The Age Book of the Year
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The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awards were given, one for fiction (or imaginative writing), the other for non-fiction work, but in 1993, a poetry award in honour of Dinny O'Hearn was added.[1] The criteria are that the works be "of outstanding literary merit and express Australian identity or character"[1] and published in the year before the awards are made. One of the award-winners is chosen as The Age Book of the Year.
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[edit] The Age Book of the Year
(Years link to corresponding "[year] in literature" or "[year] in Australian literature" articles.)
- 2009: Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam[2]
- 2008: American Journeys by Don Watson[3]
- 2007: Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy by Peter Cochrane[4]
- 2006: Friendly Fire by Jennifer Maiden[5]
- 2005: Plenty: Digressions on Food by Gay Bilson[6]
- 2004: Totem by Luke Davies[7]
- 2003: Of a Boy by Sonya Hartnett[8]
- 2002: Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: Paul Keating PM by Don Watson
- 2001: Untold Lives and Later Poems by Rosemary Dobson[9]
- 2000: Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop by Amy Witting
- 1999: Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape by K.S. Inglis[10]
- 1998: Three Dollars by Elliot Perlman
- 1997: Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
- 1996: The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow by Thea Astley
- 1995: The Future Eaters by Tim Flannery
- 1994: The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith by Peter Carey
- 1993: The George's Wife by Elizabeth Jolley
- 1992: Lover's Knots by Marion Halligan
- 1991: Patrick White: A Life by David Marr
- 1990: Blessed City by Gwen Harwood
- 1989: Mariners are Warned: John Lort Stokes and HMA Beagle by Marsden Hordern
- 1988: Forty Seventeen by Frank Moorhouse[11]
- 1987: Stories from the Warm Zone by Jessica Anderson
- 1986: Sister Ships by Joan London
- 1985: Illywhacker by Peter Carey
- 1984: The Bellarmine Jug by Nicholas Hasluck
- 1983: Mr Scobie's Riddle by Elizabeth Jolley
- 1982: Fly Away Peter by David Malouf
- 1980: Joint winners
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- A Woman of the Future by David Ireland
- Homesickness by Murray Bail
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- 1979: 1915 by Roger McDonald
- 1978: The Year of Living Dangerously by Christopher Koch
- 1976: A Late Picking by A. D. Hope
- 1975: A Kindness Cup by Thea Astley
- 1974: The Pure Land by David Foster
[edit] Fiction (or Imaginative Writing) Award
(Years link to corresponding "[year] in literature".)
- 2009: Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam[2]
- 2008: Breath by Tim Winton[3]
- 2007: Every Move You Make by David Malouf[4]
- 2006: Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas[5]
- 2005: Sixty Lights by Gail Jones[6]
- 2004: The White Earth by Andrew McGahan[7]
- 2003: Of a Boy by Sonya Hartnett
- 2002: Gilgamesh by Joan London
- 2001: True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey[9]
- 2000: Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop by Amy Witting
- 1999: The Deep Field by James Bradley[10]
- 1998: Three Dollars by Elliot Perlman
- 1997: Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
- 1996: The Multiple Effects of Rainshadow by Thea Astley
- 1995: Billy Sunday by Rod Jones
- 1994: The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith by Peter Carey
- 1993: The George's Wife by Elizabeth Jolley
- 1992: Lover's Knots by Marion Halligan
- 1991: Double Wolf by Brian Castro
- 1990: Longleg by Glenda Adams
- 1989: My Father's Moon by Elizabeth Jolley
- 1988: Forty Seventeen by Frank Moorhouse[11]
- 1987: Stories from the Warm Zone by Jessica Anderson
- 1986: Sister Ships by Joan London
- 1985: Illywhacker by Peter Carey
- 1984: The Bellarmine Jug by Nicholas Hasluck
- 1983: Mr Scobie's Riddle by Elizabeth Jolley
- 1982: Fly Away Peter by David Malouf
- 1981: Turtle Beach by Blanche d'Alpuget
- 1980: Joint winners
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- A Woman of the Future by David Ireland
- Homesickness by Murray Bail
