2014 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2014

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

## Events

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* The State Library of Queensland takes over the running the Queensland Literary Awards which had previously been run by a group of volunteers.[1]

## Major publications

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### Literary fiction

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* Belinda Alexandra – Sapphire Skies
* Emily Bitto – The Strays
* Peter Carey – Amnesia
* Elizabeth Harrower – In Certain Circles
* Sonya Hartnett – Golden Boys
* Janette Turner Hospital – The Claimant[2]
* Wendy James – The Lost Girls[3]
* Sofie Laguna – The Eye of the Sheep
* Joan London – The Golden Age
* Suzanne McCourt – The Lost Child[4]
* Gerald Murnane – A Million Windows[5]
* Omar Musa – Here Come the Dogs[6]
* Favel Parrett – When the Night Comes[7]
* Christine Piper – After Darkness
* Craig Sherborne – Tree Palace
* Inga Simpson – Nest[8]
* Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Effect
* Rohan Wilson – To Name Those Lost

### Short stories

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* Ceridwen Dovey – Only the Animals

### Children's and Young Adult fiction

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* Trace Balla – Rivertime
* Karen Foxlee – Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy
* Morris Gleitzman – Loyal Creatures
* Kerry Greenwood – Gallipoli (illustrated by Annie White)
* Andy Griffiths – The 52-Storey Treehouse
* Darren Groth – Are You Seeing Me?
* Rebecca James – Cooper Batholomew is Dead
* Ambelin Kwaymullina – The Lost Girl
* Alison Lester – Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach
* Rebecca Lim – The Astrologer's Daughter
* Doug MacLeod – Tigers on the Beach
* John Marsden – South of Darkness
* Alice Pung – Laurinda
* Diana Sweeney – The Minnow
* Claire Zorn – The Protected

### Crime

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* Honey Brown – Through the Cracks[9]
* Candice Fox – Eden
* Katherine Howell – Deserving Death[10]
* Barry Maitland – Crucifixion Creek[11]
* P. M. Newton – Beams Falling[12]
* Malla Nunn – Present Darkness[13]
* Michael Rowbotham – Life or Death
* Jock Serong – Quota

### Science Fiction and Fantasy

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* Trudi Canavan – Thief's Magic[14]
* Kate Forsyth – Wolves of the Witchwood[15]
* Patrick Holland – Navigatio[16]
* Juliet Marillier – The Cracks in the Kingdom[17]
* Garth Nix – Clariel
* Matthew Reilly – The Great Zoo of China
* John A. Scott – N[18]

### Drama

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* Michael Gow – Once in Royal David's City
* Daniel Keene – The Long Way Home

### Poetry

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* Judith Beveridge – Devadatta's Poems[19]
* Lesbia Harford – Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford (edited by Oliver Dennis)[20]
* Gwen Harwood – The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood[21]
* John Kinsella – Sack[22]
* Geoffrey Lehmann – Poems 1957–2013[23]
* Jennifer Maiden – Drones and Phantoms
* David Malouf – Earth Hour[24]
* Chris Wallace-Crabbe – My Feet are Hungry[25]

### Biographies

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* Bob Brown – Optimism : Reflections on a Life of Action
* Phil Butterss – An Unsentimental Bloke : The Life and Works of C. J. Dennis
* Matthew Condon – Jacks and Jokers
* Robert Dessaix – What Days Are For
* Rafael Epstein – Prisoner X
* Julia Gillard – My Story
* Dino Hodge – Don Dunstan : Intimacy and Liberty : A Political Biography
* John Howard – The Menzies Era : The Years that Shaped Modern Australia
* Madonna King – Hockey : Not your average Joe
* Elizabeth Morrison – David Syme : Man of the Age
* Mandy Sayer – The Poet's Wife
* David Walsh – A Bone of Fact

### Non-fiction

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* Sophie Cunningham – Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy[26]
* Paul Kelly – Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation[27]
* Bruce Pascoe – Dark Emu
* Sam Vincent – Blood & Guts

## 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[28] | Alan Wearne
Patrick White Award[29] | Brian Castro

### Literary

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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ALS Gold Medal[30] | Alexis Wright | The Swan Book | Giramondo Publishing
Colin Roderick Award[31] | Michael Wilding | Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam Lindsay
Gordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary | Australian Scholarly
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[32] | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Random House
Nita Kibble Literary Award[33] | Kristina Olsson | Boy Lost: A Family Memoir | University of Queensland Press
Stella Prize[34] | Clare Wright | The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka | Text Publishing
Victorian Prize for Literature[35] | Jennifer Maiden | Liquid Nitrogen | Giramondo Publishing

### Fiction

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#### International

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Man Booker Prize[36] | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Random House

#### National

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[37] | Frank Moorhouse | Cold Light | Vintage Books
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[38] | Christine Piper | After Darkness | Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award[39] | Margo Lanagan | Sea Hearts | Allen & Unwin
Fiona McFarlane | The Night Guest | Penguin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[32] | Richard Flanagan | The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Random House
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[32] | Hannah Kent | Burial Rites | Pan Macmillan
Miles Franklin Award[40] | Evie Wyld | All The Birds, Singing | Random House
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[41] | 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[42] | 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[35] | Alex Miller | Coal Creek | Allen & Unwin

