Overview of literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2019
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2019.
Major publications
Literary fiction
Short stories
Children's and young adult fiction
Crime
Science fiction
Poetry
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Fiction
National
Children and Young Adult
National
Crime and Mystery
National
Science fiction
Award
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Category
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Author
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Title
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Publisher
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Ditmar Award[60]
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Novel
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Sam Hawke
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City of Lies (Poison Wars 1)
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Tor Books
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Best Novella or Novelette
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Tansy Rayner Roberts
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Cabaret of Monsters
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self-published
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Best Short Story
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Kathleen Jennings
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"The Heart of Owl Abbas"
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Tor.com
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Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction
Deaths
- 20 January – Mudrooroo, novelist, poet and playwright (pen name of Colin Thomas Johnson)(born 1938)[65]
- 1 February – Andrew McGahan, novelist (born 1966)[66]
- 4 March – Les Carlyon, newspaper editor and nonfiction writer (born 1942)[67]
- 13 March – Edmund Capon, art historian (died in London)(born 1940 in London)[68]
- 15 March – Rudi Krausmann, playwright and poet (born 1933 in Austria)[69]
- 22 March – Jack Absalom, artist, author and adventurer (born 1927)[70]
- 29 April – Les Murray, poet, anthologist and critic (born 1938)[71]
- 19 May – John Millett, poet, reviewer and poetry editor (born 1921)[72]
- 1 June – Christobel Mattingley, writer for children and young adults (born 1931)[73]
- 13 July – Kerry Reed-Gilbert, poet and author (born 1956)[74]
- 21 July –
- 10 September – Hal Colebatch, poet and novelist (born 1945)[77]
- 30 October – Beatrice Faust, co-founder of Women's Electoral Lobby, journalist and author (born 1939)[78]
- 24 November – Clive James, poet, novelist and critic (died in Cambridge, England)(born 1939)[79]
See also
References