2006 in Australian literature

none October 2014 October 2014 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006. Events South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenshipCitizen Coetzee Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down"PM attacks 'dumb' English Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel Theft: A Love Story (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled Mrs JekyllSuzanne Goldenberg to Alison Summers about her bitter divorce of Peter Carey 2006-05-09 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20220126165207/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/09/australia.books 2022-01-26 live https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/09/australia.books the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters' book Jonestown, an unauthorised biography of Alan Jones, a Sydney radio presenterhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1678832.htm ABC confirms Jones book dumped by board 29 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20060714080514/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1678832.htm 14 July 2006 dead the Australian Classification Review Board bans two radical Islamic books, prompting calls from the Australian Attorney-General for the Board to provide with even tougher lawshttp://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1697110.htm Ruddock seeks tougher classification laws 29 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081205084351/http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1697110.htm 5 December 2008 dead a large treasure trove of missing papers belonging to Patrick White is revealed to the public. Contrary to the wishes expressed in White's will, his literary executor, Barbara Mobbs, did not destroy the material but kept it and has since offered it to the National Library of AustraliaWhite's literary treasure found Major publications Literary fiction Azhar Abidi – Passarola Rising Passarola Rising by Azhar Abidi National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4507894 19 March 2025 Venero Armanno – Candle Life Candle Life by Venero Armanno National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3600183 19 March 2025 Max Barry – Company James Bradley – The Resurrectionist The Resurrectionist by James Bradley National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3801197 19 March 2025 Peter Carey – Theft: A Love Story John Charalambous – Silent Parts Silent Parts by John Charalambous National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3596632 19 March 2025 Tegan Bennett Daylight – Safety Safety by Tegan Bennett Daylight National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3575491 19 March 2025 Richard Flanagan – The Unknown Terrorist Sandra Hall – Beyond the Break Beyond the Break by Sandra Hall National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3548264 19 March 2025 Sheridan Hay – The Secret of Lost Things The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C610286 19 March 2025 M. J. Hyland – Carry Me Down Gail Jones – Dreams of Speaking Simone Lazaroo – The Travel Writer The Travel Writer by Simone Lazaroo National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3700903 19 March 2025 Kate Legge – The Unexpected Elements of Love The Unexpected Elements of Love by Kate Legge National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3622396 19 March 2025 Angelo Loukakis – The Memory of Tides The Memory of Tides by Angelo Loukakis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3665969 19 March 2025 Andrew McGahan – Underground William McInnes – Cricket Kings Cricket Kings by William McInnes National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3706396 19 March 2025 Nerida Newton – Death of a Whaler Andrew O'Connor – Tuvalu D. B. C. Pierre – Ludmila's Broken English Cameron S. Redfern – Landscape with Animals Landscape with Animals by Cameron S. Redfern National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3597381 19 March 2025 Deborah Robertson – Careless David Whish-Wilson – The Summons The Summons by David Whish-Wilson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3545137 19 March 2025 Mike Williams – The Music of Dunes The Music of Dunes by Mike Williams National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3620563 19 March 2025 Alexis Wright – Carpentaria Short story collections David Malouf – Every Move You Make Children's and Young Adult fiction Catherine Bateson – Being Bee Being Bee by Catherine Bateson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3596627 18 March 2025 Michael Gerard Bauer – Don't Call Me Ishmael! Isobelle Carmody – A Fox Called Sorrow A Fox Called Sorrow by Isobelle Carmody National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3675783 18 March 2025 D. M. Cornish – Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling Alison Croggon – The Crow Ursula Dubosarsky – The Red Shoe The Red Shoe by Ursula Dubosarsky National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3408424 18 March 2025 Mem Fox – A Particular Cow Jackie French – Macbeth and Son Macbeth and Son by Jackie French National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3624313 18 March 2025 Scot Gardner – Gravity Gravity by Scot Gardner National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3659843 6 April 2025 Lian Hearn – The Harsh Cry of the Heron Simmone Howell – Notes from the Teenage Underground