2004 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2004.
Events
- John Hay, Peter Porter, Elizabeth Webby, W. H. Wilde, and Barbara Ker Wilson are all recognised in the 2004 Australia Day Honours.[1]
- Peter Craven is sacked as editor of Quarterly Essay and the annual The Best Australian... anthologies after a dispute with Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz.[1]
- Kenneth Dutton, Nick Enright, Morag Fraser, David Myers, and Brenda Niall are recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list.[2]
- Independent book publishers Text (Australia) and Canongate (UK) form a joint venture. The Text Media Group, purchased by John Fairfax earlier this year, sells Text Publishing to the joint venture partners.[2]
- Sydney Morning Herald Literary Editor, Malcolm Knox exposes Norma Khouri and her 'factual' account of honour killings in Jordan as a fabrication.[3]
- Mark Rubbo, David Marr and Kerryn Goldsworthy resign as Miles Franklin Award judges in protest at changes to the charter governing the award's administration.[4]
- Inaugural Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards held[5]
Major publications
Literary fiction
- Sarah Armstrong – Salt Rain
- Larissa Behrendt – Home[6]
- Carmel Bird – Cape Grimm[7]
- Steven Carroll – The Gift of Speed
- John Charalambous – Furies[8]
- Jon Cleary – Miss Ambar Regrets
- Bryce Courtenay – Brother Fish
- Sophie Cunningham – Geography[9]
- Jack Dann – The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean[10]
- Nick Earls – The Thompson Gunner[11]
- Robert Engwerda – Backwaters[12]
- Susan Johnson – The Broken Book[13]
- Gail Jones – Sixty Lights
- Stefan Laszczuk – The Goddamn Bus of Happiness[14]
- Amanda Lohrey – The Philosopher's Doll[15]
- Colleen McCullough – Angel Puss[16]
- Andrew McGahan – The White Earth
- Monica McInerney – The Alphabet Sisters[17]
- Emily Maguire – Taming the Beast[18]
- Steven Orr – Hill of Grace[19]
- Eva Sallis – Fire Fire[20]
- Nicholas Shakespeare – Snowleg[21]
- Celestine Hitiura Vaite – Frangipani [22]
- Gerard Windsor – I Have Kissed Your Lips[23]
- Charlotte Wood – The Submerged Cathedral
- Denise Young – The Last Ride[24]
- Arnold Zable – Scraps of Heaven[25]
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Joanna Baker – Devastation Road[26]
- Michael Gerard Bauer – The Running Man
- Sherryl Clark – Farm Kid[27]
- Robert Corbert – Shelf Life
- Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding – A Home for Bilby[28]
- Anthony Eaton – Fireshadow
- Jon Flanagan – The Ruins of Gorlan
- Sonya Hartnett – The Silver Donkey
- Steven Herrick – By the River[29]
- Joanne Horniman – Secret Scribbled Notebooks[30]
- Prue Mason – Camel Rider[31]
- James Moloney – The Book of Lies
- Garth Nix – Grim Tuesday
- Emily Rodda
- Scott Westerfeld – So Yesterday
Crime
- Peter Corris – The Coast Road[32]
- Colin Cotterill – The Coroner's Lunch[33]
- Kathryn Fox – Malicious Intent
- Jane Goodall – The Walker[34]
- Kerry Greenwood
- Malcolm Knox – A Private Man
- Barry Maitland – No Trace[37]
- Tara Moss – Covet [38]
- Tony Park – Far Horizon[39]
- Leigh Redhead – Peepshow
- Steve J. Spears – Murder by Manuscript[40]
Romance
- Christine Balint – Ophelia's Fan[41]
- Catherine Jinks – Spinning Around[42]
- Stephanie Laurens – The Ideal Bride[43]
- Rachael Treasure – The Stockmen[44]
- Lynne Wilding – Outback Sunset[45]
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- John Birmingham – Weapons of Choice
- John Brosnan – Mothership[46]
- Alison Croggon – The Riddle
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Iron Tree
- Marianne de Pierres – Nylon Angel
- Jennifer Fallon – Wolfblade
- Rob Gerrand — The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing : A Fifty Year Collection (edited)
- Richard Harland – The Black Crusade
- John Harwood – The Ghost Writer[47]
- Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts[48]
- Nathan Hobby – The Fur
- Liam Hearn – Brilliance of the Moon
- Ian Irvine – The Life Lottery
- Margo Lanagan – Black Juice
- Glenda Larke – The Tainted[49]
- Maxine McArthur – Less than Human
- Fiona McIntosh
- Sophie Masson – Snow, Fire, Sword[50]
- Josephine Pennicott – A Fire in the Shell[51]
- Matthew Reilly – Hover Car Racer
- Cherry Wilder and Katya Reimann – The Wanderer[52]
