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2016 in Australian literature

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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2016.

Major publications

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Literary fiction

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Children's and young adult fiction

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Crime

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Science fiction and fantasy

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Poetry

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Drama

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Biographies

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Non-fiction

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Awards and honours

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

Lifetime achievement

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Award Author
Patrick White Award[44] Carmel Bird

Literary

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Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[45] Brenda Niall Mannix Text Publishing
Colin Roderick Award[46] Gail Jones A Guide to Berlin Random House
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[47] Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things Allen & Unwin
Nita Kibble Literary Award[48] Fiona Wright Small Acts of Disappearance Giramondo Publishing
Stella Prize[49] Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things Allen & Unwin
Victorian Prize for Literature[50] Mary Anne Butler Broken Currency Press

Fiction

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National

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[51] Tamsin Janu Figgy in the World Omnibus Books
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[52] Katherine Brabon The Memory Artist Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award[53] Peggy Frew Hope Farm Scribe
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[47] Charlotte Wood The Natural Way of Things Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[47] Lucy Treloar Salt Creek Macmillan
Miles Franklin Award[54] A. S. Patrić Black Rock White City Transit Lounge
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[55] Lisa Gorton (joint winner) The Life of Houses Giramondo
Charlotte Wood (joint winner) The Natural Way of Things Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[56] Merlinda Bobis Locust Girl: A Lovesong Spinifex Press
Queensland Literary Awards[57] Georgia Blain Between a Wolf and a Dog Scribe
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[50] Mireille Juchau The World Without Us Bloomsbury Publishing

Children and young adult

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National

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Fiona Wood Cloudwish Macmillan Australia
Younger Readers Morris Gleitzman Soon Viking Books
Picture Book Nadia Wheatley, text

Armin Greder, illus.

Flight Windy Hollow Books
Early Childhood Anna Walker Mr Huff Penguin Random House
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[47] Children's Aaron Blabey The Bad Guys: Episode 1 Scholastic Australia
Young Adult Fiona Wood Cloudwish Pan MacMillan
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Rebecca Young & Matt Ottley Teacup Scholastic Australia
Young People's Alice Pung Laurinda Black Inc.
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Marlee Jane Ward Welcome to Orphancorp Xou Pty Ltd

Crime and mystery

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National

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[58] Novel Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay Echo Publishing
Young adult novel Fleur Ferris Risk Random House
Children's novel R. A Spratt Friday Barnes, Under Suspicion Random House
True crime Alecia Simmonds Wild Man Affirm Press
Debut novel Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay Echo Publishing
Fleur Ferris Risk Random House
Readers' choice Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay Echo Publishing
Ned Kelly Award[58] Novel Dave Warner Before It Breaks Fremantle Press
First novel Emma Viskic Resurrection Bay Echo Publishing
True crime Gideon Haigh Certain Admissions Penguin
Lifetime achievement Not awarded

Science fiction

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Aurealis Award Sf Novel Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Gemima: The Illuminae Files 2 Allen & Unwin
Sf Short Story Samantha Murray "Of Sight, of Mind, of Heart" Clarkesworld 122
Fantasy Novel Jay Kristoff Nevernight Harper Voyager
Fantasy Short Story Thoraiya Dyer "Where the Pelican Builds Her Nest" In Your Face (FableCroft Publishing)
Horror Novel Kaaron Warren The Grief Hole IFWG Publishing Australia
Horror Short Story TR Napper "Flame Trees" Asimov’s Science Fiction
Young Adult Novel Alison Goodman Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact HarperCollins Publishers
Young Adult Short Story Leife Shallcross "Pretty Jennie Greenteeth" Strange Little Girls (Belladonna Publishing)
Ditmar Award Novel Lisa L. Hannett Lament for the Afterlife ChiZine Publications
Best Novella or Novelette Sean Williams "Of Sorrow and Such" Of Sorrow and Such (Tor.com)
Best Short Story Kathleen Jennings "A Hedge of Yellow Roses" Hear Me Roar (Ticonderoga Publications)

Poetry

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[51] Les Murray Waiting for the Past Black Inc Press
Anne Elder Award[59] John Hawke Aurelia Cordite Books
Mary Gilmore Award[60] Benedict Andrews Lens Flare Pitt Street Poetry
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[61] Joanne Burns brush Giramondo Publishing
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Alan Loney Crankhandle Cordite Books

Drama

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Script Cate Shortland Deadline Gallipoli, Episode 4: "The Letter" Matchbox Pictures & Full Clip Productions
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Award Lewis Treston Hot Tub Sydney Theatre Company
Fellowship Andrew Bovell

Non-fiction

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[51] Non-Fiction Robert Dessaix What Days Are For Random House Australia
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[47] Non-Fiction Magda Szubanski Reckoning: A Memoir Text Publishing
National Biography Award[62] Biography Brenda Niall Mannix Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Magda Szubanski Reckoning: A Memoir Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Stuart Macintyre Australia’s Boldest Experiment: War and Reconstruction in the 1940s NewSouth Books
Community and Regional History Tanya Evans Fractured Families: Life on the Margins in Colonial New South Wales University of New South Wales Press
General History Ann McGrath Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marriage in the United States and Australia Nebraska University Press
Queensland Literary Awards Non-Fiction Fiona Wright Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger Giramondo
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Gerald Murnane Something for the Pain Text Publishing

Deaths

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See also

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References

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Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.