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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2012.

Events

  • Clive James is made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for "services to literature and the media" in the Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours List.[1]
  • Five literary figures are named in the Australia Day Honours: Paul Brunton, Stuart Macintyre, Roy Masters, Ros Pesman and Carol Woodrow.[2]
  • Peter Carey is the recipient of the Bodleian Libraries' 2012 Bodley Medal. The medal is awarded by the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford "to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worlds in which the Bodleian is active: literature, culture, science, and communication".[3]
  • Incoming Premier Campbell Newman cancels the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.[4]
  • In response, a week later, the new Queensland Literary Awards are announced.[5] The awards use a crowd-funding campaign to raise the prize-money for their initial set of awards.[6]
  • Sophie Cunningham is appointed as the new head of the Australian Literature Board.[7]
  • In the Queen's Birthday Honours, Peter Carey, Barbara Blackman, Rolf Harris, and Liz Jones were appointed Officers of the Order of Australia (AO), Grahame Bond and Peter Steele were appointed Members of the Order of Australia (AM), and Peter Singer was appointed Companion of the Order of Australia (AC).[8]
  • Text Publishing launches its Text Classics line, reprinting Australian literary classics.[9]
  • Melbourne City Council unveils "Literature Lane", a small laneway off Little LaTrobe Street near the State Library of Victoria, in recognition of Melbourne's status as a UNESCO City of Literature.[10]
  • The Grace Leven Prize for Poetry was discontinued.[11]

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Crime and Mystery

Poetry

Biography

  • John Bailey – Into the Unknown: The Tormented Life and Expeditions of Ludwig Leichhardt
  • Daryl Dellora – Michael Kirby: Law, Love and Life
  • Gideon Haigh – On Warne
  • Jenny Hocking – Gough Whitlam: His Time: Volume 2
  • J. C. Kannemeyer – J. M. Coetzee: A Life in Writing
  • Malcolm Knox – Bradman's War: How the 1948 Invincibles Turned the Cricket Pitch into a Battlefield
  • Mungo MacCallum – The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers
  • David McKnight – Rupert Murdoch: An Investigation of Political Power
  • Brenda Niall – True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack

Drama

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[20] Tim Thorne
Melbourne Prize for Literature[21]
 Alex Miller
Patrick White Award[22] Amanda Lohrey

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year[23]
 James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia
Black Inc
ALS Gold Medal[24] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
Colin Roderick Award[25] Thomas Keneally The Daughters of Mars Random House
Nita Kibble Literary Award[26]
 Gail Jones Five Bells Vintage Books
Victorian Prize for Literature[27] Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth Allen & Unwin

Fiction

International

Award Region Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Book Prize[28] Pacific
Cory Taylor
 Me and Mr Booker Text Publishing

National

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[23]
 Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[29] Paul D. Carter Eleven Seasons Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award[30] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[31] Elliot Perlman The Street Sweeper Vintage Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[31] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Miles Franklin Award[32] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[33] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[34] Kim Scott That Deadman Dance Picador
Queensland Literary Awards[35] Frank Moorhouse Cold Light Vintage Australia
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[27]
 Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin

Children and Young Adult

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Scott Gardner The Dead I Know Allen & Unwin
Younger Readers Kate Constable Crow Country Allen & Unwin
Picture Book
Bob Graham
 A Bus Called Heaven Walker Books
Early Childhood Nick Bland, illus. Freya Blackwood Maudie Bear Scholastic Press
Davitt Award Young Adult Novel Meg McKinley Surface Tension Walker Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Kate Constable Crow Country Allen & Unwin
Young People's Penni Russon Only Ever Always Allen & Unwin
Queensland Literary Awards Children's Briony Stewart Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers University of Queensland Press
Young Adult Neil Grant The Ink Bridge Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
 		Young Adult Fiction John Larkin The Shadow Girl Random House
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Children's Stephen Herrick Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend University of Queensland Press
Peter Macinnis Australian Backyard Naturalist National Library of Australia
Writing for Young Adults Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts
Allen and Unwin

Crime and Mystery

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[36] Novel Sulari Gentill A Decline in Prophets
Pantera Press
Young adult novel Meg McKinlay Surface Tension Walker Books
True crime Liz Porter Cold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science
Pan Macmillan
Debut novel Jaye Ford Beyond Fear Bantam Books
Readers' choice YA Erskine The Brotherhood Bantam Books
Jaye Ford Beyond Fear Bantam Books
Ned Kelly Award[37]
 Novel J. C. Burke Pig Boy Random House Australia
First novel Peter Twohig The Cartographer Fourth Estate
True crime Eamonn Duff Sins of the Father: The Untold Story Behind Schapelle Corby's Ill-Fated Drug Run Allen & Unwin
Life achievement Gabrielle Lord

