2007 in Australian literature

none December 2021 June 2011 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007. Events Surrender by Sonya Hartnett, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak are named as Honor Books in the 2007 American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature "The Guardian" newspaper from the UK reports that Borders plans to sell its Australian stores."The Guardian" 22.03.2007 The small township of Clunes, about 20 kilometres north of Ballarat in Victoria, decides to try to set up Australia's first dedicated booktown. The first weekend event takes place on 20 May.Clunes to do it by the book AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), the major Australian literature resource for research and teaching housed at the University of Queensland, announces the commencement of "Black Words", a literary website specialising in Australian Indigenous writers and storytellers and their works.New website brings Black Words into focus Federal Education minister, Julie Bishop, announces that the Australian Government will allocate funds to A$1.5m to create a Chair of Australian Literature in an Australian university.Bishop creates Aust literature position Charlie Rimmer, Group Commercial Manager for Angus and Robertson bookshops, writes to a number of Australian independent publishers indicating that the bookshop chain will refuse to stock their books without compensation.Bookshop chain puts bite on small publishers Lonely Planet, the iconic Australian publisher of travel guides, is sold to the commercial division of the BBC in a deal reportedly worth A$200 million.Payday for travellers who forged an empire Australia's new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announces a major new literary prize of $100,000 in both fiction and non-fiction categories.http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22872279-5001986,00.html Rudd to reward Aussie writers 22 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20071208003109/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22872279-5001986,00.html 8 December 2007 dead Australia-Asia Literary Award established. Major publications Literary fiction David Brooks – The Fern Tattoo Steven Carroll – The Time We Have Taken Belinda Castles – The River Baptists Jon Cleary – Four-Cornered Circle J. M. Coetzee – Diary of a Bad Year Matthew Condon – The Trout Opera The Trout Opera by Matthew Condon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3996558 29 January 2025 Steven Conte – The Zookeeper's War Gregory Day – Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds by Gregory Day National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3962796 29 January 2025 Michelle de Kretser – The Lost Dog Nicholas Drayson – Love and the Platypus Love and the Platypus by Nicholas Drayson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3821754 29 January 2025 Karen Foxlee – The Anatomy of Wings The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3891691 29 January 2025 Rodney Hall – Love Without Hope Janette Turner Hospital – Orpheus Lost Orpheus Lost by Janette Turner Hospital National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4043735 29 January 2025 Gail Jones – Sorry Mireille Juchau – Burning In Burning In by Mireille Juchau National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3999053 29 January 2025 Thomas Keneally – The Widow and Her Hero Malcolm Knox – Jamaica Christopher Koch – The Memory Room The Memory Room by Christopher Koch National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4266712 29 January 2025 Carol Lefevre – Nights in the Asylum Nights in the Asylum by Carol Lefevre National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3801076 29 January 2025 Colleen McCullough – Antony and Cleopatra Rhyll McMaster – Feather Man David Malouf – The Complete Stories The Complete Stories by David Malouf National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4082746 29 January 2025 Alex Miller – Landscape of Farewell Kate Morton – The House at Riverton Nicholas Shakespeare – Secrets of the Sea Secrets of the Sea by Nicholas Shakespeare National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4330629 29 January 2025 Allayne Webster – Our Little Secret Jessica White – A Curious Intimacy A Curious Intimacy by Jessica White National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3731662 29 January 2025 Charlotte Wood – The Children The Children by Charlotte Wood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3997014 29 January 2025 Geraldine Wooller – The Seamstress The Seamstress by Geraldine Wooller National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3787679 29 January 2025 Children's and Young Adult fiction Alexandra Adornetto – The Shadow Thief The Shadow Thief by Alexandra Adornetto National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3960826 6 April 2025 Sherryl Clark – Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!), illus by Elissa Christian Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!) by Sherryl Clark National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/.3915639 6 April 2025 John Flanagan Erak's Ransom The Siege of Macindaw Mem Fox – Where the Giant Sleeps Jackie French Pharaoh: The Boy