1963 in Australian literature

none May 2024 May 2024 This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1963. Major publications Books Jessica Anderson – An Ordinary Lunacy Jon Cleary – Forests of the Night Sumner Locke Elliott – Careful, He Might Hear You Catherine Gaskin – The Tilsit Inheritance The Tilsit Inheritance by Catherine Gaskin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1980833 28 October 2024 Barbara Jefferis – Wild Grapes Wild Grapes by Barbara Jefferis National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3318843 28 October 2024 Mungo MacCallum – Son of Mars Son of Mars by Mungo MacCallum National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/827998 28 October 2024 Randolph Stow – Tourmaline Arthur Upfield – The Body at Madman's Bend The Body at Madman's Bend by Arthur Upfield National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2487521 28 October 2024 Morris West – The Shoes of the Fisherman Short stories A. Bertram Chandler – Beyond the Galactic Rim Beyond the Galactic Rim by A. Bertram Chandler ISFDB https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?221125 6 October 2024 Jon Cleary – Pillar of Salt and Other Stories Pillar of Salt and Other Stories by Jon Cleary National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/488843 23 October 2024 Peter Cowan – "The Voice" "The Voice" by Peter Cowan Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C89704 23 October 2024 Frank Hardy – Legends from Benson's Valley Legends from Benson's Valley by Frank Hardy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/757440 23 October 2024 Shirley Hazzard – Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories Cliffs of Fall and Other Stories by Shirley Hazzard National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2531950 23 October 2024 Xavier Herbert – Larger Than Life : Twenty Short Stories Larger Than Life : Twenty Short Stories by Xavier Herbert National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2274661 23 October 2024 Hal Porter – "Gretel" "Gretel" by Hal Porter Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C15166 23 October 2024 Colin Thiele – Favourite Australian Stories (edited) Patrick White "Clay" "Clay" by Patrick White Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C248687 23 October 2024 "Down at the Dump" "Down at the Dump" by Patrick White Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C248486 23 October 2024 "Miss Slattery and Her Demon Lover" "Miss Slattery and Her Demon Lover" by Patrick White Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C247631 23 October 2024 Children's and Young Adult fiction Nan Chauncy – The Roaring 40 The Roaring 40 by Nan Chauncy National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/745911 28 October 2024 L. H. Evers – Danny's Wonderful Uncle Danny's Wonderful Uncle by L. H. Evers National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/798986 28 October 2024 John Gunn – The Goodbye Island The Goodbye Island by John Gunn National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2315613 28 October 2024 Eric Lambert – Dolphin Dolphin by Eric Lambert National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/804377 28 October 2024 Joan Phipson – Threat to the Barkers Threat to the Barkers by Joan Phipson National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/967786 28 October 2024 Eleanor Spence – The Green Laurel Colin Thiele – Storm Boy Poetry 1963 in poetry Bruce Dawe – "And a Good Friday Was Had By All" "And a Good Friday Was Had By All" by Bruce Dawe Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C198008 28 October 2024 Gwen Harwood Poems "Suburban Sonnet" (as by "Miriam Stone") Dorothy Hewett - What About the People! (with Merv Lilley) What About the People! by Dorothy Hewett and Merv Lilley National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/615265 28 October 2024 A. D. Hope "Crossing the Frontier" "Crossing the Frontier" by A. D. Hope Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C116578 28 October 2024 "A Letter from Rome" "A Letter from Rome" by A. D. Hope Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C171909 28 October 2024 James McAuley – "Pieta" "Pieta" by James McAuley Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C74981 28 October 2024 Ian Mudie – The North-Bound Rider Peter Porter – "Your Attention Please" "Your Attention Please" by Peter Porter Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C244874 28 October 2024 Chris Wallace-Crabbe – In Light and Darkness In Light and Darkness by Chris Wallace-Crabbe National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/544020 28 October 2024 Henry Kendall – Henry Kendall (edited by T. Inglis Moore) Henry Kendall selected by T. Inglis Moore National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2280792 28 October 2024 John Shaw Neilson – Shaw Neilson (edited by Judith Wright) Shaw Neilson selected by Judith Wright National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2285901 28 October 2024 Judith Wright – Five Senses : Selected Poems Five Senses : Selected Poems by Judith Wright National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1805955 28 October 2024 Biography Miles Franklin – Childhood at Brindabella : My First Ten Years Childhood at Brindabella : My First Ten Years by Miles Franklin National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2240868 21 October 2024 Xavier Herbert – Disturbing Element Disturbing Element by Xavier Herbert National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/706920 21 October 2024 Alan Marshall – In Mine Own Heart In Mine Own Heart by Alan Marshall National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record//2236787 21 October 2024 Hal Porter – The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony The Watcher on the Cast-Iron Balcony by Hal Porter National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/811627 21 October 2024 Non-fiction Geoffrey Blainey – The Rush That Never Ended : A History of Australian Mining The Rush That Never Ended : A History of Australian Mining by Geoffrey Blainey National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1603778 23 October 2024 Drama Alan Hopgood – And the Big Men Fly Hal Porter – The Tower Patrick White – A Cheery Soul Awards and honours 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/ 22 May 2024 John Morrison Twenty-Three : Stories Australasian Book Society Miles Franklin Award"£500 Prize for Novel" The Canberra Times, 17 April 1964, p17 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104279146 30 May 2024 Sumner Locke Elliott Careful, He Might Hear You Angus and Robertson Children and Young Adult Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older ReadersAustlit - The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson Joan Phipson The Family Conspiracy Constable Picture Book No award Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Grace Leven Prize for PoetryAustlit - The North-Bound Rider by Ian Mudie Ian Mudie The North-Bound Rider Rigby Births A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1963 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death. 19 July – Garth Nix, novelist Garth Nix Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A7425 11 July 2023 30 September – Stan Grant, non-fiction writer and journalist Stan_Grant Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A68385 11 July 2023 8 October – Nick Earls, novelist Nick Earls Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A2461 11 July 2023 Unknown date Jennie Adams, romance novelist Jennie Adams Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A125818 30 May 2024 Ali Cobby Eckermann, poetAli Cobby Eckermann https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A96913 2025-11-13 AustLit: Discover Australian Stories The University of Queensland Catherine Jinks, novelist Catherine Jinks Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A34825 11 July 2023 John Kinsella, poet John Kinsella Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A3690 11 July 2023 Mandy Sayer, novelist Mandy Sayer Austlit https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A33378 11 July 2023 Donna Williams, writer, artist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and sculptor (died 2017)Williams Donna 30 April 2017 Vale Polly Samuel (aka 'Donna Williams') (1963–2017) Polly's pages (aka Donna Williams) https://blog.donnawilliams.net/2017/04/30/vale-polly-samuel-aka-donna-williams-1963-2017/ 30 April 2017 Donna Williams Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1963 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth. 30 January – Will H. Ogilvie, poet (born 1869) Ogilvie, William Henry (Will) (1869–1963) by Clement Semmler Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ogilvie-william-henry-will-7890 11 July 2023 11 March – Deirdre Cash (Criena Rohan), Australian novelist (born 1924) Cash, Deirdre (1924–1963) by James Griffin Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/cash-deirdre-9707 11 July 2023 24 July – Ruth Bedford, poet (born 1882) Bedford, Ruth Marjory (1882–1963) Jane Connors Jane Connors (academic) Australian Dictionary of Biography https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bedford-ruth-marjory-9468 11 July 2023 See also 1963 in Australia 1963 in literature 1963 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature References Category:Australian literature by year Category:20th-century Australian literature Category:1963 in literature