1988 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1988.
- Peter Carey won the 1988 Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda
- The Miles Franklin Award was not awarded this year as the date was changed from year of publication to year of announcement.
Major publications
Novels
- Peter Carey — Oscar and Lucinda
- Liam Davison — The Velodrome[1]
- Rodney Hall — Captivity Captive
- Helen Hodgman — Broken Words
- Dorothy Johnston — Maralinga, My Love[2]
- Thomas Keneally — Act of Grace
- Alex Miller — Watching the Climbers on the Mountain
- Gerald Murnane — Inland
- Morris West — Masterclass
- Tim Winton — In the Winter Dark
Short stories
- Rob Hood — Daydreaming on Company Time
- Olga Masters — The Rose Fancier[3]
- Frank Moorhouse — Forty-Seventeen
Children's and young adult fiction
- Graeme Base — The Eleventh Hour
- Hesba Fay Brinsmead — When You Come to the Ferry[4]
- Caroline MacDonald — The Lake at the End of the World
- P. L. Travers — Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
- Gillian Rubinstein — Beyond the Labyrinth[5]
- Tim Winton — Jesse
Crime fiction
- Jon Cleary — Now and Then, Amen
- Peter Corris — Man in the Shadows: A Short Novel and Six Stories
- Marele Day — The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender (first in the Claudia Valentine series)[6]
Science fiction and fantasy
- Damien Broderick
- David J. Lake — West of the Moon[9]
- Lucy Sussex – "My Lady Tongue"
Poetry
- Gwen Harwood — Bone Scan
- Judith Rodriguez — The House by Water: New and Selected Poems[10]
- John Tranter — Under Berlin
Drama
- Andrew Bovell — After Dinner
- Jan Cornall — Escape from a Better Place[11]
Non-fiction
- Tom Cole — Hell West and Crooked[12]
- Peter Conrad — Down Home: Revisiting Tasmania[13]
- Laurie Hergenhan (editor) — The Penguin New Literary History of Australia[14]
- Eric Rolls — A Million Wild Acres
- Dale Spender — Writing a New World: Two Centuries of Australian Women Writers[15]
Awards and honours
- Dorothy Auchterlonie Green AO, for "service to Australian literature, particularly as a writer, critic and teacher"[16]
- Elizabeth Jolley AO, for "service to Australian literature"[17]
- Rosemary Wighton AO, for "public service, to literature and to the community"[18]
- Tom Hungerford AM, for "service to literature"[19]
- David Martin (poet) AM, for "service to Australian literature"[20]
- Gavin Souter AM, for "service to literature and journalism"[21]
- Len Beadell OAM, for "service to the Public service and to literature"[22]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[23] | Roland Robinson |
| Patrick White Award[24] | Roland Robinson |
Literary
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize[28] | Peter Carey | Oscar and Lucinda | University of Queensland Press | |
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[29] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | George Turner | The Sea and Summer | Faber & Faber |
National
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Children's | Gillian Rubinstein | Space Demons | Omnibus Books |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[36] | John Marsden | So Much to Tell You | Walter McVitty Books |
| Picture Book[37] | Bob Graham | Crusher is Coming! | Lothian Books | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Young People's Literature | Gillian Rubinstein | Answers to Brut | Omnibus Books |
| Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[34] | John Marsden | So Much to Tell You | Walter McVitty Books |
Science fiction and fantasy
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian SF Achievement Award[38] | Best Australian Long Fiction | Terry Dowling | For As Long As You Burn | Aphelion SF Magazine |
| Best Australian Short Fiction | Terry Dowling | "The Last Elephant" | Australian Short Stories #20 | |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Les Murray | The Daylight Moon | Angus & Robertson |
| Anne Elder Award[39] | Alex Skovron | The Rearrangement | Melbourne University Press |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[40] | John Tranter | Under Berlin | University of Queensland Press |
| Mary Gilmore Award[41] | Judith Beveridge | The Domesticity of Giraffes | Black Lightning Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Judith Beveridge | The Domesticity of Giraffes | Black Lightning Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Judith Beveridge | The Domesticity of Giraffes | Black Lightning Press |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Film Script | Laura Jones | High Tide |
| Radio Script | Keith Gallasch and Virginia Baxter | Australia-Japan: A Love Story | |
| Television Script | Anthony Wheeler | Olive | |
| Play | Alma De Groen | The Rivers of China | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Drama | Alma De Groen | The Rivers of China |
Non-fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Trevor Wilson | The Myriad Faces of War | Polity/Blackwells |
| The Age Book of the Year Award[25] | Robin Gerster | Big-Noting : The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing | Melbourne University Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Brian Matthews | Louisa | McPhee Gribble |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Brian Matthews | Louisa | McPhee Gribble |
