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===Crime===
===Crime===

* [[Matthew Condon]] – ''The Night Dragon''
* [[Matthew Condon]] – ''The Night Dragon''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''The Night Dragon'' by Matthew Condon|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7763494|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Candice Fox]] – ''Gone By Midnight''
* Pip Drysdale – ''The Strangers We Know''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''The Strangers We Know'' by Pip Drysdale|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8076870|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Tara Moss]] – ''Dead Man Switch''
* [[Candice Fox]] – ''Gone By Midnight''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Gone By Midnight'' by Candice Fox|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7862379|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Nick Gadd – ''Death of a Typographer''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Death of a Typographer'' by Nick Gadd|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8078803|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Tara Moss]] – ''Dead Man Switch''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''Dead Man Switch'' by Tara Moss|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8046798|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* [[Dave Warner (musician)|Dave Warner]] – ''River of Salt''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''River of Salt'' by Dave Warner|publisher= National Library of Australia|url= https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7828387|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>
* Christian White – ''The Wife and the Widow''<ref>{{cite web|title= ''The Wife and the Widow'' by Christian White |publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/16866536|access-date= 7 July 2024}}</ref>


=== Science fiction ===
=== Science fiction ===

Revision as of 00:23, 7 July 2024

This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2019.

Major publications

Literary fiction

Short stories

Children's and young adult fiction

Crime

Science fiction

Poetry

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

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

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Patrick White Award[16] Jordie Albiston

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[17] Pam Brown click here for what we do Vagabond Press
Colin Roderick Award[18] Robert Drewe The True Colour of the Sea Hamish Hamilton
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[19] Trent Dalton Boy Swallows Universe Fourth Estate
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[20] Billy Griffiths Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia Black Inc
Stella Prize[21] Vicki Laveau-Harvie The Erratics Fourth Estate
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[22] Behrouz Boochani No Friend But the Mountains Belvoir and Co-Curious

Fiction

National

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[23] Not awarded
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[24] Not awarded
Barbara Jefferis Award[25] Not awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[19] Markus Zusak Bridge of Clay Picador
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[19] Trent Dalton Boy Swallows Universe Fourth Estate
Miles Franklin Award[26] Melissa Lucashenko Too Much Lip University of Queensland Press
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[27] Gail Jones The Death of Noah Glass Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] Michelle de Kretser The Life to Come Allen & Unwin
Queensland Literary Awards[29] Carrie Tiffany Exploded View Text Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[30] Elise Valmorbida The Madonna of the Mountains Faber & Faber

Children and Young Adult

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[31] Older Readers Clare Atkins Between Us Black Inc.
Younger Readers Emily Rodda His Name Was Walter HarperCollins
Picture Book Shaun Tan Cicada Lothian
Early Childhood Alison Lester Trick's Bad Day Affirm
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Coral Vass, illustrated by Dub Leffler Sorry Day National Library of Australia
Nan Chauncy Award[32] James Moloney
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[19] Children's Karen Foxlee Lenny's Book of Everything Allen & Unwin
Young Adult Barry Jonsberg A Song Only I Can Hear Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] Children's Lorraine Marwood (joint winner) Leave Taking University of Queensland Press
Claire Saxby and Tannya Harricks (joint winner) Dingo Walker Books
Young People's Erin Gough Amelia Westlake Hardie Grant Egmont
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[30] Young Adult Fiction Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina Catching Teller Crow Allen & Unwin

Crime and Mystery

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[33] Novel Dervla McTiernan The Rúin HarperCollins
Young adult novel Sarah Epstein Small Spaces Walker Books
Children's novel Judith Rossell Wakestone Hall ABC Books
True crime Chloe Hooper The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire Penguin
Debut novel Bri Lee Eggshell Skull Allen & Unwin
Readers' choice Jane Harper The Lost Man Pan Macmillan
Ned Kelly Award[34] Novel Jane Harper The Lost Man Pan Macmillan
First novel Dervla McTiernan The Rúin HarperCollins
True crime Bri Lee Eggshell Skull Allen & Unwin
Lifetime achievement Bob Bottom

Science fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Ditmar Award[35] Novel Sam Hawke City of Lies (Poison Wars 1) Tor Books
Best Novella or Novelette Tansy Rayner Roberts Cabaret of Monsters self-published
Best Short Story Kathleen Jennings "The Heart of Owl Abbas" Tor.com

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[23] Not awarded
Anne Elder Award[36] Eunice Andrada Flood Damages Giramondo
Mary Gilmore Award[37] Marjon Mossammaparast That Sight Cordite
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] Judith Bishop Interval University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[30] Kate Lilley Tilt Vagabond Press

Drama

Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] Script Benjamin Gilmour Jirga Felix Media Pty Ltd
Play Kendall Feaver The Almighty Sometimes Griffin Theatre

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[23] Non-Fiction Not awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[19] Non-Fiction Chloe Hooper The Arsonist Random House Australia
Illustrated Non-Fiction Marcia Langton Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country Hardie Grant Travel
National Biography Award[38] Biography Behrouz Boochani No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison Picador Australia
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[28] Non-Fiction Billy Griffiths (joint winner) Deep Time Dreaming: Uncovering Ancient Australia Black Inc.
Sarah Krasnostein (joint winner) The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards[39] Australian History Meredith Lake The Bible in Australia: A Cultural History NewSouth Books
Community and Regional History Sarah Luke Callan Park, Hospital for the Insane Australian Scholarly Publishing
General History Christina Thompson Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia Harper
Queensland Literary Awards[29] Non-Fiction Mary Hoban An Unconventional Wife: The Life of Julia Sorell Arnold Scribe
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[30] Non-Fiction Behrouz Boochani No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison Picador Australia

Deaths

See also

References

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  2. ^ "The Strangers We Know by Pip Drysdale". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Gone By Midnight by Candice Fox". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Death of a Typographer by Nick Gadd". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Dead Man Switch by Tara Moss". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ^ "River of Salt by Dave Warner". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  7. ^ "The Wife and the Widow by Christian White". Austlit. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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  14. ^ "Green Shadows and Other Poems by Gerald Murnane". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Heide by Pi O". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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  17. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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