2013 in Australian literature

none October 2017 October 2017 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2013. Events James Ley launches the Sydney Review of BooksSydney Review of Books to provide "an opportunity for Australia's critics to rediscover the art of literary criticism".Introducing the Sydney Review of Books The longlist for the inaugural Stella Prize is announced.Stella Prize Longlist Announced The shortlist of the Miles Franklin Award contains only female writers for the first time.All Female Shortlist for the Miles Franklin Nicole Bourke, writing under the pseudonym "N. A. Sulway", becomes the first Australian writer to win the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for her novel Rupetta."N.A. Sulway's Acceptance Speech for Rupetta " Aora Children's Literature Research Centre in Sydney closes after 12 years of operation.Harrowell Miranda August 2014 Farewell to an iconic collection https://ibbyaustralia.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ibby-australia-august-2014-22nd-newsletter.pdf IBBY Australia Newsletter 22 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081657/https://ibbyaustralia.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/ibby-australia-august-2014-22nd-newsletter.pdf 2016-03-04 2021-07-16 The Commonwealth Book Prize was discontinuted after 2013.Liz Bury https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/aug/21/commonwealth-novel-prize-is-culled Commonwealth novel prize culled to focus on short-story competition The Guardian 21 August 2013 Major publications Literary fiction Debra Adelaide – Letter to George Clooney Letter to George Clooney by Debra Adelaide National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6259354 28 February 2024 Steven Carroll – A World of Other People J. M. Coetzee – The Childhood of Jesus Blanche d'Alpuget – The Young Lion Richard Flanagan – The Narrow Road to the Deep North Andrea Goldsmith – The Memory Trap The Memory Trap by Andrea Goldsmith National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7576534 28 February 2024 Ashley Hay – The Railwayman's Wife The Railwayman's Wife by Ashley Hay National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/C851316 28 February 2024 Tom Keneally – Shame and the Captives Shame and the Captives by Tom keneally National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6289870 28 February 2024 Hannah Kent – Burial Rites Melissa Lucashenko – Mullumbimby Colleen McCullough – Bittersweet Bittersweet by Colleen McCullough National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7575973 28 February 2024 Fiona McFarlane – The Night Guest Alex Miller – Coal Creek Liane Moriarty – The Husband's Secret Di Morrissey – The Winter Sea The Winter Sea by Di Morrissey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6295137 28 February 2024 Cory Taylor – My Beautiful Enemy My Beautiful Enemy by Cory Taylor National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8051613 28 February 2024 Christos Tsiolkas – Barracuda Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6329611 28 February 2024 Felicity Volk – Lightning Lightning by Felecity Volk National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6190723 28 February 2024 Tim Winton – Eyrie Alexis Wright – The Swan Book Evie Wyld – All The Birds, Singing Children's and young adult fiction A. J. Betts – Zac & Mia Alyssa Brugman – Alex as Well Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8051523 20 May 2024 J. C. Burke – Pretty Girl Pretty Girl by J. C. Burke National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7287944 20 May 2024 Felicity Castagna – The Incredible Here and Now The Incredible Here and Now by Felicity Castagna National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6262571 20 May 2024 Mem Fox Baby Bedtime Yoo-hoo, Ladybird! Kerry Greenwood – Evan's Gallipoli: A Gripping Story of Unlikely Friendship and an Incredible Journey behind Enemy Lines Evan's Gallipoli by Kerry Greenwood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6191912 20 May 2024 Richard Harland – Song of the Slums Song of the Slums by Richard Harland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6160149 20 May 2024 Karen Healey – When We Wake When We Wake by Karen Healey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6158737 20 May 2024 Melissa Keil – Life in Outer Space Life in Outer Space by Melissa Keil National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8844453 20 May 2024 Tania McCartney – An Aussie Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids An Aussie Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids by Tania McCartney National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6192869 20 May 2024 James Phelan – 13 Austlit — 13 by James Phelan Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C853808 4 May 2024 Fiona Wood – Wildlife Wildlife by Fiona Wood National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6190724 20 May 2024 Science fiction and fantasy Max Barry – Lexicon Greg Egan The Arrows of Time "Zero for Conduct" Jennifer Fallon – Reunion Reunion by Jennifer Fallon ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?3255753 4 May 2024 Traci Harding – Dreaming of Zhou Gong Dreaming of Zhou Gong by Traci Harding ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1849027 4 May 2024 Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Safe Art Hal Spacejock: Safe Art by Simon Haynes ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1615245 4 May 2024 Fiona McIntosh – The Scrivener's Tale The Scrivener's Tale by Fiona McIntosh ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1526309 4 May 2024 Juliet Marillier – The Caller The Caller by Juliet Marillier ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1759215 4 May 2024 N. A. Sulway – Rupetta Crime and mystery Honey Brown – Dark Horse Peter Corris – The Dunbar Case Garry Disher – Bitter Wash Road Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6258598 20 May 2024 Karen Foxlee – The Midnight Dress The Midnight Dress by Karen Foxlee National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6105898 20 May 2024 Poppy Gee – Bay of Fires Bay of Fires by Poppy Gee