Science fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Aurealis Award SF Novel
Daniel O'Malley
 The Rook HarperCollins
SF Short Story Margo Lanagan "Significant Dust" Twelfth Planet Press (Cracklescape)
Fantasy Novel Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & Unwin
Fantasy Short Story Margo Lanagan "Bajazzle" Twelfth Planet Press (Cracklescape)
Horror Novel Kirstyn McDermott Perfections Xuom
Horror Short Story Kaaron Warren "Sky" Twelfth Planet Press (Through Splintered Walls)
Anthology Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 6 Night Shade Books
Collection K. J. Bishop That Book Your Mad Ancestor Wrote K. J. Bishop
Australian Shadows Awards Novel Kirstyn McDermott Perfections Xoum
Long Fiction Kaaron Warren "Sky" Through Splintered Walls: A Twelve Planets Collection edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Short Fiction Martin J. Livings "Birthday Suit" Living with the Dead by Martin J. Livings
Edited Publication Craig Bezant, editor Surviving The End Dark Prints Press
Collected Works Kaaron Warren Through Splintered Walls: A Twelve Planets Collection Twelfth Planet Press
Ditmar Award Novel Kim Westwood The Courier's New Bicycle
HarperVoyager
Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt" The Last Days of Kali Yuga
Short Story Tansy Rayner Roberts "The Patrician" Love and Romanpunk
Collected Work Paul Haines The Last Days of Kali Yuga Brimstone

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year
 		Non-fiction James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia
Black Inc.
Children's Book of the Year Award Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Alison Lester and Coral Tulloch One Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island Penguin Group
Davitt Award True crime Liz Porter Cold Case Files: Past crimes solved by new forensic science
Pan Macmillan
National Biography Award Martin Thomas The Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian Anthropologist Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[31] Non-Fiction William McInnes & Sarah Watt Worse Things Happen at Sea
Hachette
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-fiction Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity: The Live of Manning Clark Melbourne University Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity: The Live of Manning Clark Melbourne University Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Russell McGregor Indifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation
Aboriginal Studies Press
Community and Regional History Deborah Beck Set in Stone: A History of the Cell Block Theatre
UNSW Press
General History Tim Bonyhady Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family Allen & Unwin
Young People's Stephanie Owen Reeder Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea National Library of Australia
Queensland Literary Awards Non-fiction Robin De Crespigny The People Smuggler Penguin Group
History Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
 		Non-fiction Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Non-fiction Roger Averill (author) Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz Transit Lounge
Western Australian history edited by Anne Scrimgeour; transcribed and translated by Barbara Hale, Mark Clendon Kurlumarniny: We come from the Desert Aboriginal Studies Press

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year
 		Mal McKimmie The Brokenness Sonnets I-III And Other Poems Five Islands Press
Anne Elder Award[38] Elizabeth Allen Body Language Vagabond Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[39] Toby Fitch Rawshock Puncher and Wattmann
Michael Brennan Autoethnographic Giramondo Publishing
Laurie Duggan The Collected Blue Hills Puncher and Wattmann
John Kinsella Jaguar's Dream Alma Books
Michael Sharkey Another Fine Morning in Paradise Five Island Press
Mary Gilmore Prize[40]
 Fiona Wright Knuckled Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Gig Ryan New and Selected Poems Giramondo Publishing
Queensland Literary Awards Peter Rose Crimson Crop UWA Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Award
 		John Kinsella Armour Picador
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Robert Gray Cumulus John Leonard Press

Drama

Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Play Joanna Murray-Smith The Gift Melbourne Theatre Company
Vanessa Bates Porn.Cake Beckett Theatre, Melbourne
Script Peter Duncan Rake (Episode 1): "R v Murray" ABC Television
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Award Anna Barnes Minus One Sister Griffin Theatre Company
Fellowship Hilary Bell

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ British Honour for Clive James
  2. ^ Australia Day Honours
  3. ^ Carey Wins Oxford's Bodley Medal
  4. ^ Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Cancelled
  5. ^ Queensland Literary Awards to Proceed Under New Management
  6. ^ Queensland Literary Awards Funding
  7. ^ Literature Board's New Head
  8. ^ Queen's Birthday Honours 2012
  9. ^ Australian Writers Back in Print
  10. ^ Literature Lane
  11. ^ "Toby Fitch's Rawshock wins Grace Leven Poetry Prize". Puncher & Wattmann. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Epic Fail by Michael Gerard Bauer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  13. ^ "Pennies for Hitler by Jackie French". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  14. ^ "After by Morris Gleitzman". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Children of the King by Sonya Hartnett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  17. ^ "The Shiny Guys by Doug MacLeod". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  18. ^ "The Silver Door by Emily Rodda". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Blood Brothers by Carole Wilkinson". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  20. ^ ""THORNE, Tim—poetry, 'Running out of Entropy'"". Walleah Press. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Austlit — Melbourne Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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  25. ^ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  26. ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  27. ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2012". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  28. ^ "Commonwealth Writers announces regional winners for 2012 prizes". Commonwealth Writers. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  29. ^ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2009-2012"". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  30. ^ ""Barbara Jefferis Award"". Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  31. ^ a b c ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2012 & prior"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  32. ^ Nancarrow, Daniel (20 June 2012). "Anna Funder's All That I Am wins Miles Franklin". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  33. ^ ""Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  34. ^ ""Huge power in sparse narratives"". The Age, 20 May 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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  37. ^ "Ned Kelly Award Winners 2012 Announced". Readings Books. 29 August 2012. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  38. ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award (2011-2013)". Austlit. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  39. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry prize (2008-2012)". Austlit. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  40. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  41. ^ "Bruce Bennett". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  42. ^ "D. E. Charlwood". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  43. ^ "Ralph Elliott". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  44. ^ "Rosemary Dobson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  45. ^ "Peter Steele". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  46. ^ "Robert Hughes". Austlit. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  47. ^ "Max Fatchen". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  48. ^ "Bryce Courtenay". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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