2004 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2004

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2004.

## Events

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* John Hay, Peter Porter, Elizabeth Webby, W. H. Wilde, and Barbara Ker Wilson are all recognised in the 2004 Australia Day Honours.[1]
* Peter Craven is sacked as editor of Quarterly Essay and the annual The Best Australian... anthologies after a dispute with Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz.[1]
* Kenneth Dutton, Nick Enright, Morag Fraser, David Myers, and Brenda Niall are recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list.[2]
* Independent book publishers Text (Australia) and Canongate (UK) form a joint venture. The Text Media Group, purchased by John Fairfax earlier this year, sells Text Publishing to the joint venture partners.[2]
* Sydney Morning Herald Literary Editor, Malcolm Knox exposes Norma Khouri and her 'factual' account of honour killings in Jordan as a fabrication.[3]
* Mark Rubbo, David Marr and Kerryn Goldsworthy resign as Miles Franklin Award judges in protest at changes to the charter governing the award's administration.[4]
* Inaugural Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards held[5]

## Major publications

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### Literary fiction

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* Sarah Armstrong – Salt Rain
* Larissa Behrendt – Home[6]
* Carmel Bird – Cape Grimm[7]
* Steven Carroll – The Gift of Speed
* John Charalambous – Furies[8]
* Jon Cleary – Miss Ambar Regrets
* Bryce Courtenay – Brother Fish
* Sophie Cunningham – Geography[9]
* Jack Dann – The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean[10]
* Nick Earls – The Thompson Gunner[11]
* Robert Engwerda – Backwaters[12]
* Susan Johnson – The Broken Book[13]
* Gail Jones – Sixty Lights
* Stefan Laszczuk – The Goddamn Bus of Happiness[14]
* Amanda Lohrey – The Philosopher's Doll[15]
* Colleen McCullough – Angel Puss[16]
* Andrew McGahan – The White Earth
* Monica McInerney – The Alphabet Sisters[17]
* Emily Maguire – Taming the Beast[18]
* Steven Orr – Hill of Grace[19]
* Eva Sallis – Fire Fire[20]
* Nicholas Shakespeare – Snowleg[21]
* Celestine Hitiura Vaite – Frangipani [22]
* Gerard Windsor – I Have Kissed Your Lips[23]
* Charlotte Wood – The Submerged Cathedral
* Denise Young – The Last Ride[24]
* Arnold Zable – Scraps of Heaven[25]

### Children's and Young Adult fiction

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* Joanna Baker – Devastation Road[26]
* Michael Gerard Bauer – The Running Man
* Sherryl Clark – Farm Kid[27]
* Robert Corbert – Shelf Life
* Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding – A Home for Bilby[28]
* Anthony Eaton – Fireshadow
* Jon Flanagan – The Ruins of Gorlan
* Sonya Hartnett – The Silver Donkey
* Steven Herrick – By the River[29]
* Joanne Horniman – Secret Scribbled Notebooks[30]
* Prue Mason – Camel Rider[31]
* James Moloney – The Book of Lies
* Garth Nix – Grim Tuesday
* Emily Rodda
* Dragon's Nest
* Isle of the Dead
* Shadowgate
* The Sister of the South
* Scott Westerfeld – So Yesterday

### Crime

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* Peter Corris – The Coast Road[32]
* Colin Cotterill – The Coroner's Lunch[33]
* Kathryn Fox – Malicious Intent
* Jane Goodall – The Walker[34]
* Kerry Greenwood
* Earthly Delights[35]
* Heavenly Pleasures[36]
* Malcolm Knox – A Private Man
* Barry Maitland – No Trace[37]
* Tara Moss – Covet [38]
* Tony Park – Far Horizon[39]
* Steve J. Spears – Murder by Manuscript[40]

### Romance

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* Christine Balint – Ophelia's Fan[41]
* Catherine Jinks – Spinning Around[42]
* Stephanie Laurens – The Ideal Bride[43]
* Rachael Treasure – The Stockmen[44]
* Lynne Wilding – Outback Sunset[45]

### Science Fiction and Fantasy

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* John Birmingham – Weapons of Choice
* John Brosnan – Mothership[46]
* Alison Croggon – The Riddle
* Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Iron Tree
* Marianne de Pierres – Nylon Angel
* Jennifer Fallon – Wolfblade
* Rob Gerrand — The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing : A Fifty Year Collection (edited)
* Richard Harland – The Black Crusade
* John Harwood – The Ghost Writer[47]
* Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts[48]
* Nathan Hobby – The Fur
* Liam Hearn – Brilliance of the Moon
* Ian Irvine – The Life Lottery
* Margo Lanagan – Black Juice
* Glenda Larke – The Tainted[49]
* Maxine McArthur – Less than Human
* Fiona McIntosh
* Blood and Memory
* Bridge of Souls
* Sophie Masson – Snow, Fire, Sword[50]
* Josephine Pennicott – A Fire in the Shell[51]
* Matthew Reilly – Hover Car Racer
* Cherry Wilder and Katya Reimann – The Wanderer[52]
* Kim Wilkins – Giants of the Frost
* Sean Williams – The Crooked Letter

