2009 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2009.
Events
- HarperCollins takes over ABC Books – the publishing arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
- Caro Llewellyn, resigns as director of the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas (now called the Wheeler Centre) in Melbourne before taking up the role.[2] Chrissy Sharp, the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, is appointed to take her place.[3]
- The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, is suspended.[4]
Major publications
Literary fiction
- Steven Amsterdam – Things We Didn't See Coming
- Peter Carey – Parrot and Olivier in America
- Steven Carroll – The Lost Life
- Brian Castro – The Bath Fugues
- Nick Cave – The Death of Bunny Munro[5]
- Tracy Crisp – Black Dust Dancing[6]
- Deborah Forster – The Book of Emmett[7]
- Andrea Goldsmith – Reunion[8]
- Marion Halligan – Valley of Grace[9]
- Sonya Hartnett – Butterfly
- Eva Hornung – Dog Boy
- Katherine Johnson – Pescador's Wake[10]
- Tom Keneally – The People's Train
- Kate Legge – The Marriage Club[11]
- David Malouf – Ransom
- Alex Miller – Lovesong
- Jennifer Mills – The Diamond Anchor[12]
- Liane Moriarty – What Alice Forgot
- Kristina Olsson – The China Garden
- Sonia Orchard – The Virtuoso[13]
- Susan Varga – Headlong[14]
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Allan Baille – Krakatoa Lighthouse[15]
- Alyssa Brugman – Girl Next Door[16]
- Judith Clarke – The Winds of Heaven[17]
- Mem Fox
- Odo Hirsch – Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
- Paul Jennings – The Nest[18]
- Justine Larbalestier – How to Ditch Your Fairy
- Sophie Masson – The Madman of Venice[19]
- David Metzenthen – Jarvis 24[20]
- Tohby Riddle – The Lucky Ones[21]
- Lili Wilkinson – Pink
- Sean Williams – The Scarecrow[22]
Crime and Mystery
- Robert G. Barrett – High Noon in Nimbin[23]
- Sydney Bauer – Move to Strike[24]
- Marshall Browne – The Iron Heart[25]
- Peter Corris – Deep Water
- Marianne Delacourt – Sharp Shooter
- Garry Disher – Blood Moon
- Kathryn Fox – Blood Born[26]
- Leah Giarratano – Black Ice[27]
- Kerry Greenwood – Forbidden Fruit
- Bronwyn Parry – Dark Country[28]
Romance
- Michelle Douglas – The Aristocrat and The Single Mom[29]
- Nicola Marsh – Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed[30]
- Katherine Scholes – The Hunter's Wife[31]
- Maxine Sullivan – Valente's Baby[32]
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Trudi Canavan – The Magician's Apprentice
- Greg Egan
- Kim Falconer – The Spell of Rosette[33]
- Pamela Freeman – Full Circle [34]
- Christopher Green – "Father's Kill"
- Traci Harding – Being of the Field[35]
- Deborah Kalin – Shadow Queen[36]
- Glenda Larke – The Last Stormlord[37]
- Juliet Marillier – Heart's Blood[38]
- Ian McHugh – "Once a Month, On a Sunday"
- K. J. Taylor – The Dark Griffin[39]
- Sean Williams – The Grand Conjunction[40]
Drama
- Angela Betzien – The Dark Room[41]
- Matt Cameron & Tim Finn – Poor Boy[42]
- Joanna Murray-Smith – Rockabye[43]
- Richard Tulloch – The Book of Everything[44]
- David Williamson – Let the Sunshine[45]
Poetry
- Emily Ballou – The Darwin Poems[46]
- Judith Beveridge – Storm and Honey[47]
- Emma Jones – The Striped World[48]
- Jennifer Maiden – Pirate Rain[49]
- Geoff Page – 60 Classic Australian Poems
- Dorothy Porter – The Bee Hut[50]
- Peter Porter – Better Than God[51]
Biographies
- Roger Averill – Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey[52]
- Stephen Cummings – Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music[53]
- Jacqueline Kent – The Making of Julia Gillard[54]
- Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder – Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent[55]
- Don Walker – Shots[56]
- Jonathon Welch – Choir Man[57]
- Shirley Walker – The Ghost at the Wedding[58]
- George Whaley – Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor[59]
- Kristin Williamson – David Williamson: Behind the Scenes[60]
Awards and honours
Lifetime achievement
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year[64] | Steven Amsterdam | Things We Didn't See Coming | Sleepers Publishing |
| ALS Gold Medal[65] | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin |
| Colin Roderick Award[66] | Graham Freudenberg | Churchill and Australia | Pan Macmillan |
| James Boyce | Van Diemen's Land | Black Inc | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[67] | Craig Silvey | Jasper Jones | Allen & Unwin |
| Nita Kibble Literary Award[68] | Jacqueline Kent | An Exacting Heart: The Story of Hephzibah Menuhin | Viking |
Fiction
International
| Award | Region | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize[69] | SE Asia and South Pacific | Best Novel | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin |
| Overall winner | Best Novel | Christos Tsiolkas | The Slap | Allen & Unwin | |
National
Children and Young Adult
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Shaun Tan | Tales from Outer Suburbia | Allen & Unwin |
| Younger Readers | Glenda Millard, illus. Stephen Michael King | Perry Angel's Suitcase | ABC Books | |
| Picture Book | Kylie Dunstan | Collecting Colour | Lothian | |
| Early Childhood | Bob Graham | How to Heal a Broken Wing | Walker Books | |
| Davitt Award | Young Adult Novel | Catherine Jinks | Genius Squad | Allen & Unwin |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[67] | Children's & YA | Sally Murphy & Heather Potter (Illus) | Pearl Verses The World | Walker Books |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[76] | Children's | Ursula Dubosarsky and Tohby Riddle | The Word Spy | Penguin |
| Young People's | Michelle Cooper | A Brief History of Montmaray | Random House Australia | |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[77] | Children's | Gaye Chapman | Little Blue | Little Hare Books |
