This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2013.
Events
edit- James Ley launches the Sydney Review of Books[1] to provide "an opportunity for Australia's critics to rediscover the art of literary criticism".[2]
- The longlist for the inaugural Stella Prize is announced.[3]
- The shortlist of the Miles Franklin Award contains only female writers for the first time.[4]
- Nicole Bourke, writing under the pseudonym "N. A. Sulway", becomes the first Australian writer to win the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for her novel Rupetta.[5]
- Aora Children's Literature Research Centre in Sydney closes after 12 years of operation.[6]
- The Commonwealth Book Prize was discontinuted after 2013.[7]
Major publications
editLiterary fiction
edit- Debra Adelaide – Letter to George Clooney[8]
- Steven Carroll – A World of Other People
- J. M. Coetzee – The Childhood of Jesus
- Richard Flanagan – The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- Andrea Goldsmith – The Memory Trap[9]
- Ashley Hay – The Railwayman's Wife[10]
- Tom Keneally – Shame and the Captives[11]
- Hannah Kent – Burial Rites
- Melissa Lucashenko – Mullumbimby
- Colleen McCullough – Bittersweet[12]
- Fiona McFarlane – The Night Guest
- Alex Miller – Coal Creek
- Di Morrissey – The Winter Sea[13]
- Cory Taylor – My Beautiful Enemy[14]
- Christos Tsiolkas – Barracuda[15]
- Felicity Volk – Lightning[16]
- Tim Winton – Eyrie
- Alexis Wright – The Swan Book
- Evie Wyld – All The Birds, Singing
Children's and young adult fiction
edit- Alyssa Brugman – Alex as Well[17]
- J. C. Burke – Pretty Girl[18]
- Felicity Castagna – The Incredible Here and Now[19]
- Mem Fox – Baby Bedtime
- Mem Fox – Yoo-hoo, Ladybird!
- Kerry Greenwood – Evan's Gallipoli: A Gripping Story of Unlikely Friendship and an Incredible Journey behind Enemy Lines[20]
- Richard Harland – Song of the Slums[21]
- Karen Healey – When We Wake[22]
- Melissa Keil – Life in Outer Space[23]
- Tania McCartney – An Aussie Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids[24]
- James Phelan – 13[25]
- Fiona Wood – Wildlife[26]
Science fiction and fantasy
edit- Max Barry – Lexicon
- Greg Egan – The Arrows of Time
- Jennifer Fallon – Reunion[27]
- Traci Harding – Dreaming of Zhou Gong[28]
- Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Safe Art[29]
- Fiona McIntosh – The Scrivener's Tale[30]
- Juliet Marillier – The Caller[31]
- N. A. Sulway – Rupetta
Crime and mystery
edit- Honey Brown – Dark Horse
- Peter Corris – The Dunbar Case[32]
- Garry Disher – Bitter Wash Road[33]
- Karen Foxlee – The Midnight Dress[34]
- Poppy Gee – Bay of Fires[35]
- Katherine Howell – Web of Deceit[36]
- Stuart Littlemore —Harry Curry: Rats and Mice[37]
- Adrian McKinty – I Hear the Sirens in the Street[38]
- Barry Maitland – The Raven's Eye[39]
- Matthew Reilly – The Tournament[40]
- Michael Robotham – Watching You[41]
- Angela Savage – The Dying Beach[42]
- David Whish-Wilson – Zero at the Bone[43]
- Chris Womersley – Cairo
Poetry
edit- Pamela Brown – Home by Dark[44]
- Lisa Gorton
- John Kinsella – The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems[47]
- Kate Middleton – Ephemeral Waters[48]
- Geoff Page
- Dorothy Porter – The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter[51]
- Chris Wallace-Crabbe – New and Selected Poems[52]
Biography
edit- Alison Alexander – The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer[53]
- Andrew Burell – Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forest[54]
- Gabrielle Carey – Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family[55]
- Matthew Condon – Three Crooked Kings[56]
- David Day – Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Douglas Mawson[57]
- Stephen Dando-Collins – Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus[58]
- Jesse Fink – The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC[59]
- Peter FitzSimons – Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend[60]
- David Marr – The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell[61]
- Kristina Olsson – Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir[62]
- Michael Pembroke – Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy[63]
- Margaret Simons – Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man[64]
- Helen Trinca – Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St. John[65]
- Clare Wright – The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka[66]
Non-fiction
edit- Paul Barry – Breaking News : Sex, Lies & the Murdoch Succession[67]
- Susanna de Vries – Australian Heroines of World War One: Gallipoli, Lemnos and the Western Front[68]
- John Safran – Murder in Mississippi: The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book
Awards and honours
editLifetime achievement
edit| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[69] | Judith Beveridge |
| Patrick White Award[70] | Louis Nowra |
Literary
edit| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal[71] | Michelle de Kretser | Questions of Travel | Allen & Unwin |
| Colin Roderick Award[72] | Ashley Hay | The Railwayman's Wife | Allen & Unwin |
| Stephen Edgar | Eldershaw | Black Pepper | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[73] | M. L. Stedman | The Light Between Oceans | Vintage Australia |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award[74] | Annah Faulkner | The Beloved | Picador |
| Stella Prize[75] | Carrie Tiffany | Mateship with Birds | Pan Macmillan |
| Victorian Prize for Literature[76] | Not awarded |
Fiction
editInternational
edit| Award | Region | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Book Prize[77] | Pacific | Michael Sala | The Last Thread | Affirm Press |
National
editChildren and young adult
editNational
edit| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Margo Lanagan | Sea Hearts | Allen and Unwin |
| Younger Readers | Sonya Hartnett | The Children of the King | Viking Books | |
| Picture Book | Ron Brooks and Julie Hunt | The Coat | Allen and Unwin | |
| Early Childhood | Emma Allen, illus. Freya Blackwood | The Terrible Suitcase | Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia | |
| Davitt Award | Young Adult Novel | Jennifer Walsh | The Tunnels of Tarcoola | Allen & Unwin |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[73] | Children's & YA | Margo Lanagan | Sea Hearts | Allen & Unwin |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Aaron Blabey | The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon | Penguin Books |
