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2002 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2002.

Major publications edit

Literary fiction edit

Children's and Young Adult fiction edit

Crime edit

Romance edit

Science Fiction and Fantasy edit

Drama edit

Poetry edit

Non-fiction edit

  • Bruce Bennett, Australian Short Fiction: A History
  • Anna FunderStasiland
  • Mark McKennaLooking for Blackfellas' Point : An Australian History of Place
  • Ashley MallettThe Black Lords of Summer : The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond
  • John MarsdenThe Boy You Brought Home : A Single Mother's Guide to Raising Boys

Biographies edit

  • Nick Bleszynski – Shoot Straight, You Bastards! : The Truth Behind the Killing of 'Breaker' Morant
  • Barry DickinsBlack and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett
  • Ann GalballyCharles Conder : The Last Bohemian
  • Barry HillBroken Song : T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession
  • Thomas KeneallyAmerican Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
  • Ross McMullinPompey Elliott
  • Brenda NiallThe Boyds : A Family Biography
  • Don WatsonRecollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM

Awards and honours edit

Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

Lifetime achievement edit

Literary edit

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Award[3] Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House
ALS Gold Medal[4] Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish Picador
Colin Roderick Award[5] Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House
Nita Kibble Literary Award[6] Marion Halligan The Fog Garden Allen & Unwin

Fiction edit

International edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[7] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish Picador
Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Meaghan Delahunt In the Blue House Bloomsbury
Overall winner Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish Picador

National edit

Children and Young Adult edit

National edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Sonya Hartnett Forest Viking Books
Younger Readers John Heffernan, illus. Andrew McLean My Dog Margaret Hamilton Books
Picture Book Libby Gleeson, illus. Armin Greder An Ordinary Day Scholastic Press
Early Childhood Bob Graham Let's Get a Pup! Walker Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Shaun Tan The Red Tree Lothian Books
Young People's Anthony Hill Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin, the Youngest Anzac Penguin Books
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Michael Stephens Blat Magic HarperCollins
Young Adult Markus Zusak When Dogs Cry Pan Macmillan
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor Njunjul the Sun Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Pat Lowe Feeling the Heat Penguin Books
Children's Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac The Legend of Moondyne Joe Cygnet

Crime and Mystery edit

National edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[11] Novel Carolyn Morwood A Simple Death Women's Press
Kerry Greenwood The Three-Pronged Dagger Lothian
Readers' Choice Lindy Cameron Bleeding Hearts HarperCollins
Ned Kelly Award[12] Novel Gabrielle Lord Death Delights Hodder Headline Australia
First novel Bunty Avieson Apartment 255 Pan Macmillan
Emma Darcy Who Killed Angelique? Pan Macmillan
True crime Larry Writer Razor Pan Macmillan
Mike Richards The Hanged Man Scribe Publications
Teenage/YA Ken Catran Blue Murder Lothian
Readers' vote Bunty Avieson Apartment 255 Pan Macmillan
Lifetime achievement Patrick Gallagher

Science fiction edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Aurealis Award Sf Novel Damien Broderick Transcension Tor Books
Sf Short Story Sean McMullen "Walk to the Full Moon" F&SF
Fantasy Novel Sean Williams The Storm Weaver and the Sand Voyager Books
Fantasy Short Story No award presented
Horror Novel A. L. McCann The White Body of Evening Flamingo
Horror Short Story Kim Westwood "Oracle" Redsine
Young Adult Novel Sophie Masson The Hand of Glory Hodder Headline
Ditmar Award Novel Garth Nix Lirael Allen and Unwin
Short Fiction Jack Dann "The Diamond Pit" Jubilee
Lucy Sussex "Absolute Uncertainty" F&SF
Collected Work Damien Broderick ed. Earth is But a Star UWA Press

Non-Fiction edit

Award Category Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House Australia
Colin Roderick Award Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House Australia
National Biography Award Jacqueline Kent A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life Viking Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Gail Bell The Poison Principle Pan Macmillan
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Nadia Wheatley The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift HarperCollins
Community and Regional History John Bailey The White Divers of Broome: the true story of a fatal experiment Pan Macmillan
General History David Garrioch The Making of Revolutionary Paris University of California Press
Young People's Papunya School Papunya School Book of Country and History Allen and Unwin
Nita Kibble Literary Award Inga Clendinnen Tiger's Eye: A Memoir Text Publishing
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds: A Family Biography Melbourne University Press
History Les Carlyon Gallipoli Pan Macmillan
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds: A Family Biography Melbourne University Press