Who Conquered the Nile Pharaoh: The Boy Who Conquered the Nile by Jackie French National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4006451 6 April 2025 The Shaggy Gully Times, illus by Bruce Whatley The Shaggy Gully Times by Jackie French National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3988567 6 April 2025 Jane Godwin – Falling from Grace Sonya Hartnett – The Ghost's Child Lian Hearn – Heaven's Net is Wide John Heffernan – Marty's Shadow Marty's Shadow by John Heffernan National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3885639 6 April 2025 Odo Hirsch – Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp by Odo Hirsch National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4082756 6 April 2025 Justine Larbalestier – Magic's Child Brigid Lowry – Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful by Brigid Lowry National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3918436 6 April 2025 Juliet Marillier – Cybele's Secret Meme McDonald – Love Like Water Love Like Water by Meme McDonald National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3706016 6 April 2025 David Metzenthen Black Water Black Water by David Metzenthen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7286472 6 April 2025 Winning the World Cup, illus by Stephen Axelsen Winning the World Cup by David Metzenthen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3697229 6 April 2025 Garth Nix – Lady Friday Leonie Norrington – Leaving Barrumbi Leaving Barrumbi by Leonie Norrington National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record//3638112 6 April 2025 Emily Rodda – The Key to Rondo The Key to Rondo by Emily Rodda National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3912372 6 April 2025 Scott Westerfeld – Extras Carole Wilkinson – Dragon Moon Crime and Mystery Mark Abernethy – Golden Serpent Golden Serpent by Mark Abernethy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3968401 17 February 2025 John Clanchy and Mark Henshaw (J.M. Calder) – And Hope to Die And Hope to Die by J. M. Calder National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3769678 17 February 2025 Garry Disher – Chain of Evidence Kathryn Fox – Skin and Bone Skin and Bone by Kathryn Fox National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3999069 17 February 2025 Robert Gott – Amongst the Dead Amongst the Dead by Robert Gott National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3890009 17 February 2025 Kerry Greenwood – Trick or Treat Trick or Treat by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3990420 17 February 2025 Sarah Hopkins – The Crimes of Billy Fish The Crimes of Billy Fish by Sarah Hopkins National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3788927 17 February 2025 Katherine Howell – Frantic Gabrielle Lord – Shattered Shattered by Gabrielle Lord National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3911835 17 February 2025 Shane Maloney – Sucked In Sucked In by Shane Maloney National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3820483 17 February 2025 Dorothy Porter – El Dorado El Dorado by Dorothy Porter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3822179 17 February 2025 Leigh Redhead – Cherry Pie Cherry Pie by Leigh Redhead National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3820494 17 February 2025 Michael Robotham – The Night Ferry Steve Toltz – A Fraction of the Whole Chris Womersley – The Low Road Romance Anna Campbell – Claiming the Courtesan Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4041472 6 April 2025 Emma Darcy – The Billionaire's Scandalous Marriage The Billionaire's Scandalous Marriage by Emma Darcy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3969078 6 April 2025 Lilian Darcy – Cafe du Jour Cafe du Jour by Lilian Darcy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4189040 6 April 2025 Kimberley Freeman – Duet Duet by Kimberley Freeman National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3962809 6 April 2025 Anna Jacobs – Tomorrow's Promises Tomorrow's Promises by Anna Jacobs National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4474210 6 April 2025 Melanie La'Brooy – Serendipity Serendipity by Melanie La'Brooy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4225207 6 April 2025 Tamara McKinley – Lands Beyond the Sea Lands Beyond the Sea by Tamara McKinley National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8544531 6 April 2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy David Conyers & John Sunseri – The Spiraling Worm Marianne de Pierres – Dark Space Sara Douglass – The Serpent Bride The Serpent Bride by Sara Douglass ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?221891 22 May 2024 Greg Egan "Dark Integers" "Glory" "Induction" Lian Hearn – Heaven's Net is Wide Jack Heath – Remote Control Remote Control by Jack Heath ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1290962 22 May 2024 David Kowalski – The Company of the Dead The Company of the Dead by David Kowalski ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?851536 22 May 2024 Karen Miller Empress of Mijak The Riven Kingdom James Moloney – Master of the Books Jason Nahrung & Mil Clayton – The Darkness Within The Darkness Within by Jason Nahrung & Mil Clayton ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1504116 22 May 2024 Garth Nix – "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again" Susan Parisi – Blood of Dreams Ben Peek – Black Sheep: A Dystopian Novel Black Sheep: A Dystopian Novel by Ben Peek ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?197409 22 May 2024 Matthew Reilly – Hell Island Jonathan Strahan – The New Space Opera (edited) Sean Williams – Saturn Returns Saturn Returns by Sean Williams ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?211681 22 May 2024 Drama Stephen Carleton – The Narcissist The Narcissist by Stephen Carleton Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C606759 17 July 2024 Michael Gow – Toy Symphony Toy Symphony by Michael Gow Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C640099 17 July 2024 Tom Holloway – Beyond the Neck Beyond the Neck by Tom Holloway Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C633947 17 July 2024 Caleb Lewis – Dogfall Katherine Thomson – King Tide King Tide by Katherine Thomson Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C599477 17 July 2024 Alana Valentine – Parramatta Girls Poetry Judith Bishop – Event Event by Judith Bishop National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4353497 2 April 2025 David Brooks – Urban Elegies Urban Elegies by David Brooks National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3822681 2 April 2025 Brook Emery — Uncommon Light"Uncommon light : poems / Brook Emery", National Library of Australia. Lisa Gorton – Press Release Press Release by Lisa Gorton National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4198959 2 April 2025 J. S. Harry – Not Finding Wittgenstein Kathryn Lomer – Two Kinds of Silence Two Kinds of Silence by Kathryn Lomer National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3902510 2 April 2025 David Malouf – Typewriter Music Dorothy Porter – El Dorado El Dorado by Dorothy Porter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3822179 2 April 2025 Peter Rose – The Best Australian Poems 2007 (edited) The Best Australian Poems 2007 edited by Peter Rose Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C637622 2 April 2025 Peter Skrzynecki – Old/New World Old/New World by Peter Skrzynecki National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3724193 2 April 2025 John Tranter – The Best Australian Poetry 2007 (edited) Petra White – The Incoming Tide The Incoming Tide by Petra White National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4235382 2 April 2025 Non-fiction Waleed Aly – People Like Us Janet Fife-Yeomans – Killing Jodie Killing Jodie by Janet Fife-Yeomans National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3888383 29 January 2025 Tom Griffiths – Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica by Tom Griffiths National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3999153 29 January 2025 Clive James – Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time Paul Ham – Vietnam: The Australian War Philip Jones – Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers by Philip Jones National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3697744 29 January 2025 Evan McHugh – Red Centre, Dark Heart Red Centre, Dark Heart by Evan McHugh National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3918004 29 January 2025 Nicolas Rothwell – Another Country Another Country by Nicolas Rothwell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4186625 29 January 2025 Tessa Wigney, Kerrie Eyers and Gordon Parker – Journeys with the Black Dog (editors) Children's and Young Adult Non-fiction Christobel Mattingley – Battle Order 204 Biographies Philip Dwyer – Napoleon: The Path To Power 1769–1799 Napoleon: The Path To Power 1769–1799 by Philip Dwyer National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4194950 29 March 2025 Kim Huynh – Where the Sea Takes Us Where the Sea Takes Us by Kim Huynh National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3942871 29 March 2025 Mark Kurzem – The Mascot The Mascot by Mark Kurzem National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3960515 29 March 2025 Brenda Niall – Life Class: The Education of a Biographer Life Class: The Education of a Biographer by Brenda Niall National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3802796 29 March 2025 Craig Sherborne – Muck Muck by Craig Sherborne National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3993635 29 March 2025 Jeff Sparrow – Communism: A Love Story Communism: A Love Story by Jeff Sparrow National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3789412 29 March 2025 Awards and honours Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award"PM's Literary Awards-Winners and shortlists-Armour" Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts https://www.arts.gov.au/pm-literary-awards/shortlist/armour 11 September 2023 John Kinsella 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 David Rowbotham Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year2007-08-25 Entitled to tell a story https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/entitled-to-tell-a-story-20070825-ge5ntt.html 26 February 2024 The Age en 26 