2014 in Australian literature

none October 2017 October 2017 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2014. Events The State Library of Queensland takes over the running the Queensland Literary Awards which had previously been run by a group of volunteers."Queensland Literary Awards - History of the Award" State Library of Queensland https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-literary-awards/past-winners 11 January 2024 The Voss Literary Prize is awarded for the first time.https://vossliteraryprize.com/about/ About the Voss Literary Prize 2014-10-03 The Voss Literary Prize 13 May 2025 en-US Major publications Literary fiction Michael Mohammed Ahmad – The Tribe Belinda Alexandra – Sapphire Skies Emily Bitto – The Strays Peter Carey – Amnesia Elizabeth Harrower – In Certain Circles Sonya Hartnett – Golden Boys Mark Henshaw – The Snow Kimono Janette Turner Hospital – The Claimant The Claimant by Janette Turner Hospital National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6419000 23 March 2025 Wendy James – The Lost Girls The Lost Girls by Wendy James National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6338331 23 March 2025 Sofie Laguna – The Eye of the Sheep Joan London – The Golden Age Suzanne McCourt – The Lost Child The Lost Child by Suzanne McCourt National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6344250 23 March 2025 Liane Moriarty – Big Little Lies Gerald Murnane – A Million Windows A Million Windows by Gerald Murnane National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6445584 23 March 2025 Omar Musa – Here Come the Dogs Here Come the Dogs by Omar Musa National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6452689 23 March 2025 Favel Parrett – When the Night Comes When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8038981 23 March 2025 Christine Piper – After Darkness Craig Sherborne – Tree Palace Inga Simpson – Nest Nest by Inga Simpson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6422219 23 March 2025 Graeme Simsion – The Rosie Effect Christos Tsiolkas – Merciless Gods Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6606370 19 December 2025 Rohan Wilson – To Name Those Lost Short stories Ceridwen Dovey – Only the Animals Ellen van Neerven – Heat and Light Children's and Young Adult fiction Trace Balla – Rivertime Rivertime by Trace Balla National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6485377 21 May 2025 Karen Foxlee – Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy Ophelia and the Marvellous Boy by Karen Foxlee National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6421031 21 May 2025 Morris Gleitzman – Loyal Creatures Loyal Creatures by Morris Gleitzman National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6445764 21 May 2025 Kerry Greenwood – Gallipoli (illustrated by Annie White) Gallipoli by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6330496 21 May 2025 Andy Griffiths – The 52-Storey Treehouse The 52-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6540260 21 May 2025 Rebecca James – Cooper Bartholomew is Dead Cooper Bartholomew is Dead by Rebecca James National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6611319 21 May 2025 Ambelin Kwaymullina – The Lost Girl Alison Lester – Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach Rebecca Lim – The Astrologer's Daughter The Astrologer's Daughter by Rebecca Lim National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6454790 21 May 2025 Doug MacLeod – Tigers on the Beach Tigers on the Beach by Doug MacLeod National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6268394 21 May 2025 John Marsden – South of Darkness South of Darkness by John Marsden National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6578193 21 May 2025 Alice Pung – Laurinda Laurinda by Alice Pung National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6534915 21 May 2025 Diana Sweeney – The Minnow The Minnow by Diana Sweeney National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8053136 21 May 2025 Claire Zorn – The Protected The Protected by Claire Zorn National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6446642 21 May 2025 Crime Honey Brown – Through the Cracks Through the Cracks by Honey Brown National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6416637 30 March 2025 Peter Corris – Silent Kill Candice Fox – Eden Katherine Howell – Deserving Death Deserving Death by Katherine Howell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6338604 30 March 2025 Barry Maitland – Crucifixion Creek Crucifixion Creek by Barry Maitland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6454204 30 March 2025 P. M. Newton – Beams Falling Beams Falling by P. M. Newton National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6389017 30 March 2025 Malla Nunn – Present Darkness Present Darkness by Malla Nunn National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8804731 30 March 2025 Michael Rowbotham – Life or Death Jock Serong – Quota Science Fiction and Fantasy Trudi Canavan – Thief's Magic Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1711672 20 June 2024 Kate Forsyth – Wolves of the Witchwood Wolves of the Witchwood by ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1795599 20 June 2024 Patrick Holland – Navigatio Navigatio by Patrick Holland ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1850950 20 June 2024 Juliet Marillier – The Cracks in the Kingdom The Cracks in the Kingdom by ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1695111 20 June 2024 Garth Nix – Clariel Matthew Reilly – The Great Zoo of China John A. Scott – N N by John A. Scott Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6728359 20 June 2024 Drama Michael Gow – Once in Royal David's City Poetry Judith Beveridge – Devadatta's Poems Devadatta's Poems by Judith Beveridge National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6392122 23 April 2024 Lesbia Harford – Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford (edited by Oliver Dennis) Collected Poems : Lesbia Harford edited by Oliver Dennis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6446870 23 April 2024 Gwen Harwood – The Best 100 Poems of Gwen Harwood John Kinsella – Sack Sack by John Kinsella National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6851783 23 April 2024 Geoffrey Lehmann – Poems 1957–2013 Poems 1957–2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6446867 23 April 2024 Jennifer Maiden – Drones and Phantoms David Malouf – Earth Hour Chris Wallace-Crabbe – My Feet are Hungry My Feet are Hungry by Chris Wallace-Crabbe National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6422008 23 April 2024 Biographies Bob Brown – Optimism : Reflections on a Life of Action Optimism : Reflections on a Life of Action by Bob Brown National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6540627 24 May 2025 Phil Butterss – An Unsentimental Bloke : The Life and Works of C. J. Dennis An Unsentimental Bloke : The Life and Works of C. J. Dennis by Phil Butterss National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6388432 24 May 2025 Matthew Condon – Jacks and Jokers Jacks and Jokers by Matthew Condon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6386349 24 May 2025 Robert Dessaix – What Days Are For What Days Are For by Robert Dessaix National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7286324 24 May 2025 Rafael Epstein – Prisoner X Prisoner X by Rafael Epstein National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6250386 24 May 2025 Julia Gillard – My Story Dino Hodge – Don Dunstan : Intimacy and Liberty : A Political Biography Don Dunstan : Intimacy and Liberty : A Political Biography by Dino Hodge National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6421190 24 May 2025 John Howard – The Menzies Era : The Years that Shaped Modern Australia The Menzies Era : The Years that Shaped Modern Australia by John Howard National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6503550 24 May 2025 Erik Jensen – Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen by Erik Jensen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6484325 24 May 2025 Madonna King – Hockey : Not Your Average Joe Hockey : Not Your Average Joe by Madonna King National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6503767 24 May 2025 Elizabeth Morrison – David Syme : Man of the Age David Syme : Man of the Age by Elizabeth Morrison National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6490672 24 May 2025 Mandy Sayer – The Poet's Wife The Poet's Wife by Mandy Sayer National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6385156 24 May 2025 David Walsh – A Bone of Fact A Bone of Fact by David Walsh National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6572236 24 May 2025 Non-fiction Sophie Cunningham – Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy Warning: The Story of Cyclone Tracy by Sophie Cunningham National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6454184 26 May 2024 Paul Kelly – Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation Triumph and Demise: The Broken Promise of a Labor Generation by Paul Kelly National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6449281 26 May 2024 Bruce Pascoe – Dark Emu Sam Vincent – Blood & Guts Awards and honours Note: these awards were presented in the year in question. Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award"National Literary Awards Results 2014" Fellowship of Australian Writers https://writers.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2014-FAW-National-Literary-Awards-Results.pdf 27 August 2023 Alan Wearne Patrick White AwardPatrick White Literary Award winner Brian Castro recalls his encounter with the grumpy neighbour, The Age, November 7, 2014 Brian Castro Literary Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/als-gold-medal/ 12 January 2024 Alexis Wright The Swan Book Giramondo Publishing Colin Roderick Award Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners 13 July 2020 James Cook University https://www.jcu.edu.au/foundation-for-australian-literary-studies/roderick-award/previous-winners2 2 February 2024 Michael Wilding Wild Bleak Bohemia : Marcus Clarke, Adam LindsayGordon and Henry Kendall - A Documentary Australian Scholarly Indie Book Awards Book of the Year"Indie Book Awards - Winners 2014" Australian Independent Booksellers https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/2014-winners 24 May 2024 Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House 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 Kristina Olsson Boy Lost: A Family Memoir University of Queensland Press Stella Prize"The Stella Prize — 2014" The Stella Prize http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2014-2/ https://web.archive.org/web/20160316170044/http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2014-2/ 12 January 2024 16 March 2016 Clare Wright The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka Text Publishing Victorian Prize for Literature2014 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2014 https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards/past-awards/2014-victorian-premier-s-literary-awards 12 August 2025 The Wheeler Centre Jennifer Maiden Liquid Nitrogen Giramondo Publishing Fiction International Award Author Title Publisher Man Booker Prizehttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/14/richard-flanagan-wins-man-booker-prize-2014 Richard Flanagan wins Man Booker prize with 'timeless depiction of war' The Guardian Mark Brown 14 October 2014 Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House 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 7 May 2024 9 March 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260309180911/https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/past-literary-award-winners dead Frank Moorhouse Cold Light Vintage Books The Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2014-04-23 Piper wins Vogel for 'After Darkness' https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/04/23/30048/piper-wins-vogel-for-after-darkness/ 2022-05-17 Books+Publishing en-AU Christine Piper After Darkness Allen & UnwinBarbara Jefferis Award"Barbara Jefferis Award" Australian Society of Authors https://www.asauthors.org.au/award/barbara-jefferis-award/ 20 January 2024 Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & Unwin Fiona McFarlane The Night Guest Penguin Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction Hannah Kent Burial Rites Pan Macmillan Miles Franklin AwardAdrian Raschella Miles Franklin Literary Award: Author Evie Wyld wins for her book All The Birds Singing ABC News 26 June 2014 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-26/evie-wyld-wins-mile-franklin-literary-award/5553536 2 January 2015 ABC News, 27 June 2014 Evie Wyld All The Birds, Singing Random HousePrime Minister's Literary Awards"Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008" Creative Australia https://creative.gov.au/advocacy-and-research/events/prime-ministers-literary-awards/ 11 January 2024 Steven Carroll A World of Other People Fourth Estate Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 2014-05-19 'Questions of Travel' wins Book of the Year at NSW Premier's Literary Awards https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/05/19/30277/questions-of-travel-wins-book-of-the-year-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/ 2022-04-15 Books+Publishing en-AU https://web.archive.org/web/20170331225138/https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/05/19/30277/questions-of-travel-wins-book-of-the-year-at-nsw-premiers-literary-awards/ 31 March 2017 subscription live Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin Queensland Literary Awards Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Random House Victorian Premier's Literary Award Alex Miller Coal Creek Allen & Unwin Voss Literary Prizehttps://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2014/11/24/31820/the-night-guest-wins-the-voss-literary-prize/ 'The Night Guest' wins the Voss Literary Prize 2014-11-24 Books + Publishing 2018-11-15 en-AU Fiona McFarlane The Night Guest Penguin Group (Australia) 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 Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Vintage Books Children and Young Adult National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year AwardCBCA Awards 1946 on Children's Book Council of Australia https://cbca.blob.core.windows.net/documents/National/CBCA%20Awards%201946%20on.pdf 2 September 2026 Older Readers Fiona Wood Wildlife Pan MacMillan Younger ReadersCatherine Jinks City of Orphans: A Very Unusual Pursuit Allen & Unwin Picture Book Freya Blackwood, text Irema Kobald My Two Blankets Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont Early Childhood Libby Gleeson, illus. Freya Blackwood Go to Sleep, Jessie! Little Hare, Hardie Grant Egmont Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Children's & YA Alison Lester Kissed by the Moon PenguinNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Katrina Nannestad The Girl Who Brought Mischief HarperCollins Young People's AJ Betts Zac and Mia Text Publishing Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Barry Jonsberg My Life as an Alphabet Allen and Unwin Crime and Mystery National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award"Whodunnit? The women killing it in crime writing" The NewDaily https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/entertainment/2014/09/04/whodunnit-women-killing-crime-writing 29 January 2024 Novel Honey Brown Dark Horse Penguin Books Young Adult novel Karen Foxlee The Midnight Dress University of Queensland Press Children's novel Jen Storer Spooked! HarperCollins True crime Anna Krien Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport Black Inc Debut novel Hannah Kent Burial Rites Pan Macmillan Readers' choice Hannah Kent Burial Rites Pan MacmillanNed Kelly Award2014 Ned Kelly Award Winners http://www.austcrimewriters.com/content/2014-ned-kelly-awards dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140814115856/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/content/2014-ned-kelly-awards 14 August 2014 29 January 2024 Australian Crime Writers Novel Adrian McKinty In The Morning I'll Be Gone Allen and Unwin First novel Candice Fox Hades Random House, Australia True crime John Saffran Murder in Mississippi Hamish Hamilton Lifetime achievement Not awarded Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Sf Novel Marianne de Pierres Peacemaker Angry Robot Sf Short Story Thoraiya Dye "Wine, Women, and Stars" Analog Fantasy Novel Juliet Marillier Dreamer's Pool Pan Macmillan Australia