National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6188893 20 May 2024 Katherine Howell – Web of Deceit Web of Deceit by Katherine Howell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6102933 20 May 2024 Stuart Littlemore —Harry Curry: Rats and Mice Harry Curry: Rats and Mice by Stuart Littlemore National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7577343 20 May 2024 Adrian McKinty – I Hear the Sirens in the Street I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6189557 20 May 2024 Barry Maitland – The Raven's Eye The Raven's Eye by Barry Maitland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6289778 20 May 2024 Matthew Reilly – The Tournament The Tournament by Matthew Reilly National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6295139 20 May 2024 Michael Robotham – Watching You Watching You by Michael Robotham National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6327069 20 May 2024 Angela Savage – The Dying Beach The Dying Beach by Angela Savage National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8051597 20 May 2024 David Whish-Wilson – Zero at the Bone Zero at the Bone by David Whish-Wilson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7287426 20 May 2024 Chris Womersley – Cairo Poetry Pamela Brown – Home by Dark Home by Dark by Pam Brown National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6299671 20 May 2024 Lisa Gorton The Best Australian Poems 2013 Austlit — The Best Australian Poems 2013 edited by Lisa Gorton Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6049530 20 May 2024 Hotel Hyperion Hotel Hyperion by Lisa Gorton National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6154094 20 May 2024 John Kinsella – The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems by John Kinsella National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6418761 20 May 2024 Kate Middleton – Ephemeral Waters Ephemeral Waters by Kate Middleton National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6262576 20 May 2024 Geoff Page 1953 1953 by Geoff Page National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6105899 20 May 2024 New Selected Poems New Selected Poems by Geoff Page National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6492428 20 May 2024 Dorothy Porter – The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter by Dorothy Porter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6267596 20 May 2024 Chris Wallace-Crabbe – New and Selected Poems New and Selected Poems by Chris Wallace-Crabbe National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6294066 20 May 2024 Biography Alison Alexander – The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer The Ambitions of Jane Franklin by Alison Alexander National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6193888 20 May 2024 Andrew Burell – Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forest Austlit — Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forest By Andrew Burell Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/6049601 20 May 2024 Gabrielle Carey – Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family Moving Among Strangers by Gabrielle Carey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6297608 20 May 2024 Matthew Condon – Three Crooked Kings Three Crooked Kings by Matthew Condon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6094406 20 May 2024 David Day – Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Douglas Mawson Flaws in the Ice by David Day National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8037742 20 May 2024 Stephen Dando-Collins – Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus by Stephen Dando-Collins National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6289989 20 May 2024 Jesse Fink – The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC by Jesse Fink National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6289996 20 May 2024 Peter FitzSimons – Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend by Peter FitzSimons National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6290003 20 May 2024 David Marr – The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell by David Marr National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6339618 20 May 2024 Kristina Olsson – Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir by Kristina Olsson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6194805 20 May 2024 Michael Pembroke – Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy by Michael Pembroke National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6298591 20 May 2024 Margaret Simons – Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man by Margaret Simons National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/7287372 20 May 2024 Helen Trinca – Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St. John Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St. John by Helen Trinca National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6188195 20 May 2024 Clare Wright – The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/8051616 20 May 2024 Non-fiction Paul Barry – Breaking News : Sex, Lies & the Murdoch Succession Breaking News : Sex, Lies & the Murdoch Succession by Paul Barry National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6289816 26 May 2024 Susanna de Vries – Australian Heroines of World War One: Gallipoli, Lemnos and the Western Front Australian Heroines of World War One by Susanna de Vries National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6538967 20 May 2024 John Safran – Murder in Mississippi: The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book Awards and honours Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award"Judith Beveridge Honoured with the Christopher Brennan Award" Giromondo Publishing, 22 April 2014 https://giramondopublishing.com/judith-beveridge-honoured-with-the-christopher-brennan-award/ 10 September 2023 Judith Beveridge Patrick White Awardhttp://www.smh.com.au/national/louis-nowra-wins-23000-patrick-white-literary-award-20131108-2x6uc.html Louis Nowra wins $23,000 Patrick White Literary Award Sydney Morning Herald Susan Wyndham November 9, 2013 September 10, 2023 Louis Nowra 