2005 in Australian literature

none October 2014 May 2023 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2005. Events Morag Fraser is appointed as a judge of the Miles Franklin Award, following the resignation of three judges in late 2004http://www.theage.com.au/news/Books/Fraser-a-Miles-Franklin-judge/2005/02/01/1107228693867.html Fraser a Miles Franklin judge 22 January 2009 11 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090211002217/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Books/Fraser-a-Miles-Franklin-judge/2005/02/01/1107228693867.html live Murray Bail is accused of plagiarism over several passages in his novel Eucalyptus. Bail later accepts the breach and intends adding an acknowledgment in future editionshttp://www.smh.com.au/news/Books/Taking-a-leaf-from-another-book/2005/02/04/1107476793923.html Taking a leaf from another book 22 January 2009 1 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081001002224/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Books/Taking-a-leaf-from-another-book/2005/02/04/1107476793923.html live The Victorian town of Shepparton unveils a statue of Joseph Furphy, author of Such is Lifehttp://www.theage.com.au/news/Books/New-generation-finds-Joseph-Furphy/2005/03/11/1110417688940.html New generation finds Joseph Furphy 22 January 2009 13 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080613155447/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Books/New-generation-finds-Joseph-Furphy/2005/03/11/1110417688940.html live Collins Booksellers, Australia's third largest national bookseller, goes into voluntary administrationhttp://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Collins-calls-in-the-doctor/2005/04/26/1114462041845.html Collins calls in the doctor 22 January 2009 20 December 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051220180543/http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Collins-calls-in-the-doctor/2005/04/26/1114462041845.html live Major publications Literary fiction Diane Armstrong – Winter Journey Winter Journey by Diane Armstrong National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3288540 19 July 2024 Anne Bartlett – Knitting Knitting by Anne Bartlett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3311438 19 July 2024 Geraldine Brooks – March Brian Castro – The Garden Book J. M. Coetzee – Slow Man Gregory Day – The Patron Saint of Eels Robert Drewe – Grace Grace by Robert Drewe National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7286445 19 July 2024 Arabella Edge – The God of Spring The God of Spring by Arabella Edge National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3499687 19 July 2024 Delia Falconer – The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers by Delia Falconer National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3379615 19 July 2024 Kate Grenville – The Secret River Sonya Hartnett – Surrender Wendy James – Out of the Silence Nicholas Jose – Original Face Original Face by Nicholas Jose National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3535769 19 July 2024 Stephen Lacey – Sandstone Sandstone by Stephen Lacey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3309496 19 July 2024 Steven Lang – An Accidental Terrorist An Accidental Terrorist by Steven Lang National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3414836 19 July 2024 Carolyn Leach-Paholski – The Grasshopper Shoe The Grasshopper Shoe by Carolyn Leach-Paholski National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3454983 19 July 2024 Andrew McCann – Subtopia Subtopia by A. L. McCann National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3426624 19 July 2024 Roger McDonald – The Ballad of Desmond Kale Alex Miller – Prochownik's Dream Joanna Murray-Smith – Sunnyside Sunnyside by Joanna Murray-Smith National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3623512 19 July 2024 Eva Sallis – The Marsh Birds The Marsh Birds by Eva Sallis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3307576 19 July 2024 Elizabeth Stead – The Book of Tides The Book of Tides by Elizabeth Stead National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3420993 19 July 2024 Carrie Tiffany – Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Ian Townsend – Affection Affection by Ian Townsend National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3317165 19 July 2024 Christos Tsiolkas – Dead Europe Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7287619 19 July 2024 Brenda Walker – The Wing of Night Tim Winton – The Turning Children's and Young Adult fiction Randa Abdel-Fattah – Does My Head Look Big in This? J. C. Burke – The Story of Tom Brennan Isobelle Carmody – Alyzon Whitestarr Kate Constable – The Tenth Power The Tenth Power by Kate Constable National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3258313 16 July 2024 Gary Crew – The Lace Maker's Daughter The Lace Maker's Daughter by Gary Crew National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3289281 16 July 2024 Mem Fox – Hunwick's Egg Morris Gleitzman – Once Kerry Greenwood – The Rat and the Raven The Rat and the Raven by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3306108 16 July 2024 Sonya Hartnett – Surrender Barry Jonsberg – It's Not All About You, Calma! It's Not All About You, Calma! by Barry Jonsberg National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3399383 16 July 2024 Justine Larbalestier – Magic or Madness Victor Kelleher – Dogboy Dogboy by Victor Kelleher National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7286508 16 July 2024 Mardi McConnochie – Fivestar Fivestar by Mardi McConnochie National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3410144 16 July 2024 Garth Nix – Drowned Wednesday Penni Russon – Breathe Breathe by Penni Russon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3425951 16 July 2024 Scott Westerfeld Pretties Touching Darkness Uglies Markus Zusak – The Book Thief Crime Robert G. Barrett – Crime Scene Cessnock Crime Scene Cessnock by Robert G. Barrett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3539294 16 July 2024 John Birmingham – Designated Targets: World War 2.2 Peter Corris – Saving Billie Saving Billie by Peter Corris National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3509925 16 July 2024 Colin Cotterill – Thirty-Three Teeth Michelle de Kretser – The Hamilton Case Garry Disher – Snapshot Snapshot by Garry Disher National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3548884 16 July 2024 Greg Flynn – The Berlin Cross The Berlin Cross by Greg Flynn National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3523801 16 July 2024 Robert Gott – A Thing of Blood A Thing of Blood by Robert Gott National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3533208 16 July 2024 Kerry Greenwood Death by Water Death by Water by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3357483 16 July 2024 Heavenly Pleasures Gabrielle Lord – Dirty Weekend Dirty Weekend by Gabrielle Lord National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3509623 16 July 2024 P. D. Martin – Body Count Body Count by P. D. Martin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3307608 16 July 2024 Chris Nyst – Crook as Rookwood Leigh Redhead – Rubdown Matthew Reilly – Seven Ancient Wonders Michael Robotham – Lost Heather Rose – The Butterfly Man Steve J. Spears – Innocent Murder Innocent Murder by Steve J. Spears National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3427301 16 July 2024 Peter Temple – The Broken Shore Romance Lilian Darcy – The Father Factor The Father Factor by Lilian Darcy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3537321 16 July 2024 Marion Lennox – Bride by Accident Bride by Accident by Marion Lennox National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3566510 16 July 2024 Science fiction and fantasy K. A. Bedford – Eclipse Eclipse by K. A. Bedford ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?183949 15 July 2024 Damien Broderick – Godplayers Godplayers by Damien Broderick ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?172144 15 July 2024 Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Well of Tears The Well of Tears by Cecilia Dart-Thornton ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?184071 15 July 2024 Marianne de Pierres – Crash Deluxe Sara Douglass – Darkwitch Rising Darkwitch Rising by Sara Douglass ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?168003 15 July 2024 Greg Egan – "Riding the Crocodile" Kate Forsyth – The Shining City The Shining City by Kate Forsyth ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?181103 15 July 2024 Catherine Jinks – Evil Genius Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?590821 15 July 2024 Juliet Marillier – Blade of Fortriu Blade of Fortriu by Juliet Marillier ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?194269 15 July 2024 Sean Williams Ascent (with Shane Dix) Ascent by Sean Williams & Shane Dix ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?157786 15 July 2024 The Blood Debt The Blood Debt by Sean Williams ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?194302 15 July 2024 The Hanging Mountains The Hanging Mountains by Sean Williams ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?197786 15 July 2024 Drama Chris Aronsten – Human Resources Human Resources by Chris Aronsten Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C558259 16 July 2024 Jane Brodie – A Single Act A Single Act by Jane Brodie Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C571093 16 July 2024 Catherine Lazaroo – Asylum Asylum by Catherine Lazaroo Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C602976 16 July 2024 Louis Nowra – The Marvellous Boy Poetry Alan Gould – The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003 The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003 by Alan Gould National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3305063 15 July 2024 John Kinsella – The New Arcadia The New Arcadia by John Kinsella National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3425589 15 July 2024 Jennifer Maiden – Friendly Fire Jaya Savige – Latecomers Latecomers by Jaya Savige National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3398102 15 July 2024 Non-fiction R.J.B. Bosworth – Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 by R.J.B. Bosworth National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3581268 18 July 2024 Richard Broome – Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 by Richard Broome National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3298450 18 July 2024 Helen Ennis – Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography by Helen Ennis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3371415 18 July 2024 Pamela Freeman – The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop's Early Years The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop's Early Years by Pamela Freeman Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C552042 18 July 2024 Tom Keneally – A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia Maria Nugent – Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet by Maria Nugent National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3309564 18 July 2024 Biographies John Baxter – We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light by John Baxter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3648584 20 July 2024 