2025 in Australian literature

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This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2025.

Contents

Events

Major publications

Crime and mystery

Science fiction and Fantasy

Children's and young adult

Non-Fiction

Awards and honours

Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

Lifetime achievement

AwardAuthor
Patrick White Award Not yet awarded

Literary

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
ALS Gold Medal Not yet awarded
Colin Roderick Award Not yet awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Not yet awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded
Stella Prize Not yet awarded
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded

Fiction

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Not yet awarded
ARA Historical Novel Prize Not yet awarded
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Not yet awarded
Barbara Jefferis Award Not yet awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction Not yet awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction Not yet awarded
Miles Franklin Award Not yet awarded
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Not yet awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded
Queensland Literary Awards Not yet awarded
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded

Children and Young Adult

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
ARA Historical Novel Prize Children and Young AdultNot yet awarded
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Not yet awarded
Younger Readers Not yet awarded
Picture Book Not yet awarded
Early Childhood Not yet awarded
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Not yet awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Children's Not yet awarded
Young Adult Not yet awarded
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Children'sNot yet awarded
Young AdultNot yet awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children'sNot yet awarded
Young People'sNot yet awarded
Queensland Literary Awards Children'sNot yet awarded
Young AdultNot yet awarded
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult FictionNot yet awarded
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Children'sNot yet awarded

Crime and Mystery

National

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
Davitt Award NovelNot yet awarded
Young adult novelNot yet awarded
Children's novelNot yet awarded
Non-fictionNot yet awarded
DebutNot yet awarded
Readers' choiceNot yet awarded
Ned Kelly Award NovelNot yet awarded
First novelNot yet awarded
True crimeNot yet awarded

Non-Fiction

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
The Age Book of the Year Non-FictionNot yet awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Non-Fiction Not yet awarded
Illustrated Non-Fiction Not yet awarded
National Biography Award BiographyNot yet awarded
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-FictionNot yet awarded
Australian HistoryNot yet awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-FictionNot yet awarded
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian HistoryNot yet awarded
Community and Regional HistoryNot yet awarded
General HistoryNot yet awarded
Queensland Literary Awards Non-FictionNot yet awarded
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Non-FictionNot yet awarded

Poetry

AwardAuthorTitlePublisher
Anne Elder Award Not yet awarded
Mary Gilmore Award Not yet awarded
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Not yet awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded
Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection Not yet awarded
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded

Drama

AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards ScriptNot yet awarded
PlayNot yet awarded
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Not yet awarded

Deaths


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