2012 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2012.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Crime and Mystery

Poetry

Biography

Drama

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Christopher Brennan Award [26] Tim Thorne
Melbourne Prize for Literature [27] Alex Miller
Patrick White Award [28] Amanda Lohrey

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year [29] James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia Black Inc
ALS Gold Medal [30] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
Colin Roderick Award [31] Thomas Keneally The Daughters of Mars Random House
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year [32] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Nita Kibble Literary Award [33] Gail Jones Five Bells Vintage Books
Victorian Prize for Literature [34] Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth Allen & Unwin

Fiction

International

AwardRegionAuthorTitlePublisher
Commonwealth Book Prize [35] Pacific Cory Taylor Me and Mr Booker Text Publishing

National

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [36] Kim Scott That Deadman Dance Picador
The Age Book of the Year Award [29] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award [37] Paul D. Carter Eleven Seasons Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award [38] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction [32] Elliot Perlman The Street Sweeper Vintage Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction [32] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Miles Franklin Award [39] Anna Funder All That I Am Penguin Books
Prime Minister's Literary Awards [40] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards [41] Kim Scott That Deadman Dance Picador
Queensland Literary Awards [42] Frank Moorhouse Cold Light Vintage Australia
Victorian Premier's Literary Award [34] Gillian Mears Foal's Bread Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin

Children and Young Adult

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Scott GardnerThe Dead I Know Allen & Unwin
Younger Readers Kate Constable Crow Country Allen & Unwin
Picture Book Bob Graham A Bus Called Heaven Walker Books
Early Childhood Nick Bland, illus. Freya Blackwood Maudie BearScholastic Press
Davitt Award Young Adult NovelMeg McKinleySurface Tension Walker Books
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year [32] Children's & YA Anh Do & Suzanne Do & Bruce Whatley (Illus)The Little Refugee Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Kate Constable Crow Country Allen & Unwin
Young People's Penni Russon Only Ever Always Allen & Unwin
Queensland Literary Awards Children's Briony Stewart Kumiko and the Shadow Catchers University of Queensland Press
Young AdultNeil GrantThe Ink Bridge Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award [34] Young Adult Fiction John Larkin The Shadow Girl Random House
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Children'sStephen HerrickPookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend University of Queensland Press
Peter MacinnisAustralian Backyard Naturalist National Library of Australia
Writing for Young Adults Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen and Unwin

Crime and Mystery

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Davitt Award [43] Novel Sulari Gentill A Decline in Prophets Pantera Press
Young adult novel Meg McKinlay Surface TensionWalker Books
True crimeLiz PorterCold Case Files: Past Crimes Solved by New Forensic Science Pan Macmillan
Debut novelJaye FordBeyond FearBantam Books
Readers' choiceYA ErskineThe BrotherhoodBantam Books
Jaye FordBeyond FearBantam Books
Ned Kelly Award [44] Novel J. C. Burke Pig Boy Random House Australia
First novelPeter TwohigThe Cartographer Fourth Estate
True crimeEamonn DuffSins of the Father: The Untold Story Behind Schapelle Corby's Ill-Fated Drug Run Allen & Unwin
Life achievement Gabrielle Lord

Science fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Aurealis Award SF Novel Daniel O'Malley The Rook HarperCollins
SF Short Story Margo Lanagan "Significant Dust"Twelfth Planet Press (Cracklescape)
Fantasy Novel Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & Unwin
Fantasy Short Story Margo Lanagan "Bajazzle"Twelfth Planet Press (Cracklescape)
Horror Novel Kirstyn McDermott PerfectionsXuom
Horror Short Story Kaaron Warren "Sky"Twelfth Planet Press (Through Splintered Walls)
Anthology Jonathan Strahan The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume 6 Night Shade Books
Collection K. J. Bishop That Book Your Mad Ancestor WroteK. J. Bishop
Australian Shadows Awards Novel Kirstyn McDermott PerfectionsXoum
Long Fiction Kaaron Warren "Sky"Through Splintered Walls: A Twelve Planets Collection edited by Alisa Krasnostein
Short FictionMartin J. Livings"Birthday Suit"Living with the Dead by Martin J. Livings
Edited PublicationCraig Bezant, editorSurviving The EndDark Prints Press
Collected Works Kaaron Warren Through Splintered Walls: A Twelve Planets CollectionTwelfth Planet Press
Ditmar Award Novel Kim Westwood The Courier's New Bicycle HarperVoyager
Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "The Past is a Bridge Best Left Burnt"The Last Days of Kali Yuga
Short Story Tansy Rayner Roberts "The Patrician"Love and Romanpunk
Collected Work Paul Haines The Last Days of Kali YugaBrimstone

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [36] Les Murray Taller When ProneBlack Inc Publishing
The Age Book of the Year Mal McKimmieThe Brokenness Sonnets I-III And Other PoemsFive Islands Press
Anne Elder Award [45] Elizabeth Allen Body LanguageVagabond Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry [46] Toby FitchRawshockPuncher and Wattmann
Michael Brennan Autoethnographic Giramondo Publishing
Laurie Duggan The Collected Blue HillsPuncher and Wattmann
John Kinsella Jaguar's DreamAlma Books
Michael Sharkey Another Fine Morning in ParadiseFive Island Press
Mary Gilmore Prize [47] Fiona Wright Knuckled Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Gig Ryan New and Selected Poems Giramondo Publishing
Queensland Literary Awards Peter Rose Crimson Crop UWA Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Award [34] John Kinsella Armour Picador
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Robert Gray CumulusJohn Leonard Press

Drama

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Play Joanna Murray-Smith The GiftMelbourne Theatre Company
Vanessa BatesPorn.CakeBeckett Theatre, Melbourne
Script Peter Duncan Rake (Episode 1): "R v Murray"ABC Television
Patrick White Playwrights' Award AwardAnna BarnesMinus One SisterGriffin Theatre Company
Fellowship Hilary Bell

Non-Fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature [36] Non-fiction Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning ClarkMiegunyah Press
The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction James Boyce 1835: The Founding of Melbourne & The Conquest of Australia Black Inc.
Children's Book of the Year Award Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Alison Lester and Coral TullochOne Small Island: The Story of Macquarie Island Penguin Group
Davitt Award True crimeLiz PorterCold Case Files: Past crimes solved by new forensic science Pan Macmillan
National Biography Award [48] BiographyMartin ThomasThe Many Worlds of R. H. Mathews: In Search of an Australian Anthropologist Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year [32] Non-Fiction William McInnes & Sarah Watt Worse Things Happen at Sea Hachette
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-fiction Mark McKenna An Eye for Eternity: The Live of Manning Clark Melbourne University Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fictionMark McKennaAn Eye for Eternity: The Live of Manning Clark Melbourne University Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian HistoryRussell McGregorIndifferent Inclusion: Aboriginal People and the Australian Nation Aboriginal Studies Press
Community and Regional HistoryDeborah BeckSet in Stone: A History of the Cell Block Theatre UNSW Press
General HistoryTim BonyhadyGood Living Street: The Fortunes of My Viennese Family Allen & Unwin
Young People'sStephanie Owen ReederAmazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea National Library of Australia
Queensland Literary Awards Non-fictionRobin De CrespignyThe People Smuggler Penguin Group
History Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award [34] Non-fiction Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Non-fiction Roger Averill (author) Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz Transit Lounge
Western Australian historyedited by Anne Scrimgeour; transcribed and translated by Barbara Hale, Mark ClendonKurlumarniny: We come from the DesertAboriginal Studies Press

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