Book 1993 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award 1996 Winner YABBA Awards: Fiction for Older Readers Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster 1993 Wilderness Society Environment AwardThe Bugalugs Bum Thief 1994 Winner CROW Award (Children Reading Outstanding Writers): Focus list (Years 3-5) 1998 Winner YABBA Awards: Fiction for Younger ReadersThe Riders 1995 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) 1995 Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book)Blueback 1998 Bolinda Audio Book Awards 1998 Wilderness Society