This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1986.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award[30] | Not awarded |
Patrick White Award[31] | John Morrison |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Joan London | Sister Ships and Other Stories | Fremantle Press |
ALS Gold Medal[33] | Thea Astley | Beachmasters | Penguin Books |
Colin Roderick Award[34] | Fr Tom Boland | James Duhig | University of Queensland Press |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[35] | Robert Gray | Selected Poems 1963–1983 | Angus & Robertson |
Anne Elder Award[40] | Jan Owen | Boy with Telescope | Angus & Robertson |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[41] | Rhyll McMaster | Washing the Money : Poems with Photographs | Angus and Robertson |
Mary Gilmore Award[42] | Stephen J. Williams | A Crowd of Voices | Pariah Press |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[38] | Robert Gray | Selected Poems 1963-83 | Angus & Robertson |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[39] | Rhyll McMaster | Washing the Money | Angus & Robertson |
John A. Scott | St. Clair | University of Queensland Press |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[43] | Thurley Fowler | The Green Wind | Rigby |
Picture Book[44] | Terry Denton | Felix & Alexander | Oxford University Press | |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[38] | Young People's Literature | James Aldridge | The True Story of Spit MacPhee | Viking/Penguin Books Australia |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[35] | R. M. Gibbs | A History of Prince Alfred College | Peacock Publications |
The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Garry Kinnane | George Johnston: A Biography | Nelson |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[38] | George Munster | A Paper Prince | Viking |
Phillip Pepper with Tess De Araugo | The Kurnai of Gippsland, Volume One | Hyland House | |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[39] | John Bryson | Evil Angels | Viking |
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1986 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1986 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.