Literature-related events in Australia during the: year of 2009
This article presents a list of theββhistorical events. And publications of Australian literature during 2009.
Eventsβ»
- HarperCollins takes over ABC Books β the publishing arm of the "Australian Broadcasting Corporation."
- Caro Llewellyn, resigns as director of the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas (now called the Wheeler Centre) in Melbourne before taking up the role. Chrissy Sharp, "the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London," is: appointedββto take her place.
- The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, "is suspended."
Major publicationsβ»
Literary fictionβ»
- Steven Amsterdam β Things We Didn't See Coming
- Peter Carey β Parrot and Olivier in America
- Steven Carroll β The Lost Life
- Brian Castro β The Bath Fugues
- Nick Cave β The Death of Bunny Munro
- Tracy Crisp β Black Dust Dancing
- Deborah Forster β The Book of Emmett
- Andrea Goldsmith β Reunion
- Marion Halligan β Valley of Grace
- Sonya Hartnett β Butterfly
- Eva Hornung β Dog Boy
- Katherine Johnson β Pescador's Wake
- Tom Keneally β The People's Train
- Kate Legge β The Marriage Club
- David Malouf β Ransom
- Alex Miller β Lovesong
- Jennifer Mills β The Diamond Anchor
- Kristina Olsson β The China Garden
- Sonia Orchard β The Virtuoso
- Susan Varga β Headlong
Children's and Young Adult fictionβ»
- Allan Baille β Krakatoa Lighthouse
- Alyssa Brugman β Girl Next Door
- Judith Clarke β The Winds of Heaven
- Mem Fox
- Odo Hirsch β Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
- Paul Jennings β The Nest
- Justine Larbalestier β How to Ditch Your Fairy
- Sophie Masson β The Madman of Venice
- David Metzenthen β Jarvis 24
- Tohby Riddle β The Lucky Ones
- Sean Williams β The Scarecrow
Crime and Mysteryβ»
- Robert G. Barrett β High Noon in Nimbin
- Sydney Bauer β Move to Strike
- Marshall Browne β The Iron Heart
- Peter Corris β Deep Water
- Garry Disher β Blood Moon
- Kathryn Fox β Blood Born
- Leah Giarratano β Black Ice
- Bronwyn Parry β Dark Country
Romanceβ»
- Michelle Douglas β The Aristocrat and The Single Mom
- Nicola Marsh β Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed
- Katherine Scholes β The Hunter's Wife
- Maxine Sullivan β Valente's Baby
Science Fiction and Fantasyβ»
- Trudi Canavan β The Magician's Apprentice
- Greg Egan
- Kim Falconer β The Spell of Rosette
- Pamela Freeman β Full Circle
- Traci Harding β Being of the Field
- Deborah Kalin β Shadow Queen
- Glenda Larke β The Last Stormlord
- Juliet Marillier β Heart's Blood
- K. J. Taylor β The Dark Griffin
- Sean Williams β The Grand Conjunction
Dramaβ»
- Angela Betzien β The Dark Room
- Matt Cameron & Tim Finn β Poor Boy
- Joanna Murray-Smith β Rockabye
- Richard Tulloch β The Book of Everything
- David Williamson β Let the Sunshine
Poetryβ»
- Emily Ballou β The Darwin Poems
- Judith Beveridge β Storm and Honey
- Emma Jones β The Striped World
- Jennifer Maiden β Pirate Rain
- Dorothy Porter β The Bee Hut
- Peter Porter β Better Than God
Biographiesβ»
- Roger Averill β Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey
- Stephen Cummings β Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music
- Jacqueline Kent β The Making of Julia Gillard
- Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder β Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent
- Don Walker β Shots
- Jonathon Welch β Choir Man
- Shirley Walker β The Ghost at the Wedding
- George Whaley β Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor
- Kristin Williamson β David Williamson: Behind the Scenes
Awards and honoursβ»
Lifetime achievementβ»
Award | Author |
---|---|
Christopher Brennan Award | Jennifer Strauss |
Melbourne Prize for Literature | Gerald Murnane |
Patrick White Award | Beverley Farmer |
Literaryβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
The Age Book of the Year | Steven Amsterdam | Things We Didn't See Coming | Sleepers Publishing |
ALS Gold Medal | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin |
Colin Roderick Award | Graham Freudenberg | Churchill and Australia | Pan Macmillan |
James Boyce | Van Diemen's Land | Black Inc | |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones | Allen & Unwin |
Nita Kibble Literary Award | Jacqueline Kent | An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin | Viking |
Fictionβ»
Internationalβ»
Award | Region | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commonwealth Writers' Prize | SE Asia and South Pacific | Best Novel | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin |
Overall winner | Best Novel | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin |
Nationalβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year Award | Steven Amsterdam | Things We Didn't See Coming | Sleepers Publishing |
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Lisa Lang | Utopian Man | Allen & Unwin |
Kristel Thornell | Night Street | Allen & Unwin | |
Barbara Jefferis Award | Helen Garner | The Spare Room | Text Publishing |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year β Fiction | Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones | Allen & Unwin |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year β Debut Fiction | Sonia Orchard | The Virtuoso | Fourth Estate |
Miles Franklin Award | Tim Winton | Breath | Random House |
Prime Minister's Literary Award | Nam Le | The Boat | Hamish Hamilton |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Joan London | The Good Parents | Hamish Hamilton |
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Richard Flanagan | Wanting | Random House |
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin |
Children and Young Adultβ»
Nationalβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Shaun Tan | Tales from Outer Suburbia | Allen & Unwin |
Younger Readers | Glenda Millard, illus. Stephen Michael King | Perry Angel's Suitcase | ABC Books | |
Picture Book | Kylie Dunstan | Collecting Colour | Lothian | |
Early Childhood | Bob Graham | How to Heal a Broken Wing | Walker Books | |