- Kim Wilkins – Giants of the Frost
- Sean Williams – The Crooked Letter
Drama
- Bob Ellis and Robin McLachlan – A Local Man
- Martin Flanagan – The Call[53]
- Michael Gurr – Julia 3[54]
- Debra Oswald – Mr Bailey's Minder[55]
- Abe Pogos – Toby[56]
- Alana Valentine – Run Rabbit Run![57]
- David Williamson – Amigos
Poetry
- M. T. C. Cronin – <More or Less Than> 1–100[58]
- Luke Davies – Totem
- Sarah Day – The Ship[59]
- Noel Rowe – Next to Nothing[60]
- Dipti Saravanamuttu – The Colosseum[61]
- Samuel Wagan Watson – Smoke Encrypted Whispers[62]
Non-fiction
- Peter Carey – Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son[63]
- Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland – Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities[64]
- Sally Neighbour – In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia[65]
Biographies
- Michael Ackland – Henry Handel Richardson: A Life[66]
- Phillip Adams – Adam's Ark[67]
- Gay Bilson – Plenty: Digressions on Food[68]
- Max Brown – Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift[69]
- Don Chipp – Keep the Bastards Honest[70]
- Michael Duffy – Latham and Abbott[71]
- Carolly Erikson – The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape[72]
- Peter FitzSimons – Steve Waugh[73]
- Tim Flannery – Country[74]
- John Hughes – The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays[75]
- John Marsden – I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times[76]
- Siobhan O'Brien – A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst[77]
- Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn – Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's[78]
- Peter Roebuck – Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh[79]
- Charles Tingwell – Bud: A Life[80]
- Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith – Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright[81]
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year Award[84] | Luke Davies | Totem | Allen & Unwin |
| ALS Gold Medal[85] | Laurie Duggan | Mangroves | University of Queensland Press |
| Colin Roderick Award[86] | Alan Wearne | The Lovemakers | ABC Books |
| Tim Winton | The Turning | Picador | |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award[87] | Fiona Capp | That Oceanic Feeling | Allen & Unwin |
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[88] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Michelle de Kretser | The Hamilton Case | Knopf |
| Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Nada Awar Jarrar | Somewhere, Home | Heineman | |
National
Children and Young Adult
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Melina Marchetta | Saving Francesca | Viking Books |
| Younger Readers | Carole Wilkinson | Dragon Keeper | Black Dog Books | |
| Picture Book | Joan Grant, illus. Neil Curtis | Cat and Fish | Lothian | |
| Early Childhood | Pamela Allen | Grandpa and Thomas | Viking Books | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Kierin Meehan | Night Singing | Puffin Books |
| Young People's | David Metzenthen | Boys of Blood and Bone | Penguin Books | |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Carole Wilkinson | Dragonkeeper | Black Dog Books |
| Young Adult | Martine Murray | How to Make a Bird | Allen & Unwin | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award[94] | Young Adult Fiction | Margo Lanagan | Black Juice | Allen & Unwin |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Writing for Young Adults | Colin Bowles | Nights in the Sun | Penguin Books |
| Children's | Mark Greenwood | The Legend of Lasseter's Reef | Cygnet | |
Crime and Mystery
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award[96] | Novel | Janette Turner Hospital | Due Preparations for the Plague | HarperCollins |
| Readers' Choice | Lindy Cameron | Thicker Than Water | HarperCollins | |
| Young Adult Novel | Ruth Starke | Muck-Up Day | Lothian | |
| Ned Kelly Award[97] | Novel | Jon Cleary | Degrees of Connection | HarperCollins |
| First novel | Jane R. Goodall | The Walker | Hodder Headline | |
| Wayne Grogan | Junkie Pilgrim | Brandl and Schlesinger | ||
| True crime | Peter Rees | Killing Juanita | Allen & Unwin | |
| Lifetime achievement | Bob Bottom | |||
