1989 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1989.
- Peter Carey won the Miles Franklin Award for Oscar and Lucinda
Major publications
Novels
- Jessica Anderson — Taking Shelter
- Mena Calthorpe — The Plain of Ala[1]
- Bryce Courtenay — The Power of One
- Tom Flood — Oceana Fine
- Peter Goldsworthy — Maestro
- Elizabeth Jolley — My Father's Moon
- Tom Keneally — Towards Asmara
- Alex Miller — The Tivington Nott
- Amy Witting — I for Isobel[2]
Short story anthologies
- Liam Davison — The Shipwreck Party[3]
- Brian Matthews — Quickening and Other Stories[4]
Crime and mystery
- Kerry Greenwood — Cocaine Blues, the first in the Phryne Fisher series.
- Jennifer Rowe — Murder by the Book[5]
Science fiction and fantasy
- Judith Clarke — The Boy on the Lake : Stories[6]
- Greg Egan – "The Cutie"
- Rosaleen Love — The Total Devotion Machine and Other Stories[7]
Children's and young adult fiction
- Graeme Base — The Eleventh Hour
- Morris Gleitzman — Two Weeks with the Queen[8]
Poetry
- Robert Adamson — The Clean Dark
- Dorothy Hewett — A Tremendous World in Her Head: Selected Poems
- Dorothy Porter — Driving Too Fast[9]
- Peter Porter — Possible Worlds
- Peter Skrzynecki — "Night Swim"[10]
Drama
- Nick Enright — Daylight Saving
- Jenny Kemp — Call of the Wild[11]
- Peta Murray
- David Williamson — Top Silk[14]
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
- Mary Durack AC, for "service to the community and literature"[17]
- Les Murray (poet) AO, for "service to Australian literature"[18]
- Thomas Shapcott AO, for "service to Australian literature and to arts administration"[19]
- Gwen Harwood AO, for "service to literature, particularly as a poet and librettist"[20]
- Max Harris (poet) AO, for "service to literature"[21]
- Clement Semmler AM, for "service to Australian literature"[22]
- John Morrison (writer) AM, for "service to literature"[23]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[24] | Chris Wallace-Crabbe |
| Patrick White Award[25] | Thea Astley |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year Award[26] | Marsden Hordern | Mariners are Warned!: John Lort Stokes and HMS Beagle in Australia 1837-1843 | Melbourne University Press |
| ALS Gold Medal[27] | Frank Moorhouse | Forty-Seventeen | Viking Books |
| Colin Roderick Award[28] | Chris Symons | John Bishop : A Life for Music | |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[29] | Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Gillian Mears | Ride a Cock Horse | Pascoe Publishing |
National
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Children's | Not awarded | ||
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[36] | Gillian Rubinstein | Beyond the Labyrinth | Hyland House |
| Picture Book | Graeme Base[37] | The Eleventh Hour | Viking Kestrel | |
| Allan Baillie & Jane Tanner[38] | Drac and the Gremlin | Viking Kestrel | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Young People's Literature | Mary Pershall | You Take the High Road | Penguin |
| Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[34] | Caroline MacDonald | The Lake at the End of the World | Hodder & Stoughton |
Science fiction and fantasy
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian SF Achievement Award[39] | Best Australian Long Fiction | Damien Broderick | Striped Holes | Avon |
| Best Australian Short Fiction | Lucy Sussex | "My Lady Tongue" | Matilda at the Speed of Light | |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Not awarded | ||
| Anne Elder Award[40] | Mark Miller | Conversing with Stones | Five Islands Press |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[41] | Dorothy Hewett | A Tremendous World in Her Head | Dangaroo Press |
| Mary Gilmore Award[42] | Alex Skovron | The Rearrangement | Melbourne University Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | John Tranter | Under Berlin | University of Queensland Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Gwen Harwood | Bone Scan | Angus and Robertson |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | FilmScript | Not awarded | |
| Radio Script | Alana Valentine | The Story of Anger Lee Bredenza | |
| Television Script | Bob Ellis and Stephen Ramsay | The True Believers | |
| Play | Stephen Sewell | Hate | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Drama | Daniel Keene | Silent Partner |
Non-fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[30] | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year Award[26] | Marsden C. Hordern | Mariners are Warned!: John Lort Stokes and HMS Beagle in Australia 1837-1843 | Melbourne University Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[33] | Maslyn Williams | His Mother's Country | Melbourne University Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[34] | Oskar Spate | Paradise Found and Lost | ANU Press |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1989 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 2 June — Will Kostakis, author and journalist[43]
Unknown date
- Robbie Arnott, author[44]