For an overview of world literature, see 2016 in literature.
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2016.
Major publications[]
Literary fiction[]
- Melissa Ashley – The Birdman's Wife
- Georgia Blain – Between a Wolf and a Dog
- Hannah Kent – The Good People
- Heather Rose – The Museum of Modern Love
- Josephine Wilson – Extinctions
Children's and Young Adult fiction[]
- Trace Balla – Rockhopping
- Andy Griffiths – The Tree House Fun Book and The 78-Storey Treehouse
- Zana Fraillon – The Bone Sparrow
- Shivaun Plozza – Frankie
- Richard Roxburgh – Artie and the Grime Wave
- Shaun Tan – Tales from Outer Suburbia
- Claire Zorn – One Would Think the Deep
Crime[]
- Jane Harper – The Dry
- David Whish-Wilson – Old Scores
Science Fiction and Fantasy[]
- Juliet Marillier – Den of Wolves
- Lian Hearn – Emperor of the Eight Islands
Poetry[]
- John Kinsella (poet) – Drowning in Wheat
- Susan Varga – Rupture: Poems 2012–2015
Biographies[]
- Deng Thiak Adut with Ben McKelvey – Songs of a War Boy: My Story
- Julia Baird – Victoria: The Queen
- Jimmy Barnes –Working Class Boy
- Mark Colvin – Light and Shadow: Memoirs of a Spy's Son
- Suzanne Falkiner – Mick: A Life of Randolph Stow
- Stan Grant – Talking to My Country
- Cory Taylor – Dying: A Memoir
Non-fiction[]
- Richard Fidler – Ghost Empire
- Peter FitzSimons – Victory at Villers-Bretonneux: Why a French town will never forget the Anzacs
- Clementine Ford – Fight Like A Girl
- Helen Garner – Everywhere I Look
- – True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia volume 2
- Lynne Kelly – The Memory Code
- Tara Moss – Speaking Out: A 21st Century Handbook For Women and Girls
Awards and honours[]
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement[]
Fiction[]
National[]
Children and Young Adult[]
National[]
Crime and Mystery[]
International[]
| Award
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Author
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Title
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Publisher
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| CWA Gold Dagger Award
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Bill Beverly
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Dodgers
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Broadway Books
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National[]
Science Fiction[]
| Award
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Category
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Author
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Title
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Publisher
|
| Aurealis Award
|
Sf Novel
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Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
|
Gemima: The Illuminae Files 2
|
Allen & Unwin
|
| Sf Short Story
|
Samantha Murray
|
"Of Sight, of Mind, of Heart"
|
Clarkesworld 122
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| Fantasy Novel
|
Jay Kristoff
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Nevernight
|
Harper Voyager
|
| Fantasy Short Story
|
|
"Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest"
|
In Your Face (FableCroft Publishing)
|
| Horror Novel
|
Kaaron Warren
|
The Grief Hole
|
|
| Horror Short Story
|
TR Napper
|
"Flame Trees"
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Asimov’s Science Fiction
|
| Young Adult Novel
|
Alison Goodman
|
Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact
|
HarperCollins Publishers
|
| Young Adult Short Story
|
|
"Pretty Jennie Greenteeth"
|
Strange Little Girls (Belladonna Publishing)
|
| Ditmar Award
|
Novel
|
|
Lament for the Afterlife
|
ChiZine Publications
|
| Best Novella or Novelette
|
Sean Williams
|
"Of Sorrow and Such"
|
Of Sorrow and Such (Tor.com)
|
| Best Short Story
|
Kathleen Jennings
|
"A Hedge of Yellow Roses"
|
Hear Me Roar (Ticonderoga Publications)
|
Non-Fiction[]
Poetry[]
Drama[]
Deaths[]
- 31 January – David Lake, science fiction novelist (born 1929 in India)
- 4 February – Dimitris Tsaloumas, poet (born 1921 in Greece)
- 19 February – Kim Gamble, illustrator of children's books (born 1952)
- 3 April – Bob Ellis, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and political commentator (born 10 May 1942)
- 20 April – Dame Leonie Judith Kramer, author, editor and academic (born 1 October 1924)
- 16 May – Gillian Mears, short story writer and novelist (born 21 July 1964)
- 5 July – Cory Taylor, writer (born 1955)
- 15 July – Billy Marshall Stoneking, poet, playwright, filmmaker, and teacher (born 31 August 1947)
- 4 September – Richard Neville, writer and social commentator (born 16 December 1941)
- 8 September – Inga Clendinnen, author and historian (born 17 August 1934)
- 5 October – Narelle Oliver, ward-winning children's author-illustrator, artist and print maker (born 25 February 1960)
- 9 December – Georgia Blain, novelist, journalist and biographer (born 12 December 1964)
- 12 December –
- Anne Deveson, writer, broadcaster, filmmaker and social commentator (born 19 June 1930)
- Shirley Hazzard, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 30 January 1931)
See also[]
References[]
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.
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