| Young People's | Jaclyn Moriarty | A Corner of White | Pan Macmillan | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Children's | Narelle Oliver | Don't Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen! | Omnibus Books |
| Young Adult | Jaclyn Moriarty | A Corner of White | Pan Macmillan | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Young Adult Fiction | No award | ||
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Children's | Dianne Wolfer, illus. by Brian Simmonds | Light Horse Boy | Fremantle Press |
| Jan Ormerod, illus. by Andrew Joyner | The Swap | Hardie Grant | ||
| Writing for Young Adults | Alyssa Brugman | Alex As Well | Text Publishing |
Crime and mystery
editNational
edit| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award[85] | Novel | Maggie Groff | Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute | Pan Macmillan |
| Young adult novel | Jennifer Walsh | The Tunnels of Tarcoola | Allen & Unwin | |
| True Crime | Pamela Burton | The Waterlow Killings | Melbourne University Press | |
| Debut novel | Maggie Groff | Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute | Pan Macmillan | |
| Readers' choice | Kerry Greenwood | Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery | NewSouth Publishing | |
| Ned Kelly Award[86] | Novel | Geoffrey McGeachin | Blackwattle Creek | Penguin Books |
| First novel | Zane Lovitt | The Midnight Promise | Text Publishing | |
| True crime | Robin de Crespigny | The People Smuggler | Viking | |
| Lifetime Achievement | Not awarded |
Science fiction
edit| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurealis Award | SF Novel | Max Barry | Lexicon | Hachette |
| SF Short Story | Kaaron Warren | "Air, Water, and the Grove" | Pandemonimum Press (The Lowest Heaven) | |
| Fantasy Novel | Mitchell Hogan | A Crucible of Souls | Mitchell Hogan | |
| Fantasy Short Story | Jay Kristoff | "The Last Stormdancer" | Thomas Dunne Books | |
| Horror Novel | Allyse Near | Fairytales for Wilde Girls | Random House Australia | |
| Horror Short Story | Kim Wilkins | "The Year of Ancient Ghosts" | Ticonderoga Publications (The Year of Ancient Ghosts) | |
| Anthology | Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene | The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror | Ticonderoga Publications | |
| Tehani Wessely | One Small Step, An Anthology of Discoveries | FableCroft Publishing | ||
| Collection | Joanne Anderton | The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories | FableCroft Publishing | |
| Australian Shadows Awards | Novel | Marty Young | 809 Jacob Street | Black Beacon Books |
| Long Fiction | Kaaron Warren | "The Unwanted Women of Surrey" | Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling | |
| Short Fiction | Debbie Cowens | "Caterpillars" | Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray | |
| Edited Publication | Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, editors | Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror | Paper Road Press | |
| Collected Works | Jo Anderton | The Bone Chime Song and other stories | FableCroft Publishing | |
| Ditmar Award | Novel | Margo Lanagan | Sea Hearts | Allen & Unwin |
| Novella/Novelette | Kaaron Warren | "Sky" | Twelfth Planet Press (Through Splintered Walls) | |
| Short Story | Thoraiya Dyer | "The Wisdom of Ants" | Clarkesworld 75 | |
| Collected Work | Kaaron Warren, edited by Alisa Krasnostein | Through Splintered Walls | Twelfth Planet Press |
Poetry
edit| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[78] | Not awarded | ||
| Anne Elder Award[87] | Elizabeth Allen | Body Language | Vagabond Press |
| Mary Gilmore Prize[88] | Not awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[83] | Ali Cobby Eckermann | Ruby Moonlight | Magabala Books |
| Queensland Literary Awards | John Kinsella | Jam Tree Gully | W. W. Norton |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | No award | ||
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Paul Hetherington | Six Different Windows | UWA Publishing |
Drama
edit| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Play | Reg Cribb | The Damned | The Yellow Agency |
| Script | Louise Fox | Dead Europe | See Saw Films; Porchlight Films | |
| Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Award | Chris Summers | King Artur | |
| Fellowship | Angela Betzien |
Non-fiction
edit| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[78] | Non-Fiction | Not awarded | ||
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Kristin Weidenbach, illus. Timothy Ide | Tom the Outback Mailman | Lothian Children's Books, Hachette Australia |
| Davitt Award | True crime | Pamela Burton | The Waterlow Killings | Melbourne University Publishing |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[73] | Non-Fiction | Richard de Crespigny | QF32 | Pan Macmillan |
| National Biography Award[89] | Biography | Peter Fitzpatrick | The Two Frank Thrings | Monash University Publishing |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | George Megalogenis | The Australian Moment | Penguin Books |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Gideon Haigh | The Office: A Hard Working History | Miegunyah |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Janet Butler | Kitty's War: The remarkable wartime experiences of Kit McNaughton | University of Queensland Press |
| Community and Regional History | Patti Miller | The Mind of a Thief | University of Queensland Press | |
| General History | Saliha Belmessous | Assimilation and Empire: Uniformity in the French and British Colonies, 1541–1954 | Oxford University Press | |
| Young People's | Jackie French | Pennies for Hitler | HarperCollins | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Kristina Olsson | Boy, Lost | University of Queensland Press |
| History | Jane Lydon | The Flash of Recognition | New South Books | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Non-fiction | No award | ||
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Non-fiction | Kristina Olsson | Boy, Lost | University of Queensland Press |
| Western Australian history | Margaret Simons | Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man | Penguin Books |