### Drama

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* Martin Flanagan – The Call[53]
* Michael Gurr – Julia 3[54]
* Debra Oswald – Mr Bailey's Minder[55]
* Abe Pogos – Toby[56]
* Alana Valentine – Run Rabbit Run![57]
* David Williamson – Amigos

### Poetry

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* M. T. C. Cronin – <More or Less Than> 1–100[58]
* Luke Davies – Totem
* Sarah Day – The Ship[59]
* Noel Rowe – Next to Nothing[60]
* Dipti Saravanamuttu – The Colosseum[61]
* Samuel Wagan Watson – Smoke Encrypted Whispers[62]

### Non-fiction

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* Peter Carey – Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son[63]
* Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland – Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities[64]
* Sally Neighbour – In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia[65]

### Biographies

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* Michael Ackland – Henry Handel Richardson: A Life[66]
* Phillip Adams – Adam's Ark[67]
* Gay Bilson – Plenty: Digressions on Food[68]
* Max Brown – Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift[69]
* Don Chipp – Keep the Bastards Honest[70]
* Michael Duffy – Latham and Abbott[71]
* Carolly Erikson – The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape[72]
* Peter FitzSimons – Steve Waugh[73]
* Tim Flannery – Country[74]
* John Hughes – The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays[75]
* John Marsden – I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times[76]
* Siobhan O'Brien – A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst[77]
* Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn – Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's[78]
* Peter Roebuck – Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh[79]
* Charles Tingwell – Bud: A Life[80]
* Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith – Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright[81]

## Awards and honours

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

### Lifetime achievement

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Award  | Author

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Christopher Brennan Award[82] | Kris Hemensley
Patrick White Award[83] | Nancy Phelan

### Literary

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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|
|

The Age Book of the Year Award[84] | Luke Davies | Totem | Allen & Unwin
ALS Gold Medal[85] | Laurie Duggan | Mangroves | University of Queensland Press
Colin Roderick Award[86] | Alan Wearne | The Lovemakers | ABC Books
Tim Winton | The Turning | Picador
Nita Kibble Literary Award[87] | Fiona Capp  | That Oceanic Feeling | Allen & Unwin

### Fiction

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#### International

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Commonwealth Writers' Prize[88] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region  | Michelle de Kretser | The Hamilton Case | Knopf
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region  | Nada Awar Jarrar  | Somewhere, Home | Heineman

#### National

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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|
|

Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[89] | Kate Jennings | Moral Hazard | Picador
The Age Book of the Year Award[84] | Andrew McGahan | The White Earth | Allen & Unwin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[90] | Julienne van Loon | Road Story | Allen & Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[91] | Shirley Hazzard | The Great Fire | Farrar Straus and Giroux
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[92] | Brian Castro | Shanghai Dancing | Giramondo Publishing
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[93] | J. M. Coetzee | Elizabeth Costello | Secker & Warburg
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[94] | Annamarie Jagose | Slow Water | Vintage Books
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[95] | Gail Jones | Sixty Lights | Random House

### Children and Young Adult

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#### National

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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|

Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Melina Marchetta | Saving Francesca | Viking Books
Younger Readers | Carole Wilkinson | Dragon Keeper | Black Dog Books
Picture Book | Joan Grant, illus. Neil Curtis  | Cat and Fish | Lothian
Early Childhood | Pamela Allen | Grandpa and Thomas | Viking Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's  | Kierin Meehan | Night Singing | Puffin Books
Young People's  | David Metzenthen | Boys of Blood and Bone | Penguin Books
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Children's  | Carole Wilkinson | Dragonkeeper | Black Dog Books
Young Adult  | Martine Murray | How to Make a Bird | Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Young Adult Fiction  | Margo Lanagan | Black Juice | Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Writing for Young Adults  | Colin Bowles | Nights in the Sun | Penguin Books
Children's  | Mark Greenwood  | The Legend of Lasseter's Reef | Cygnet

### Crime and Mystery

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#### National

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Davitt Award[96] | Novel  | Janette Turner Hospital | Due Preparations for the Plague | HarperCollins
Readers' Choice  | Lindy Cameron  | Thicker Than Water | HarperCollins
Young Adult Novel  | Ruth Starke  | Muck-Up Day | Lothian
Ned Kelly Award[97] | Novel  | Jon Cleary | Degrees of Connection | HarperCollins
First novel  | Jane R. Goodall | The Walker | Hodder Headline
Wayne Grogan  | Junkie Pilgrim | Brandl and Schlesinger
True crime  | Peter Rees  | Killing Juanita | Allen & Unwin
Lifetime achievement  | Bob Bottom |  |

