This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2024.
Events edit
- Both the chief executive and deputy chairman quit over promotional material released for the 2024 Melbourne Writers Festival[1]
Major publications edit
Literary fiction edit
- Amy Brown – My Brilliant Sister[2]
- Charmian Clift – The End of the Morning[3]
- Gail Jones – One Another[4]
- Meg Keneally – Free[5]
Crime and mystery edit
- Candice Fox – Devil's Kitchen[6]
- Dervla McTiernan – What Happened to Nina?[7]
- Louise Milligan – Pheasants Nest[8]
Children's and young adult edit
- Lili Wilkinson – Deep is the Fen[9]
Non-Fiction edit
- James Bradley – Deep Water[10]
Awards and honours edit
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement edit
Award | Author |
---|---|
Patrick White Award | Not yet awarded |
Literary edit
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
ALS Gold Medal | Not yet awarded | ||
Colin Roderick Award | Not yet awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
Stella Prize[11] | Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | Giramondo Publishing |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[12] | Grace Yee | Chinese Fish | Giramondo Publishing |
Fiction edit
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year[13] | Tony Birch | Women & Children | University of Queensland Press |
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Not yet awarded | ||
Barbara Jefferis Award | Not yet awarded | ||
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[14] | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | University of Queensland Press |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[14] | Jane Harrison | The Visitors | Fourth Estate |
Miles Franklin Award | Not yet awarded | ||
Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
Queensland Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[12] | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | University of Queensland Press |
Children and Young Adult edit
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Not yet awarded | ||
Younger Readers | Not yet awarded | |||
Picture Book | Not yet awarded | |||
Early Childhood | Not yet awarded | |||
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Not yet awarded | |||
Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
Young People's | Not yet awarded | |||
Queensland Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[12] | Young Adult Fiction | Lili Wilkinson | A Hunger of Thorns | Allen & Unwin |
Crime and Mystery edit
National edit
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Davitt Award | Novel | Not yet awarded | ||
Young adult novel | Not yet awarded | |||
Children's novel | Not yet awarded | |||
Non-fiction | Not yet awarded | |||
Debut | Not yet awarded | |||
Readers' choice | Not yet awarded | |||
Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Not yet awarded | ||
First novel | Not yet awarded | |||
True crime | Not yet awarded |
Non-Fiction edit
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year[13] | Non-Fiction | Ross McMullin | Life So Full of Promise | Scribe |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[14] | Non-Fiction | David Marr | Killing for Country: A Family Story | Black Inc |
Illustrated Non-Fiction | Wendy Cooper | The Bird Art of William T. Cooper | National Library of Australia | |
National Biography Award | Biography | Not yet awarded | ||
Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Not yet awarded | ||
Community and Regional History | Not yet awarded | |||
General History | Not yet awarded | |||
Queensland Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[12] | Non-Fiction | Ellen van Neerven | Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity | University of Queensland Press |
Poetry edit
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Anne Elder Award | Not yet awarded | ||
Mary Gilmore Award | Not yet awarded | ||
Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection | Not yet awarded | ||
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[12] | Grace Yee | Chinese Fish | Giramondo Publishing |
Drama edit
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Script | Not yet awarded | ||
Play | Not yet awarded | |||
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[12] | S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack | The Jungle and the Sea | Belvoir St Theatre & Currency Press |
Deaths edit
- 4 February – Lowitja O'Donoghue, Australian public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate(born 1932)[15]
- 19 February – Marion Halligan, novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayiest (born 1940)[16]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Le Grand, Chip (25 February 2024). "Gaza conflict engulfs Melbourne Writers Festival as leaders quit over program row". The Age. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — The End of the Morning by Charmian Clift". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — One Another by Gail Jones". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Free by Meg Keneally". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Devil's Kitchen". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Pheasants Nest". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Deep is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Ball, Philip (7 March 2024). "Deep Water by James Bradley review – what lies beneath". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Wright wins 2024 Stella Prize for 'Praiseworthy'". Books+Publishing. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024". Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ a b ""Tony Birch wins Book of the Year for timely novel about one of Australia's great challenges"". The Age, 8 May 2024. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ ""Indigenous leader Lowitja O'Donoghue dies aged 91"". The Age, 4 February 2024. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ Dooley, Gillian (21 February 2024). "Marion Halligan was a woman of great warmth and generosity, and a consummate novelist". The Conversation. Retrieved 24 February 2024.