This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2000.
Award | Author |
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Christopher Brennan Award [14] | J. S. Harry |
Patrick White Award [15] | Thomas Shapcott |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize [20] | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Lily Brett | Too Many Men | Picador |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Ned Kelly Award [28] | ||||
Novel | Peter Temple | Shooting Star | Bantam Books | |
First novel | Marshall Browne | The Wooden Leg of Inspector Anders | Duffy & Snellgrove | |
True crime | John Dale | Huckstepp: A Dangerous Life | Allen & Unwin | |
Andrew Rule & John Silvester | Underbelly 3 | Floradale Productions & Sly Ink | ||
Lifetime Achievement | Not awarded | |||
Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [21] | Dimitris Tsaloumas | The Harbour | University of Queensland Press |
The Age Book of the Year [16] | Peter Minter | Empty Texas | Paper Bark Press |
Anne Elder Award [29] | Arthur M. Spyrou | Garden of Delights | Monogene |
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [30] | Not awarded | ||
Mary Gilmore Award [31] | Lucy Dougan | Memory Shell | Five Islands Press |
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards [26] | John Millett | Iceman | Five Islands Press |
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards [27] | Mark Reid | Parochial | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [21] | Non-Fiction | Tim Flannery | Throw'im Way Leg: An Adventure | Text Publishing |
The Age Book of the Year [16] | Non-Fiction | Kim Mahood | Craft for a Dry Lake | Anchor |
National Biography Award [32] | Biography | Peter Robb | M, a biography of European painter Caravaggio | Duffy and Snellgrove |
Mandy Sayer | Dreamtime Alice: A Memoir | Random House | ||
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 2000 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.