2014 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2014.
Major publications
Literary fiction
- Belinda Alexandra - Sapphire Skies
- Emily Bitto – The Strays
- Peter Carey – Amnesia
- Elizabeth Harrower – In Certain Circles
- Sonya Hartnett – Golden Boys
- Janette Turner Hospital – The Claimant
- Wendy James – The Lost Girls
- Sofie Laguna – The Eye of the Sheep
- Joan London – The Golden Age
- Suzanne McCourt – The Lost Child
- Gerald Murnane – A Million Windows
- Omar Musa – Here Come the Dogs
- Favel Parrett – When the Night Comes
- Christine Piper – After Darkness
- Craig Sherborne – Tree Palace
- Inga Simpson – Nest
- Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Effect
- Rohan Wilson – To Name Those Lost
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Trace Balla – Rivertime
- Karen Foxlee – Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy
- Morris Gleitzman – Loyal Creatures
- Kerry Greenwood – Gallipoli (illustrated by Annie White)
- Andy Griffiths – The 52-Storey Treehouse
- Darren Groth – Are You Seeing Me?
- Rebecca James – Cooper Batholomew is Dead
- Rebecca Lim – The Astrologer's Daughter
- Doug MacLeod – Tigers on the Beach
- John Marsden – South of Darkness
- Alice Pung – Laurinda
- Diana Sweeney – The Minnow
- Claire Zorn – The Protected
Crime
- Honey Brown – Through the Cracks
- Katherine Howell – Deserving Death
- Barry Maitland – Crucifixion Creek
- P. M. Newton – Beams Falling
- Malla Nunn – Present Darkness
- Michael Rowbotham – Life or Death
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Trudi Canavan – Thief's Magic
- Kate Forsyth – Wolves of Witchwood
- Patrick Holland – Navigato
- Juliet Marillier – The Cracks in the Kingdom
- Garth Nix – Clariel
- Matthew Reilly – The Great Zoo of China
- John A. Scott – N
Drama
- Michael Gow – Once in Royal David's City
- Daniel Keene – The Long Way Home
Poetry
- Judith Beveridge – Devadatta's Poems
- Lesbia Harford – Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford (edited by Oliver Dennis)
- Gwen Harwood – The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood
- John Kinsella – Sack
- Geoffrey Lehmann – Poems 1957–2013
- Jennifer Maiden – Drones and Phantoms
- David Malouf – Earth Hour
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe – My Feet are Hungry
Biographies
- Bob Brown – Optimism : Reflections on a Life of Action
- Phil Butterss – An Unsentimental Bloke : The Life and Works of C. J. Dennis
- Matthew Condon – Jacks and Jokers
- Robert Dessaix – What Days Are For
- Rafael Epstein – Prisoner X
- Julia Gillard – My Story
- Dino Hodge – Don Dunstan : Intimacy and Liberty : A Political Biography
- John Howard – The Menzies Era : The Years that Shaped Modern Australia
- Elizabeth Morrison – David Syme : Man of the Age
- Mandy Sayer – The Poet's Wife
- David Walsh – A Bone of Fact
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Patrick White Award | Brian Castro |
International
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Man Booker Prize | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Random House |
National
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Fiona Wood | Wildlife | Pan MacMillan |
| Younger Readers | Catherine Jinks | City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit | Allen & Unwin | |
| Picture Book | Freya Blackwood, text Irema Kobald | My Two Blankets | Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont | |
| Early Childhood | Libby Gleeson, illus. Freya Blackwood | Go to Sleep, Jessie! | Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Katrina Nannestad | The Girl Who Brought Mischief | HarperCollins |
| Young People's | AJ Betts | Zac and Mia | Text Publishing | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Young Adult Fiction | Barry Jonsberg | My Life as an Alphabet | Allen and Unwin |
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award | Novel | Honey Brown | Dark Horse | Penguin Books |
| Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Adrian McKinty | In The Morning I'll Be Gone | Allen and Unwin |
| First novel | Candice Fox | Hades | Random House, Australia | |
Science Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurealis Award | Sf Novel | Marianne de Pierres | Peacemaker | Angry Robot |
| Sf Short Story | Thoraiya Dye | "Wine, Women, and Stars" | Analog | |
| Fantasy Novel | Juliet Marillier | Dreamer's Pool | Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| Fantasy Short Story | Angela Slatter | "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls" | Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3 | |
| Horror Novel | Justine Larbalestier | Razorhurst | Allen and Unwin | |
| Horror Short Story | Angela Slatter | "Home and Hearth" | Spectral Press (Home and Hearth) | |
| Young Adult Novel | Jaclyn Moriarty | The Cracks in the Kingdom | Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| Young Adult Short Story | Dirk Flinthart | "Vanilla" | Twelfth Planet Press (Kaleidoscope) | |
| Ditmar Award | Novel | Robert Hood | Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead | Wildside Press |
| Best Novella or Novelette | Kirstyn McDermott | "The Home for Broken Dolls" | Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press) | |
| Best Short Story | Cat Sparks | "Scarp" | The Bride Price (Ticonderoga Publications) | |
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Kristina Olsson | Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir | University of Queensland Press |
| Michael Fullilove | Rendezvous with Destiny | Penguin Books | ||
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Joan Beaumont | Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War | Allen & Unwin |
| Community and Regional History | Ian Hoskins | Coast: A History of the New South Wales Edge | NewSouth | |
| General History | John Gascoigne | Encountering the Pacific in the Age of Enlightenment | Cambridge University Press | |
| Young People's | Nadia Wheatley, illustrated by Ken Searle | Australians All | Allen & Unwin | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Paul Ham | 1914: The Year the World Ended | Random House Australia |
| Stella Prize | Clare Wright | The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka | Text Publishing | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Non-fiction | Henry Reynolds | Forgotten War | NewSouth |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Gilmore Prize | Rose Lucas | Even in the Dark | UWA Publishing |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Fiona Hile | Novelties | Hunter |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Jennifer Maiden | Liquid Nitrogen | Giramondo Publishing |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Script | Kris Mrksa | Devil's Dust | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Award | Debra Thomas | The Man's Bitch | Sydney Theatre Company |
| Fellowship | Kate Mulvany |
Deaths
- 14 February – Marshall Browne, novelist (born 1935)
- 10 April – Doris Pilkington Garimara, novelist (born c.1937)
- 17 July – Liam Davison, novelist and critic (born 1957)
- 19 September – Rod Milgate, playwright and painter (born 1934)
- 8 October – Morris Lurie, novelist (born 1938)
See also
References
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.
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