2022 in Australian literature
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This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022.
Major publications
Literary fiction
- Jane Caro, The Mother
- Steven Carroll, Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight
- Robert Lukins, Loveland
- Craig Sherborne, The Grass Hotel
- Steve Toltz, Here Goes Nothing
Short story collections
- Mirandi Riwoe, The Burnished Sun
Nonfiction
- Jo Dyer, Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics
- Julianne Schulz, The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation
Crime
- Dervla McTiernan, The Murder Rule
Poetry
- Adam Aitken, Revenants
- Marion May Campbell, Languish
- Sarah Holland-Batt, The Jaguar
- John Kinsella, The Ascension of Sheep, Collected Poems Volume One (1980–2005)
- Les Murray, Continuous Creation
Memoir
- Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette: A memoir situation
- Anita Heiss, Am I Black Enough For You? Ten years on
- Anita Jacoby, Secrets Beyond the Screen
- Wendy McCarthy, Don't Be Too Polite, Girls
- Brenda Niall, My Accidental Career
- Heather Rose, Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award[1] | Jennifer Down | Bodies of Light | Text | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards To be announced December 2022 |
Fiction | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] | Tony Birch | Dark as Last Night | UQP | |
| Queensland Literary Awards[3] | Fiction | Michael Mohammed Ahmad | The Other Half of You | Hachette Australia |
| Stella Prize[4] | Literature | Evelyn Araluen | Dropbear | UQP |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[5] | Literature | Veronica Gorrie | Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience | Scribe |
| Fiction | Melisa Manning | Smokehouse | UQP |
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award[6] | Older Readers | Rebecca Lim | Tiger Daughter | Allen & Unwin |
| Younger Readers | Shirley Marr | A Glasshouse of Stars | Puffin | |
| Picture Book | Claire Saxby, illus by Jess Racklyeft | Iceberg | Allen & Unwin | |
| Early Childhood | Andrea Rowe, illus by Hannah Sommerville | Jetty Jumping | Hardie Grant | |
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Safdar Ahmed | Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System | Twelve Panels Press | |
| Lifetime Achievement | Margaret Wild[7] | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] | Children's | Peter Carnavas | My Brother Ben | UQP |
| Young People's | Leanne Hall | The Gaps | Text | |
| Queensland Literary Awards[3] | Children's | Kunyi June Anne McInerney | Kunyi | Magabala Books |
| Young Adult | Felicity Castagna | Girls in Boys' Cars | Pan | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[5] | Young Adult Fiction | Felicity Castagna | Girls in Boys' Cars | Pan |
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Biography Award[8][9] | Biography | Bernadette Brennan | Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears | Allen & Unwin |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] | Non-Fiction | Kate Holden | The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek | Black Inc. |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards[10] | Australian History | Alexis Bergantz | French Connection: Australia’s Cosmopolitan Ambitions | NewSouth Publishing |
| Community and Regional History | Kate Holden | The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land, and a Killing at Croppa Creek | Black Inc. | |
| General History | Mina Roces | The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change | Cornell University Press | |
| Queensland Literary Awards[3] | Non-Fiction | Claire G. Coleman | Lies, Damned Lies | Ultimo Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[5] | Non-Fiction | Amani Haydar | The Mother Wound | Pan |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award[11] | Audrey Molloy | The Important Things | Gallery Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] | Dan Disney | accelerations & inertias | Vagabond Press |
| Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection[12] | Pam Brown | Stasis Shuffle | Hunter |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[5] | Maria Takolander | Trigger Warning | UQP |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] | Script | Shaun Grant | NITRAM | |
| Play | Kirsty Marillier | Orange Thrower | Currency Press | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[5] | Dylan Van Den Berg | Milk |
Deaths
- 22 January – Craig McGregor, journalist and writer (born 1933)[13]
- 5 February – John Bryson, writer and lawyer (born 1935)[14]
- 1 March – Jordie Albiston, poet (born 1961)[15]
- 8 March – Annah Faulkner, novelist (born 1949/50)[16]
- 19 March – Alan Hopgood, playwright and screenwriter (born 1934)[17]
- 26 June – Frank Moorhouse, writer (born 1938)[18]
- 26 July – David Ireland, novelist and three-time winner of Miles Franklin Award (born 1927)[19]
- 3 August
- Bruce Grant, writer and journalist (born 1925)
- Evan Jones, poet and academic (born 1931)[20]
See also
References
- ^ Story, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Winner of $60,000 literary award draws attention to systemic abuses in Australian out-of-home care". ABC News. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Cain, Sian (16 May 2022). "'Unflinching': Villawood graphic novel wins book of the year at NSW premier's literary awards". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
- ^ a b c Burke, Kelly (13 October 2022). "Queensland Literary awards: winners list reflects 'a moment of change for the nation'". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ Wright, Fiona (28 April 2022). "Evelyn Araluen wins $60,000 Stella prize: 'I was one paycheck away from complete poverty'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Gorrie wins 2022 Victorian Prize for Literature". Books+Publishing. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ "CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards". Books+Publishing. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Margaret Wild". The Children's Book Council of Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "National Biography Award winner announced on ABC Sydney". ABC Sydney. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
- ^ "National Biography Award". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "NSW Premier's History Awards 2022 winners announced". Books+Publishing. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Molloy wins 2021 Anne Elder Award". Books+Publishing. 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards winners for 2022". Queensland Government. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Craig McGregor Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald". tributes.smh.com.au. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "John Bryson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ On, Thuy (2 March 2022). "Vale Jordie Albiston". ArtsHub Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Acclaimed Writer Annah Faulkner Leaves Literary Suicide Note". Exit International. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Knox, David (22 March 2022). "Vale: Alan Hopgood". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ Barlass, Tim (26 June 2022). "Author Frank Moorhouse dies aged 83". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
- ^ "David Neil IRELAND – Death Notice". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "Evan Lloyd Jones Death Notice". The Age. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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