2020 in Australian literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2020.
Major publications
Literary fiction
- James Bradley, Ghost Species
- Jon Doust, Return Ticket
- Anna Goldsworthy, Melting Moments
- Tom Keneally, The Dickens Boy
- Bem Le Hunte, Elephants with Headlights
- Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Crime
- Dervla McTiernan, The Good Turn
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Poetry
- Laurie Duggan, Homer Street
- Michael Farrell, Family Trees
- Kate Llewellyn, Harbour
- Felicity Plunkett, A Kinder Sea
- Ellen van Neerven
- Homeland Calling: Words from a new generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices (as editor)
- Throat
Non-fiction
- Julia Baird, Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark
- John Kinsella, Displaced: A Rural Life
- Sophie McNeill, We Can't Say We Didn't Know: Dispatches from an age of impunity
- Caroline Overington, Missing William Tyrrell
- Cassandra Pybus, Truganini: Journey Through the Apocalypse
- Malcolm Turnbull, A Bigger Picture
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Patrick White Award | to be announced November 2020 |
Fiction
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Franklin Award to be announced July 2020 |
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| Prime Minister's Literary Awards to be announced October 2020 |
Fiction | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[1] | Tara June Winch | The Yield | Penguin Random House | |
| Queensland Literary Awards to be announced November 2020 |
Fiction | |||
| Stella Prize[2] | Jess Hill | See What You Made Me Do | Black Inc | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[3][4] | Literature | S. Shakthidharan, with Eamon Flack | Counting and Cracking | Belvoir and Co-Curious |
| Fiction | Christos Tsiolkas | Damascus | Allen & Unwin | |
Children and Young Adult
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award to be announced August 2020 |
Older Readers | |||
| Younger Readers | ||||
| Picture Book | ||||
| Early Childhood | ||||
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | ||||
| Nan Chauncy Award | ||||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[1] | Children's | Lian Tanner & Jonathan Bentley | Ella and the Ocean | Allen & Unwin |
| Young People's | Karen Foxlee | Lenny's Book of Everything | Allen & Unwin | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[3][4] | Young Adult Fiction | Helena Fox | How It Feels to Float | Pan Macmillan Australia |
Crime and Mystery
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award to be announced September 2020 |
Novel | |||
| Ned Kelly Award to be announced September 2020 |
Novel | |||
| First novel | ||||
Science Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ditmar Award to be announced June 2020 |
Novel | |||
| Best Novella or Novelette | ||||
| Best Short Story | ||||
Non-Fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Biography Award to be announced August 2020 |
Biography | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[1] | Non-Fiction | Patrick Mullins | Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon | Scribe Publications |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards to be announced August 2020 |
Australian History | |||
| Community and Regional History | ||||
| General History | ||||
| Queensland Literary Awards to be announced November 2020 |
Non-Fiction | |||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[3][4] | Non-Fiction | Christina Thompson | Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia | HarperCollins |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award (joint winners)[5] | Cham Zhi Yi | blur by the | Subbed In |
| Gareth Sion Jenkins | Recipes for the Disaster | Five Islands Press | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[1] | Peter Boyle | Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness | Vagabond Press |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[3][4] | Charmaine Papertalk Green | Nganajungu Yagu | Cordite |
Drama
| Award | Category | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[1] | Script | Kylie Boltin | Missing |
| The Cry, Episode 2 | Jacquelin Perske | ||
| Play | S. Shakthidharan | Counting and Cracking |
Deaths
- 1 January – Alexander Frater, 82, travel writer and journalist[6]
- 20 January – Steph Bowe, 25, young adult novelist and blogger[7]
- 1 April – Bruce Dawe, 90, poet[8]
References
- Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- Convery, Stephanie (14 April 2020). "Jess Hill wins $50,000 Stella prize for See What You Made Me Do, book investigating domestic violence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2020". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Christos Tsiolkas' 'Damascus' wins best fiction at VPLAs". Books+Publishing. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- "Cham, Jenkins named joint winners of Anne Elder poetry award". Books+Publishing. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- Chesshyre, Robert (5 January 2020). "Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- Carmody, Broede (21 January 2020). "Great human': Tributes flow for YA author Steph Bowe". Sydney Morning-Herald.
- Romei, Stephen (2 April 2020). "Australian poet Bruce Dawe dies, aged 90". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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