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 Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & UnwinColin 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 Ashley Hay The Railwayman's Wife Allen & Unwin Stephen Edgar Eldershaw Black Pepper Indie Book Awards Book of the Year"Indie Book Awards - Winners 2013" Australian Independent Booksellers https://www.indiebookawards.com.au/2013-winners 12 March 2024 M. L. Stedman The Light Between Oceans Vintage Australia 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 Annah Faulkner The Beloved Picador Stella Prize "The Stella Prize — 2013" The Stella prize http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2013-2/ 12 January 2024 16 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160316170321/http://thestellaprize.com.au/the-stella-prize/2013-2/ bot: unknown Carrie Tiffany Mateship with Birds Pan Macmillan Victorian Prize for Literature2013 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards – Past Award Winners https://www.wheelercentre.com/victorian-premier-s-literary-awards/past-awards 12 August 2025 The Wheeler Centre Not awarded Fiction International Award Region Author Title Publisher Commonwealth Book Prizehttp://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/updates/regional-winners-announced-2013-commonwealth-book-prize-and-commonwealth-short-story-prize Commonwealth Writers announces regional winners for 2013 prizes Commonwealth Writers 16 May 2013 16 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130812091809/http://www.commonwealthfoundation.com/updates/regional-winners-announced-2013-commonwealth-book-prize-and-commonwealth-short-story-prize 12 August 2013 Pacific Michael Sala The Last Thread Affirm 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 Australian/Vogel Literary Award 2013-04-30 No Vogel Award to be presented in 2013 https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2013/04/30/27015/no-vogel-award-to-be-presented-in-2013/ 19 February 2024 Books+Publishing en-AU Not awarded Barbara Jefferis Award"Barbara Jefferis Award" Australian Society of Authors https://www.asauthors.org.au/award/barbara-jefferis-award/ 20 January 2024 Not awarded Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction Toni Jordan Nine Days Text Publishing Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction M. L. Stedman The Light Between Oceans Vintage Australia Miles Franklin Award2013-06-19 Michelle de Kretser wins Miles Franklin literary award http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/19/michelle-de-kretser-miles-franklin 2022-08-09 the Guardian en Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin Prime 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 Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsWinners announced for 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards State Library of New South Wales 19 May 2013 http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/enclosures/PLA2013_winners_mediakit.pdf 21 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140620192300/http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/media/enclosures/PLA2013_winners_mediakit.pdf 20 June 2014 Carrie Tiffany Mateship with Birds Pan Macmillan Queensland Literary Awards "2013 Winners (Queensland Literary Awards)" State Library of Queensland http://www.qldliteraryawards.org.au/winners/2013-winners 11 January 2024 23 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170923135641/http://www.qldliteraryawards.org.au/winners/2013-winners dead Melissa Lucashenko Mullumbimby University of Queensland Press Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Not awarded 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 Not awarded Children and young adult National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award "CBCA – Winners 2013" CBCA https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2013 17 January 2025 20 April 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240420031201/https://www.cbca.org.au/winners-2013 dead Older Readers Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen and Unwin Younger Readers Sonya Hartnett The Children of the King Viking Books Picture Book Ron Brooks and Julie Hunt The Coat Allen and Unwin Early Childhood Emma Allen, illus. Freya Blackwood The Terrible Suitcase Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Children's & YA Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & UnwinNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Aaron Blabey The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon Penguin Books Young People's Jaclyn Moriarty A Corner of White Pan MacmillanQueensland Literary Awards Children'sNarelle Oliver Don't Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen! Omnibus Books Young Adult Jaclyn Moriarty A Corner of White Pan Macmillan Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction No award Western Australian Premier's Book AwardsChildren's Dianne Wolfer, illus. by Brian Simmonds Light Horse Boy Fremantle Press Jan Ormerod, illus. by Andrew Joyner The Swap Hardie Grant Writing for Young Adults Alyssa Brugman Alex As Well Text Publishing Crime and mystery National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award"LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2013" LibraryThing https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2010/Davitt-Award-2013 29 January 2024 Novel Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute Pan Macmillan Young adult novel Jennifer Walsh The Tunnels of Tarcoola Allen & Unwin True Crime Pamela Burton The Waterlow Killings Melbourne University Press Debut novel Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute Pan Macmillan Readers' choice Kerry Greenwood Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery NewSouth PublishingNed Kelly Award 2013-09-07 2013 Ned Kelly award winners https://crimespreemag.com/2013-ned-kelly-award-winners/ 29 January 2024 Crimespree Magazine en-US 2013-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20131030102146/http://crimespreemag.com/2013-ned-kelly-award-winners/ live Novel Geoffrey McGeachin Blackwattle Creek Penguin Books First novel Zane Lovitt The Midnight Promise Text Publishing True crime