2014_in_Australian_literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2014.
- The State Library of Queensland takes over the running the Queensland Literary Awards which had previously been run by a group of volunteers.[1]
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
- Ambelin Kwaymullina – The Lost Girl
- Alison Lester – Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach
- 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
- Candice Fox – Eden
- Katherine Howell – Deserving Death
- Barry Maitland – Crucifixion Creek
- P. M. Newton – Beams Falling
- Malla Nunn – Present Darkness
- Michael Rowbotham – Life or Death
- Jock Serong – Quota
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[2]
- Lesbia Harford – Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford (edited by Oliver Dennis)[3]
- Gwen Harwood – The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood[4]
- John Kinsella – Sack[5]
- Geoffrey Lehmann – Poems 1957–2013[6]
- Jennifer Maiden – Drones and Phantoms
- David Malouf – Earth Hour[7]
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe – My Feet are Hungry[8]
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
- Madonna King – Hockey : Not your average Joe
- Elizabeth Morrison – David Syme : Man of the Age
- Mandy Sayer – The Poet's Wife
- David Walsh – A Bone of Fact
Non-fiction
- Paul Barry – Breaking News : Sex, lies & the Murdoch succession
- Sophie Cunningham – Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy
- Paul Kelly – Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation
- Bruce Pascoe – Dark Emu
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
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Literary
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| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| ALS Gold Medal[11] | Alexis Wright | The Swan Book | Giramondo Publishing |
| Colin Roderick Award[12] | Michael Wilding | Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary |
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| Nita Kibble Literary Award[13] | Kristina Olsson | Boy Lost: A Family Memoir | University of Queensland Press |
| Stella Prize[14] | Clare Wright | The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka | Text Publishing |
| Victorian Prize for Literature[15] | Jennifer Maiden | Liquid Nitrogen | Giramondo Publishing |
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Fiction
International
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| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Man Booker Prize[16] | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Random House |
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Children and Young Adult
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| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| 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[22] | 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 |
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Crime and Mystery
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| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Davitt Award[23] | Novel | Honey Brown | Dark Horse | Penguin Books |
| Young Adult novel | Karen Foxlee | The Midnight Dress | University of Queensland Press | |
| Children's novel | Jen Storer | Spooked! | HarperCollins | |
| True crime | Anna Krien | Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport | Black Inc | |
| Debut novel | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | Pan Macmillan | |
| Readers' choice | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | Pan Macmillan | |
| Ned Kelly Award[24] | Novel | Adrian McKinty | In The Morning I'll Be Gone | Allen and Unwin |
| First novel | Candice Fox | Hades | Random House, Australia | |
| True crime | John Saffran | Murder in Mississippi | Hamish Hamilton | |
| Lifetime acheivement | Not awarded | |||
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Science fiction
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| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| 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) | |
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Non-Fiction
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| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[19] | Non-Fiction | David Hunt | Girt | Black Inc. |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[22] | 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 |
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Poetry
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| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Anne Elder Award[25] | Vanessa Page | Confessional Box | Walleah Press |
| Mary Gilmore Prize[26] | Rose Lucas | Even in the Dark | UWA Publishing |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[22] | Fiona Hile | Novelties | Hunter |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Jennifer Maiden | Liquid Nitrogen | Giramondo Publishing |
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Drama
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| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[22] | 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 |
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- 14 February – Marshall Browne, novelist (born 1935)[27]
- 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)[28]
- 8 October – Morris Lurie, novelist (born 1938)[29]
- 3 November – Michael Fitzgerald Page, writer and publisher (born 1922)
- ""Queensland Literary Awards - History of the Award"". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- "Devadatta's Poems by Judith Beveridge". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford edited by Oliver Dennis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood by Gwen Harwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "Sack by John Kinsella". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "Poems 1957–2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "Earth Hour by David Malouf". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "My Feet are Hungry by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ""National Literary Awards Results 2014"" (PDF). Fellowship of Australian Writers. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- Patrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour, The Age, November 7, 2014
- "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ""The Stella Prize — 2014"". The Stella Prize. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- Brown, Mark (14 October 2014). "Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with 'timeless depiction of war'". The Guardian.
- "Piper wins Vogel for 'After Darkness'". Books+Publishing. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ""Barbara Jefferis Award"". Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- Adrian Raschella. "Miles Franklin Literary Award: Author Evie Wyld wins for her book All The Birds Singing". ABC News, 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ""Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- "'Questions of Travel' wins Book of the Year at NSW Premier's Literary Awards". Books+Publishing. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ""Whodunnit? The women killing it in crime writing"". The NewDaily. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- "2014 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- "Austlit — Anne Elder Award". Austlit. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- "Marshall Browne". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- "Rodney Milgate". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- "Morris Lurie". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.