Richie Benaud – My Spin on Cricket My Spin on Cricket by Richie Benaud National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3626946 20 July 2024 Eric Campbell – Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places by Eric Campbell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3293534 20 July 2024 Maryanne Convoy – Morris West: Literary Maverick Morris West: Literary Maverick by Maryanne Convoy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3304702 20 July 2024 Peter C. Doherty – The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science by Peter C. Doherty National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3417602 20 July 2024 Graham Freudenberg – A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir by Graham Freudenberg National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3543443 20 July 2024 Gavin Fry – Albert Tucker Albert Tucker by Gavin Fry National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3524705 20 July 2024 Aneurin Hughes – Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Australian Labor Party Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Australian Labor Party by Aneurin Hughes National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3524471 20 July 2024 Sandy McCutcheon – The Magician's Son The Magician's Son by Sandy McCutcheon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3307696 20 July 2024 William McInnes – A Man's Got to Have a Hobby: Long Summers with My Dad A Man's Got to Have a Hobby: Long Summers with My Dad by William McInnes National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3722307 20 July 2024 Brenda Niall – Judy Cassab: A Portrait Judy Cassab: A Portrait by Brenda Niall National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3308603 20 July 2024 Barry Pearce – Jeffrey Smart Jeffrey Smart by Barry Pearce National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3421250 20 July 2024 Jacob G. Rosenberg – East of Time East of Time by Jacob G. Rosenberg National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3370535 20 July 2024 Mandy Sayer – Velocity Velocity by Mandy Sayer National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3308242 20 July 2024 Craig Sherborne – Hoi Polloi Hoi Polloi by Craig Sherborne National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3511513 20 July 2024 Steve Waugh – Out of My Comfort Zone Out of My Comfort Zone by Steve Waugh National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3510285 20 July 2024 Elisabeth Wynhausen – Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market by Elisabeth Wynhausen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3293475 20 July 2024 Awards and honours Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 11 September 2023 19 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230919073146/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 live Fay Zwicky Patrick White Awardhttp://www.theage.com.au/news/books/writers-solitary-life-interrupted-by-award/2005/11/11/1131578237917.html Writers' solitary life interrupted by award Theage.com.au 2023-09-10 12 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130512010913/http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/writers-solitary-life-interrupted-by-award/2005/11/11/1131578237917.html live Fay Zwicky Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year "More than restaurants" The Age, 20 August 2005 https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/more-than-restaurants-20050820-ge0q5r.html 16 January 2024 27 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220627064726/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/more-than-restaurants-20050820-ge0q5r.html live Gay Bilson Plenty: Digressions on Food Lantern ALS Gold Medal ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/ 13 January 2024 22 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240122101539/https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/ live Gail Jones Sixty Lights Harvill Press Colin Roderick Award Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners James Cook University https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/roderick-award/previous-winners2 16 January 2024 30 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231130015711/https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/roderick-award/previous-winners2 live Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing Nita Kibble Literary AwardKibble Literary Award Australian National University https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award 26 February 2024 10 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230210075745/https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award live Gay Bilson Plenty Lantern Fiction International Award Category Author Title PublisherCommonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007 Commonwealth Foundation http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/uploads/documents/Regional%20Winners%201987-20071.pdf 18 January 2024 23 October 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071023223729/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/uploads/documents/Regional%20Winners%201987-20071.pdf dead Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Andrew McGahan The White Earth Allen and Unwin Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Larissa Behrendt Home University of Queensland Press National Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for LiteratureState Library of South Australia https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/past-literary-award-winners Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners 18 April 2024 9 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260309180911/https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/past-literary-award-winners dead Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Award Gail Jones Sixty Lights Harvill Press The Australian/Vogel Literary Award "Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2003-2005" Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v385?