Robin de Crespigny The People Smuggler Viking Lifetime Achievement Not awarded Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award SF Novel Max Barry Lexicon Hachette SF Short Story Kaaron Warren "Air, Water, and the Grove" Pandemonimum Press (The Lowest Heaven) Fantasy Novel Mitchell Hogan A Crucible of Souls Mitchell Hogan Fantasy Short Story Jay Kristoff "The Last Stormdancer" Thomas Dunne Books Horror Novel Allyse Near Fairytales for Wilde Girls Random House Australia Horror Short Story Kim Wilkins "The Year of Ancient Ghosts" Ticonderoga Publications (The Year of Ancient Ghosts)Anthology Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror Ticonderoga Publications Tehani Wessely One Small Step, An Anthology of Discoveries FableCroft Publishing Collection Joanne Anderton The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories FableCroft PublishingAustralian Shadows Awards Novel Marty Young 809 Jacob Street Black Beacon Books Long Fiction Kaaron Warren "The Unwanted Women of Surrey" Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Short Fiction Debbie Cowens "Caterpillars" Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray Edited Publication Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, editors Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror Paper Road Press Collected Works Jo Anderton The Bone Chime Song and other stories FableCroft PublishingDitmar Award Novel Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & Unwin Novella/Novelette Kaaron Warren "Sky" Twelfth Planet Press (Through Splintered Walls) Short Story Thoraiya Dyer "The Wisdom of Ants" Clarkesworld 75 Collected Work Kaaron Warren, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Through Splintered Walls Twelfth Planet Press Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded 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 Elizabeth Allen Body Language Vagabond 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 Not awarded Prime Minister's Literary Awards John Kinsella Jam Tree Gully: Poems W. W. Norton New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsAli Cobby Eckermann Ruby Moonlight Magabala Books Queensland Literary Awards John Kinsella Jam Tree Gully: Poems W. W. Norton Victorian Premier's Literary Award Not awarded Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Not awarded Drama Award Category Author Title PublisherNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Play Reg Cribb The Damned The Yellow Agency Script Louise Fox Dead Europe See Saw Films; Porchlight FilmsPatrick 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 Chris Summers King Artur Fellowship Angela Betzien Non-fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Not awarded Children's Book of the Year Award Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Kristin Weidenbach, illus. Timothy Ide Tom the Outback Mailman Lothian Children's Books, Hachette Australia Davitt Award True crime Pamela Burton The Waterlow Killings Melbourne University Publishing Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Non-Fiction Richard de Crespigny QF32 Pan Macmillan National Biography AwardSteger Jason Frank Thring double bill wins biography award http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/frank-thring-double-bill-wins-biography-award-20130805-2r8ou.html 1 August 2024 Sydney Morning Herald 5 August 2013 Biography Peter Fitzpatrick The Two Frank Thrings Monash University Publishing Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-fiction George Megalogenis The Australian Moment Penguin Books New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Gideon Haigh The Office: A Hard Working History MiegunyahNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Janet Butler Kitty's War: The remarkable wartime experiences of Kit McNaughton University of Queensland Press Community and Regional History Patti Miller The Mind of a Thief University of Queensland Press General History Saliha Belmessous Assimilation and Empire: Uniformity in the French and British Colonies, 1541–1954 Oxford University Press Young People's Jackie French Pennies for Hitler HarperCollinsQueensland Literary Awards Non-fictionKristina Olsson Boy, Lost University of Queensland Press History Jane Lydon The Flash of Recognition New South Books Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Not awarded Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Non-fictionKristina Olsson Boy, Lost University of Queensland Press Western Australian history Margaret Simons Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man Penguin Books Deaths 23 May – Hazel Hawke, memoirist (born 1929)Hazel Hawke (1929-2013) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13567 2023-10-19 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 16 July – Christopher Koch, novelist (born 1932)Christopher Koch (1932-2013) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A29553 2024-02-15 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 5 September – Elisabeth Wynhausen, Dutch-born journalist and author (born 1946) Austlit — Elisabeth Wynhausen (1946-2013) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A6803 28 February 2024 11 September – Keith Dunstan, journalist and author (born 1925)Keith Dunstan (1946-2013) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1831 2023-09-26 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 9 October – Mark "Chopper" Read, writer (born 1954) Austlit — Mark Read (1954-2013) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A15745 28 February 2024 16 November – Graham Stone, bibliographer (born 1926)2013-12-05 A life evolved around science fiction https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-life-evolved-around-science-fiction-20131205-2ytx6.html 2023-10-19 The Sydney Morning Herald enGraham Stone (1926-2013) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A35852 2023-10-19 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland See also 2013 in Australia 2013 in literature 2013 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature List of Australian literary awards References Literature Australian literature Category:Australian literature by year Category:21st-century Australian literature