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210126135531/http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/entitled-to-tell-a-story-20070825-ge5ntt.html live Peter Cochrane Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy Melbourne University Press 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 Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo 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 2 February 2024 Deborah Robertson Careless Vintage Nita Kibble Literary Award 2009-06-09 Kibble Literary Award https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award 9 March 2024 Australian National University en-AU Deborah Robertson Careless Vintage Fiction International Award Region Category Author Title Publisher Commonwealth 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 SE Asia and South Pacific Best First Novel Andrew O'Connor Tuvalu Allen and Unwin National Award Author Title Publisher ABC Fiction Award"Debut novel wins ABC award" ABC News, 7 March 2007 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-03-07/debut-novel-wins-abc-award/2210834 2 February 2024 Damian McDonald Luck in the Greater West ABC Books 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 David Malouf Every Move You Make Chatto & Windus The Australian/Vogel Literary Award"Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2006-2008" Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v385?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=12&count=3 19 February 2024 Stefan Laszczuk I Dream of Magda 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 dead Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards"2007 NSW Premier's Literary Awards " Sydney Morning Herald, 30 May 2007 https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/2007-nsw-premiers-literary-awards-20070530-gdq9dm.html 16 January 2025 Peter Carey Theft: A Love Story Alfred A. Knopf 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 Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo Victorian Premier's Literary AwardsVance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2007 Winner http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/winner2007.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070911153854/http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/vpprize/winner2007.html 2007-09-11 7 February 2025 Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo 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 Stephen Scourfield Other Country Allen & Unwin Children and Young Adult International Award Author Title Publisher Andre Norton Awardhttp://www.sfadb.com/Andre_Norton_Award_2007 Andre Norton Award 2007 Science Fiction Awards Database Locus 6 April 2025 2014-05-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20140513055518/http://www.sfadb.com/Andre_Norton_Award_2007 live Justine Larbalestier Magic or Madness Penguin Books National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Margo Lanagan Red Spikes Allen & Unwin Younger Readers Catherine Bateson Being Bee University of Queensland Press Picture Book Shaun Tan The Arrival Lothian Early Childhood Libby Gleeson, illus. Freya Blackwood Amy and Louis Scholastic Press Davitt Award Young Adult Jaclyn Moriarty The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie Pan BooksNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Narelle Oliver Home Omnibus Books Young People's Ursula Dubosarsky The Red Shoe Allen & UnwinQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Glenda Millard Layla Queen of Hearts ABC Books Young Adult Judith Clarke One Whole and Perfect Day Allen & Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction Simmone Howell Notes from the Teenage Underground MacmillanWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Kate McCaffrey Destroying Avalon Fremantle Arts Centre Press Children's Shaun Tan The Arrival Lothian Crime and Mystery International Award Category Author Title Publisher Duncan Lawrie Dagger"CWA Gold Dagger – Past Winners" The Crime Writers' Association https://thecwa.co.uk/past-winners/page/9/?search&from_year=2007&to_year&past_winners_awards%5B0%5D=gold 22 January 2024 Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award"LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2007" LibraryThing https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2006/Davitt-Award-2007 22 January 2024 Novel Sydney Bauer Undertow Macmillan Young Adult Novel Jaclyn Moriarty The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie Macmillan True Crime Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage HodderReaders' Choice Kerry Greenwood Devil's Food Allen & Unwin Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage HodderNed Kelly Awards2007 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/13 2016-03-27 12 June 2023 Australian Crime Writers Novel Garry Disher Chain of Evidence Soho Press First novel Adrian Hyland Diamond Dove Text PublishingTrue crime Liz Porter Written on the Skin Pan Macmillan Debi Marshall Killing For Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Murders Random House Lifetime Achievement Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Novel Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Short Story Shaun Tan The Arrival LothianDitmar Award Novel Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "The