2004 in Australian literature

none October 2014 December 2019 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2004. Events John Hay, Peter Porter, Elizabeth Webby, W. H. Wilde, and Barbara Ker Wilson are all recognised in the 2004 Australia Day Honours.The Austlit Gateway News March/April 2004 Peter Craven is sacked as editor of Quarterly Essay and the annual The Best Australian... anthologies after a dispute with Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz. Kenneth Dutton, Nick Enright, Morag Fraser, David Myers, and Brenda Niall are recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list.The Austlit Gateway News July/August 2004 Independent book publishers Text (Australia) and Canongate (UK) form a joint venture. The Text Media Group, purchased by John Fairfax earlier this year, sells Text Publishing to the joint venture partners. Sydney Morning Herald Literary Editor, Malcolm Knox exposes Norma Khouri and her 'factual' account of honour killings in Jordan as a fabrication.The Austlit Gateway News September/October 2004 Mark Rubbo, David Marr and Kerryn Goldsworthy resign as Miles Franklin Award judges in protest at changes to the charter governing the award's administration.Book prize controversy http://www.theage.com.au/news/Editorial/Book-prize-controversy/2004/12/22/1103391832587.html The Age https://web.archive.org/web/20121103051140/http://www.theage.com.au/news/Editorial/Book-prize-controversy/2004/12/22/1103391832587.html 3 November 2012 live 21 April 2009 Melbourne 23 December 2004 Inaugural Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards heldhttps://ntl.nt.gov.au/chief-ministers-northern-territory-history-book-award Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award Northern Territory Library ntl.nt.gov.au 6 December 2019 Major publications Literary fiction Sarah Armstrong – Salt Rain Larissa Behrendt – Home Home by Larissa Behrendt National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3102847 26 February 2025 Carmel Bird – Cape Grimm Cape Grimm by Carmel Bird National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3068097 26 February 2025 Steven Carroll – The Gift of Speed John Charalambous – Furies Furies by John Charalambous National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3084376 26 February 2025 Jon Cleary – Miss Ambar Regrets Bryce Courtenay – Brother Fish Sophie Cunningham – Geography Geography by Sophie Cunningham National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3060904 26 February 2025 Jack Dann – The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean by Jack Dann National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3072791 26 February 2025 Nick Earls – The Thompson Gunner The Thompson Gunner by Nick Earls National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3071949 26 February 2025 Robert Engwerda – Backwaters Backwaters by Robert Engwerda National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3310554 25 April 2025 Susan Johnson – The Broken Book The Broken Book by Susan Johnson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3098639 26 February 2025 Gail Jones – Sixty Lights Stefan Laszczuk – The Goddamn Bus of Happiness The Goddamn Bus of Happiness by Stefan Laszczuk National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3288687 26 February 2025 Amanda Lohrey – The Philosopher's Doll The Philosopher's Doll by Amanda Lohrey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3076296 26 February 2025 Colleen McCullough – Angel Puss Angel Puss by Colleen McCullough National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3234105 26 February 2025 Andrew McGahan – The White Earth Monica McInerney – The Alphabet Sisters The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7286458 26 February 2025 Emily Maguire – Taming the Beast Taming the Beast by Emily Maguire National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3102968 26 February 2025 Steven Orr – Hill of Grace Hill of Grace by Steven Orr National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3257018 26 February 2025 Eva Sallis – Fire Fire Fire Fire by Eva Sallis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3094756 26 February 2025 Nicholas Shakespeare – Snowleg Snowleg by Nicholas Shakespeare Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C499195 26 February 2025 Celestine Hitiura Vaite – Frangipani Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4462999 26 February 2025 Gerard Windsor – I Have Kissed Your Lips I Have Kissed Your Lips by Gerard Windsor National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3108110 26 February 2025 Charlotte Wood – The Submerged Cathedral Denise Young – The Last Ride The Last Ride by Denise Young National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3079017 25 April 2025 Arnold Zable – Scraps of Heaven Scraps of Heaven by Arnold Zable National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3120454 26 February 2025 Children's and Young Adult fiction Joanna Baker – Devastation Road Devastation Road by Joanna Baker National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3049748 30 September 2024 Michael Gerard Bauer – The Running Man Sherryl Clark – Farm Kid Farm Kid by Sherryl Clark National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3101211 30 September 2024 Robert Corbert – Shelf Life Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding – A Home for Bilby A Home for Bilby by Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3105061 30 September 2024 Anthony Eaton – Fireshadow Jon Flanagan – The Ruins of Gorlan Sonya Hartnett – The Silver Donkey Steven Herrick – By the River By the River by Steven Herrick National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3059937 30 September 2024 Joanne Horniman – Secret Scribbled Notebooks Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3101927 30 September 2024 Prue Mason – Camel Rider Camel Rider by Prue Mason National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7286644 30 September 2024 James Moloney – The Book of Lies Garth Nix – Grim Tuesday Emily Rodda Dragon's Nest Isle of the Dead Shadowgate The Sister of the South Scott Westerfeld – So Yesterday Crime Peter Corris – The Coast Road The Coast Road by Peter Corris National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3068944 25 February 2024 Colin Cotterill – The Coroner's Lunch The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3665906 25 February 2024 Kathryn Fox – Malicious Intent Jane Goodall – The Walker The Walker by Jane Goodall National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3060338 25 February 2024 Kerry Greenwood Earthly Delights Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3062532 25 February 2024 Heavenly Pleasures Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3261658 25 February 2024 Malcolm Knox – A Private Man Barry Maitland – No Trace No Trace by Barry Maitland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3125660 25 February 2024 Tara Moss – Covet Covet by Tara Moss National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4358298 25 February 2024 Tony Park – Far Horizon Far Horizon by Tony Park National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3068823 25 February 2024 Leigh Redhead – Peepshow Steve J. Spears – Murder by Manuscript Murder by Manuscript by Steven J. Spears National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3082558 25 February 2024 Romance Christine Balint – Ophelia's Fan Ophelia's Fan by Christine Balint National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3075536 24 February 2025 Catherine Jinks – Spinning Around Spinning Around by Catherine Jinks National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3062533 24 February 2025 Stephanie Laurens – The Ideal Bride The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3068699 24 February 2025 Rachael Treasure – The Stockmen The Stockmen by Rachael Treasure National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3112248 24 February 2025 Lynne Wilding – Outback Sunset Outback Sunset by Lynne Wilding National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3079007 24 February 2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy John Birmingham – Weapons of Choice John Brosnan – Mothership Mothership by John Brosnan ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?154254 30 September 2024 Alison Croggon – The Riddle Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Iron Tree Marianne de Pierres – Nylon Angel Jennifer Fallon – Wolfblade Rob Gerrand — The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing : A Fifty Year Collection (edited) Richard Harland – The Black Crusade John Harwood – The Ghost Writer The Ghost Writer by John Harwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3117939 25 April 2025 Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts by Simon Haynes Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C564471 30 September 2024 Nathan Hobby – The Fur Liam Hearn – Brilliance of the Moon Ian Irvine – The Life Lottery Margo Lanagan – Black Juice Glenda Larke – The Tainted The Tainted by Glenda Larke ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?182006 30 September 2024 Maxine McArthur – Less than Human Fiona McIntosh Blood and Memory Bridge of Souls Sophie Masson – Snow, Fire, Sword Snow, Fire, Sword by Sophie Masson ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?181337 30 September 2024 Josephine Pennicott – A Fire in the Shell A Fire in the Shell by Josephine Pennicott ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?876512 30 September 2024 Matthew Reilly – Hover Car Racer Cherry Wilder and Katya Reimann – The Wanderer The Wanderer by Cherry Wilder and Katya Reimann ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?32429 30 September 2024 Kim Wilkins – Giants of the Frost Sean Williams – The Crooked Letter Drama Bob Ellis and Robin McLachlan – A Local Man Martin Flanagan – The Call The Call by Martin Flanagan National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3259426 24 February 2025 Michael Gurr – Julia 3 Julia 3 by Michael Gurr National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3125568 24 February 2025 Debra Oswald – Mr Bailey's Minder Mr Bailey's Minder by Debra Oswald Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C505498 24 February 2025 Abe Pogos – Toby Toby by Abe Pogos National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3099919 24 February 2025 Alana Valentine – Run Rabbit Run! Run Rabbit Run! by Alana Valentine National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3102905 24 February 2025 David Williamson – Amigos Poetry M. T. C. Cronin – <More or Less Than> 1–100 <More or Less Than> 1–100 by M. T. C. Cronin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6534667 18 October 2024 Luke Davies – Totem Sarah Day – The Ship The Ship by Sarah Day National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3103853 18 October 2024 Noel Rowe – Next to Nothing Next to Nothing by Noel Rowe National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3290467 18 October 2024 Dipti Saravanamuttu – The Colosseum<ref>{{cite web|title= The Colosseum''' by Dipti Saravanamuttu|publisher= Austlit|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C536181|access-date= 18 October 2024}}</ref> Samuel Wagan Watson – Smoke Encrypted Whispers Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3119395 18 October 2024 Non-fiction Peter Carey – Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son by Peter Carey Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C523326 24 February 2025 Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland – Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities by Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3069955 24 February 2025 Sally Neighbour – In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia by Sally Neighbour National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3125915 24 February 2025 Biographies Michael Ackland – Henry Handel Richardson: A Life Henry Handel Richardson: A Life by Michael Ackland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3080934 25 February 2025 Phillip Adams – Adam's Ark Adam's Ark by Phillip Adams National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3104770 25 February 2025 Gay Bilson – Plenty: Digressions on Food Plenty: Digressions on Food by Gay Bilson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3092536 25 February 2025 Max Brown – Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift by Max Brown National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3049712 25 February 2025 Don Chipp – Keep the Bastards Honest Keep the