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- 1979: 1915 by Roger McDonald
- 1978: The Year of Living Dangerously by Christopher Koch
- 1976: A Late Picking by A. D. Hope
- 1975: A Kindness Cup by Thea Astley
- 1974: The Pure Land by David Foster
[edit] Non-fiction Award
- 2009: Down to the Crossroads by Guy Rundle[2]
- 2008: American Journeys by Don Watson[3]
- 2007: Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy by Peter Cochrane[4]
- 2006: Velocity by Mandy Sayer[5]
- 2005: Plenty: Digressions on Food by Gay Bilson[6]
- 2004: A Death in Brazil by Peter Robb[7]
- 2003: Charles Condor: The Last Bohemian by Ann Galbally
- 2002: Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: Paul Keating Prime Minister by Don Watson
- 2001: The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift by Nadia Wheatley[9]
- 2000: Craft for a Dry Lake by Kim Mahood
- 1999: Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape by K.S. Inglis[10]
- 1998: The Hunt by John Kinsella
- 1997: Snake Cradle by Roberta Sykes
- 1995: The Future Eaters by Tim Flannery
- 1994: Lyrebird Rising by Jim Davidson
- 1993: Journeyings by Janet McCalman
- 1992: A Fence Around the Cuckoo by Ruth Park
- 1991: Patrick White: A Life by David Marr
- 1990: Blessed City by Gwen Harwood
- 1989: Mariners are Warned: John Lort Stokes and HMA Beagle by Marsden Hordern
- 1988: Big-Noting: The Heroic Theme in Australian War Writing by Robin Gerster[11]
- 1987: The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
- 1986: George Johnston: A Biography by Gary Kinnane
- 1985: Vietnam: A Reporter's War by Hugh Lunn; Mapping the Paddocks by Chester Eagle
- 1984: HB Higgins: The Rebel and Judge by John Rickard
- 1983: History of Tasmania by Lloyd Robson
- 1982: John Monash: A Biography by Geoffrey Serle
- 1981: A Million Wild Acres by Eric Rolls
- 1978: The Anzacs by Patsy Adam-Smith
- 1976: Capitalism, Socialism and the Environment by Hugh Stretton
- 1974: A History of Australia (Vol. 3) by Manning Clark
[edit] Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize
(Years link to corresponding "[year] in poetry" articles.)
- 2009: Better Than God by Peter Porter[2]
- 2008: Not Finding Wittgenstein by J. S. Harry[3]
- 2007: The Goldfinches of Baghdad by Robert Adamson[4]
- 2006: Friendly Fire by Jennifer Maiden[5]
- 2005: The Colosseum by Dipti Saravanamuttu[6]
- 2004: Totem by Luke Davies[7]
- 2003: Mangroves by Laurie Duggan
- 2002: After Images by Robert Gray
- 2001: Untold Lives and Later Poems by Rosemary Dobson[9]
- 2000: Empty Texas by Peter Minter
- 1999: The Impossible, and other Poems by R. A. Simpson[10]
- 1998: The Hunt and Other Poems by John Kinsella
- 1997: Joint winners
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- Dragons in their Pleasant Places by Peter Porter
- The Wild Reply by Emma Lew
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- 1996: Weeping for Lost Babylon by Eric Beach
- 1995: Selected poems 1956-1994 by Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- 1994: The Monkey's Mask by Dorothy Porter
- 1993: At the Florida by John Tranter
[edit] First Book
- 2005: The Unknown Zone by Phil Smith[12]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Wilde et al. (1994) p. 23
- ^ a b c d Steger, Jason (2009) "Apocalyptic novel wins book of the year" in theage.com.au, 22 August 2009
- ^ a b c d Steger, Jason (2008) "US travel memoir wins Age Book of the Year Award" in theage.com.au, 2008-08-23
- ^ a b c d Cassin, Ray (2007) "Entitled to tell a story" in theage.com.au, 2007-08-25
- ^ a b c d Poet of the political takes Age Book of the Year prize
- ^ a b c d More than restaurants
- ^ a b c d Totem wins The Age Book of the Year
- ^ The Austlit Gateway News September/October 2003
- ^ a b c d "The Age" 25.08.2001, p12
- ^ a b c d "The Age" 14.08.1999, Sat Extra p9
- ^ a b c "The Age" 09.12.1988, p14
- ^ Review
[edit] References
- Steger, Jason (2007) "Triumph of democracy with book of the year" in theage.com.au, 24 August 2007 Accessed: 27 August 2007
- Steger, Jason (2006) "Poet of the political age take Age Book of the Year prize" in theage.com.au, 26 August 2006 Accessed: 13 July 2007
- Wilde, William H., Hooton, Joy and Andrews, Barry (1994) The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature 2nd ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press