Poetry edit

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and Snellgrove
Anne Elder Award[13] Bronwyn Lea Flight Animals University of Queensland Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[14] Kate Lilley Versary Salt Publishing
Mary Gilmore Prize[15] Geraldine McKenzie Duty Paper Bark Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Alan Wearne The Lovemakers Penguin Books
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and Snellgrove
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Barbara Temperton Going Feral Fremantle Arts Centre Press

Drama edit

Award Author Title Publisher
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Reg Cribb Last Cab to Darwin Last Cab Productions
Ian Wilding Even Amongst Dogs

Deaths edit

Unknown date

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "A poet of two cultures : An Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas". Anagnostis e-Magazine. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Austlit — The Age Book of the Year Award — 2002". Austlit. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  4. ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Austlit — Age Book of the Year — Imaginative Writing Prize 2001-2003". Austlit. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  9. ^ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2000-2002"". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-)". Austlit. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  11. ^ ""LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2002"". LibraryThing. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  12. ^ . Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 2002-2004". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  15. ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  16. ^ "Ray Mathew". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Peter Cowan". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Dorothy Hewett". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  19. ^ "J. E. Macdonnell". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  20. ^ "R. A. Simpson". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Gary Catalano". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  22. ^ "Olive Pell". Austlit. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2002 Contents 1 Major publications 1 1 Literary fiction 1 2 Children s and Young Adult fiction 1 3 Crime 1 4 Romance 1 5 Science Fiction and Fantasy 1 6 Drama 1 7 Poetry 1 8 Non fiction 1 9 Biographies 2 Awards and honours 2 1 Lifetime achievement 2 2 Literary 2 3 Fiction 2 3 1 International 2 3 2 National 2 4 Children and Young Adult 2 4 1 National 2 5 Crime and Mystery 2 5 1 National 2 6 Science fiction 2 7 Non Fiction 2 8 Poetry 2 9 Drama 3 Deaths 4 See also 5 ReferencesMajor publications editLiterary fiction edit J M Coetzee Youth Scenes from Provincial Life II Bryce Courtenay Matthew Flinders Cat Andrea Goldsmith The Prosperous Thief Sonya Hartnett Of a Boy Sarah Hay Skins Chloe Hooper A Child s Book of True Crime Kate Jennings Moral Hazard Gail Jones Black Mirror Thomas Keneally An Angel in Australia Colleen McCullough The October Horse Alex Miller Journey to the Stone Country Dorothy Porter Wild Surmise Eva Sallis The City of SealionsChildren s and Young Adult fiction edit J C Burke White Lies Isobelle Carmody Darksong Alison Croggon The Gift Mem Fox The Magic Hat Marieke Hardy Short Cuts Richard Harland Ferren and the White Doctor Lian Hearn Across the Nightingale Floor Maureen McCarthy When You Wake and Find Me Gone Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor Njunjul the Sun David Metzenthen Wildlight A Journey Kirsty Murray Walking Home with Marie Claire Gillian Rubinstein The Whale s Child Markus Zusak The MessengerCrime edit Carmel Bird Open for Inspection Kirsty Brooks Lady Luck Jon Cleary The Easy Sin Jane Clifton Half Past Dead Peter Corris Salt and Blood Kerry Greenwood Murder in Montparnasse Gabrielle Lord Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Barry Maitland Babel Shane Maloney Something Fishy Tara Moss Split Alex Palmer Blood Redemption Peter Temple In The Evil DayRomance edit Lilian Darcy For the Taking Barbara Hannay A Bride at Birralee Their Doorstep Baby Di Morrissey Kimberley Sun Valerie Parv The Baron and the Bodyguard The Marquis and the Mother To BeScience Fiction and Fantasy edit Damien Broderick Transcension Trudi Canavan The Novice Cecilia Dart Thornton The Battle of Evernight The Lady of the Sorrows Sara Douglass The Crippled Angel Hades Daughter Ian Irvine Tetrarch Fiona McIntosh Destiny Revenge Sean McMullen Voyage of the Shadowmoon Juliet Marillier Wolfskin Sean Williams Echoes of Earth with Shane Dix The Sky Warden and the Sun The Storm Weaver and the SandDrama edit David Brown Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed Nick Enright Country Music A Man with Five Children Michael Gow The Fortunes of Richard Mahony Michael Gurr The Simple Truth Daniel Keene Half and Half