1968 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1968.
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For an overview of world literature see 1968 in literature.
See also: 1967 in Australian literature, 1968 in Australia, 1969 in Australian literature.
Major publications
Books
- Thea Astley – A Boat Load of Home Folk
- A. Bertram Chandler – Spartan Planet (aka False Fatherland)
- Kenneth Cook – The Wine of God's Anger
- Frank Dalby Davison – The White Thorntree
- Geoffrey Dutton – Andy
- David Ireland – The Chantic Bird
- Thomas Keneally – Three Cheers for the Paraclete
- Norman Lindsay – Rooms and Houses
- John O'Grady – Gone Troppo
- Morris West – The Tower of Babel
Short stories
- John Baxter – The Pacific Book of Australian Science Fiction (edited)
- Louise E. Rorabacher – Aliens in Their Land : The Aborigine in the Australian Short Story (edited)
- Patrick White – "Five-Twenty"
- Michael Wilding – "Joe's Absence"
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Margaret Balderson – When Jays Fly to Barbmo
- Nan Chauncy – Lizzie Lights
- Mavis Thorpe Clark – Spark of Opal
- Elyne Mitchell – Moon Filly
- Ruth Park – The Sixpenny Island
- Ivan Southall – Let the Balloon Go
- Joan Woodberry
- Ash Tuesday
- Come Back Peter
- Patricia Wrightson – I Own the Racecourse!
Poetry
- David Campbell
- "The Australian Dream"
- Selected Poems 1942-1968
- Bruce Dawe
- An Eye for a Tooth : Poems
- "Homecoming"
- Gwen Harwood – Poems : Volume 2
- Dorothy Hewett – Windmill Country
- James McAuley – "Because"
- Randolph Stow – "The Singing Bones"
Biography
- T. Inglis Moore – Rolf Boldrewood
- Colin Thiele – Heysen of Hahndorf
Non-fiction
- Gavin Souter – A Peculiar People : The Australians in Paraguay
Awards and honours
Literary
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| ALS Gold Medal | No award | ||
| Colin Roderick Award[1] | Gavin Souter | A Peculiar People : The Australians in Paraguay | Angus and Robertson |
| Miles Franklin Award[2] | Thomas Keneally | Three Cheers for the Paraclete | Angus and Robertson |
Children and Young Adult
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers[3] | Ivan Southall | To the Wild Sky | Angus and Robertson |
| Picture Book[3] | No award | |||
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
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| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4] | David Campbell | Selected Poems 1942-1968 | Angus and Robertson |
Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1968 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.
- 23 February — Sonya Hartnett, novelist
Unknown date
- Anita Heiss, academic and critic
- Sofie Laguna, novelist
- James Roy, writer of young adult and children's fiction
- Chris Womersley, novelist
Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1968 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
- 14 January – Dorothea Mackellar, poet (born 1885)
- 9 June – Bernard Cronin, novelist (born 1884)