Deaths
edit- 23 May – Hazel Hawke, memoirist (born 1929)[90]
- 16 July – Christopher Koch, novelist (born 1932)[91]
- 5 September – Elisabeth Wynhausen, Dutch-born journalist and author (born 1946)[92]
- 11 September – Keith Dunstan, journalist and author (born 1925)[93]
- 9 October – Mark "Chopper" Read, writer (born 1954)[94]
- 16 November – Graham Stone, bibliographer (born 1926)[95][96]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sydney Review of Books
- ^ Introducing the Sydney Review of Books
- ^ Stella Prize Longlist Announced
- ^ All Female Shortlist for the Miles Franklin
- ^ "N.A. Sulway's Acceptance Speech for Rupetta "
- ^ Harrowell, Miranda (August 2014). "Farewell to an iconic collection" (PDF). IBBY Australia Newsletter. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ Bury, Liz (21 August 2013). "Commonwealth novel prize culled to focus on short-story competition". The Guardian.
- ^ "Letter to George Clooney by Debra Adelaide". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "The Memory Trap by Andrea Goldsmith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Shame and the Captives by Tom keneally". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "The Winter Sea by Di Morrissey". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "My Beautiful Enemy by Cory Taylor". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Lightning by Felecity Volk". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Pretty Girl by J. C. Burke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Incredible Here and Now by Felicity Castagna". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Evan's Gallipoli by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Song of the Slums by Richard Harland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "When We Wake by Karen Healey". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "An Aussie Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids by Tania McCartney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — 13 by James Phelan". Austlit. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Wildlife by Fiona Wood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Reunion by Jennifer Fallon". ISFDB. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Dreaming of Zhou Gong by Traci Harding". ISFDB. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Hal Spacejock: Safe Art by Simon Haynes". ISFDB. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "The Scrivener's Tale by Fiona McIntosh". ISFDB. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "The Caller by Juliet Marillier". ISFDB. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "The Dunbar Case by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Midnight Dress by Karen Foxlee". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Bay of Fires by Poppy Gee". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Web of Deceit by Katherine Howell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Harry Curry: Rats and Mice by Stuart Littlemore". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Raven's Eye by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Tournament by Matthew Reilly". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Watching You by Michael Robotham". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Dying Beach by Angela Savage". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Zero at the Bone by David Whish-Wilson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Home by Dark by Pam Brown". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — The Best Australian Poems 2013 edited by Lisa Gorton". Austlit. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Hotel Hyperion by Lisa Gorton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems by John Kinsella". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Ephemeral Waters by Kate Middleton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "1953 by Geoff Page". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "New Selected Poems by Geoff Page". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter by Dorothy Porter". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "New and Selected Poems by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Ambitions of Jane Franklin by Alison Alexander". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forest By Andrew Burell". Austlit. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Moving Among Strangers by Gabrielle Carey". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Three Crooked Kings by Matthew Condon". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Flaws in the Ice by David Day". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus by Stephen Dando-Collins". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC by Jesse Fink". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend by Peter FitzSimons". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell by David Marr". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir by Kristina Olsson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy by Michael Pembroke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St. John by Helen Trinca". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "Breaking News : Sex, Lies & the Murdoch Succession by Paul Barry". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Australian Heroines of World War One by Susanna de Vries". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ ""Judith Beveridge Honoured with the Christopher Brennan Award"". Giromondo Publishing, 22 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2013". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers announces regional winners for 2013 prizes". Commonwealth Writers. 16 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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- ^ "Hazel Hawke (1929-2013)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ "Christopher Koch (1932-2013)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Elisabeth Wynhausen (1946-2013)". Austlit. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ "Keith Dunstan (1946-2013)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Mark Read (1954-2013)". Austlit. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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