2026 in Australian literature
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This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2026.
Major publications
Literary fiction
- Michael Mohammed Ahmad – Bugger[1]
- Yumna Kassab – Goodbye, My Love[2]
- Fiona Kelly McGregor – The Trap[3]
- Steve Toltz – A Rising of the Lights[4]
- Sarah Walker – The Water Takes[5]
- Chloe Wilson – The Thornbacks[6]
- Michael Winkler – Griefdogg[7]
- Fiona Wright – Kill Your Boomers[8]
Science fiction and fantasy
- John Morrissey – Bird Deity[9]
Poetry
- Beverley Farmer – For the Season : Haikus[10]
- Lulu Houdini – ma-li[11]
- Maria van Neerven – Two Tongues[12]
Non-Fiction
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Patrick White Award | Not yet awarded |
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal | Not yet awarded | ||
| Colin Roderick Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[17] | Charlotte McConaghy | Wild Dark Shore | Penguin |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Stella Prize | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Evelyn Araluen | The Rot | University of Queensland Press |
Fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not yet awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year | Not yet awarded | ||
| ARA Historical Novel Prize | Not yet awarded | ||
| Barbara Jefferis Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[17] | Charlotte McConaghy | Wild Dark Shore | Penguin |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[17] | Emma Pei Yin | When Sleeping Women Wake | Hachette Australia |
| Miles Franklin Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Omar Musa | Fierceland | Penguin |
| Voss Literary Prize | Not yet awarded | ||
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARA Historical Novel Prize | Children and Young Adult | Not yet awarded | ||
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Not yet awarded | ||
| Younger Readers | Not yet awarded | |||
| Picture Book | Not yet awarded | |||
| Early Childhood | Not yet awarded | |||
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Not yet awarded | |||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[17] | Children's | Jessica Townsend, | Silverborn | Lothian |
| Young Adult | Amy Doak | Eleanor Jones Is Playing with Fire | Penguin | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young People's | Not yet awarded | |||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Children's | Zeno Sworder | Once I Was a Giant | Thames and Hudson |
| Young Adult | Margot McGovern | This Stays Between Us | Penguin |
Crime and Mystery
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award | Novel | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young adult novel | Not yet awarded | |||
| Children's novel | Not yet awarded | |||
| Non-fiction | Not yet awarded | |||
| Debut | Not yet awarded | |||
| Readers' choice | Not yet awarded | |||
| Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Not yet awarded | ||
| First novel | Not yet awarded | |||
| True crime | Not yet awarded | |||
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Not yet awarded | ||
| Anne Elder Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Mary Gilmore Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Eunice Andrada | KONTRA | Giramondo Publishing |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Script | Not yet awarded | ||
| Play | Not yet awarded | |||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Emilie Collyer | Super | Currency Press | |
| Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Fellowship | Not yet awarded |
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| The Age Book of the Year | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[17] | Non-Fiction | Hannah Kent | Always Home, Always Homesick | Picador |
| Illustrated Non-Fiction | Tim Pilgrim | Wild by Design | Murdoch | |
| National Biography Award | Biography | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Not yet awarded | ||
| Community and Regional History | Not yet awarded | |||
| General History | Not yet awarded | |||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Non-Fiction | Micaela Sahhar | Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family | NewSouth Publishing |