### Science fiction

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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|

Aurealis Award | Novel  | K. A. Bedford | Eclipse | Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
Short Story  | Trent Jamieson | "Slow and Ache"  | Aurealis
Fantasy Novel  | Juliet Marillier | Blade of Fortriu | Pan Macmillan
Fantasy Short Story  | Richard Harland | "The Greater Death of Saito Saku"  | Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales)
Rosaleen Love | "Once Giants Roamed the Earth"  | Aqueduct Press (The Traveling Tide); Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales)
Horror Novel  | No award.  |  |
Horror Short Story  | Lee Battersby | "Pater Familias"  | Shadowed Realms
Young Adult Novel  | Isobelle Carmody | Alyzon Whitestarr | Penguin Books
Ditmar Award | Novel  | K. J. Bishop | The Etched City | Prime Books
Novella/Novelette  | Lucy Sussex | "La Sentinelle"  | Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural
Short Story  | Trudi Canavan | "Room for Improvement"  | Forever Shores
Collected Work  | Cat Sparks ed.  | Agog! Terrific Tales | Agog! Press
Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch eds.  | Forever Shores | Wakefield Press

### Poetry

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

|
|
|

Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[89] | Dorothy Porter | Wild Surmise | Picador
The Age Book of the Year[84] | Luke Davies | Totem | Allen & Unwin
Anne Elder Award[98] | Lidija Cvetkovic | War is Not the Season for Figs | University of Queensland Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[99] | Luke Davies | Totem | Allen & Unwin
Mary Gilmore Prize[100] | Michael Brennan | The Imageless World | Salt Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Pam Brown | Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems | Salt Publishing
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Judith Beveridge | Wolf Notes | Giramondo Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Judith Beveridge | Wolf Notes | Giramondo Publishing
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | John Kinsella | Peripheral Light  | Fremantle Arts Centre Press

### Drama

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

|
|
|

Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Stephen Carleton  | Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset | Playlab

### Non-Fiction

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

|
|
|
|

Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[89] | Non-Fiction  | Rebe Taylor | Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island | Wakefield Press
The Age Book of the Year[84] | Non-Fiction  | Peter Robb | A Death in Brazil | Duffy and Snellgrove
National Biography Award[101] | Biography  | Barry Hill | Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession | Knopf
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction  | Inga Clendinnen | Dancing with Strangers | Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History  | Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark  | The History Wars | Melbourne University Press
Community and Regional History  | Patricia Crawford and Ian Crawford  | Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area | University of Western Australia Press
General History  | Edward Duyker | Citizen Labillardiere: A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755–1834) | Melbourne University Press
Young People's  | David Hollinsworth  | They Took the Children | Working Title Press
Nita Kibble Literary Award |  | Fiona Capp  | That Oceanic Feeling | Allen and Unwin
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Non-fiction  | Peter Robb | A Death in Brazil | Duffy and Snellgrove
History  | Inga Clendinnen | Dancing with Strangers | Text Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Non-fiction  | Graeme Davison  | Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities | Allen and Unwin

## Deaths

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* 3 January –
* Len Fox, journalist, historian, social activist and painter (born 1905)[102]
* Barbara Jefferis, novelist and dramatist (born 1917)[103]
* 8 January – Norman Talbot, poet (born 1936)[104]
* 17 February – Bruce Beaver, poet (born 1928)[105]
* 11 April – Wilbur G. Howcroft, writer for children (born 1917)[106]
* 7 July – Elisabeth MacIntyre, writer for children (born 1916)[107]
* 17 August – Thea Astley, novelist (born 1925)[108]
* 8 November – Peter Mathers, novelist and short story writer (born 1931 in Fulham, England)[109]

## See also

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* 2004 in Australia
* 2004 in literature
* 2004 in poetry
* List of years in literature
* List of years in Australian literature