Bastards Honest by Don Chipp National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3123941 25 February 2025 Michael Duffy – Latham and Abbott Latham and Abbott by Michael Duffy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3110651 25 February 2025 Carolly Erikson – The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape by Carolly Erickson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3092400 25 February 2025 Peter FitzSimons – Steve Waugh Steve Waugh by Peter FitzSimons National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3110619 25 February 2025 Tim Flannery – Country Country by Tim Flannery National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3120069 25 February 2025 John Hughes – The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays by John Hughes National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3114370 25 February 2025 John Marsden – I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times by John Marsden National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3094801 25 February 2025 Siobhan O'Brien – A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst by Siobhan O'Brien National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3160385 25 February 2025 Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn – Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's by Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3125176 25 February 2025 Peter Roebuck – Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh by Peter Roebuck National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3121859 25 February 2025 Charles Tingwell – Bud: A Life Bud: A Life by Charles Tingwell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3071556 25 February 2025 Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith – Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright'' Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright by Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3099524 25 February 2025 Awards and honours Note: these awards were presented in the year in question. Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan AwardAustlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 11 September 2023 Kris Hemensley Patrick White Award Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v617?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents 10 September 2023 22 August 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230822040912/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v617?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents dead Nancy Phelan Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year Award2004-08-21 Totem wins The Age Book of the Year https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/totem-wins-the-age-book-of-the-year-20040821-gdyhwi.html 15 July 2024 The Age en 25 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220625102656/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/totem-wins-the-age-book-of-the-year-20040821-gdyhwi.html live Luke Davies Totem Allen & Unwin 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 Laurie Duggan Mangroves University of Queensland PressColin 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 Alan Wearne The Lovemakers ABC Books Tim Winton The Turning Picador Nita Kibble Literary AwardKibble Literary Award Australian National University https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award 26 February 2024 Fiona Capp That Oceanic Feeling Allen & Unwin 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 Michelle de Kretser The Hamilton Case Knopf Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Nada Awar Jarrar Somewhere, Home Heineman 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 Kate Jennings Moral Hazard Picador The Age Book of the Year Award Andrew McGahan The White Earth Allen & Unwin 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 16 February 2024 Julienne van Loon Road Story Allen & 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 dead Shirley Hazzard The Great Fire Farrar Straus and Giroux New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards"Shanghai surprise" Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2004 https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/shanghai-surprise-20040518-gdiy2l.html 16 January 2025 Brian Castro Shanghai Dancing Giramondo Publishing 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 J. M. Coetzee Elizabeth Costello Secker & Warburg Victorian Premier's Literary Awardhttp://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/winner2004.html Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2004 Winner 7 February 2025 2008-08-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080812170538/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/winner2004.html live Annamarie Jagose Slow Water Vintage 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 Gail Jones Sixty Lights Random House Children and Young Adult National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Melina Marchetta Saving Francesca Viking Books Younger Readers Carole Wilkinson Dragon Keeper Black Dog Books Picture Book Joan Grant, illus. Neil Curtis Cat and Fish Lothian Early Childhood Pamela Allen Grandpa and Thomas Viking BooksNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Kierin Meehan Night Singing Puffin Books Young People's David Metzenthen Boys of Blood and Bone Penguin BooksQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Carole Wilkinson Dragonkeeper Black Dog Books Young Adult Martine Murray How to Make a Bird Allen & Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Margo Lanagan Black Juice Allen & UnwinWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young AdultsColin Bowles Nights in the Sun Penguin Books Children's Mark Greenwood The Legend of Lasseter's Reef Cygnet Crime and Mystery National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award"LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2004" LibraryThing https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2004/Davitt-Award-2004 19 January 2024 Novel Janette Turner Hospital Due Preparations for the Plague HarperCollins Readers' Choice Lindy Cameron Thicker Than Water HarperCollins Young Adult Novel Ruth Starke Muck-Up Day LothianNed Kelly Award2004 Ned Kelly Award Winners