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Overview of the events of 2018 in literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2018 .
Major publications
Literary fiction
Michael Mohammed Ahmad , The Lebs
Robbie Arnott , Flames
Trent Dalton , Boy Swallows Universe
Gregory Day , A Sand Archive
Ceridwen Dovey , In the Garden of the Fugitives
Rodney Hall , A Stolen Season
Gail Jones , The Death of Noah Glass
Eleanor Limprecht, The Passengers
Melissa Lucashenko , Too Much Lip
Jennifer Mills , Dyschronia
Heather Morris, The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Kate Morton , The Clockmaker’s Daughter
Kristina Olsson , Shell
Ryan O'Neill, 99 Interpretations of The Drover's Wife
Heather Rose , The Museum of Modern Love
Kim Scott , Taboo
Tim Winton , The Shepherd's Hut
Markus Zusak , Bridge of Clay
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Crime
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Poetry
Drama
Biographies and memoirs
Non-fiction
Cynthia Banham , A Certain Light
Steve Biddulph , Raising Boys In The Twenty-First Century: How To Help Our Boys Become Open-Hearted, Kind And Strong Men
Behrouz Boochani , No Friend But the Mountains
Stephen Gapps, The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the Early Colony 1788–1817
Richard Glover , The Land Before Avocado
Billy Griffiths , Deep Time Dreaming
Anita Heiss (editor), Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Thomas Keneally , Australians: A Short History
Meredith Lake, The Bible in Australia: A cultural history
Michael C Madden, The Victoria Cross: Australia Remembers
Leigh Sales , Any Ordinary Day
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
Fiction
National
Children and Young Adult
National
Crime and Mystery
National
Science Fiction
Award
Category
Author
Title
Publisher
Ditmar Award [ 13]
Novel
Thoralya Dyer
Crossroads of Canopy
Tor
Best Novella or Novelette
Tansey Rayner Roberts
"Girl Reporter"
Girl Reporter (Book Smugglers Publishing)
Best Short Story
Janeen Webb
"A Pearl Beyond Price"
Cthulhu Deep Down-Under Vol 1 (IFWG Publishing Australia)
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Deaths
6 March – Peter Nicholls , 78, writer and editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (born 1939)[ 16]
8 March – Peter Temple , 71, author of Jack Irish series (born 1946)[ 17]
14 April – Frank Bren , 74, Australian actor and playwright (born 1943)[ 18]
16 April – Beverley Farmer , 77, novelist and short story writer (born 1941)[ 19]
1 June – Jill Ker Conway , 83, academic and memoir writer, author of The Road from Coorain (born 1934)[ 20]
30 August – Peter Corris , 76, crime novelist (born 1942)[ 21]
31 August – Ian Jones , 86, author and television writer and director (born 1931)[ 22]
12 September – Albert Ullin OAM , 88, German Australian children's bookseller and founder of Australia's first children's bookstore, The Little Bookroom (born 1930)[ 23]
16 September – John Molony , 91, historian and Emeritus Professor of History at Australian National University (born 1927)[ 24]
6 October – James Cowan , 76, author (born 1942)[ 25]
21 October – Eleanor Witcombe , 95, screenwriter and playwright (born 1923)[ 26]
22 October – Anne Fairbairn , 90, poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture (born 1928)[ 27]
22 November – Judith Rodriguez , 82, poet and academic (born 1936)[ 28]
See also
References
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^ "Brisbane author Emily O'Grady wins $20,000 Vogel Literary Award" . ABC News . 23 April 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2018 .
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^ "Michelle de Kretser wins her second Miles Franklin award with The Life To Come" . ABC News . 26 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018 .
^ "Winners announced for PM's literary awards 2018" . Books+Publishing . 5 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018 .
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^ a b "Queensland Literary Awards 2018 winners announced | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 23 October 2018 .
^ The 2018 Stella Prize . Retrieved 13 April 2018
^ a b c d "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2018" . The Wheeler Centre . Retrieved 1 May 2018 .
^ "CBCA - Book of the Year Awards 2018" . cbca.org.au . Retrieved 28 August 2018 .
^ " 'And Fire Came Down' wins best novel at 2018 Davitt Awards | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 28 August 2018 .
^ "Gentill, Bailey win 2018 Ned Kelly Awards | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 28 August 2018 .
^ "Ditmar Awards 2018 winners announced" . Books + Publishing . Retrieved 26 July 2018 .
^ Convery, Stephanie (6 August 2018). "Judith Brett wins National Biography award for 'profound' look at life of Alfred Deakin" . the Guardian . Retrieved 6 August 2018 .
^ "Winners of the 2018 NSW Premier's History Awards announced | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 3 September 2018 .
^ Mort de Peter Nicholls, éditeur de l'Encyclopédie de la science-fiction (in French)
^ "Acclaimed crime writer Peter Temple dies, aged 71" . Sydney Morning Herald. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018 .
^ "Frank Desmond Bren" . Legacy.com . 16 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2018 .
^ "Beverley Anne Farmer" . Legacy.com . 19 April 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2018 .
^ Schmeidel, Stacey (2 June 2018). "Smith's first woman president, acclaimed scholar Jill Ker Conway, dies at 83" . Daily Hampshire Gazette . Retrieved 2 June 2018 . [permanent dead link ]
^ "Peter Corris, author of Cliff Hardy crime novels, dies aged 76 - ABC News" . www.abc.net.au . 30 August 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2020 .
^ Bunn, Anthony (31 August 2018). "Author Ian Jones, who wrote about the life of bushranger Ned Kelly, has died at the age of 86" . Border Mail . Fairfax Ltd. Retrieved 31 August 2018 .
^ "Ullin. – Albert Henry" . Legacy.com . 14 September 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018 .
^ Pryor, Sally (20 September 2018). "ANU historian John Molony dead at 91" . The Canberra Times . Retrieved 20 September 2018 .
^ {cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Peter |title=An adventurous poet and writer |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/james-cowan-author-poet-obituary-writer-20181030-p50ctr.html |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=3 November 2018 |date=30 October 2018}}
^ "Eleanor Witcombe: Her brilliant career" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 13 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018 .
^ https://www.amust.com.au/2018/10/anne-fairbairn-passed-away/
^ "Judith Catherine Rodriguez" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018 .