1989 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1989.

Events

Major publications

Novels

Short story anthologies

Crime and mystery

Science fiction and fantasy

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[25] Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Patrick White Award[26] Thea Astley

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[27] Marsden Hordern Mariners are Warned!: John Lort Stokes and HMS Beagle in Australia 1837-1843 Melbourne University Press
ALS Gold Medal[28] Frank Moorhouse Forty-Seventeen Viking Books
Colin Roderick Award[29] Chris Symons John Bishop : A Life for Music

Fiction

International

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[30] Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Gillian Mears Ride a Cock Horse Pascoe Publishing

National

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[31] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[27] Elizabeth Jolley My Father's Moon Viking
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[32] Mandy Sayer Mood Indigo Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[33] Peter Carey Oscar and Lucinda University of Queensland Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] Helen Hodgman Broken Words Penguin Books Australia
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] Rodney Hall Captivity Captive Farrar Straus and Giroux
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[36] Marion Campbell Not Being Miriam Fremantle Arts Centre Press

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[31] Children's Not awarded
Children's Book of the Year Award[37] Older Readers Gillian Rubinstein Beyond the Labyrinth Hyland House
Picture Book Graeme Base The Eleventh Hour Viking Kestrel
Allan Baillie & Jane Tanner Drac and the Gremlin Viking Kestrel
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] Young People's Literature Mary Pershall You Take the High Road Penguin
Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[35] Caroline MacDonald The Lake at the End of the World Hodder & Stoughton

Science fiction and fantasy

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Australian SF Achievement Award[38] Best Australian Long Fiction Damien Broderick Striped Holes Avon
Best Australian Short Fiction Lucy Sussex "My Lady Tongue" Matilda at the Speed of Light

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[31] Not awarded
Anne Elder Award[39] Mark Miller Conversing with Stones Five Islands Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[40] Dorothy Hewett A Tremendous World in Her Head Dangaroo Press
Mary Gilmore Award[41] Alex Skovron The Rearrangement Melbourne University Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] John Tranter Under Berlin University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] Gwen Harwood Bone Scan Angus and Robertson

Drama

Award Category Author Title
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] FilmScript Not awarded
Radio Script Alana Valentine The Story of Anger Lee Bredenza
Television Script Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay The True Believers
Play Stephen Sewell Hate
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] Drama Daniel Keene Silent Partner

Non-fiction

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[31] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[27] Marsden C. Hordern Mariners are Warned!: John Lort Stokes and HMS Beagle in Australia 1837-1843 Melbourne University Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] Maslyn Williams His Mother's Country Melbourne University Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[35] Oskar Spate Paradise Found and Lost ANU Press

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "I for Isobel by Amy Witing". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Austlit — The Shipwreck Party by Liam Davison". Austlit. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
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  26. ↑ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Archived from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  27. 1 2 3 "Repaying old debt to sailors pays off for first-time writer"". The Age, 2 December 1989, p4. ProQuest 2521157156. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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  29. ↑ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  30. ↑ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  31. 1 2 3 4 "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
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  33. ↑ "Austlit — Oscar and Lucinda - Awards". Austlit. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  34. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hodgman wins State literary prize". Sydney Morning Herald, 5 September 1989, p10. ProQuest 2526306667. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 "The lucky seven out of 249". Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September 1989, p10. ProQuest 2526496753. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
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  37. ↑ "The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards 1946–" (PDF). The Children's Book Council of Australia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
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  39. ↑ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 1989-91". Austlit. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  40. ↑ "Austlit — A Tremendous World in Her Head — Awards". Austlit. Archived from the original on 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  41. ↑ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Archived from the original on 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  42. ↑ "Will Kostakis". Austlit. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  43. ↑ "Robbie Arnott". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 28 December 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  44. ↑ "Connie Christie (1908-1989)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
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