1995 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1995.
Major publications
Novels
- Carmel Bird – The White Garden[1]
- Marshall Browne – The Gilded Cage[2]
- Bryce Courtenay — The Potato Factory
- Beverley Farmer — The House in the Light[3]
- Judith Fox – Bracelet Honeymyrtle[4]
- Paul Horsfall – The Touchstone[5]
- Rod Jones — Billy Sunday
- Thomas Keneally — A River Town
- Christopher Koch — Highways to a War
- Amanda Lohrey – Camille's Bread
- Alex Miller — The Sitters[6]
- Mandy Sayer — The Cross[7]
- Kathleen Stewart — Spilt Milk[8]
Crime and mystery
- Jon Cleary – Winter Chill
- John Dale — Dark Angel
- Garry Disher – Port Vila Blues[9]
- Kerry Greenwood – Ruddy Gore[10]
- Gabrielle Lord – Bones[11]
- Barry Maitland — The Malcontenta
Science fiction and fantasy
- David Brooks (author) — The House of Balthus
- Jack Dann — The Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci
- Sara Douglass — Battleaxe
- Greg Egan
- Paul Kidd — Mus of Kerbridge
- Garth Nix — Sabriel
- Gillian Rubinstein — Galax-Arena
- Tony Shillitoe — The Last Wizard
Children's and young adult fiction
- Isobelle Carmody — Ashling
- Brian Caswell — Deucalion
- Mem Fox — Wombat Divine
- Sonya Hartnett — Sleeping Dogs[12]
- Catherine Jinks — Witch Bank
- John Marsden — The Third Day, The Frost
- Garth Nix — Sabriel
Poetry
- Jordie Albiston — Nervous Arcs[13]
- Peter Bakowski — In The Human Night[14]
- Dorothy Hewett — Collected Poems 1940–1995[15]
- Philip Hodgins — Things Happen[16]
Drama
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
- Christopher Koch AO "for service to Australian literature as a novelist"[19]
- Alexander Stewart Cockburn AM "for service to journalism and literature"[20]
- Bryce Courtenay AM "for service to advertising and marketing to the community and as an author"[21]
- Mollie Gillen AM "for service to genealogy and to Australian historical research"[22]
- Paul Jennings AM "for service to children's literature"[23]
- Frances Margaret McGuire AM "for service to the community and to literature, particularly through the State Library of South Australia"[24]
- Walter Richard McVitty AM "for service to the arts, particularly as educator and publisher of children's literature"[25]
- Maurice Saxby AM "for service to children's literature"[26]
- Gavin Souter AM "for service to Australian historical literature"[27]
- Donald Wall AM "for service to the recorded history of World war II, particularly the history of the 8th Division and the fate of prisoners of war at Sandakan, Northern Borneo"[28]
- Madeleine Ruby Irene Brunato-Arthur OAM "for service to Australian writers, particularly through the Fellowship of Australian Writers in South Australia"[29]
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award[30] | Thomas Shapcott Robert Adamson |
| Patrick White Award[31] | Elizabeth Riddell |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Chris Wallace-Crabbe | Selected Poems 1956–1994 | Oxford University Press |
| ALS Gold Medal[33] | Helen Demidenko | The Hand That Signed the Paper | Allen & Unwin |
| Colin Roderick Award[34] | Judy Cassab | Diaries | Random House |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards – Book of the Year[35] | The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia | David Horton | Aboriginal Studies Press |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award[36] | Drusilla Modjeska | The Orchard | Pan Macmillan |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[37] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Tim Winton | The Riders | Pan Macmillan |
| Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Adib Khan | Seasonal Adjustments | Allen & Unwin | |
| Best Overall First Novel | Adib Khan | Seasonal Adjustments | Allen & Unwin | |
National
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[38] | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Rod Jones | Billy Sunday | Picador |
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[39] | Richard King | Kindling Does for Firewood | Allen and Unwin |
| Miles Franklin Award[40] | Helen Demidenko | The Hand That Signed the Paper | Allen and Unwin |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Lily Brett | Just Like That | Pan Macmillan |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[41] | Kate Grenville | Dark Places | Macmillan |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[42] | Simone Lazaroo | The World Waiting to be Made | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[38] | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Chris Wallace-Crabbe | Selected Poems 1956–1994 | Oxford University Press |
| Anne Elder Award[43] | Jennifer Harrison | Michelangelo's Prisoners | Black Pepper Press |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[44] | Kevin Hart | New and Selected Poems | Angus and Robertson |
| Rhyll McMaster | Flying the Coop : New and Selected Poems 1972–1994 | Heinemann | |
| Jemal Sharah | Path of Ghosts: Poems 1986–93 | Heinemann | |
| Mary Gilmore Award[45] | Aileen Kelly | Coming Up for Light | Pariah Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Peter Boyle | Coming Home From the World | Five Islands Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[41] | Bruce Beaver | Anima and Other Poems | University of Queensland Press |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[42] | Andrew Taylor | Sandstone | University of Queensland Press |
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[38] | Children's | Not awarded | ||
| Children's Book of the Year Award[46] | Older Readers | Gillian Rubinstein | Foxspell | Hyland House |
| Picture Book | Gary Crew & Stephen Woolman | The Watertower | Keystone, Era | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Young People's Literature | Jenny Pausacker | Mr Enigmatic | Reed for Kids |
| Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction[41] | Allan Baillie | Songman | Viking Books | |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[42] | Children's and YA | Glyn Parry | Radical Take-offs | Allen & Unwin |
Science fiction and fantasy
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian SF Achievement Award[47] | Best Australian Long Fiction | Greg Egan | Permutation City | Millenium |
| Best Australian Short Fiction | Greg Egan | "Cocoon" | Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine May 1994 | |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[35] | FilmScript | Jane Kennedy, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch | "Playing the Ego Card", Frontline |
| Play | Michael Gow | Sweet Phoebe | |
| Hannie Rayson | Falling From Grace | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[41] | Drama | Barry Dickins | Remembering Ronald Ryan |
Non-fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[38] | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year Award[32] | Tim Flannery | The Future Eaters | New Holland Publishers |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[35] | Drusilla Modjeska | The Orchard | MacMillan |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[41] | Brenda Niall | Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer | Melbourne University Press |
