This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1996.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award [22] | Dorothy Hewett |
Patrick White Award [23] | Elizabeth Harrower |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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The Age Book of the Year Award [24] | Thea Astley | The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow | Viking |
ALS Gold Medal [25] | Amanda Lohrey | Camille's Bread | Angus and Robertson |
Colin Roderick Award [26] | Tim Flannery, Roger Martin and Alexandra Szalay, Illustrator Peter Schouten | Tree Kangaroos | Reed Publications |
Nita Kibble Literary Award [27] | Judy Cassab | Judy Cassab: Diaries | Random House |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize [28] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Gillian Mears | The Grass Sister | Random House |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Ned Kelly Award [35] | Novel | Barry Maitland | The Malcontenta | Hamish Hamilton |
Paul Thomas | Inside Dope | Mandarin Publishing | ||
First novel | John Dale | Dark Angel | Serpent's Tail | |
Lifetime Achievement | Jon Cleary | |||
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Children's Book of the Year Award [36] | Older Readers | Catherine Jinks | Pagan's Vows | Omnibus Books |
Picture Book | Narelle Oliver | The Hunt | Lothian | |
Kathleen Mitchell Award [37] | Sonya Hartnett | Sleeping Dogs | Viking Books | |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [32] | Young People's Literature | David Metzenthen | Johnny Hart's Heroes | Penguin Books Australia |
Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction [33] | Sonya Hartnett | Sleeping Dogs | Viking Books |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Aurealis Award [38] | Sf Novel | Greg Egan | Distress | Millenium |
Sf Short Story | Greg Egan | "Luminous" | Isaac Asimov's SF Magazine Sept 1995 | |
Fantasy Novel | Garth Nix | Sabriel | Moonstone/HarperCollins Publishers | |
Fantasy Short Story | Karen Attard | "Harvest Bay" | Eidolon #19 Spring 1995 | |
Horror Novel | Terry Dowling | An Intimate Knowledge of the Night | Aphelion | |
Horror Short Story | Francis Payne | "Olympia" | Bambada Press | |
Young Adult Novel | Brian Caswell | Deucalion | University of Queensland Press | |
Garth Nix | Sabriel | Moonstone/HarperCollins Publishers | ||
Young Adult Short Story | Not awarded | |||
Australian SF Achievement Award [39] | Best Australian Long Fiction | Sean McMullen | Mirrorsun Rising | Aphelion |
Best Australian Short Fiction | Ian Gunn | "Schrödinger's Fridge" | Aurealis #15 | |
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [29] | John Kinsella | The Silo: A Pastoral Symphony | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
The Age Book of the Year Award [24] | Eric Beach | Weeping for Lost Babylon | Angus and Robertson |
Anne Elder Award [40] | Marcella Polain | Dumbstruck | Five Islands Press |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [41] | John Kinsella | The Undertow : New and Selected Poems | Arc Publications |
Mary Gilmore Award [42] | Jordie Albiston | Nervous Arcs | Spinfex Press |
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [32] | Eric Beach | Weeping for Lost Babylon | HarperCollins Publishers |
J. S. Harry | Selected Poems | Penguin Books Australia | |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards [33] | Peter Bakowski | In the Human Night | Hale and Iremonger |
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards [34] | Dorothy Hewett | Collected Poems | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [29] | Non-Fiction | Tim Flannery | The Future Eaters | Reed Books |
The Age Book of the Year Award [24] | Non-Fiction | Geoffrey Serle | Robin Boyd : A Life | Miegunyah Press |
National Biography Award [43] | Biography | Abraham Biderman | The World of My Past | AHB Publications |
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1996 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.