http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160327181222/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/10 2016-03-27 19 January 2024 Australian Crime Writers Novel Jon Cleary Degrees of Connection HarperCollinsFirst novel Jane R. Goodall The Walker Hodder Headline Wayne Grogan Junkie Pilgrim Brandl and Schlesinger True crime Peter Rees Killing Juanita Allen & Unwin Lifetime achievement Bob Bottom Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Novel K. A. Bedford Eclipse Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Trent Jamieson "Slow and Ache" Aurealis Fantasy Novel Juliet Marillier Blade of Fortriu Pan MacmillanFantasy Short Story Richard Harland "The Greater Death of Saito Saku" Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) Rosaleen Love "Once Giants Roamed the Earth" Aqueduct Press (The Traveling Tide); Agog! (Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales) Horror Novel No award. Horror Short Story Lee Battersby "Pater Familias" Shadowed Realms Young Adult Novel Isobelle Carmody Alyzon Whitestarr Penguin BooksDitmar Award Novel K. J. Bishop The Etched City Prime Books Novella/Novelette Lucy Sussex "La Sentinelle" Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural Short Story Trudi Canavan "Room for Improvement" Forever ShoresCollected Work Cat Sparks ed. Agog! Terrific Tales Agog! Press Peter McNamara and Margaret Winch eds. Forever Shores Wakefield Press Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Dorothy Porter Wild Surmise Picador The Age Book of the Year Luke Davies Totem Allen & Unwin Anne Elder Awardhttp://carrera.turboservers.com.au/~fawvic/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2004.pdf 2004 National Literary Awards 16 May 2024 1 September 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070901024207/http://carrera.turboservers.com.au/~fawvic/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2004.pdf bot: unknown Lidija Cvetkovic War is Not the Season for Figs University of Queensland Press Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004 Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 13 February 2024 12 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240212222126/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=6&count=3 dead Luke Davies Totem Allen & Unwin Mary Gilmore PrizeMary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ 13 February 2024 Michael Brennan The Imageless World Salt Publishing New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Pam Brown Dear Deliria: New & Selected Poems Salt Publishing Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Judith Beveridge Wolf Notes Giramondo Publishing Victorian Premier's Literary Award Judith Beveridge Wolf Notes Giramondo Publishing Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Miriam Wei Wei Lo Against Certain Capture Five Islands Press 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 Stephen Carleton Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset Playlab Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Rebe Taylor Unearthed: The Aboriginal Tasmanians of Kangaroo Island Wakefield Press The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction Peter Robb A Death in Brazil Duffy and Snellgrove 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 Barry Hill Broken Song: T.G.H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession Knopf New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Inga Clendinnen Dancing with Strangers Text PublishingNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian HistoryStuart Macintyre and Anna Clark The History Wars Melbourne University Press Community and Regional History Patricia Crawford and Ian Crawford Contested Country: A History of the Northcliffe Area University of Western Australia Press General History Edward Duyker Citizen Labillardiere: A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755–1834) Melbourne University Press Young People's David Hollinsworth They Took the Children Working Title Press Nita Kibble Literary Award Fiona Capp That Oceanic Feeling Allen and UnwinQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Peter Robb A Death in Brazil Duffy and Snellgrove History Inga Clendinnen Dancing with Strangers Text Publishing Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Graeme Davison Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities Allen and Unwin Deaths 3 January – Len Fox, journalist, historian, social activist and painter (born 1905)Len Fox (1905-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2520 2023-09-08 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Barbara Jefferis, novelist and dramatist (born 1917)Barbara Jefferis (1917-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A32193 2023-09-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 8 January – Norman Talbot, poet (born 1936) Austlit — Norman Talbot (1936-2004) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A29619 30 September 2024 17 February – Bruce Beaver, poet (born 1928)Bruce Beaver (1928-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A554 2023-10-01 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 11 April – Wilbur G. Howcroft, writer for children (born 1917)Wilbur G. Howcroft (1917-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34537 2023-09-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 7 July – Elisabeth MacIntyre, writer for children (born 1916)Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A41494 2023-09-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 3 February 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230203215753/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A41494 dead 17 August – Thea Astley, novelist (born 1925)Thea Astley (1925-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13608 2023-09-26 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 8 November – Peter Mathers, novelist and short story writer (born 1931 in Fulham, England)Peter Mathers (1931-2004) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A28832 2024-02-14 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland See also 2004 in Australia 2004 in literature 2004 in poetry List of years in literature List of years in Australian literature References Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page. 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