This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2024.
Events
- Both the chief executive and deputy chairman quit over promotional material released for the 2024 Melbourne Writers Festival[1]
Major publications
Literary fiction
- Amy Brown – My Brilliant Sister[2]
- Charmian Clift – The End of the Morning[3]
- Gail Jones – One Another[4]
- Meg Keneally – Free[5]
Crime and mystery
- Garry Disher – Sanctuary[6]
- Candice Fox – Devil's Kitchen[7]
- Dervla McTiernan – What Happened to Nina?
- Louise Milligan – Pheasants Nest[8]
Children's and young adult
- Lili Wilkinson – Deep is the Fen[9]
Non-Fiction
- James Bradley – Deep Water[10]
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[11] | David Marr | Killing for Country: A Family Story | Black Inc |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[12] | Ali Cobby Eckermann | She Is the Earth | Magabala Books |
| Stella Prize[13] | Alexis Wright | Praiseworthy | Giramondo Publishing |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[14] | Grace Yee | Chinese Fish | Giramondo Publishing |
Fiction
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year[15] | Tony Birch | Women & Children | University of Queensland Press |
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[16] | Kristina Ross | First Year | Allen and Unwin |
| Barbara Jefferis Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[11] | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | University of Queensland Press |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[11] | Jane Harrison | The Visitors | Fourth Estate |
| Miles Franklin Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[17] | Angela O'Keeffe | The Sitter | University of Queensland Press |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[14] | Melissa Lucashenko | Edenglassie | University of Queensland Press |
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[11] | Children's | Jaclyn Moriarty | The Impossible Secret of Lillian Velvet | Allen & Unwin |
| Young Adult | Melissa Kang & Yumi Stynes | Welcome to Sex | Hardie Grant | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Children's | Levi Pinfold | Paradise Sands: A story of enchantment | Walker Books |
| Young People's | Helena Fox | The Quiet and the Loud | Pan Macmillan Australia | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[14] | Young Adult Fiction | Lili Wilkinson | A Hunger of Thorns | Allen & Unwin |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards[19] | Children's | Dianne Wolfer | Scout and the Rescue Dogs | Walker Books |
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 |
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year[15] | Non-Fiction | Ross McMullin | Life So Full of Promise | Scribe |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[11] | Non-Fiction | David Marr | Killing for Country: A Family Story | Black Inc |
| Illustrated Non-Fiction | Wendy Cooper | The Bird Art of William T. Cooper | National Library of Australia | |
| National Biography Award | Biography | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Non-Fiction | Christine Kenneally | Ghosts of the Orphanage | Hachette Australia |
| 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[14] | Non-Fiction | Ellen van Neerven | Personal Score: Sport, Culture, Identity | University of Queensland Press |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award[20] | Sara M. Saleh | The Flirtation of Girls/Ghazal el-Banat | University of Queensland Press |
| Mary Gilmore Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Tais Rose Wae | Riverbed Sky Songs | Vagabond Press |
| Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[14] | Grace Yee | Chinese Fish | Giramondo Publishing |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[18] | Script | Anna Barnes | Safe Home, Episode 1 | Kindling Pictures |
| Play | Nicholas Brown | Sex Magick | Griffin Theatre Company & Currency Press | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[14] | S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack | The Jungle and the Sea | Belvoir St Theatre & Currency Press |
Deaths
- 13 January – David Hansen, art historian (born 1958)[21]
- 4 February – Lowitja O'Donoghue, public administrator and Indigenous rights advocate (born 1932)[22]
- 19 February – Marion Halligan, novelist, short story writer, reviewer and essayist (born 1940)[23]
- 25 March – Ian Heads, historian and journalist (born 1943)[24]
- 30 April – Lyndall Ryan, historian (born 1943)[25][26]
- 10 May – Hugh Edwards, journalist, author and marine photographer (born 1933 in Scotland)[27]
See also
References
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