| Young Adult | Glenda Millard | A Small Free Kiss in the Dark | Allen & Unwin | |
| South Australian Premier's Awards | Children's | Not awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award[78] | Young Adult Fiction | Sue Saliba | Something in the World Called Love | Penguin |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Children's | Bob Graham | How to Heal a Broken Wing | Walker Books |
| Writing for Young Adults | Shaun Tan | Tales from Outer Suburbia | Allen & Unwin | |
Crime and Mystery
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award[80] | Novel | Malla Nunn | A Beautiful Place to Die | Pan Macmillan |
| Young adult novel | Catherine Jinks | Genius Squad | Allen & Unwin | |
| True crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | Penguin | |
| Readers' choice | Katherine Howell | The Darkest Hour | Pan Macmillan | |
| Ned Kelly Award[81] | Novel | Peter Corris | Deep Water | Allen & Unwin |
| Kel Robertson | Smoke and Mirrors | Ginninderra Press | ||
| First novel | Nick Gadd | Ghostlines | Scribe | |
| True crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man | Penguin | |
| Lifetime achievement | Shane Maloney | |||
Science Fiction and Fantasy
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Fantasy Award[82] | Best Novel | Margo Lanagan | Tender Morsels | Knopf |
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurealis Award | SF Novel | Andrew McGahan | Wonders of a Godless World | Allen & Unwin |
| SF Short Story | Peter M. Ball | "Clockwork, Patchwork and Ravens" | Apex Magazine | |
| Fantasy Novel | Trudi Canavan | The Magician's Apprentice | Orbit Books | |
| Fantasy Short Story | Christopher Green | "Father's Kill" | Beneath Ceaseless Skies | |
| Ian McHugh | "Once a Month, On a Sunday" | Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine | ||
| Horror Novel | Honey Brown | Red Queen | Penguin Books | |
| Horror Short Story | Paul Haines | "Slice of Life – A Spot of Liver" | The Mayne Press | |
| Paul Haines | "Wives" | Coeur de Lion Publishing (X6) | ||
| Ditmar Award[83] | Novel | Margo Lanagan | Tender Morsels | Allen & Unwin |
| Novella/Novelette | Kirstyn McDermott | "Painlessness" | Greatest Uncommon Denominator | |
| Short Story | Margo Lanagan | "The Goosle" | The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy | |
| Collected Work | ed. Jack Dann | Dreaming Again | Voyager | |
| Shadows Award | Kaaron Warren | Slights | Angry Robot |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[70] | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year[71] | Peter Porter | Better Than God | Picador |
| Anne Elder Award[84] | Emma Jones | The Striped World | Faber and Faber |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[85] | Not awarded | ||
| Mary Gilmore Prize[86] | Not awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[76] | L. K. Holt | Man Wolf Man | John Leonard Press |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[77] | Emma Jones | The Striped World | Faber and Faber |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award[78] | Robert Adamson | The Golden Bird | Black Inc. |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[79] | Kate Middleton | Fire Season | Giramondo Publishing |
Drama
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick White Playwrights' Award[87] | Ian Wilding | Forever Seven | |
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[70] | Non-Fiction | Not awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year | Non-fiction | Guy Rundle | Down to the Crossroads | Penguin Books |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[67] | Non-Fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Lincoln Hall | Alive in the Death Zone | Random House |
| Davitt Award | True crime | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
| National Biography Award[88] | Biography | Ann Blainey | I Am Melba | Black Inc. |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-fiction | Evelyn Juers | House of Exile: The Life and Times of Heinrich Mann and Nelly-Kroeger Mann | Giramondo Publishing |
| Marilyn Lake and Henry Reynolds | Drawing the Global Colour Line | Melbourne University Press | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[76] | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Robin Gerster | Travels in Atomic Sunshine: Australia and the Occupation of Japan | Scribe |
| Community and Regional History | David Bollen | Up on the Hill: A History of St Patrick's College | UNSW Press | |
| General History | Warwick Anderson | The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists into Whitemen | Johns Hopkins University Press | |
| Young People's | Anthony Hill | Captain Cook's Apprentice | Penguin Books | |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards[77] | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
| History | Jill Roe | Stella Miles Franklin | Fourth Estate | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award[78] | Non-fiction | Chloe Hooper | The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island | Hamish Hamilton |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Non-fiction | Iain McCalman | Darwin's Armada | W.W. Norton |
| Western Australian history | Penelope Hetherington | Paupers, Poor Relief & Poor Houses | UWA Publishing | |
Deaths
- 14 January – Val Vallis, poet (born 1916)[89]
- 3 June – Geoffrey C. Bingham, theological and short story writer (born 1919)[90]
- 3 July – Frank Devine, journalist (born 1931)[91]
- 6 September – Catherine Gaskin, author (born 1929 in Ireland)[92]
- 8 September – Rica Erickson, botanical and historical writer (born 1908)[93]
- 24 November – John West, poet (born 1951)[94]