2024 in Australian literature

Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2024

This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2024.

## Events

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* Both the chief executive and deputy chairman quit over promotional material released for the 2024 Melbourne Writers Festival[1]

## Major publications

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### Literary fiction

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* Amy Brown – My Brilliant Sister[2]
* Charmian Clift – The End of the Morning[3]
* Gail Jones – One Another[4]
* Meg Keneally – Free[5]

### Crime and mystery

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* Garry Disher – Sanctuary[6]
* Candice Fox – Devil's Kitchen[7]
* Sulari Gentill – The Mystery Writer[8]
* Dervla McTiernan – What Happened to Nina?
* Louise Milligan – Pheasants Nest[9]

### Science fiction and Fantasy

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* Greg Egan – Morphotrophic[10]
* Kate Forsyth – Psyckhe[11]
* Angela Slatter – The Briar Book of the Dead[12]

### Children's and young adult

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* Lili Wilkinson – Deep is the Fen[13]

### Non-Fiction

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* James Bradley – Deep Water[14]

## 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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Patrick White Award | Not yet awarded

### Literary

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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ALS Gold Medal[15] | Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | Giramondo Publishing
Colin Roderick Award | Not yet awarded  |  |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[16] | David Marr | Killing for Country: A Family Story | Black Inc
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[17] | Ali Cobby Eckermann | She Is the Earth | Magabala Books
Stella Prize[18] | Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | Giramondo Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[19] | Grace Yee | Chinese Fish | Giramondo Publishing

### Fiction

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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The Age Book of the Year[20] | Tony Birch | Women & Children | University of Queensland Press
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[21] | Kristina Ross  | First Year | Allen and Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award | Not yet awarded  |  |
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[16] | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | University of Queensland Press
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[16] | Jane Harrison  | The Visitors | Fourth Estate
Miles Franklin Award[22] | Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | Giramondo Publishing
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[23] | Andre Dao  | Anam | Hamish Hamilton
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[24] | Angela O'Keeffe  | The Sitter | University of Queensland Press
Queensland Literary Awards[25] | Sharlene Allsopp  | The Great Undoing | Ultimo
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[19] | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | University of Queensland Press

### Children and Young Adult

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Children's Book of the Year Award[26] | Older Readers | Karen Comer  | Grace Notes | Lothian
Younger Readers | Tristan Bancks | Scar Town | Puffin
Picture Book | Kelly Canby  | Timeless | Fremantle Press
Early Childhood | Briony Stewart | Gymnastica Fantastica! | Lothian
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway, illus by Louise Hogan  | Country Town | Fremantle Press
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[16] | Children's | Jaclyn Moriarty | The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet | Allen & Unwin
Young Adult | Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes | Welcome to Sex | Hardie Grant
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[23] | Children's  | Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, Leah Leaman, Cecelia Edwards, Cassandra Algy, Felicity Meakins, Briony Barr & Gregory Crocetti  | Tamarra: A Story of Termites on Gurindji Country | Hardie Grant
Young Adult  | Will Kostakis | We Could Be Something | Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] | Children's  | Levi Pinfold  | Paradise Sands: A story of enchantment | Walker Books
Young People's  | Helena Fox  | The Quiet and the Loud | Pan Macmillan Australia
Queensland Literary Awards[25] | Children's  | Karen Comer  | Sunshine on Vinegar Street | Allen & Unwin
Young Adult  | sydney knoo  | The Spider and Her Demons | Penguin
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[19] | Young Adult Fiction  | Lili Wilkinson | A Hunger of Thorns | Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[28] | Children's  | Dianne Wolfer | Scout and the Rescue Dogs | Walker Books

### Crime and Mystery

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#### National

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Davitt Award[29] | Novel  | Monica Vuu  | When One of Us Hurts | Macmillan
Young adult novel  | Amy Doak  | Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer | Penguin
Children's novel  | Lucinda Gifford  | The Wolves of Greycoat Hall | Walker Books
Non-fiction  | Rebecca Hazel  | The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife | Vintage
Debut  | Christine Keighery  | The Half Brother | Ultimo
Readers' choice  | Alison Goodman | The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies | HarperCollins
Ned Kelly Award | Novel  | Not yet awarded  |  |
First novel  | Not yet awarded  |  |
True crime  | Not yet awarded  |  |

### Non-Fiction

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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The Age Book of the Year[20] | Non-Fiction  | Ross McMullin | Life So Full of Promise | Scribe
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[16] | Non-Fiction | David Marr | Killing for Country: A Family Story | Black Inc
Illustrated Non-Fiction | Wendy Cooper  | The Bird Art of William T. Cooper | National Library of Australia
National Biography Award[30] | Biography  | Lamisse Hamouda  | The Shape of Dust: a father wrongly imprisoned. A daughter's quest to free him | Pantera Press
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[23] | Non-Fiction  | Daniel Browning  | Close to the Subject: Selected Works | Magabala Books
Australian History  | Ryan Cropp  | Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country | La Trobe University Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] | Non-Fiction  | Christine Kenneally | Ghosts of the Orphanage | Hachette Australia
New South Wales Premier's History Awards[31] | Australian History  | Alecia Simmonds  | Courting: An Intimate History of Love and the Law | La Trobe University Press, with Black Inc[32]
Community and Regional History  | Shauna Bostock  | Reaching Through Time: Finding my family's stories | Allen & Unwin
General History  | Katharine E. McGregor  | Systemic Silencing: Activism, Memory, and Sexual Violence in Indonesia | University of Wisconsin Press
Queensland Literary Awards[25] | Non-Fiction  | Abbas El-Zein | Bullet, Paper, Rock: A Memoir of Words and Wars | Upswell
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[19] | Non-Fiction  | Ellen van Neerven | Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity | University of Queensland Press