Notes from the Teenage Underground by Simmone Howell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3706323 6 April 2025 Stephen Michael King – Layla, Queen of Hearts Layla, Queen of Hearts by Stephen Michael King National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3625199 18 March 2025 Margo Lanagan – Red Spikes Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3702091 18 March 2025 Justine Larbalestier – Magic Lessons Kate McCaffrey – Destroying Avalon Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road Juliet Marillier – Wildwood Dancing John Marsden – Circle of Flight Circle of Flight by John Marsden National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3706361 18 March 2025 Jaclyn Moriarty – The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie Garth Nix – Sir Thursday Shaun Tan – The Arrival Scott Westerfeld The Last Days Peeps Crime and Mystery Robert G. Barrett – The Tesla Legacy The Tesla Legacy by Robert G. Barrett National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3662928 17 February 2025 Sydney Bauer – Undertow John Birmingham – Final Impact Laurent Boulanger – Better Dead Than Never Better Dead Than Never by Laurent Boulanger Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C629467 19 March 2025 Marshall Browne Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta Inspector Anders and the Blood Vendetta by Marshall Browne National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3719573 19 March 2025 Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn by Marshall Browne National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3561458 19 March 2025 Paul Cleave – The Cleaner The Cleaner by Paul Cleave National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3647994 19 March 2025 Peter Corris – The Undertow The Undertow by Peter Corris National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3664586 19 March 2025 Kathryn Fox – Without Consent Without Consent by Kathryn Fox National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3604093 19 March 2025 Kerry Greenwood – Devil's Food Edwina Grey – Prismatic Prismatic by Edwina Grey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3645587 19 March 2025 Marion Halligan – The Apricot Colonel The Apricot Colonel by Marion Halligan National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3533122 19 March 2025 Katherine Howell – Frantic Frantic by Katherine Howell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3887250 19 March 2025 Adrian Hyland – Diamond Dove Martin Livings – Carnies Carnies by Martin Livings National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3645590 19 March 2025 Barry Maitland – Spider Trap Spider Trap by Barry Maitland National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3647349 19 March 2025 P. D. Martin – The Murderers’ Club The Murderers’ Club by P. D. Martin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3721315 19 March 2025 Jaclyn Moriarty – The Betrayal of Bindi Mackenzie The Betrayal of Bindi Mackenzie by Jaclyn Moriarty Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C570783 19 March 2025 Tara Moss – Hit Hit by Tara Moss National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3704936 19 March 2025 Kel Robertson – Dead Set Dead Set by Kel Robertson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3566479 19 March 2025 Angela Savage – Behind the Night Bazaar Behind the Night Bazaar by Angela Savage National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3587416 19 March 2025 Lindsay Simpson – The Curer of Souls The Curer of Souls by Lindsay Simpson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3699905 19 March 2025 Romance Marion Campbell – Shadow Thief Shadow Thief by Marion Campbell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3602983 7 March 2025 Marion Lennox – Princess of Convenience Princess of Convenience by Marion Lennox National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3667391 7 March 2025 Di Morrissey – The Valley The Valley by Di Morrissey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3725584 7 March 2025 Science Fiction and Fantasy Damien Broderick – K-Machines D. M. Cornish – Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling Sara Douglass – Druid's Sword Druid's Sword by Sara Douglass ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?181863 15 July 2024 Terry Dowling – Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear Grace Dugan – The Silver Road The Silver Road by Grace Dugan ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?253311 15 July 2024 Will Elliott – The Pilo Family Circus Edwina Grey – Prismatic Prismatic by Edwina Grey ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?990922 15 July 2024 Margo Lanagan "A Fine Magic" Red Spikes Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?275311 15 July 2024 Martin J. Livings – Carnies Carnies by Martin J. Livings ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1109727 15 July 2024 Brett McBean – The Mother The Mother by Brett McBean ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1290964 15 July 2024 Sean McMullen – Voidfarer Voidfarer by Sean McMullen ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?196994 15 July 2024 Michael Pryor – Blaze of Glory Blaze of Glory by Michael Pryor ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?627769 15 July 2024 Sean Williams & Shane Dix – Geodesica Descent Geodesica Descent by Sean Williams & Shane Dix ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?179679 15 July 2024 Drama Jane Malone – The Rumour The Rumour by Jane Malone Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C583034 9 October 2024 Tommy Murphy – Holding the Man Debra Oswald – The Peach Season Stephen Sewell – It Just Stopped It Just Stopped by Stephen Sewell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3995396 9 October 2024 Poetry Robert Adamson – The Goldfinches of Baghdad Laurie Duggan – The Passenger The Passenger by Laurie Duggan National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3584253 3 March 2025 Brook Emery — At a Slight Angle: And Other Poems"At a slight angle : and other poems / by Brook Emery", National Library of Australia. Dennis Haskell – All the Time in the World All the Time in the World by Dennis Haskell National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6193991 3 March 2025 Judy Johnson – Jack Jack by Judy Johnson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/.3789716 3 March 2025 S. K. Kelen – Earthly Delights Earthly Delights by S. K. Kelen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3646018 3 March 2025 Graeme Miles – Phosphorescence Phosphorescence by Graeme Miles National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3573602 3 March 2025 Les Murray – The Biplane Houses The Biplane Houses by Les Murray National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3601520 3 March 2025 Mark Reid – A Difficult Faith A Difficult Faith by Mark Reid National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3671192 3 March 2025 Thomas Shapcott – The City of Empty Rooms The City of Empty Rooms by Thomas Shapcott National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4474208 3 March 2025 John Tranter – Urban Myths: 210 Poems Urban Myths: 210 Poems by John Tranter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3624011 3 March 2025 Simon West – First Names First Names by Simon West National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4582764 3 March 2025 Fay Zwicky – Picnic Picnic by Fay Zwicky National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3724838 3 March 2025 Non-fiction Peter Andrews – Back from the Brink: How Australia's Landscape Can Be Saved Back from the Brink: How Australia's Landscape Can Be Saved by Peter Andrews National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3725757 18 March 2025 Janine Burke – The Gods of Freud: Sigmund Freud's Art Collection The Gods of Freud: Sigmund Freud's Art Collection by Janine Burke National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3699908 18 March 2025 Les Carlyon – The Great War The Great War by Les Carlyon National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3724261 18 March 2025 Neil Chenoweth – Packer's Lunch Packer's Lunch by Neil Chenoweth National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3579939 18 March 2025 Inga Clendinnen – Agamemnon's Kiss Agamemnon's Kiss by Inga Clendinnen National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3707355 18 March 2025 Peter Cochrane – Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy by Peter Cochrane National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3774420 18 March 2025 Peter Edwards – Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins by Peter Edwards National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3579910 18 March 2025 Ken Inglis – Whose ABC? : The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1983–2006 Whose ABC? :The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1983–2006 by Ken Inglis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3671034 18 March 2025 Justine Larbalestier – Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century by Justine Larbalestier ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?181448 18 March 2025 Biographies Quentin Beresford – Rob Riley: an Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice Rob Riley: an Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice by Quentin Beresford National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3622165 7 March 2025 Michael Gurr – Days Like These Days Like These by Michael Gurr National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3669992 7 March 2025 Robert Hughes – Things I Didn't Know Things I Didn't Know by Robert Hughes National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3707843 7 March 2025 Elizabeth Jolley & Caroline Lurie – Learning to Dance Learning to Dance by Elizabeth Jolley & Caroline Lurie National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3545711 7 March 2025 Sylvia Martin – Ida Leeson: A Life Ida Leeson: A Life by Sylvia Martin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3666640 7 March 2025 Chris Masters – Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones Jonestown: The Power and the Myth of Alan Jones by Chris Masters National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3721976 7 March 2025 Alice Pung – Unpolished Gem Unpolished Gem by Alice Pung National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3697070 7 March 2025 Awards and honours Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan AwardAustlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v539?