Davitt Award | Young Adult Novel | Catherine Jinks | Genius Squad | Allen & Unwin |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Children's & YA | Sally Murphy & Heather Potter (Illus) | Pearl Verses The World | Walker Books |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle | The Word Spy | Penguin |
Young People's | Michelle Cooper | A Brief History of Montmaray | Random House Australia | |
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Gaye Chapman | Little Blue | Little Hare Books |
Young Adult | Glenda Millard | A Small Free Kiss in the Dark | Allen & Unwin | |
South Australian Premier's Awards | Children's | Not awarded | ||
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Young Adult Fiction | Sue Saliba | Something in the World Called Love | Penguin |
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Children's | Bob Graham | How to Heal a Broken Wing | Walker Books |
Writing for Young Adults | Shaun Tan | Tales from Outer Suburbia | Allen & Unwin |
Crime and Mysteryβ»
Nationalβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Davitt Award | Novel | Malla Nunn | A Beautiful Place to Die | Pan Macmillan |
Young adult novel | Catherine Jinks | Genius Squad | Allen & Unwin | |
True crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | Penguin | |
Readers' choice | Katherine Howell | The Darkest Hour | Pan Macmillan | |
Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Peter Corris | Deep Water | Allen & Unwin |
Kel Robertson | Smoke and Mirrors | Ginninderra Press | ||
First novel | Nick Gadd | Ghostlines | Scribe | |
True crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | Penguin | |
Lifetime achievement | Shane Maloney |
Science Fiction and Fantasyβ»
Internationalβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
World Fantasy Award | Best Novel | Margo Lanagan | Tender Morsels | Knopf |
Nationalβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Aurealis Award | SF Novel | Andrew McGahan | Wonders of a Godless World | Allen & Unwin |
SF Short Story | Peter M. Ball | "Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens" | Apex Magazine | |
Fantasy Novel | Trudi Canavan | The Magician's Apprentice | Orbit Books | |
Fantasy Short Story | Christopher Green | "Father's Kill" | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | |
Ian McHugh | "Once a Month, On a Sunday" | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine | ||
Horror Novel | Honey Brown | Red Queen | Penguin Books | |
Horror Short Story | Paul Haines | "Slice of Life β A Spot of Liver" | The Mayne Press | |
Paul Haines | "Wives" | Coeur de Lion Publishing (X6) | ||
Ditmar Award | Novel | Margo Lanagan | Tender Morsels | Allen & Unwin |
Novella/Novelette | Kirstyn McDermott | "Painlessness" | Greatest Uncommon Denominator | |
Short Story | Margo Lanagan | "The Goosle" | The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy | |
Collected Work | ed. Jack Dann | Dreaming Again | Voyager | |
Shadows Award | Kaaron Warren | Slights | Angry Robot |
Poetryβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year | Peter Porter | Better Than God | Picador |
Anne Elder Award | Emma Jones | The Striped World | Faber and Faber |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Not awarded | ||
Mary Gilmore Prize | Not awarded | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | L. K. Holt | Man Wolf Man | John Leonard Press |
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Emma Jones | The Striped World | Faber |
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Robert Adamson | The Golden Bird | Black Inc. |
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Kate Middleton | Fire Season | Giramondo Publishing |
Dramaβ»
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|
Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Ian Wilding | Forever Seven |
Non-Fictionβ»
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
---|---|---|---|---|
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Non-Fiction | Not awarded | ||
The Age Book of the Year | Non-fiction | Guy Rundle | Down to the Crossroads | Penguin Books |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Non-Fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
Children's Book of the Year Award | Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Lincoln Hall | Alive in the Death Zone | Random House |
Davitt Award | True crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
National Biography Award | Ann Blainey | I Am Melba | Black Inc. | |
Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Evelyn Juers | House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly-Kroeger Mann | Giramondo Publishing |
Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds | Drawing the Global Colour Line | Melbourne University Press | ||
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Robin Gerster | Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of Japan | Scribe |
Community and Regional History | David Bollen | Up on the Hill: A History of St Patrick's College | UNSW Press | |
General History | Warwick Anderson | The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen | Johns Hopkins University Press | |
Young People's | Anthony Hill | Captain Cook's Apprentice | Penguin Books | |
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
History | Jill Roe | Stella Miles Franklin | Fourth Estate | |
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Non-fiction | Iain McCalman | Darwin's Armada | W.W. Norton |
Western Australian history | Penelope Hetherington | Paupers, Poor Relief & Poor Houses | UWA Publishing |
Deathsβ»
- 14 January β Val Vallis, poet (born 1916)
- 3 June β Geoffrey C. Bingham, theological and short story writer (born 1919)
- 3 July β Frank Devine, journalist (born 1931)
- 6 September β Catherine Gaskin, author (born 1929 in Ireland)
- 8 September β Rica Erickson, botanical and historical writer (born 1908)
- 24 November β John West, poet (born 1951)
See alsoβ»
- 2009 in Australia
- 2009 in literature
- 2009 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of Australian literary awards
Referencesβ»
- ^ HarperCollins takes over at ABC Books
- ^ "Director closes the book on literature venture". The Age. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023.