Jenny Kemp Still Angela Joanna Murray Smith Rapture David Williamson SoulmatesPoetry edit M T C Cronin My Lover s Back 79 Love Poems Robert Gray Afterimages Jill Jones Screens Jets Heaven New and Selected Poems Emma Lew Anything the Landlord Touches Kate Lilley Versary Les Murray Collected Poems 1961 2002 Poems the Size of PhotographsNon fiction edit Bruce Bennett Australian Short Fiction A History Anna Funder Stasiland Mark McKenna Looking for Blackfellas Point An Australian History of Place Ashley Mallett The Black Lords of Summer The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond John Marsden The Boy You Brought Home A Single Mother s Guide to Raising BoysBiographies edit Nick Bleszynski Shoot Straight You Bastards The Truth Behind the Killing of Breaker Morant Barry Dickins Black and Whiteley Barry Dickins in Search of Brett Ann Galbally Charles Conder The Last Bohemian Barry Hill Broken Song T G H Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession Thomas Keneally American Scoundrel The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles Ross McMullin Pompey Elliott Brenda Niall The Boyds A Family Biography Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart A Portrait of Paul Keating PMAwards and honours editNote these awards were presented in the year in question Lifetime achievement edit Award AuthorChristopher Brennan Award 1 Dimitris TsaloumasPatrick White Award 2 Tom HungerfordLiterary edit Award Author Title PublisherThe Age Book of the Year Award 3 Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random HouseALS Gold Medal 4 Richard Flanagan Gould s Book of Fish PicadorColin Roderick Award 5 Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random HouseNita Kibble Literary Award 6 Marion Halligan The Fog Garden Allen amp UnwinFiction edit International edit Award Category Author Title PublisherCommonwealth Writers Prize 7 Best Novel SE Asia and South Pacific region Richard Flanagan Gould s Book of Fish PicadorBest First Novel SE Asia and South Pacific region Meaghan Delahunt In the Blue House BloomsburyOverall winner Richard Flanagan Gould s Book of Fish PicadorNational edit Award Author Title PublisherThe Age Book of the Year Award 8 Joan London Gilgamesh Grove PressThe Australian Vogel Literary Award 9 Danielle Wood The Alphabet of Light and Dark Allen amp UnwinMiles Franklin Award 10 Tim Winton Dirt Music PicadorNew South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Tim Winton Dirt Music PicadorQueensland Premier s Literary Awards Tim Winton Dirt Music PicadorVictorian Premier s Literary Award Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland PressWestern Australian Premier s Book Awards Gail Jones Black Mirror PicadorChildren and Young Adult edit National edit Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren s Book of the Year Award Older Readers Sonya Hartnett Forest Viking BooksYounger Readers John Heffernan illus Andrew McLean My Dog Margaret Hamilton BooksPicture Book Libby Gleeson illus Armin Greder An Ordinary Day Scholastic PressEarly Childhood Bob Graham Let s Get a Pup Walker BooksNew South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Children s Shaun Tan The Red Tree Lothian BooksYoung People s Anthony Hill Soldier Boy The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac Penguin BooksQueensland Premier s Literary Awards Children s Michael Stephens Blat Magic HarperCollinsYoung Adult Markus Zusak When Dogs Cry Pan MacmillanVictorian Premier s Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor Njunjul the Sun Allen amp UnwinWestern Australian Premier s Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Pat Lowe Feeling the Heat Penguin BooksChildren s Mark Greenwood and Frane Lessac The Legend of Moondyne Joe CygnetCrime and Mystery edit National edit Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award 11 Novel Carolyn Morwood A Simple Death Women s PressKerry Greenwood The Three Pronged Dagger LothianReaders Choice Lindy Cameron Bleeding Hearts HarperCollinsNed Kelly Award 12 Novel Gabrielle Lord Death Delights Hodder Headline AustraliaFirst novel Bunty Avieson Apartment 255 Pan MacmillanEmma Darcy Who Killed Angelique Pan MacmillanTrue crime Larry Writer Razor Pan MacmillanMike Richards The Hanged Man Scribe PublicationsTeenage YA Ken Catran Blue Murder LothianReaders vote Bunty Avieson Apartment 255 Pan MacmillanLifetime achievement Patrick GallagherScience fiction edit Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Sf Novel Damien Broderick Transcension Tor BooksSf Short Story Sean McMullen Walk to the Full Moon F amp SFFantasy Novel Sean Williams The Storm Weaver and the Sand Voyager BooksFantasy Short Story No award presentedHorror Novel A L McCann The White Body of Evening FlamingoHorror Short Story Kim Westwood Oracle RedsineYoung Adult Novel Sophie Masson The Hand of Glory Hodder HeadlineDitmar Award Novel Garth Nix Lirael Allen and UnwinShort Fiction Jack Dann The Diamond Pit JubileeLucy Sussex Absolute