Fantasy Short Story Angela Slatter "St Dymphna's School for Poison Girls" Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 3 Horror Novel Justine Larbalestier Razorhurst Allen and Unwin Horror Short Story Angela Slatter "Home and Hearth" Spectral Press (Home and Hearth) Young Adult Novel Jaclyn Moriarty The Cracks in the Kingdom Pan Macmillan Australia Young Adult Short Story Dirk Flinthart "Vanilla" Twelfth Planet Press (Kaleidoscope)Ditmar Award Novel Robert Hood Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead Wildside Press Best Novella or NoveletteKirstyn McDermott "The Home for Broken Dolls" Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press) Best Short StoryCat Sparks "Scarp" The Bride Price (Ticonderoga Publications) Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Lisa Jacobson The Sunlit Zone 5 Islands Press Anne Elder Award Austlit — Anne Elder Award Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v148?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=9&count=3 6 February 2024 Vanessa Page Confessional Box Walleah Press Mary Gilmore PrizeMary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ 5 February 2024 Rose Lucas Even in the Dark UWA PublishingPrime Minister's Literary Awards Melinda Smith Drag Down to Unlock or Place an Emergency Call Pitt Street Poetry New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Fiona Hile Novelties Hunter Queensland Literary Awards David Malouf Earth Hour University of Queensland Press Victorian Premier's Literary Award Jennifer Maiden Liquid Nitrogen Giramondo Publishing Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Paul Hetherington Six Different Windows UWA Publishing Drama Award Category Author Title Publisher New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Script Kris Mrksa Devil's Dust Australian Broadcasting Corporation 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 Award Debra Thomas The Man's Bitch Sydney Theatre Company Fellowship Kate Mulvany Victorian Premier's Literary Award Drama Patricia Cornelius Savages Playlab Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Kate Richards Madness: A Memoir Penguin Books Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Non-Fiction David Hunt Girt Black Inc. National Biography AwardBegley Patrick Alison Alexander wins National Biography Award for The Ambitions of Jane Franklin https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/alison-alexander-wins-national-biography-award-for-the-ambitions-of-jane-franklin-20140804-zza3e.html 1 August 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 4 August 2014 Biography Alison Alexander The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer Allen & UnwinNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsNon-Fiction Kristina Olsson Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir University of Queensland Press Michael Fullilove Rendezvous with Destiny Penguin BooksNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Joan Beaumont Broken Nation: Australians in the Great War Allen & Unwin Community and Regional History Ian Hoskins Coast: A History of the New South Wales Edge NewSouth General History John Gascoigne Encountering the Pacific in the Age of Enlightenment Cambridge University Press Young People's Nadia Wheatley, illustrated by Ken Searle Australians All Allen & Unwin Queensland Literary Awards Non-FictionPaul Ham 1914: The Year the World Ended Random House Australia Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Henry Reynolds Forgotten War NewSouth Deaths 14 February – Marshall Browne, novelist (born 1935)Marshall Browne (1935-2014) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A27496 2024-02-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 20 March – Joan O'Hagan, crime novelist (born 1926) Joan O'Hagan (1926-2014) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1946 12 June 2025 10 April – Doris Pilkington Garimara, novelist (born c.1937)Dumas Daisy Doris Pilkington Garimara, author of Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence, dead at 76 http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/doris-pilkington-garimara-author-of-follow-the-rabbit-proof-fence-dead-at-76-20140411-36h7r.html Sydney Morning Herald 11 April 2014 13 April 2014 17 July – Liam Davison, novelist and critic (born 1957)https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2426085/victorians-among-those-killed-in-mh17-crash-premier/?cs=80 Victorians among those killed in MH17 crash: Premier bendigoadvertiser.com.au 18 July 2014 8 August 2014 19 September – Rod Milgate, playwright and painter (born 1934)Rodney Milgate (1934-2014) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A24463 2024-02-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 8 October – Morris Lurie, novelist (born 1938)Morris Lurie (1938-2014) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A31536 2024-02-16 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 3 November – Michael Fitzgerald Page, writer and publisher (born 1922 in England)"Centennial Park – Memorial Search – Michael Fitzgerald Page" Centennial Park https://www.centennialpark.org/memorial-search/?surname=page&firstname=michael%20fitzgerald 23 March 2025 1 December – Rocky Wood, horror writer and researcher (born 1959 in New Zealand) Rocky Wood (1959-2014) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A118476 17 December 2025 See also 2014 in Australia 2014 in literature 2014 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in 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:Years of the 21st century in Australia