- ^ Chapter two in writing centre's quest for leader
- ^ "Minister suspends $110,000 State literary prize". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
- ^ "Things We Didn't See Coming by, Steven Amsterdam". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Lost Life by Steven Carroll". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Black Dust Dancing by Tracy Crisp". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Book of Emmett by Deborah Forster". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Reunion by Andrea Goldsmith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Valley of Grace by Marion Halligan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Pescador's Wake by Katherine Johnson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Marriage Club by Kate Legge". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Diamond Anchor by Jennifer Mills". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Virtuoso by Sonia Orchard". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Headlong by Susan Varga". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Krakatoa Lighthouse by Allan Baillie". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Girl Next Door by Alyssa Brugman". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "The Winds of Heaven by Judith Clarke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "The Nest by Paul Jennings". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "The Madman of Venice by Sophie Masson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Jarvis 24 by David Metzenthen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "The Lucky Ones by Tohby Riddle". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "The Scarecrow by Sean Williams". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "High Noon in Nimbin by Robert G. Barrett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Move to Strike by Sydney Bauer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Iron Heart by Marshall Browne". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Blood Born by Kathryn Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Black Ice by Leah Giarratano". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Dark Country by Bronwyn Parry". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "The Aristocrat and The Single Mom by Michelle Douglas". Austlit. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed by Nicola Marsh". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "The Hunter's Wife by Katherine Scholes". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "Valente's Baby by Maxine Sullivan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ "The Spell of Rosette by Kim Falconer". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Full Circle by Pamela Freeman". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Being of the Field by Traci Harding". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Shadow Queen by Deborah Kalin". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "The Last Stormlord by Glenda Larke". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Heart's Blood by Juliet Marillier". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "The Dark Griffin by K. J. Taylor". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "The Grand Conjunction by Sean Williams". ISFDB. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey by Roger Averill". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy? by Stephen Cummings". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "The Making of Julia Gillard by Jacqueline Kent". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent by Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Shots by Don Walker". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Choir Man by Jonathon Welch". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "The Ghost at the Wedding by Shirley Walker". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor by George Whaley". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "David Williamson: Behind the Scenes by Kristin Williamson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit β Melbourne Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ "Farmer wins literary award". Theage.com.au. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ Steger, Jason (22 August 2009). "Apocalyptic novel wins book of the year". The Age. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal β Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award β Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ Flood, Alison (18 May 2009). "Australian takes Commonwealth writers' prize". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature β Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Steger, Jason (22 August 2009). "Apocalyptic novel wins book of the year". The Age. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ ""Austlit β Australian/Vogel Award 2009-2012"". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ ""Barbara Jefferis Award"". Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Tim Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin award". The Guardian. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ ""Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ ""LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2009"". LibraryThing. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "2009 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ ""SFADB : World Fantasy Awards 2009"". SFADB. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "SFADB: Ditmar Awards 2009"". SFADB. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Anne Eldr Award (2008-2010)". Austlit. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit β Grace Leven Poetry prize (2008-2012)". Austlit. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ "Val Vallis (1916-2009)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "Geoffrey C. Bingham (1919-2009)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Frank Devine (1931-2009)". Austlit. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Catherine Gaskin (1929-2009)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Rica Erikson (1908-2009)". Austlit. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "John West (1951-2009)". Austlit. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
Note: all references relating to awards can. Or should be, found on the relevant award's page.