2019 in Australian literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2019.
Major publications[]
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Literary fiction[]
- Debra Adelaide, Zebra and other stories
- Michael Mohammed Ahmad, The Lebs
- Tony Birch, The White Girl
- David Brooks, The Grass Library
- Steven Carroll, The Year of the Beast
- Melanie Cheng, Room for a Stranger
- Claire G. Coleman, The Old Lie
- Peggy Frew, Islands
- Peter Goldsworthy, Minotaur
- John Hughes, No One
- Anna Krien, Act of Grace
- , The Erratics
- Melina Marchetta, The Place on Dalhousie
- Andrew McGahan, The Rich Man's House (posthumous)
- Gerald Murnane, A Season on Earth
- Favel Parrett, There Was Still Love
- Heather Rose, Bruny
- Philip Slalom, The Returns
- Carrie Tiffany, Exploded View
- Lucy Treloar, Wolfe Island
- Christos Tsiolkas, Damascus
- Tara June Winch, The Yield
- Charlotte Wood, The Weekend
Short stories[]
- Josephine Rowe, Here Until August
Children's and young adult fiction[]
- Mem Fox, The Tiny Star
- Helena Fox, How It Feels to Float
- Will Kostakis, Monuments
- Meg McKinlay, Catch a Falling Star
- Bruce Pascoe, Young Dark Emu
- Holden Sheppard, Invisible Boys
- Vikki Wakefield, This is How We Change the Ending
Crime[]
- Matthew Condon, The Night Dragon
- Candice Fox, Gone By Midnight
- Tara Moss, Dead Man Switch
Poetry[]
- Louise Crisp, Yuiquimbiang
- Charmaine Papertalk Green, Nganajungu Yagu
- L. K. Holt, Birth Plan
- Gerald Murnane, Green Shadows and Other Poems
- Pi O, Heide
Non-fiction[]
- Jane Caro, Accidental Feminists
- Maxine Beneba Clarke, with Magan Magan and Ahmed Yussuf (editors), Growing Up African in Australia
- Stan Grant
- Australia Day
- On Identity
- Nicholas Hasluck, Beyond the Equator: An Australian Memoir
- Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do
- Jacqueline Kent, Beyond Words: A Year with Kenneth Cook
- Caro Llewellyn, Diving into Glass
- Emily Maguire, This is What a Feminist Looks Like
- Bianca Nogrady (editor), The Best Australian Science Writing 2019
- Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia
Awards and honours[]
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement[]
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Patrick White Award | Jordie Albiston[1] |
Fiction[]
National[]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[2] | Melissa Lucashenko | Too Much Lip | University of Queensland Press | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards[3] | Fiction | Gail Jones | The Death of Noah Glass | Text Publishing |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Fiction | Michelle de Kretser | The Life to Come | Allen & Unwin[4] |
| Queensland Literary Awards[5] | Fiction | Carrie Tiffany | Exploded View | Text Publishing |
| Stella Prize[6] | The Erratics | Fourth Estate | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[7] | Fiction | Elise Valmorbida | The Madonna of the Mountains | Faber & Faber |
Children and Young Adult[]
National[]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award[8] | Older Readers | Clare Atkins | Between Us | Black Inc. |
| Younger Readers | Emily Rodda | His Name Was Walter | HarperCollins | |
| Picture Book | Shaun Tan | Cicada | Lothian | |
| Early Childhood | Alison Lester | Trick's Bad Day | Affirm | |
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Coral Vass, illustrated by Dub Leffler | Sorry Day | National Library of Australia | |
| Nan Chauncy Award[9] | James Moloney | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[4] | Children's | (joint winner) | Leave Taking | University of Queensland Press |
| and (joint winner) | Dingo | Walker Books | ||
| Young People's | Amelia Westlake | Hardie Grant Egmont | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[7] | Young Adult Fiction | Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina | Catching Teller Crow | Allen & Unwin |
Crime and Mystery[]
National[]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award[10] | Novel | Dervla McTiernan | The Ruin | Penguin Books |
| Ned Kelly Award[11] | Novel | Jane Harper | The Lost Man | McMillan Australia |
| First novel | Dervla McTiernan | The Ruin | HarperCollins |
Science Fiction[]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditmar Award[12] | Novel | Sam Hawke | City of Lies (Poison Wars 1) | Tor Books |
| Best Novella or Novelette | Tansy Rayner Roberts | Cabaret of Monsters | self-published | |
| Best Short Story | Kathleen Jennings | "The Heart of Owl Abbas" | Tor.com |
