The aims were: to improve the quality of Australian audio book production by recognising the achievements of the producers/publishers and narrators; to increase public awareness of books in this format; and to promote consumer access to a wide range of Australian audio books.[1]
| Year | Category | Title-Author | Narrator | Producer |
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| 1989 | A circle of quiet by Madeleine L'Engle | Irene Papas | Christian Blind Mission International |
| 1990 | Joint winner | Gone to Earth by Mary Webb | Anne Fraser | Hear a Book Service (Tasmania) |
| Joint winner | The Great World by David Malouf | Bill Conn | Royal Blind Society of New South Wales |
| 1991 | Adult Literature and Overall Winner | Touching the Rock by John M Hull | Christian Blind Mission International |
| Children's/Young Adult Literature | The Clinker by Roger Vaughan Carr | Royal Blind Society of NSW |
| 1992 | Adult Literature and Overall Winner | Patrick White: A Life by David Marr | James Condon | Louis Braille Productions |
| Children's/Young Adult Literature | The Dream by Rae Harris & Beryl Harp | Robert van Mackelenberg | Narkaling Productions |
| Resource & Reference Materials | Overcoming Dyslexia by Bev Hornsby | Margaret Ford | Narkaling Productions |
| 1993 | Overall Winner and Adult Literature | The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje | Stanley McGeagh | Braille & Talking Book Library |
| Children's Literature | Letters from the Inside by John Marsden | Denise Kirby and Sher Guhl | Royal Blind Society of NSW |
| Resource & Reference | Massage & Myotherapy by Brian Tritton | Dr Meg Smith | TAFE Publications & the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind |
| Abridged Material | My Own Life by Hazel Hawke | Hazel Hawke | Text Publishing Company |
| 1994 | Overall Winner and Unabridged Fiction | White Eye: A Novel by Blanche d'Alpuget | Beverley Dunn | Louis Braille Books |
| Abridged Fiction | More Favourite Play School Stories by Various Traditional writers | Benita Collings, Noni Hazelhurst, John Hamblin, Alister Smart | ABC Enterprises |
| Unabridged Non-Fiction | Questions of Rights: A Guide to the Law and Rights of People with an Intellectual Disability by Janice Connelly | Margaret Ford | Narkaling Productions |
| Abridged Non-Fiction | Cry of the Damaged Man: A Personal Journey of Recovery by Tony Moore | Tony Moore | HarperCollins Audio Books |
| 1995 | Overall Winner and Unabridged Fiction | Dark Places by Kate Grenville | James Condon | Louis Braille Books |
| Unabridged Non-fiction | Goodbye Girlie by Patsy Adam-Smith | Beverley Dunn | Louis Braille Books |
| Abridged Non-fiction | Kings in Grass Castles by Mary Durack | Judy Dick and others | ABC Enterprises |
| Abridged Fiction | Beastie Stories by Mark Dumbleton and others | Mark Mitchell | ABC Enterprises |
| 1996 | Overall Winner and Unabridged Fiction | The Riders by Tim Winton | Geoff Cartwright | Royal Blind Society |
| Abridged Fiction | Foxspell by Gillian Rubinstein | Heather Steen | ABC Enterprises |
| Unabridged Non-Fiction | Home Before Dark by Ruth Park and Rafe Champion | Peter Hosking | Louis Braille Books |
| Abridged Non-Fiction | Kitchen Capers by The Australian Women's Weekly | Victoria Howell | Information Alternatives |
| Special Award for an audiobook of outstanding quality aimed at a younger market | That Eye, The Sky by Tim Winton | Stig Wemyss | Bolinda Audio Books |
| Special Commendation for an outstanding non-winning entry | Surviving Rape: A Handbook about Rape for Survivors, Family, Friends and Workers by Sydney Rape Crisis Centre | Jenny Vuletic | Redfern legal Centre Publishing |
| 1997 | Unabridged Fiction (Children's) | Brown Ears at Sea by Steve Lawhead | Robert Grubb | Christian Blind Mission International |
| Abridged Fiction | Eating Out and Other Stories by Natalie Scott | Ruth Cracknell | ABC Enterprises |
| Abridged Non-Fiction | Fifty Years of Silence, by Jan Ruff-O'Herne | Jan Ruff-O'Herne | ABC Enterprises |
| Unabridged Non-Fiction | Kings in Grass Castles, by Mary Durack | Jenny Seedsmanwas | Bolinda Audio Books |
| The Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator | The Fiftieth Gate by Mark Raphael Baker | James Wright | Louis Braille Books |
| Special Commendation | Unna You Fullas by Glenyse Ward | Michelle Torres | Narkaling |
| 1998 | Abridged Audio Book | Picnic at Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay | Jacqueline McKenzie | ABC Enterprises |
| Unabridged Fiction | The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy | Jenny Vuletic | The Royal Blind Society |
| Unabridged Non-Fiction | Dreamtime Alice by Mandy Sayer | Deidre Rubenstein | Louis Braille Books |
| Audio Book for Young People | Blueback by Tim Winton | Stig Wemyss | Australian Large Print Audio & Video |
| The Trish Trinick Prize for the Best Narrator | The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy | Jenny Vuletic |
| Special Award | The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer | Henry Smith | Parkham Records |
| 1999 | Audiobooks for Young People | Staying Alive in Year 5 by John Marsden | Tim Ferguson | Pan Macmillan Australia |
| Unabridged Fiction | Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier | Noel Hodda | Royal Blind Society |
| Unabridged Non-Fiction | Caddie by Caddie | Helen Morse | Louis Braille Audio |
| Narrator's Award (Trish Trinick Prize) | Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens | Edgar Metcalf | Narkaling |
| Special Award | Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea: Traditional stories | Jenni Cargill | Jenni Cargill |
| Marketing and Promotions Award | Bolinda Audio Books |
1. ^1 {{cite web|title=TDK Australian Audio Book Awards|url=http://www.nla.gov.au/events/tdk/tdk.html|archive-url=http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21336/20031011-0000/www.nla.gov.au/events/tdk/tdk.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=11 October 2003|publisher=National Library of Australia|accessdate=12 September 2013}}