This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2004 .
Events [ ] John Hay, Peter Porter , Elizabeth Webby , W. H. Wilde, and Barbara Ker Wilson are all recognised in the 2004 Australia Day Honours.[1]
Peter Craven is sacked as editor of Quarterly Essay and the annual The Best Australian... anthologies after a dispute with Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz.[1] Kenneth Dutton, Nick Enright , Morag Fraser , David Myers, and Brenda Niall are recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list.[2]
Independent book publishers Text (Australia) and Canongate (UK) form a joint venture. The Text Media Group, purchased by John Fairfax earlier this year, sells Text Publishing to the joint venture partners.[2]
Sydney Morning Herald Literary Editor, Malcolm Knox exposes Norma Khouri and her 'factual' account of honour killings in Jordan as a fabrication.[3] Mark Rubbo, David Marr and Kerryn Goldsworthy resign as Miles Franklin Award judges in protest at changes to the charter governing the award's administration.[4]
Inaugural Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards held[5] Major publications [ ] Literary fiction [ ] Sarah Armstrong – Salt Rain Larissa Behrendt – Home Carmel Bird – Cape Grimm Steven Carroll – The Gift of Speed John Charalambous – Furies
Bryce Courtenay – Brother Fish Sophie Cunningham – Geography Jack Dann – The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean Nick Earls – The Thompson Gunner Susan Johnson – The Broken Book Gail Jones – Sixty Lights Stefan Laszczuk – The Goddamn Bus of Happiness
Amanda Lohrey – The Philosopher's Doll Colleen McCullough – Angel Puss Andrew McGahan – The White Earth Monica McInerney – The Alphabet Sisters Emily Maguire – Taming the Beast Steven Orr – Hill of Grace
Eva Sallis – Fire Fire Nicholas Shakespeare – Snowleg Celestine Hitiura Vaite – Frangipani Gerard Windsor – I Have Kissed Your Lips Charlotte Wood – The Submerged Cathedral Arnold Zable – Scraps of Heaven Children's and Young Adult fiction [ ] Joanna Baker – Devastation Road
Michael Gerard Bauer – The Running Man Sherryl Clark – Farm Kid
Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding – A Home for Bilby
Anthony Eaton – Fireshadow Sonya Hartnett – The Silver Donkey Steven Herrick – By the River Joanne Horniman – Secret Scribbled Notebooks Prue Mason – Camel Rider
Garth Nix – Grim Tuesday Scott Westerfeld – So Yesterday Crime [ ] Peter Corris – The Coast Road Colin Cotterill – The Coroner's Lunch Kathryn Fox – Malicious Intent Jane Goodall – The Walker
Kerry Greenwood
Earthly Delights Heavenly Pleasures Malcolm Knox – A Private Man Barry Maitland – No Trace Tara Moss – Covet Tony Park – Far Horizon Steve J. Spears – Murder by Manuscript Romance [ ] Christine Balint – Ophelia's Fan
Catherine Jinks – Spinning Around Stephanie Laurens – The Ideal Bride Rachael Treasure – The Stockmen Lynne Wilding – Outback Sunset Science Fiction and Fantasy [ ] John Brosnan – Mothership Jack Dann – The Rebel Marianne de Pierres – Nylon Angel Richard Harland – The Black Crusade Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts Liam Hearn – Brilliance of the Moon Margo Lanagan – Black Juice Glenda Larke – The Tainted Maxine McArthur – Less than Human Sophie Masson – Snow, Fire, Sword Josephine Pennicott – A Fire in the Shell
Cherry Wilder – The Wanderer Kim Wilkins – Brilliance of the Moon Sean Williams – The Crooked Letter Drama [ ] Martin Flanagan – The Call Michael Gurr – Julia Three Debra Oswald – Mr Bailey's Minder Abe Pogos – Toby
Alana Valentine – Run Rabbit Run! David Williamson – Amigos Poetry [ ] M. T. C. Cronin – <More or Less Than> 1–100 Luke Davies – Totem Sarah Day – The Ship Noel Rowe – Next to Nothing Dipti Saravanamuttu – The Colosseum Samuel Wagan Watson – Smoke Encrypted Whispers Non-fiction [ ] Peter Carey – Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland – Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities
Sally Neighbour – In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia Biographies [ ] Michael Ackland – Henry Handel Richardson: A Life
Phillip Adams – Adam's Ark Gay Bilson – Plenty: Digressions on Food
Max Brown – Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift Don Chipp – Keep the Bastards Honest Michael Duffy – Latham and Abbott Carolly Erikson – The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape Peter FitzSimons – Steve Waugh Tim Flannery – Country John Hughes – The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays John Marsden – I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times Siobhan O'Brien – A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst
Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn – Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's
Peter Roebuck – Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh Charles Tingwell – Bud: A Life Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith – Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright Awards and honours [ ] Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement [ ] Fiction [ ] International [ ] National [ ] Children and Young Adult [ ] National [ ] Crime and Mystery [ ] National [ ]
Award
Category
Author
Title
Publisher
Davitt Award Novel
Janette Turner Hospital
Due Preparations for the Plague
HarperCollins
Ned Kelly Award Novel
Jon Cleary
Degrees of Connection HarperCollins
First novel
Jane R. Goodall
The Walker
Hodder Headline
Wayne Grogan
Junkie Pilgrim
Brandl and Schlesinger
Science Fiction [ ] Non-Fiction [ ]
Award
Category
Author
Title
Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction
Peter Robb
A Death in Brazil
Duffy and Snellgrove
National Biography Award
Barry Hill
Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession
Knopf
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction
Inga Clendinnen
Dancing with Strangers
Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History
Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark
The History Wars
Melbourne University Press
Community and Regional History
Patricia Crawford and Ian Crawford
Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area
University of Western Australia Press
General History
Edward Duyker
Citizen Labillardiere: A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755–1834)
Melbourne University Press
Young People's
David Hollinsworth
They Took the Children
Working Title Press
Nita Kibble Literary Award
Fiona Capp
That Oceanic Feeling
Allen and Unwin
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction
Peter Robb
A Death in Brazil
Duffy and Snellgrove
History
Inga Clendinnen
Dancing with Strangers
Text Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction
Graeme Davison
Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities
Allen and Unwin
Poetry [ ] Drama [ ] Deaths [ ] 3 January –
Len Fox , journalist, historian, social activist and painter (born 1905)Barbara Jefferis , novelist and dramatist (born 1917)
8 January – Norman Talbot, poet (born 1936)
17 February – Bruce Beaver , poet (born 1928)
11 April – Wilbur G. Howcroft, writer for children (born 1917)
7 July – Elisabeth MacIntyre , writer for children (born 1916)
17 August – Thea Astley , novelist (born 1925)
8 November – Peter Mathers , novelist and short story writer (born 1931) See also [ ]
Years in
Australian literature (1860–present)
19th century 20th century 21st century
References [ ] Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.
