2001 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2001.

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Crime and mystery

Romance

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Drama

Poetry

Biographies

Non-Fiction

Awards and honours

Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[52] Dorothy Porter
Patrick White Award[53] Geoff Page

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[54] Rosemary Dobson Untold Lives and Later Poems Brandl and Schlesinger
ALS Gold Medal[55] Rodney Hall The Day We Had Hitler Home Picador
Colin Roderick Award[56] Peter Rose Rose Boys Allen & Unwin
Nita Kibble Literary Award[57] Inga Clendinnen Tiger's Eye: A Memoir Text Publishing

Fiction

International

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[58] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Arabella Edge The Company Picador
Overall winner Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press
Man Booker Prize[59] Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang Faber & Faber

National

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[60] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year Award[54] Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[61] Sarah Hay Skins Allen & Unwin
Catherine Padmore Sibyl's Cave Allen & Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[62] Frank Moorhouse Dark Palace Knopf
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[63] Alex Miller Conditions of Faith Allen & Unwin
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[64] Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[65] Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[66] Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador

Children and Young Adult

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Judith Clarke Wolf on the Fold Allen & Unwin
Younger Readers Diana Kidd Two Hands Together Penguin Books
Picture Book Margaret Wild, illus. Ron Brooks Fox Allen & Unwin
Early Childhood Catherine Jinks, illus. Andrew McLean You'll Wake the Baby! Penguin Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[63] Children's Margaret Wild, illus. Ron Brooks Fox Allen & Unwin
Young People's Jaclyn Moriarty Feeling Sorry for Celia Pan Macmillan Australia
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Margaret Wild, illus. Ron Brooks Fox Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[65] Young Adult Fiction James Moloney Touch Me University of Queensland Press
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Julia Lawrinson Obsession Fremantle Arts Centre
Children's Deborah Lisson The Yankee Whaler Scholastic

Crime and Mystery

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[67] Novel Caroline Shaw Eye to Eye Random House Australia
Ned Kelly Award[68] Novel Peter Temple Dead Point Bantam Books
Andrew Masterson The Second Coming Flamingo
First novel Andrew McGahan Last Drinks Allen and Unwin
True crime Estelle Blackburn Broken Lives Stellar Publishing
Readers' vote Lindsay Cameron Bleeding Hearts HarperCollins
Lifetime achievement Professor Stephen Knight

Science fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Aurealis Award Sf Novel Sean Williams & Shane Dix The Dark Imbalance Voyager Books
Sf Short Story Adam Browne "The Weatherboard Spaceship" Aurealis
Fantasy Novel Sara Douglass The Wounded Hawk Voyager Books
Fantasy Short Story Sue Isle "The Woman of Endor" Orb
Horror Novel Kim Wilkins Angel of Ruin Voyager Books
Horror Short Story Simon Haynes "Sleight of Hand" Potato Monkey
Young Adult Novel Louise Katz The Other Face of Janus Angus & Robertson
Ditmar Award Novel Sean Williams & Shane Dix Evergence 2: The Dying Light Ace Books
Short Fiction Stephen Dedman "The Devotee" Eidolon 29/30
Terry Dowling "The Saltimbanques" Blackwater Days

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[60] Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year[54] Rosemary Dobson Untold Lives and Later Poems Brandl and Schlesinger
Anne Elder Award[69] Not awarded
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[70] Geoff Page Darker and Lighter Five Islands Press
Mary Gilmore Award[71] Not awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[63] Ken Taylor Africa Five Islands Press
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[72] Brook Emery and dug my fingers in the sand Five Islands Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[65] John Mateer Barefoot Speech Fremantle Press
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[66] Dorothy Hewett Halfway up the Mountain Fremantle Arts Centre Press

Drama

Award Author Title Publisher
Patrick White Playwrights' Award[73] Brendan Cowell Bed
Toby Schmitz Lucky
Jackie Smith The Aliens

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[60] Non-Fiction Not awarded
The Age Book of the Year[54] Non-Fiction Nadia Wheatley The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift HarperCollins
National Biography Award[74] Biography Not awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[63] Non-Fiction Kim Mahood Craft for a Dry Lake Random House Australia
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Tim Bonyhady The Colonial Earth Miegunyah Press at Melbourne University Publishing
Community and Regional History Carolyn Wadley Dowley Through Silent Country Fremantle Arts Centre Press
General History Rowena Lennox Fighting Spirit of East Timor: The Life of Martinho da Costa Lopes Pluto Press Australia
Young People's No award
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Brian Matthews A Fine and Private Place Picador
History Tim Bonyhady The Colonial Earth Miegunyah Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[65] Non-fiction Anna Haebich Broken Circles: Fragmenting Indigenous Families 1800–2000 Fremantle Press

Deaths

Unknown date

See also

References

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