Uncertainty F amp SFCollected Work Damien Broderick ed Earth is But a Star UWA PressNon Fiction edit Award Category Author Title PublisherThe Age Book of the Year Non Fiction Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House AustraliaColin Roderick Award Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House AustraliaNational Biography Award Jacqueline Kent A Certain Style Beatrice Davis a Literary Life Viking BooksNew South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Non Fiction Gail Bell The Poison Principle Pan MacmillanNew South Wales Premier s History Awards Australian History Nadia Wheatley The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift HarperCollinsCommunity and Regional History John Bailey The White Divers of Broome the true story of a fatal experiment Pan MacmillanGeneral History David Garrioch The Making of Revolutionary Paris University of California PressYoung People s Papunya School Papunya School Book of Country and History Allen and UnwinNita Kibble Literary Award Inga Clendinnen Tiger s Eye A Memoir Text PublishingQueensland Premier s Literary Awards Non fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds A Family Biography Melbourne University PressHistory Les Carlyon Gallipoli Pan MacmillanVictorian Premier s Literary Award Non fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds A Family Biography Melbourne University PressPoetry edit Award Author Title PublisherThe Age Book of the Year Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and SnellgroveAnne Elder Award 13 Bronwyn Lea Flight Animals University of Queensland PressGrace Leven Prize for Poetry 14 Kate Lilley Versary Salt PublishingMary Gilmore Prize 15 Geraldine McKenzie Duty Paper Bark PressNew South Wales Premier s Literary Awards Alan Wearne The Lovemakers Penguin BooksVictorian Premier s Literary Award Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and SnellgroveWestern Australian Premier s Book Awards Barbara Temperton Going Feral Fremantle Arts Centre PressDrama edit Award Author Title PublisherPatrick White Playwrights Award Reg Cribb Last Cab to Darwin Last Cab ProductionsIan Wilding Even Amongst DogsDeaths edit27 May Ray Mathew poet and novelist born 1929 16 6 June Peter Cowan short story writer and literary editor born 1914 17 25 August Dorothy Hewett poet born 1923 18 16 September J E Macdonnell novelist born 1917 19 2 October R A Simpson poet born 1929 20 8 December Gary Catalano poet and critic born 1947 21 Unknown date Olive Pell librarian and poet born 1903 22 See also edit2002 in Australia 2002 in literature 2002 in poetry List of years in literature List of years in Australian literatureReferences edit A poet of two cultures An Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas Anagnostis e Magazine Retrieved 11 September 2023 Austlit Patrick White Award Past Winners Austlit Retrieved 10 September 2023 Austlit The Age Book of the Year Award 2002 Austlit Retrieved 25 February 2024 ALS Gold Medal Previous Winners Association for the Study of Australian Literature Retrieved 13 January 2024 Colin Roderick Award Other Winners James Cook University Retrieved 16 January 2024 Kibble Literary Award Australian National University Retrieved 26 February 2024 Commonwealth Writers Prize Regional Winners 1987 2007 PDF Commonwealth Foundation Retrieved 18 January 2024 Austlit Age Book of the Year Imaginative Writing Prize 2001 2003 Austlit Retrieved 15 February 2024 Austlit Australian Vogel Award 2000 2002 Austlit Retrieved 19 February 2024 Austlit Miles Franklin Literary Award 1957 Austlit Retrieved 21 September 2023 LibraryThing Davitt Awards 2002 LibraryThing Retrieved 10 January 2024 2002 Ned Kelly Award Winners Australian Crime Writers Archived from the original on 27 March 2016 Retrieved 17 January 2024 Austlit Anne Elder Award 2002 2004 Austlit Retrieved 13 February 2024 Austlit Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002 2004 Austlit Retrieved 13 February 2024 Mary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature Retrieved 13 February 2024 Ray Mathew AustLit Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Retrieved 23 September 2023 Peter Cowan AustLit Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Retrieved 14 September 2023 Dorothy Hewett AustLit Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Retrieved 23 September 2023 J E Macdonnell AustLit Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Retrieved 16 September 2023 R A Simpson AustLit Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Retrieved 23 September 2023 Gary Catalano AustLit Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Retrieved 23 September 2023 Olive Pell Austlit Retrieved 30 June 2023 Note all references relating to awards can or should be found on the relevant award s page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 in Australian literature amp oldid 1210293007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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