2014 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2014.

Events

  • The State Library of Queensland takes over the running the Queensland Literary Awards which had previously been run by a group of volunteers.[1]
  • The Voss Literary Prize is awarded for the first time.[2]

Major publications

Literary fiction

Short stories

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Crime

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] Alan Wearne
Patrick White Award[53] Brian Castro

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[54] Alexis Wright The Swan Book Giramondo Publishing
Colin Roderick Award[55] Michael Wilding Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay
Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary		 Australian Scholarly
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[56] Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House
Nita Kibble Literary Award[57] Kristina Olsson Boy Lost: A Family Memoir University of Queensland Press
Stella Prize[58] Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka Text Publishing
Victorian Prize for Literature[59] Jennifer Maiden Liquid Nitrogen Giramondo Publishing

Fiction

International

Award Author Title Publisher
Man Booker Prize[60] Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House

National

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[61] Frank Moorhouse Cold Light Vintage Books
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[62] Christine Piper After Darkness Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award[63] Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & Unwin
Fiona McFarlane The Night Guest Penguin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[56] Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[56] Hannah Kent Burial Rites Pan Macmillan
Miles Franklin Award[64] Evie Wyld All The Birds, Singing Random House
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[65] Steven Carroll A World of Other People Fourth Estate
Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[66] Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin
Queensland Literary Awards[1] Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[59] Alex Miller Coal Creek Allen & Unwin
Voss Literary Prize[67] Fiona McFarlane The Night Guest Penguin Group (Australia)
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[68] Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Vintage Books

Children and Young Adult

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[69] 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
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[56] Children's & YA Alison Lester Kissed by the Moon Penguin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[66] 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[59] Young Adult Fiction Barry Jonsberg My Life as an Alphabet Allen and Unwin

Crime and Mystery

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[70] 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[71] 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 achievement Not awarded

Science fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
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)

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[61] Lisa Jacobson The Sunlit Zone 5 Islands Press
Anne Elder Award[72] Vanessa Page Confessional Box Walleah Press
Mary Gilmore Prize[73] Rose Lucas Even in the Dark UWA Publishing
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[65] Melinda Smith Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call Pitt Street Poetry
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[66] Fiona Hile Novelties Hunter
Queensland Literary Awards[1] David Malouf Earth Hour University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[59] Jennifer Maiden Liquid Nitrogen Giramondo Publishing
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[68] Paul Hetherington Six Different Windows UWA Publishing

Drama

Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[66] Script Kris Mrksa Devil's Dust Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Patrick White Playwrights' Award[74] Award Debra Thomas The Man's Bitch Sydney Theatre Company
Fellowship Kate Mulvany
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[59] Drama Patricia Cornelius Savages Playlab

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[61] Non-Fiction Kate Richards Madness: A Memoir Penguin Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[56] Non-Fiction David Hunt Girt Black Inc.
National Biography Award[75] Biography Alison Alexander The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[66] 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
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[59] Non-fiction Henry Reynolds Forgotten War NewSouth

Deaths

See also

References

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