RecipeTin Eats’ Nagi Maehashi beats Brooke Bellamy at publishing industry awards amid plagiarism allegations

Nagi Maehashi triumphed at the Australian Book Industry Awards for her cookbook *RecipeTin Eats*, despite claims of recipe plagiarism from Brooke Bellamy. She plans to remove copied recipes in future editions, and the awards highlighted the importance of the entire publishing process beyond just authors. Meanwhile, *RecipeTin Eats* sold over 78,000 copies in its first week, while other notable winners included John Farnham, Poppy Stockell, Joe Aston for his exposé on Qantas executives, and author Richard Scolyer for his memoir on brain cancer.