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Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2022
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022.
Major publications
Literary fiction
Short story collections
Crime and mystery
Children's and young adult fiction
Poetry
Non-Fiction
- Alison Bashford – An Intimate History of Evolution: The Huxleys in Nature and Culture
- Debra Dank – We Come With This Place
- Jo Dyer – Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics
- Madonna King – L Platers:How to support your teen daughter on the road to adulthood
- Louisa Lim – Indelible City: Dispossession and defiance in Hong Kong
- Julianne Schulz – The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation
Memoir
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Fiction
Children and Young Adult
Crime and Mystery
National
Award
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Category
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Author
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Title
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Publisher
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Davitt Award[29]
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Novel
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Charlotte McConaghy
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Once There Were Wolves
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Hamish Hamilton
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Young adult novel
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Leanne Hall
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The Gaps
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Text Publishing
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Children's novel
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Nicki Greenberg
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The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel
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Affirm Press
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Non-fiction
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Kate Holden
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The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek
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Black Inc
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Debut novel
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Jacqueline Bublitz
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Before You Knew My Name
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Allen & Unwin
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Readers' choice
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Jacqueline Bublitz
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Before You Knew My Name
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Allen & Unwin
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Novel
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Candice Fox
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The Chase
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Bantam Books
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First novel
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Josh Kemp
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Banjawarn
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UWA Publishing
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True crime
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Debi Marshall
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Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide's Family Murders
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Vintage Books
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Non-Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Deaths
- 22 January – Craig McGregor, journalist and writer (born 1933)[37]
- 5 February – John Bryson, writer and lawyer (born 1935)[38]
- 1 March – Jordie Albiston, poet (born 1961)[39]
- 8 March – Annah Faulkner, novelist (born 1949/50)[40]
- 19 March – Alan Hopgood, playwright and screenwriter (born 1934)[41]
- 29 April – Craig Powell, poet (born 1940)[42]
- 2 June – Brian Matthews, literary scholar and writer (born 1936)[43]
- 26 June – Frank Moorhouse, writer (born 1938)[44]
- 14 July – Clem Tisdell, economist (born 1939)[45]
- 26 July – David Ireland, novelist and three-time winner of Miles Franklin Award (born 1927)[46]
- 27 July – Edwin Wilson, poet, painter, scientist (born 1942)[47]
- 3 August
- 12 August – Virginia Spate, art historian (born in the United Kingdom) (born 1937)[50]
- 29 August – Craig Powell, poet and psychoanalyst (born 1940)[51]
- 20 September – Peter Yeldham, screenwriter, playwright and novelist (born 1927)[52]
- 8 October – Angus Trumble, art curator and historian (born 1964)[53]
- 17 October – Dame Carmen Callil, publisher, writer and critic (died in the United Kingdom) (born 1938)[54]
- 24 November – Margaret Hamilton, children's literature publisher and writer (born 1941)[55]
- 2 December
- 16 December – Robert Adamson, poet (born 1943)[58]
See also
References
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- ^ "When We Fall by Aoife Clifford". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "The Tilt by Chris Hammer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien". Austlit. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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- ^ "The Carnival is Over by Greg Woodland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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