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=15&count=3 19 February 2024 15 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240215222620/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v385?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=15&count=3 live Andrew O'Connor Tuvalu Allen and Unwin Miles Franklin Award Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v254 21 September 2023 7 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231107080036/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v254 live Andrew McGahan The White Earth Allen and Unwin New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards"Ten-year walk down memory lane brings home the bacon" Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2005 https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/ten-year-walk-down-memory-lane-brings-home-the-bacon-20050524-gdldvf.html 16 January 2025 Tim Winton The Turning Picador Queensland Premier's Literary Awards "Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Previous Winners" Queensland Government http://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/literary-awards/past-winners/ 13 May 2025 17 July 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120717073830/http://www.qld.gov.au/about/events-awards-honours/awards/literary-awards/past-winners/ dead Tim Winton The Turning Picador Victorian Premier's Literary Awardhttp://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/winner2005.html Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2005 Winner 7 February 2025 2008-08-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080812170020/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/winner2005.html live Sonya Hartnett Surrender Walker Books Western Australian Premier's Book Awards"Australian Literary Awards: Western Australian Premier's" University Libraries, University of Washington https://guides.lib.uw.edu/c.php?g=341672&p=2299464 23 May 2025 Carrie Tiffany Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Picador Children and Young Adult National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Michael Gerard Bauer The Running Man Omnibus Books Younger Readers Sonya Hartnett The Silver Donkey Viking Books Picture Book Alison Lester Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Viking Books Early Childhood Mem Fox, illus. Judy Horacek Where is the Green Sheep? Viking Books Davitt Award Young Adult Joanna Baker Devastation Road LothianNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Sherryl Clark Farm Kid Puffin Books Young People's Steven Herrick By the River Allen and UnwinQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Prue Mason Camel Rider Puffin Books Young Adult Joanne Horniman Secret Scribbled Notebooks Allen and Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Scott Westerfeld So Yesterday Penguin BooksWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Anthony Eaton Fireshadow University of Queensland Press Children's Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding A Home for Bilby Magabala Books Crime and Mystery National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award "LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2005" LibraryThing https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2005/Davitt-Award-2005 10 January 2024 10 January 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240110044246/https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2005/Davitt-Award-2005 live Novel Kathryn Fox Malicious Intent Macmillan Readers' Choice Leigh Redhead Peepshow Allen & Unwin Young Adult Novel Joanna Baker Devastation Road LothianNed Kelly Award2005 Ned Kelly Award Winners http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150722221927/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/11 2015-07-22 2024-01-10 Australian Crime Writers Novel Michael Robotham Lost Time Warner Book Group First novel Malcolm Knox A Private Man Vintage BooksTrue crime Helen Garner Joe Cinque's Consolation Picador Tony Reeves Mr Big Allen & Unwin Lifetime Achievement Stuart Coupe Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Sf Novel Damien Broderick K-Machines Thunder's Mouth Press Sf Short Story Sean Williams The Seventh Letter "Bulletin" Magazine, Summer Reading Edition Fantasy Novel Juliet Marillier Wildwood Dancing Pan Macmillan Fantasy Short Story Margo Lanagan "A Fine Magic" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I)Horror Novel Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Edwina Grey Prismatic Lothian Books Horror Short Story Stephen Dedman "Dead of Winter" Weird TalesDitmar Award Novel Sean Williams The Crooked Letter Voyager Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "The Last Days of Kali Yuga" NFG Magazine Short Story Margo Lanagan "Singing My Sister Down" Black Juice Collected Work Margo Lanagan Black Juice Allen & Unwin Australian Shadows Award Lee Battersby "Father Muerte and the Flesh" Aurealis Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Dipti Saravanamuttu The Colosseum Five Islands Press Anne Elder Award2005 National Literary Awards Results https://web.archive.org/web/20070901024234/http://carrera.turboservers.com.au/~fawvic/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2005.PDF 1 September 2007 p. 2. Max Ryan Rainswayed Night Dangerously Poetic Press Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2005-2007 Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 28 February 2024 12 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240212222127/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 live Noel Rowe Next to Nothing Vagabond Press Mary Gilmore PrizeMary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ 29 February 2024 8 March 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240308150200/https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ live Not awarded New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Samuel Wagan Watson Smoke Encrypted Whispers University of Queensland Press Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Sarah Day The Ship Brandl and Schlesinger Victorian Premier's Literary Award M. T. C. Cronin <More Or Less Than> 1-100 Shearsman Books Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Rod Moran The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems, 1970-2005 Salt Publishing Drama Award Author Title Publisher Patrick White Playwrights' Award"Patrick White Playwrights' Award – Past Winners" Sydney Theatre Company https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/about/information-for-artists/patrick-white-playwrights-award-and-fellowship/past-winners 25 December 2025 Wesley Enoch The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table Currency Press Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction Gay Bilson Plenty: Digressions on Food Lantern National Biography Award"National Biography Award – Past Winners" State Library of NSW https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/awards/national-biography-award?page=2 1 August 2024 Biography Robert Hillman The Boy in the Green Suit Scribe Publications New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction John Hughes The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays Giramondo PublishingNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller Degenerates and Perverts: the 1939 Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art Melbourne University Publishing Community and Regional History Joe Hajdu Samurai in the Surf: the Arrival of the Japanese on theGold Coast in the 1980s Pandanus Books General History Sally Neighbour In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia HarperCollins Young People's Allan Baillie My Story: Riding with Thunderbolt, the Diary of Ben Cross Scholastic Press Nita Kibble Literary Award Gay Bilson Plenty: Digressions on Food LanternQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon Papunya – A Place Made After the Story Miegunyah Press History Shane White and Graham White The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering AfricanHistory Through Songs, Sermons and Speech Beacon Press Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Robert Dessaix Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev Picador Deaths 11 April – John Brosnan, sf and cinema writer (born 1947) John Brosnan (1947-2005) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10128 17 May 2024 10 May – Percy Trezise, children's writer (born 1923)Percy Trezise (1923-2005) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20115 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 4 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240504070912/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20115 live 13 May – Shelton Lea, poet (born 1946)Shelton Lea (1946-2005) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20341 2024-02-19 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 19 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240219222206/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20341 live 29 August – Margaret Scott, poet and novelist (born in Bristol, England, 1934)Margaret Scott (1934-2005) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13800 2024-02-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 16 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240216215521/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13800 live 8 September – Donald Horne, social and political commentator (born 1921) Donald Horne (1921-2005) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34030 17 May 2024 14 October – Barney Roberts, poet and short story writer (born 1920) Barney Roberts (1920-2005) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A18229 17 May 2024 18 October – Philip Martin, poet (born 1931)Philip Martin (1931-2005) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A29020 2024-02-14 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 14 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240214222525/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A29020 live 1 November – Jenny Boult, poet (born 1951) Jenny Boult (1951-2005) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7934 17 May 2024 Michael Thwaites, poet (born 1915)Michael Thwaites (1915-2005) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34833 2023-09-14 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 26 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170326020212/http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34833 live 22 December – Bill Scott, poet and children's writer (born 1923)Bill Scott (1923-2005) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13132 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 15 July 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230715034006/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13132 live See also 2005 in Australia 2005 in literature 2005 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature References Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page. 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