Axiomatic (Tumarkin book)

Axiomatic
AuthorMaria Tumarkin
GenreCreative non-fiction
PublisherBrow Books
Publication date
2018
Publication placeAustralia
Pages224
AwardsWindham-Campbell Prize
ISBN9781925704051

Axiomatic is a 2018 book by Maria Tumarkin. It was published in Australia by Brow Books and in the United States by Transit Books. The book is a work of creative non-fiction, structured as a collection of five essays that explore five different "axioms" or common sayings. It was the winner of the 2020 Windham-Campbell Prize for Non-Fiction, and was named on the shortlists for the 2019 Stella Prize and Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction.