This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2005 .
Events [ ]
Morag Fraser is appointed as a judge of the Miles Franklin Award , following the resignation of three judges in late 2004[1]
Murray Bail is accused of plagiarism over several passages in his novel Eucalyptus . Bail later accepts the breach and intends adding an acknowledgment in future editions[2]
The Victorian town of Shepparton unveils a statue of Joseph Furphy , author of Such is Life [3]
Collins Booksellers, Australia's third largest national bookseller, goes into voluntary administration[4]
Major publications [ ]
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Literary fiction [ ]
Children's and Young Adult fiction [ ]
Crime [ ]
Robert G. Barrett – Crime Scene Cessnock
John Birmingham – Designated Targets: World War 2.2
Peter Corris – Saving Billie
Colin Cotterill – Thirty-Three Teeth
Michelle de Kretser – The Hamilton Case
Garry Disher – Snapshot
Greg Flynn – The Berlin Cross
Robert Gott – A Thing of Blood
Kerry Greenwood – Death by Water
Gabrielle Lord – Dirty Weekend
P. D. Martin – Body Count
Chris Nyst – Crook as Rookwood
Leigh Redhead – Rubdown
Matthew Reilly – Seven Ancient Wonders
Michael Robotham – Lost
Heather Rose – The Butterfly Man
Steve J. Spears – Innocent Murder
Peter Temple – The Broken Shore
Romance [ ]
Lilian Darcy – The Father Factor
Marion Lennox – Bride by Accident
Science fiction and fantasy [ ]
K. A. Bedford – Eclipse
Damien Broderick – Godplayers
Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Well of Tears
Marianne de Pierres – Crash Deluxe
Sara Douglass – Darkwitch Rising
Kate Forsyth – The Shining City
Catherine Jinks – Evil Genius
Juliet Marillier – The Blade of Fortriu
Sean Williams
Ascent
The Blood Debt
The Hanging Mountains
Drama [ ]
Chris Aronsten – Human Resources
Jane Brodie – A Single Act
Catherine Lazaroo – Asylum
Poetry [ ]
Alan Gould – The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003
John Kinsella – The New Arcadia
Jennifer Maiden – Friendly Fire
Jaya Savige – Latecomers
Non-fiction [ ]
R.J.B. Bosworth – Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945
Richard Broome – Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800
Helen Ennis – Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography
Pamela Freeman – The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop's Early Years
Tom Keneally – A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia
Maria Nugent – Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet
Biographies [ ]
John Baxter – We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light
Richie Benaud – My Spin on Cricket
Eric Campbell – Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places
Maryanne Convoy – Morris West: Literary Maverick
Peter C. Doherty – The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science
Graham Freudenberg – A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir
Gavin Fry – Albert Tucker
Aneurin Hughes – Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Australian Labor Party
Sandy McCutcheon – The Magician's Son
William McInnes – A Man's Got to Have a Hobby: Long Summers with My Dad
Brenda Niall – Judy Cassab: A Portrait
Barry Pearce – Jeffrey Smart
Jacob G. Rosenberg – East of Time
Mandy Sayer – Velocity
Craig Sherborne – Hoi Polloi
Steve Waugh – Out of My Comfort Zone
Elisabeth Wynhausen – Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market
Awards and honours [ ]
Lifetime achievement [ ]
Fiction [ ]
International [ ]
National [ ]
Children and Young Adult [ ]
National [ ]
Crime and Mystery [ ]
National [ ]
Award
Category
Author
Title
Publisher
Davitt Award
Novel
Kathryn Fox
Malicious Intent
Macmillan
Ned Kelly Award
Novel
Michael Robotham
Lost
Time Warner Book Group
First novel
Malcolm Knox
A Private Man
Vintage Books
Science Fiction [ ]
Award
Category
Author
Title
Publisher
Aurealis Award
Sf Novel
Damien Broderick
K-Machines
Thunder's Mouth Press
Sf Short Story
Sean Williams
The Seventh Letter
"Bulletin" Magazine, Summer Reading Edition
Fantasy Novel
Juliet Marillier
Wildwood Dancing
Pan Macmillan
Fantasy Short Story
Margo Lanagan
"A Fine Magic "
Eidolon Books (Eidolon I )
Horror Novel
Will Elliott
The Pilo Family Circus
ABC Books
Edwina Grey
Prismatic
Lothian Books
Horror Short Story
Stephen Dedman
"Dead of Winter "
Weird Tales
Ditmar Award
Novel
Sean Williams
The Crooked Letter
Voyager
Novella/Novelette
Paul Haines
"The Last Days of Kali Yuga"
NFG Magazine
Short Story
Margo Lanagan
"Singing My Sister Down "
Black Juice
Collected Work
Margo Lanagan
Black Juice
Allen & Unwin
Australian Shadows Award
Lee Battersby
"Father Muerte and the Flesh"
Aurealis
Non-Fiction [ ]
Award
Category
Author
Title
Publisher
The Age Book of the Year
Non-fiction
Gay Bilson
Plenty: Digressions on Food
Lantern
National Biography Award
Robert Hillman
The Boy in the Green Suit
Scribe Publications
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards
Non-fiction
John Hughes
The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays
Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards
Australian History
Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller
Degenerates and Perverts: the 1939 Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art
Melbourne University Publishing
Community and Regional History
Joe Hajdu
Samurai in the Surf: the Arrival of the Japanese on the Gold Coast in the 1980s
Pandanus Books
General History
Sally Neighbour
In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia
HarperCollins
Young People's
Allan Baillie
My Story: Riding with Thunderbolt, the Diary of Ben Cross
Scholastic Press
Nita Kibble Literary Award
Gay Bilson
Plenty: Digressions on Food
Lantern
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards
Non-fiction
Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
Papunya - A Place Made After the Story
Miegunyah Press
History
Shane White and Graham White
The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech
Beacon Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
Non-fiction
Robert Dessaix
Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev
Picador
Poetry [ ]
Drama [ ]
Deaths [ ]
11 April – John Brosnan , sf and cinema writer (born 1947)
10 May – Percy Trezise , children's writer (born 1923)
29 August – Margaret Scott , poet and novelist (born 1934)
8 September – Donald Horne , social and political commentator (born 1921)
14 October – Barney Roberts, poet and short story writer (born 1920)
1 November –
Jenny Boult , poet (born 1951)
Michael Thwaites , poet (born 1915)
24 December – Bill Scott , poet and children's writer (born 1922)
See also [ ]
References [ ]
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.
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