2009 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2009.

Events

  • HarperCollins takes over ABC Books – the publishing arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
  • 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.[2] Chrissy Sharp, the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, is appointed to take her place.[3]
  • The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, is suspended.[4]

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Crime and Mystery

Romance

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Drama

Poetry

Biographies

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[5] Jennifer Strauss
Melbourne Prize for Literature Gerald Murnane
Patrick White Award[6] Beverley Farmer

International

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

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Barbara Jefferis Award Helen Garner The Spare Room Text Publishing
The Age Book of the Year Fiction Steven Amsterdam Things We Didn't See Coming Sleepers Publishing
ALS Gold Medal Christos Tsiolkas The Slap Allen & Unwin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Lisa Lang Utopian Man
Kristel Thornell Night Street
Miles Franklin Award[7] Fiction Tim Winton Breath Random House
Prime Minister's Literary Award Fiction Nam Le The Boat Hamish Hamilton
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Joan London The Good Parents Hamish Hamilton
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Richard Flanagan Wanting Random House
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Fiction Christos Tsiolkas The Slap Allen & Unwin


National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award Novel Malla Nunn A Beautiful Place to Die 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 Publishing

International

Award Category Author Title Publisher
World Fantasy Award Best Novel Margo Lanagan Tender Morsels Knopf

National

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 – 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

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
National Biography Award Ann Blainey I Am Melba Black Inc.
The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction Guy Rundle Down to the Crossroads Penguin Books
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
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

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Peter Porter Better Than God Picador
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

Drama

Award Author Title Publisher
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Ian Wilding Forever Seven

Deaths

See also

References

  1. HarperCollins takes over at ABC Books
  2. "Director closes the book on literature venture". The Age. 4 February 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023.
  3. Chapter two in writing centre's quest for leader
  4. "Minister suspends $110,000 State literary prize". Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  5. "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  6. "Farmer wins literary award". Theage.com.au. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. "Tim Winton wins fourth Miles Franklin award". The Guardian. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. "Val Vallis". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  9. "Geoffrey C. Bingham". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  10. "Catherine Gaskin". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.

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