### 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[43] | 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[32] | Children's & YA  | Alison Lester | Kissed by the Moon | Penguin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[42] | 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[35] | Young Adult Fiction  | Barry Jonsberg | My Life as an Alphabet | Allen and Unwin

### Crime and Mystery

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#### National

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Davitt Award[44] | 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[45] | 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

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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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

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[37] | Lisa Jacobson  | The Sunlit Zone | 5 Islands Press
Anne Elder Award[46] | Vanessa Page  | Confessional Box | Walleah Press
Mary Gilmore Prize[47] | Rose Lucas  | Even in the Dark | UWA Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[42] | Fiona Hile | Novelties | Hunter
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[35] | Jennifer Maiden | Liquid Nitrogen | Giramondo Publishing

### Drama

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[42] | Script  | Kris Mrksa  | Devil's Dust | Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Award  | Debra Thomas  | The Man's Bitch | Sydney Theatre Company
Fellowship  | Kate Mulvany |  |
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[35] | Drama  | Patricia Cornelius  | Savages | Playlab

### Non-Fiction

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[37] | Non-Fiction  | Kate Richards | Madness: A Memoir | Penguin Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[32] | Non-Fiction | David Hunt  | Girt | Black Inc.
National Biography Award[48] | Biography  | Alison Alexander  | The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer | Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[42] | 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[35] | Non-fiction  | Henry Reynolds | Forgotten War | NewSouth

## Deaths

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* 14 February – Marshall Browne, novelist (born 1935)[49]
* 10 April – Doris Pilkington Garimara, novelist (born c.1937)[50]
* 17 July – Liam Davison, novelist and critic (born 1957)[51]
* 19 September – Rod Milgate, playwright and painter (born 1934)[52]
* 8 October – Morris Lurie, novelist (born 1938)[53]
* 3 November – Michael Fitzgerald Page, writer and publisher (born 1922 in England)[54]

## See also

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* 2014 in Australia
* 2014 in literature
* 2014 in poetry
* List of years in Australian literature
* List of years in literature
* List of Australian literary awards

## References

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1. ^ a b ""Queensland Literary Awards - History of the Award"". State Library of Queensland. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
2. ^ "The Claimant by Janette Turner Hospital". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
3. ^ "The Lost Girls by Wendy James". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
4. ^ "The Lost Child by Suzanne McCourt". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
5. ^ "A Million Windows by Gerald Murnane". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
6. ^ "Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
7. ^ "When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
8. ^ "Nest by Inga Simpson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
9. ^ "Through the Cracks by Honey Brown". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
10. ^ "Deserving Death by Katherine Howell". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
11. ^ "Crucifixion Creek by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
12. ^ "Beams Falling by P. M. Newton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
13. ^ "Present Darkness by Malla Nunn". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
14. ^ "Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan". ISFDB. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
15. ^ "Wolves of the Witchwood by". ISFDB. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
16. ^ "Navigatio by Patrick Holland". ISFDB. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
17. ^ "The Cracks in the Kingdom by". ISFDB. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
18. ^ "N by John A. Scott". Austlit. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
19. ^ "Devadatta's Poems by Judith Beveridge". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
20. ^ "Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford edited by Oliver Dennis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
21. ^ "The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood by Gwen Harwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
22. ^ "Sack by John Kinsella". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
23. ^ "Poems 1957–2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
24. ^ "Earth Hour by David Malouf". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
25. ^ "My Feet are Hungry by Chris Wallace-Crabbe". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
26. ^ "Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
27. ^ "Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation by Paul Kelly". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
28. ^ ""National Literary Awards Results 2014"" (PDF). Fellowship of Australian Writers. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
29. ^ Patrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour, The Age, November 7, 2014
30. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
31. ^ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
32. ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
33. ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
34. ^ ""The Stella Prize — 2014"". The Stella Prize. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
35. ^ a b c d e f "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
36. ^ Brown, Mark (14 October 2014). "Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with 'timeless depiction of war'". The Guardian.
37. ^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
38. ^ "Piper wins Vogel for 'After Darkness'". Books+Publishing. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
39. ^ ""Barbara Jefferis Award"". Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
40. ^ Adrian Raschella (26 June 2014). "Miles Franklin Literary Award: Author Evie Wyld wins for her book All The Birds Singing". ABC News. ABC News, 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
41. ^ ""Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
42. ^ a b c d e "'Questions of Travel' wins Book of the Year at NSW Premier's Literary Awards". Books+Publishing. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
43. ^ ""CBCA – Winners 2014"". CBCA. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
44. ^ ""Whodunnit? The women killing it in crime writing"". The NewDaily. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
45. ^ "2014 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
46. ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award". Austlit. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
47. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
48. ^ Begley, Patrick (4 August 2014). "Alison Alexander wins National Biography Award for The Ambitions of Jane Franklin". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
49. ^ "Marshall Browne (1935-2014)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
50. ^ Dumas, Daisy (11 April 2014). "Doris Pilkington Garimara, author of Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence, dead at 76". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
51. ^ "Victorians among those killed in MH17 crash: Premier". bendigoadvertiser.com.au. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
52. ^ "Rodney Milgate (1934-2014)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
53. ^ "Morris Lurie (1938-2014)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
54. ^ ""Centennial Park – Memorial Search – Michael Fitzgerald Page"". Centennial Park. Retrieved 23 March 2025.

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