Non-Fiction[]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Biography Award[13] | Biography | Behrouz Boochani | No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison | Picador Australia |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[4] | Non-Fiction | Billy Griffiths (joint winner) | Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia | Black Inc. |
| Sarah Krasnostein (joint winner) | The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster | Text Publishing | ||
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards[14] | Australian History | Meredith Lake | The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History | NewSouth Books |
| Community and Regional History | Sarah Luke | Callan Park, Hospital for the Insane | Australian Scholarly Publishing | |
| General History | Christina Thompson | Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia | Harper | |
| Queensland Literary Awards[5] | Non-Fiction | Mary Hoban | An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold | Scribe |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[7] | Non-Fiction | Behrouz Boochani | No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison | Picador Australia |
Poetry[]
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award[15] | Flood Damages | Giramondo | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[4] | Judith Bishop | Interval | University of Queensland Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[7] | Kate Lilley | Tilt |
Drama[]
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[4] | Script | Benjamin Gilmour | Jirga | Felix Media Pty Ltd |
| Play | The Almighty Sometimes | Griffin Theatre |
Deaths[]
- 20 January – Mudrooroo, 80, novelist, poet and playwright (pen name of Colin Thomas Johnson)
- 1 February – Andrew McGahan, 52, novelist
- 4 March – Les Carlyon, 76, newspaper editor
- 13 March – Edmund Capon, 78, art historian
- 15 March – Rudi Krausmann, 85, playwright and poet
- 22 March – Jack Absalom, 91, artist, author and adventurer
- 29 April – Les Murray, 80, poet, anthologist and critic
- 19 May – John Millett, 98, poet, reviewer and poetry editor
- 1 June – Christobel Mattingley, 87, writer for children and young adults
- 13 July – Kerry Reed-Gilbert, 62, poet and author
- 21 July –
- Laurie Hergenhan, 88, literary scholar
- Ann Moyal, 93, historian
- 10 September – Hal Colebatch, 73, poet and novelist
- 30 October – Beatrice Faust, 80, co-founder of Women's Electoral Lobby, journalist and author
- 24 November – Clive James, 80, poet, novelist and critic
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Albiston wins 2019 Patrick White Award". Books+Publishing. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ Bookshelf, ABC Arts Kate Evans for RN's The (30 July 2019). "Miles Franklin awarded to Indigenous author for 'novel of celebratory defiance'". ABC News. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Winners announced for PM's Literary Awards 2019". Books+Publishing. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Jefferson, Dee, Arts editor (29 April 2019). "'I wanted to help change the conversation': History of Aboriginal archaeology wins literary prize". ABC News. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Qian, Jinghua. "Winners announced for the 2019 Queensland Literary Awards". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ The 2019 Stella Prize. Retrieved 9 April 2019
- ^ a b c d "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2019". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- ^ "CBCA Awards 2019 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Moloney wins 2019 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "'The Ruin' wins best novel at 2019 Davitt Awards". Books+Publishing. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ Steger, Jason (6 September 2019). "Women crime writers clean up at the Ned Kelly awards". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Newcombe, Ion (11 June 2019). "Ditmar Award Winners 2019". The Australian Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ^ "'Impassioned letter' from Manus Island wins 2019 National Biography Award". State Library of NSW. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ Guardian staff (30 August 2019). "Guardian Australia's The Killing Times wins prize in NSW premier's history awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Andrada wins Anne Elder Award 2018 for 'Flood Damages'". Books+Publishing. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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