## References

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1. ^ a b The Austlit Gateway News March/April 2004
2. ^ a b The Austlit Gateway News July/August 2004
3. ^ The Austlit Gateway News September/October 2004
4. ^ "Book prize controversy". The Age. Melbourne. 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
5. ^ "Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award | Northern Territory Library". ntl.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
6. ^ "Home by Larissa Behrendt". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
7. ^ "Cape Grimm by Carmel Bird". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
8. ^ "Furies by John Charalambous". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
9. ^ "Geography by Sophie Cunningham". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
10. ^ "The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean by Jack Dann". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
11. ^ "The Thompson Gunner by Nick Earls". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
12. ^ "Backwaters by Robert Engwerda". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
13. ^ "The Broken Book by Susan Johnson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
14. ^ "The Goddamn Bus of Happiness by Stefan Laszczuk". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
15. ^ "The Philosopher's Doll by Amanda Lohrey". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
16. ^ "Angel Puss by Colleen McCullough". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
17. ^ "The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
18. ^ "Taming the Beast by Emily Maguire". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
19. ^ "Hill of Grace by Steven Orr". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
20. ^ "Fire Fire by Eva Sallis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
21. ^ "Snowleg by Nicholas Shakespeare". Austlit. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
22. ^ "Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
23. ^ "I Have Kissed Your Lips by Gerard Windsor". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
24. ^ "The Last Ride by Denise Young". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
25. ^ "Scraps of Heaven by Arnold Zable". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
26. ^ "Devastation Road by Joanna Baker". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
27. ^ "Farm Kid by Sherryl Clark". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
28. ^ "A Home for Bilby by Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
29. ^ "By the River by Steven Herrick". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
30. ^ "Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
31. ^ "Camel Rider by Prue Mason". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
32. ^ "The Coast Road by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
33. ^ "The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
34. ^ "The Walker by Jane Goodall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
35. ^ "Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
36. ^ "Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
37. ^ "No Trace by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
38. ^ "Covet by Tara Moss". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
39. ^ "Far Horizon by Tony Park". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
40. ^ "Murder by Manuscript by Steven J. Spears". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
41. ^ "Ophelia's Fan by Christine Balint". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
42. ^ "Spinning Around by Catherine Jinks". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
43. ^ "The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
44. ^ "The Stockmen by Rachael Treasure". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
45. ^ "Outback Sunset by Lynne Wilding". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
46. ^ "Mothership by John Brosnan". ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
47. ^ "The Ghost Writer by John Harwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
48. ^ "Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts by Simon Haynes". Austlit. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
49. ^ "The Tainted by Glenda Larke". ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
50. ^ "Snow, Fire, Sword by Sophie Masson". ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
51. ^ "A Fire in the Shell by Josephine Pennicott". ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
52. ^ "The Wanderer by Cherry Wilder and Katya Reimann". ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
53. ^ "The Call by Martin Flanagan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
54. ^ "Julia 3 by Michael Gurr". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
55. ^ "Mr Bailey's Minder by Debra Oswald". Austlit. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
56. ^ "Toby by Abe Pogos". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
57. ^ "Run Rabbit Run! by Alana Valentine". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
58. ^ "<More or Less Than> 1–100 by M. T. C. Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
59. ^ "The Ship by Sarah Day". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
60. ^ "Next to Nothing by Noel Rowe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
61. '^ "The Colosseum by Dipti Saravanamuttu". Austlit. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
62. ^ "Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
63. ^ "Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son by Peter Carey". Austlit. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
64. ^ "Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities by Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
65. ^ "In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia by Sally Neighbour". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
66. ^ "Henry Handel Richardson: A Life by Michael Ackland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
67. ^ "Adam's Ark by Phillip Adams". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
68. ^ "Plenty: Digressions on Food by Gay Bilson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
69. ^ "Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift by Max Brown". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
70. ^ "Keep the Bastards Honest by Don Chipp". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
71. ^ "Latham and Abbott by Michael Duffy". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
72. ^ "The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape by Carolly Erickson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
73. ^ "Steve Waugh by Peter FitzSimons". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
74. ^ "Country by Tim Flannery". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
75. ^ "The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays by John Hughes". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
76. ^ "I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times by John Marsden". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
77. ^ "A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst by Siobhan O'Brien". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
78. ^ "Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's by Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
79. ^ "Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh by Peter Roebuck". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
80. ^ "Bud: A Life by Charles Tingwell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
81. ^ "Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright by Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
82. ^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award". Austlit. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
83. ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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85. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
86. ^ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
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90. ^ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2003-2005"". Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
91. ^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-)". Austlit. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
92. ^ ""Shanghai surprise"". Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
93. ^ ""Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Previous Winners"". Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
94. ^ "Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2004 Winner". Archived from the original on 12 August 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
95. ^ ""Australian Literary Awards: Western Australian Premier's"". University Libraries, University of Washington. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
96. ^ ""LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2004"". LibraryThing. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
97. ^ "2004 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
98. ^ 2004 National Literary Awards at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 September 2007)
99. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
100. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
101. ^ ""National Biography Award – Past Winners"". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
102. ^ "Len Fox (1905-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
103. ^ "Barbara Jefferis (1917-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
104. ^ "Austlit — Norman Talbot (1936-2004)". Austlit. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
105. ^ "Bruce Beaver (1928-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
106. ^ "Wilbur G. Howcroft (1917-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
107. ^ "Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
108. ^ "Thea Astley (1925-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
109. ^ "Peter Mathers (1931-2004)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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