Devil in Mr Pussy (Or How I Found God Inside My Wife)" Coeur de Lion Publishing Short Story Rjurik Davidson "The Fear of White" Borderlands #7 Collected Work edited by Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol. 2 Mirrordanse Books Australian Shadows Award Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Robert Adamson The Goldfinches of Baghdad Flood Editions Anne Elder Award2007 National Literary Awards https://web.archive.org/web/20080720000056/http://www.writers.asn.au/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2007.PDF 20 July 2008 Judith Bishop Event Salt Publishing 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 Robert Adamson The Goldfinches of Baghdad Flood Editions Mary Gilmore PrizeMary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ 29 February 2024 Not awarded New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards John Tranter Urban Myths: 210 Poems University of Queensland Press Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Laurie Duggan The Passenger University of Queensland Press Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Judy Johnson Jack Pandanus Press Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Hal Colebatch The Light River Connor Court Publishing Drama Award Author Title PublisherPatrick White Playwrights' Award (joint winners)"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 Angus Cerini Wretch Timothy Daly The Man in the Attic Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction Peter Cochrane Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy Melbourne University Press Davitt Award True crime Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage Hachette Australia 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 Jacob Rosenberg East of Time Brandl & SchlesingerPrime Minister's Prize for Australian History Les Carlyon The Great War Macmillan Peter Cochrane Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy Melbourne University Press New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Robert Hughes Things I Didn't Know: A Memoir Alfred A. KnopfNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Libby Robin How a Continent Created a Nation University of NSW Press Community and Regional History Regina Ganter Mixed Relations: Asian Aboriginal Contact in North Australia University of Western Australia Press General History Christopher Clark Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 Harvard University Press Young People's John Nicholson Songlines and Stone Axes Allen & UnwinQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Tom Griffith Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica University of NSW Press History Christopher Clark Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 Harvard University Press Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Danielle Clode Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes Melbourne University Press Deaths 13 February – Elizabeth Jolley, author (born 1923)Elizabeth Jolley (1923-2007) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20550 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 22 February – Joyce Lee, poet (born 1913) Austlit — Joyce Lee (1913-2007) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22440 22 May 2024 2 March – David A. Myers, poet and publisher (born 1942) Austlit — David A. Myers (1942-2007) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5336 22 May 2024 23 May – John Croyston, poet (born 1933) Austlit — John Croyston (1933-2007) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5197 22 May 2024 11 July – Glenda Adams, author (born 1939)Glenda Adams (1939-2007) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A30872 2024-02-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 16 February 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240216224942/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A30872 dead 11 July – Noel Rowe, poet (born 1951) Austlit — Noel Rowe (1951-2007) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A23017 22 May 2024 1 August – Mona Brand, playwright (born 1915)Mona Brand (1915-2007) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1853 2023-09-14 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 24 August – Philip Grundy, translator (born 1932) Austlit — Philip Grundy (1932-2007) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2729 22 May 2024 16 October – Steve J. Spears, author and playwright (born 1951)Steve J. Spears (1951-2007) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A12225 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 31 October – Eric Rolls, author (born 1923)Eric Rolls (1923-2007) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A10160 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 24 December – Jan McKemmish, author (born 1950) Austlit — Jan McKemmish (1950-2007) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A14513 22 May 2024 See also 2007 in Australia 2007 in literature 2007 in poetry List of years in literature List of years in Australian literature List of Australian literary awards References Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page. Literature Category:Australian literature by year Category:21st-century Australian literature Category:2007 in literature