### Poetry

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Award  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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Anne Elder Award[33] | Sara M. Saleh  | The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat | University of Queensland Press
Mary Gilmore Award[34] | Dan Hogan  | Secret Third Thing | Cordite Books
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[23] | Amy Crutchfield  | Aphrodite | Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] | Tais Rose Wae  | Riverbed Sky Songs | Vagabond Press
Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection[25] | L. K. Holt  | Three Books | Vagabond Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[19] | Grace Yee | Chinese Fish | Giramondo Publishing

### Drama

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Award  | Category  | Author  | Title  | Publisher

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New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[27] | Script  | Anna Barnes  | Safe Home, Episode 1  | Kindling Pictures
Play  | Nicholas Brown | Sex Magick | Griffin Theatre Company & Currency Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[19] |  | S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack | The Jungle and the Sea | Belvoir St Theatre & Currency Press

## Deaths

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* 13 January – David Hansen, art historian (born 1958)[35]
* 4 February – Lowitja O'Donoghue, public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate (born 1932)[36]
* 19 February – Marion Halligan, novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayist (born 1940)[37]
* 25 March – Ian Heads, historian and journalist (born 1943)[38]
* 30 April – Lyndall Ryan, historian (born 1943)[39][40]
* 10 May – Hugh Edwards, journalist, author and marine photographer (born 1933 in Scotland)[41]
* 24 July – Ray Lawler, playwright (born 1921)[42]
* 31 August – Jack Hibberd, playwright (born 1940)[43]

## See also

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* 2024 in Australia
* 2024 in literature
* 2024 in poetry
* List of years in Australian literature
* List of years in literature

## References

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1. ^ Le Grand, Chip (25 February 2024). "Gaza conflict engulfs Melbourne Writers Festival as leaders quit over program row". The Age. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
2. ^ "Austlit — My Brilliant Sister by Amy Brown". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
3. ^ "Austlit — The End of the Morning by Charmian Clift". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
4. ^ "Austlit — One Another by Gail Jones". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
5. ^ "Austlit — Free by Meg Keneally". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
6. ^ "Sanctuary by Garry Disher". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
7. ^ "Devil's Kitchen". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
8. ^ "The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
9. ^ "Pheasants Nest". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
10. ^ "'Morphotrophic by Greg Egan". ISFDB. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
11. ^ "Psyckhe by Kate Forsyth". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
12. ^ "The Briar Book of the Dead by Angela Slatter". Austlit. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
13. ^ "Austlit — Deep is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson". Austlit. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
14. ^ Ball, Philip (7 March 2024). "Deep Water by James Bradley review – what lies beneath". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
15. ^ "Wright wins 2024 ALS Gold Medal". Books+Publishing. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
16. ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2024"". Australian Independent Booksellers. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
17. ^ Story, Hannah (20 May 2024). "Aboriginal poet wins $40,000 at major literary awards with 'profound' verse novel". ABC News. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
18. ^ "Wright wins 2024 Stella Prize for 'Praiseworthy'". Books+Publishing. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
19. ^ a b c d e f "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024". Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
20. ^ a b ""Tony Birch wins Book of the Year for timely novel about one of Australia's great challenges"". The Age, 8 May 2024. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
21. ^ ""The Australian/Vogel's Award for Young Writers"". Allen & Unwin. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
22. ^ Burke, Kelly (1 August 2024). "Alexis Wright wins second Miles Franklin prize for Praiseworthy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
23. ^ a b c d Burke, Kelly (12 September 2024). "Prime Minister's Literary awards 2024: Andre Dao wins $80,000 for debut novel Anam". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
24. ^ Story, Hannah (20 May 2024). "Aboriginal poet wins $40,000 at major literary awards with 'profound' verse novel". ABC News. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
25. ^ a b c d "Queensland Literary Awards 2024 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
26. ^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2024 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
27. ^ a b c d Story, Hannah (20 May 2024). "Aboriginal poet wins $40,000 at major literary awards with 'profound' verse novel". ABC News. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
28. ^ "WA Premier's Book Awards 2024 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
29. ^ "Davitt Awards 2024 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
30. ^ "National Biography Award". State Library of New South Wales. 21 May 2020.
31. ^ "NSW Premier's History Awards 2024 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
32. ^ "Winners announced for 2024 NSW Premier's History Awards". State Library of New South Wales. 6 September 2024.
33. ^ ""Saleh wins Anne Elder Award 2023"". Books+Publishing, 17 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
34. ^ "Hogan wins Mary Gilmore Award, Priest wins Magarey Medal". Books+Publishing. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
35. ^ "Obituary: David Hansen". AAANZ. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
36. ^ ""Indigenous leader Lowitja O'Donoghue dies aged 91"". The Age, 4 February 2024. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
37. ^ Dooley, Gillian (21 February 2024). "Marion Halligan was a woman of great warmth and generosity, and a consummate novelist". The Conversation. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
38. ^ "Ian John HEADS Death Notice". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
39. ^ Curthoys, Ann (1 May 2024). "Lyndall Ryan's impact on Australian history research will be felt for many years to come". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2024. "She died on Tuesday, aged 81."
40. ^ "Lyndall Ryan Death Notice". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
41. ^ Quekett, Malcolm (10 May 2024). "Hugh Edwards was a shipwreck hunter, author and maritime history expert". The West Australian. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
42. ^ Cuthbertson, Debbie (26 July 2024). "Summer of the Seventeenth Doll playwright Ray Lawler dies aged 103". WAtoday. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
43. ^ Swain, Madeleine (2 September 2024). "Vale Jack Hibberd – great Australian playwright and author of Dimboola". Arts Hub. Retrieved 6 September 2024.

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