2008 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2008.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Crime and Mystery

Romance

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Drama

Poetry

See also 2008 in poetry

Non-fiction

Biographies

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Christopher Brennan Award Not awarded
Patrick White Award [26] John Romeril

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year [27] Don Watson American Journeys Random House
ALS Gold Medal [28] Michelle de Kretser The Lost Dog Allen & Unwin
Colin Roderick Award [29] Malcolm Knox Jamaica Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year [30] Tim Winton Breath Hamish Hamilton
Nita Kibble Literary Award [31] Carol Lefevre Nights in the Asylum Vintage

Fiction

International

AwardRegionCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize [32] SE Asia and South PacificBest Novel Steven Carroll The Time We Have Taken HarperCollins
Best First Novel Karen Foxlee The Anatomy of Wings University of Queensland Press

National

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ABC Fiction Award [33] Kain Massin God for the Killing ABC Books
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [34] Roger McDonald The Ballad of Desmond Kale Vintage Books
The Age Book of the Year Award [35] Tim Winton Breath Hamish Hamilton
Australia-Asia Literary Award David Malouf The Complete Stories Knopf
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award [36] Andrew CrommeDocument Z Allen and Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award [37] Rhyll McMaster Feather Man Brandl and Schlesinger
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction [30] Tim Winton Breath Hamish Hamilton
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction [30] Toni Jordan Addition Text Publishing
Miles Franklin Award [38] Steven Carroll The Time We Have Taken HarperCollins
Prime Minister's Literary Awards [39] Steven Conte The Zookeeper's War HarperCollins
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [40] Michelle de Kretser The Lost Dog Allen & Unwin
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Helen Garner The Spare Room Text Publishing
South Australian Premier's Awards Roger McDonald The Ballad of Desmond Kale Vintage Books
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Helen Garner The Spare Room Text Publishing
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Stephen ScourfieldOther Country Allen & Unwin

Children and Young Adult

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Aurealis Award Young Adult Novel Melina Marchetta Finnikin of the Rock Viking Press
Young Adult Short Story Trent Jamieson "Cracks"Shiny, magazine
Children's Book of the Year Award [41] Older Readers Sonya Hartnett The Ghost's Child Viking Books
Younger Readers Carole Wilkinson Dragon Moon Black Dog Books
Picture Book Matt OttleyRequiem for a BeastLothian
Early Childhood Aaron Blabey Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley Viking Books
Davitt Award Young Adult Novel Mandy Sayer The Night has a Thousand Eyes Fourth Estate
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year [30] Children's & YA Shaun Tan Tales from Outer Suburbia Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Li Cunxin and Anne SpudvilasThe Peasant Prince Viking Books
Young People's James Roy Town University of Queensland Press
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Li Cunxin and Anne SpudvilasThe Peasant Prince Viking Books
Young AdultMatt OttleyRequiem for a BeastLothian
South Australian Premier's Awards Children's Michael Gerard Bauer Don't Call Me Ishmael Omnibus Books
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Brigid Lowry Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful Allen and Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Children'sLiz Lofthouse and Robert Ingpen Ziba Came on a Boat Viking Books
Writing for Young Adults Ken Spillman Love is a UFO Pan Macmillan

Crime and Mystery

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Davitt Award [42] Novel Katherine Howell Frantic Pan Macmillan
Young adult novel Mandy Sayer The Night Has a Thousand Eyes Fourth Estate
True crimeJanet Fife-YeomansKilling Jodie Penguin
Readers' ChoiceLindy CameronScarlet Stiletto: The First CutMira Books
Ned Kelly Awards [43] Novel Michael Robotham Shatter Sphere Books
First novel Chris Womersley The Low Road Scribe
True crimeEvan McHughRed Centre, Dark Heart Penguin
Lifetime achievement Marele Day

Science fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Aurealis Award SF Novel K. A. Bedford Time Machines Repaired While-U-WaitEdge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
SF Short StorySimon Brown"The Empire"Dreaming Again, Voyager
Fantasy Novel Alison Goodman The Two Pearls of Wisdom HarperCollins
Fantasy Short Story Cat Sparks "Sammarynda Deep"Paper Cities, Senses 5 Press
Horror Novel John Harwood The Seance Random House
Horror Short Story Kirstyn McDermott "Painlessness" Greatest Uncommon Denominator #2
Ditmar Award Novel Sean Williams Saturn Returns Orbit Books
Novella/Novelette Cat Sparks "Lady of Adestan"Orb #7
Short StoryRick Kennett"The Dark and What It Said"Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine #28
Collected Work Jonathan Strahan ed.The New Space Opera HarperCollins
Russell B. Farr ed.Fantastic Wonder Stories Ticonderoga Publications

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [34] John Tranter Urban Myths: 210 Poems University of Queensland Press
The Age Book of the Year J. S. Harry Not Finding Wittgenstein Giramondo Publishing
Anne Elder Award [44] Sarah Holland-Batt Aria University of Queensland Press
Sandy FittsView from the Lucky HotelFive Islands Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [45] Alan Wearne The Australian Popular Songbook Giramondo Publishing
Mary Gilmore Prize [46] Nathan ShepherdsonSweeping the Light Back into the Mirror University of Queensland Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Kathryn Lomer Two Kinds of Silence University of Queensland Press
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards David Malouf Typewriter Music University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Lisa Gorton Press Release Giramondo Publishing
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Hal Colebatch The Light RiverConnorcourt Publishing

Drama

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Nicki BloomBloodwood

Non-Fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [34] Non-Fiction Jacob Rosenberg Sunrise WestBrandl and Schlesinger
The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction Don Watson American Journeys Random House
Children's Book of the Year Award Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Frances Watts, illus David LeggeParsley Rabbit's Book about Books ABC Books
Davitt Award True crimeJanet Fife-YeomansKilling Jodie Penguin Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year [30] Non-Fiction Don Watson American Journeys Random House
National Biography Award [47] BiographyPhilip DwyerNapoleon: The Path To Power 1769–1799 Bloomsbury Publishing
Graham SealThese Few Lines: A Convict Story – The Lost Lives of Myra & William Sykes ABC Books
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-fictionPhilip JonesOchre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers Wakefield Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fictionTom GriffithsSlicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica University of New South Wales Press
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Paul Ham Vietnam: The Australian War HarperCollins
Community and Regional HistoryDianne Johnson, in collaboration with the residents of the Gully and their descendantsSacred Waters: the story of the Blue Mountains Gully Traditional OwnersHalstead Press
General HistoryMichael A. McDonnellThe Politics of War: Race, Class and Conflict in Revolutionary Virginia University of North Carolina Press
Young People'sRobert Lewis and Tim GurryAustralians in the Vietnam WarRyebuck Media Pty Ltd
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fictionCraig SherborneMuckBlack Inc
HistoryProfessor Marilyn Lake and Professor Henry Reynolds Drawing the Global Colour Line Melbourne University Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Meredith Hooper The Ferocious Summer: Palmer's

Penguins and the Warming of Antarctica

Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Non-fiction Antonio Buti Sir Ronald Wilson: A Matter of ConscienceUniversity of Western Australia Press
Western Australian historyRuth Marchant JamesCottesloe: A Town of DistinctionTown of Cottesloe

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