1978 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1978.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Books

Science fiction and fantasy

Crime and mystery

Children's and young adult fiction

Poetry

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Order of Australia

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Christopher Brennan Award [18] Rosemary Dobson
Patrick White Award [19] Gwen Harwood

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [20] Christopher Koch The Year of Living Dangerously Nelson
ALS Gold Medal [21] No award
Colin Roderick Award [22] Leslie Rees History of Australian DramaAngus & Robertson

Fiction

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [20] Christopher Koch The Year of Living Dangerously Nelson
Miles Franklin Award [23] Jessica Anderson Tirra Lirra by the River Macmillan

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award [24] Older Readers Patricia Wrightson The Ice is Coming Hutchinson
Picture Book Jenny Wagner, illustrated by Ron Brooks John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat Viking Kestrel

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Anne Elder Award [25] Lee Cataldi Invitation to a Marxist Lesbian Party Wild & Woolley
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [26] Bruce Dawe Sometimes Gladness: Collected Poems 1954–1978Longman Cheshire

Non-fiction

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Award [27] Patsy Adam-Smith The ANZACSNelson

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1978 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

Unknown date

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1978 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

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  2. ↑ "To Keep the Ship by A. Bertram Chandler". ISFDB. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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