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 11 September 2023 Geoff Page Melbourne Prize for Literature Austlit — Melbourne Prize Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v1513 9 November 2023 Helen Garner Patrick White Awardhttp://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/in-the-right-place-at-the-white-time/2006/11/10/1162661899433.html In the right place at the White time, for $25,000 Theage.com.au 2023-09-10 Morris Lurie Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the YearSteger Jason 2006-08-26 Poet of the political takes Age Book of the Year prize https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/poet-of-the-political-takes-age-book-of-the-year-prize-20060826-ge3083.html 29 January 2024 The Age en 17 February 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200217021849/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/poet-of-the-political-takes-age-book-of-the-year-prize-20060826-ge3083.html live Jennifer Maiden Friendly Fire Giramondo Publishing 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 Gregory Day The Patron Saint of Eels Picador 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 29 January 2024 Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing Nita Kibble Literary Award 2009-06-09 Kibble Literary Award https://history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/ncb/kibble-literary-award 29 January 2024 Australian National University en-AU Brenda Walker The Wing of Night Viking Press 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 Kate Grenville The Secret River Text Publishing Best Novel, Overall Kate Grenville The Secret River Text Publishing National Award Author Title Publisher ABC Fiction Award"ABC announces Fiction Award" RadioInfo https://radioinfo.com.au/news/abc-announces-fiction-award/ 29 January 2024 Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus 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 Gail Jones Sixty Lights Vintage Books The Age Book of the Year Award Christos Tsiolkas Dead Europe Vintage 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 Belinda Castles The River Baptists 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 Roger McDonald The Ballad of Desmond Kale Vintage New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards"NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2006 winners" Sydney Morning Herald, 24 May 2006 https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/nsw-premiers-literary-awards-2006-winners-20060524-gdnltw.html 16 January 2025 Kate Grenville The Secret River Text 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 Brian Castro The Garden Book Giramondo Publishing South Australian Premier's Awards Gail Jones Sixty Lights Harvill Press Victorian Premier's Literary Award"Carey steals top prize with his Theft" The Australian, 5 September 2006 https://www.proquest.com/docview/357355360 26 September 2025 357355360 Peter Carey Theft: A Love Story Knopf 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 Simon Lazaroo The Travel Writer Pan Macmillan Children and Young Adult National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers J. C. Burke The Story of Tom Brennan Random House Younger Readers Elizabeth Fensham Helicopter Man Bloomsbury Press Picture Book Colin Thompson The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley Lothian Early Childhood Deborah Niland Annie's Chair Viking Books Davitt Award Young Adult Catherine Jinks Evil Genius Allen and UnwinNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Kierin Meehan In the Monkey Forest Penguin Books Young People's Ursula Dubosarsky Theodora's Gift Penguin BooksQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Martine Murray The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley Allen & Unwin Young Adult Ursula Dubosarsky The Red Shoe Allen & Unwin South Australian Premier's Awards Children's Barry Jonsberg It's Not All About you, Calma! Allen & Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Ursula Dubosarsky Theodora's Gift Penguin BooksWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Kirsty Murray A Prayer for Blue Delaney Allen & Unwin Children's Wendy Binks Where's Stripey? Stunned Emu Press Crime and Mystery National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award"LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2006" LibraryThing https://www.librarything.com/award/2525.0.0.2006/Davitt-Award-2006 22 January 2024 Novel Heather Rose The Butterfly Man University of Queensland PressReaders' Choice Kerry Greenwood Heavenly Pleasures Allen & Unwin Leigh Redhead Rubdown Allen & Unwin Young Adult Novel Catherine Jinks Evil Genius Allen & UnwinNed Kelly Award2006 Ned Kelly Award Winners http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150722221204/http://www.austcrimewriters.com/ned-kelly-award-winners/12 2015-07-22 2024-01-22 Australian Crime WritersNovel Chris Nyst Crook as Rookwood HarperCollins Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing First novel Wendy James Out of the Silence Random House True crime Lauchlin McCulloch Packing Death Floradale/Sly Ink Lifetime achievement Andrew Rule & John Silvester Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Novel Damien Broderick K-Machines Thunder's Mouth Press Short Story Sean Williams "The Seventh Letter" Bulletin Magazine, Summer Reading EditionDitmar Award Novel Sean Williams & Shane Dix Geodesica: Ascent HarperCollins Novella/Novelette Kaaron Warren "The Grinding House" The Grinding House Short Story Kaaron Warren "Fresh Young Widow" The Grinding House Collected Work Robert Hood & Robin Pen Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales Agog! Press Australian Shadows Award Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Luke Davies Totem Allen & Unwin The Age Book of the Year Jennifer Maiden Friendly Fire Giramondo Publishing Anne Elder Award2006 National Literary Awards Results https://web.archive.org/web/20070901024144/http://carrera.turboservers.com.au/~fawvic/uploads/file/pdf/FAWResults2006.pdf 1 September 2007 p. 2. Libby Hart Fresh News from the Arctic Interactive Press Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2005-2007 Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/v186?mainTabTemplate=awardWorksAndAgents&from=3&count=3 28 February 2024 Alan Gould The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003 University of Queensland Press Mary Gilmore PrizeMary Gilmore Award Association for the Study of Australian Literature https://www.asal.org.au/awards/mary-gilmore-award/ 29 February 2024 David McCooey Blister Pack Salt Publishing New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Jaya Savige Latecomers University of Queensland Press Queensland Premier's Literary Awards John Kinsella The New Arcadia Fremantle Arts Centre Press Victorian Premier's Literary Award John Tranter Urban Myths: 210 Poems University of Queensland Press Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Dennis Haskell All the Time in the World Salt Publishing Drama Award Author Title Publisher Patrick White Playwrights' Award"Patrick White Playwrights' Award – Past Winners" Sydney Theatre Company https://www.sydneytheatre.com.au/about/information-for-artists/patrick-white-playwrights-award-and-fellowship/past-winners 25 December 2025 Patricia Cornelius Do Not Go Gentle... Currency Press Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Mandy Sayer Velocity Vintage Books The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction Mandy Sayer Velocity Vintage Books 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 John Hughes The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays Giramondo Publishing New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Jacob Rosenberg East of Time Brandl & SchlesingerNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Richard Broome Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 Allen & Unwin Community and Regional History Maria Nugent Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet Allen & Unwin General HistoryR. J. B. Bosworth Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 Penguin Books Young People's Pamela Freeman The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop’s Early Years Black Dog BooksQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Neil Chenoweth Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-Making Allen & Unwin History Peter Edwards Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins Allen & Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Helen Ennis Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography National Gallery of Australia Deaths 12 January – Rae Sexton, poet (born 1936 in New Zealand)Rae Sexton (1936-2006) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A3992 2023-09-05 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 16 March – Michael Dugan, writer for children (born 1947)Michael Dugan (1947-2006) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A4595 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 14 April – Geoffrey Bewley, journalist and short story writer (born 1947)Geoffrey Bewley (1947-2006) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A5678 2023-09-23 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 6 July – Lisa Bellear, poet (born 1961) Lisa Bellear (1961-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A27331 6 March 2025 10 July – Vera Newsom, poet (born 1912 in England) Vera Newsom (1912-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20748 6 March 2025 16 August – Alex Buzo, dramatist (born 1944)Alex Buzo (1944-2006) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A59284 2024-02-19 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 4 September – Colin Thiele, writer for children (born 1920)Colin Thiele (1920-2006) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13687 2023-09-05 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland 5 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230905060315/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A13687 dead 13 September – J. E. Macdonnell, novelist of the sea (born 1917) J. E. Macdonnell (1917-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21732 6 March 2025 11 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231011032956/https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A21732 dead 22 September – Joy Williams, poet (born 1942) Joy Williams (1942-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A57669 6 March 2025 3 October – Gwen Meredith, novelist (born 1907) Gwen Meredith (1907-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A11247 9 November 2023 Unknown date Cecily Crozier, artist, poet and literary editor who co-founded A Comment (born 1911) Cecily Crozier (1911-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A54229 6 March 2025 Barbara Giles, poet (born 1912) Barbara Giles (1912-2006) Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A17604 25 November 2023 See also 2006 in Australia 2006 in literature 2006 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. 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