Science fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurealis Award | Novel | K. A. Bedford | Eclipse | Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| Short Story | Trent Jamieson | "Slow and Ache" | Aurealis | |
| Fantasy Novel | Juliet Marillier | Blade of Fortriu | Pan Macmillan | |
| Fantasy Short Story | Richard Harland | "The Greater Death of Saito Saku" | Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) | |
| Rosaleen Love | "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" | Aqueduct Press (The Traveling Tide); Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) | ||
| Horror Novel | No award. | |||
| Horror Short Story | Lee Battersby | "Pater Familias" | Shadowed Realms | |
| Young Adult Novel | Isobelle Carmody | Alyzon Whitestarr | Penguin Books | |
| Ditmar Award | Novel | K. J. Bishop | The Etched City | Prime Books |
| Novella/Novelette | Lucy Sussex | "La Sentinelle" | Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural | |
| Short Story | Trudi Canavan | "Room for Improvement" | Forever Shores | |
| Collected Work | Cat Sparks ed. | Agog! Terrific Tales | Agog! Press | |
| Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch eds. | Forever Shores | Wakefield Press | ||
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[89] | Dorothy Porter | Wild Surmise | Picador |
| The Age Book of the Year[84] | Luke Davies | Totem | Allen & Unwin |
| Anne Elder Award[98] | Lidija Cvetkovic | War is Not the Season for Figs | University of Queensland Press |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[99] | Luke Davies | Totem | Allen & Unwin |
| Mary Gilmore Prize[100] | Michael Brennan | The Imageless World | Salt Publishing |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[92] | Pam Brown | Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems | Salt Publishing |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[93] | Judith Beveridge | Wolf Notes | Giramondo Publishing |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award[94] | Judith Beveridge | Wolf Notes | Giramondo Publishing |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[95] | Miriam Wei Wei Lo | Against Certain Capture | Five Islands Press |
Drama
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick White Playwrights' Award[101] | Stephen Carleton | Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset | Playlab |
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[89] | Non-Fiction | Rebe Taylor | Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island | Wakefield Press |
| The Age Book of the Year[84] | Non-Fiction | Peter Robb | A Death in Brazil | Duffy and Snellgrove |
| National Biography Award[102] | Biography | Barry Hill | Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession | Knopf |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Inga Clendinnen | Dancing with Strangers | Text Publishing |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Stuart Macintyre and Anna Clark | The History Wars | Melbourne University Press |
| Community and Regional History | Patricia Crawford and Ian Crawford | Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area | University of Western Australia Press | |
| General History | Edward Duyker | Citizen Labillardiere: A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755–1834) | Melbourne University Press | |
| Young People's | David Hollinsworth | They Took the Children | Working Title Press | |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award | Fiona Capp | That Oceanic Feeling | Allen and Unwin | |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Peter Robb | A Death in Brazil | Duffy and Snellgrove |
| History | Inga Clendinnen | Dancing with Strangers | Text Publishing | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award[94] | Non-fiction | Graeme Davison | Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities | Allen and Unwin |
Deaths
- 3 January –
- 8 January – Norman Talbot, poet (born 1936)[105]
- 17 February – Bruce Beaver, poet (born 1928)[106]
- 11 April – Wilbur G. Howcroft, writer for children (born 1917)[107]
- 7 July – Elisabeth MacIntyre, writer for children (born 1916)[108]
- 17 August – Thea Astley, novelist (born 1925)[109]
- 8 November – Peter Mathers, novelist and short story writer (born 1931 in Fulham, England)[110]