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2022 in Australian literature

This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022.

Major publications

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Literary fiction

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Short story collections

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Crime and mystery

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Science fiction and fantasy

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Children's and young adult fiction

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Poetry

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Non-Fiction

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Memoir

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Awards and honours

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Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

Lifetime achievement

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Award Author
Patrick White Award[55] Antigone Kefala

Literary

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Award Author Title Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[56] Andy Jackson Human Looking Giramondo Publishing
Colin Roderick Award[57] Emily Bitto Wild Abandon Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[58] Trent Dalton Love Stories Fourth Estate
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[59] Safdar Ahmed Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System Twelve Panels Press
Stella Prize[60] Evelyn Araluen Dropbear University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[61] Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience Scribe

Fiction

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[62] Tara June Winch The Yield Penguin
The Age Book of the Year[63] Miles Allinson In Moonland Scribe
ARA Historical Novel Prize[64] Tom Keneally Corporal Hitler's Pistol Vintage
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[65] Nell Pierce A Place Near Eden Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award[66] S. L. Lim Revenge: Murder in Three Parts Transit Lounge Publishing
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[58] Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves Hamish Hamilton
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[58] Lyn Yeowart The Silent Listener Viking
Miles Franklin Award[67] Jennifer Down Bodies of Light Text
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[68] Nicolas Rothwell Red Heaven Text
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[69] Tony Birch Dark as Last Night UQP
Queensland Literary Awards[70] Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Other Half of You Hachette Australia
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[61] Melisa Manning Smokehouse UQP

Children and Young Adult

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
ARA Historical Novel Prize[64] Children and Young Adult Katrina Nannestad Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief HarperCollins
Children's Book of the Year Award[71] Older Readers Rebecca Lim Tiger Daughter Allen & Unwin
Younger Readers Shirley Marr A Glasshouse of Stars Puffin
Picture Book Claire Saxby, illus by Jess Racklyeft Iceberg Allen & Unwin
Early Childhood Andrea Rowe, illus by Hannah Sommerville Jetty Jumping Hardie Grant
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Safdar Ahmed Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System Twelve Panels Press
Lifetime Achievement Margaret Wild[72]
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[58] Children's Katrina Nannestad Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief ABC Books
Young Adult Danielle Binks The Monster of Her Age Lothian
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[69] Children's Peter Carnavas My Brother Ben UQP
Young People's Leanne Hall The Gaps Text
Queensland Literary Awards[70] Children's Kunyi June Anne McInerney Kunyi Magabala Books
Young Adult Felicity Castagna Girls in Boys' Cars Pan
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[61] Young Adult Fiction Felicity Castagna Girls in Boys' Cars Pan

Crime and Mystery

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National

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[73] Novel Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves Hamish Hamilton
Young adult novel Leanne Hall The Gaps Text Publishing
Children's novel Nicki Greenberg The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel Affirm Press
Non-fiction Kate Holden The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc
Debut novel Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name Allen & Unwin
Readers' choice Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name Allen & Unwin
Ned Kelly Award[74] Novel Candice Fox The Chase Bantam Books
First novel Josh Kemp Banjawarn UWA Publishing
True crime Debi Marshall Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide's Family Murders Vintage Books

Poetry

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[62] Jodie Albiston Fifteeners Puncher & Wattmann
Anne Elder Award[75] Audrey Molloy The Important Things Gallery Press
Mary Gilmore Award[76] Jelena Dinic In the Room with the She Wolf Wakefield Press
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[68] Andy Jackson Human Looking Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[69] Dan Disney accelerations & inertias Vagabond Press
Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection[77] Pam Brown Stasis Shuffle Hunter
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[61] Maria Takolander Trigger Warning University of Queensland Press

Drama

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[69] Script Shaun Grant NITRAM
Play Kirsty Marillier Orange Thrower Currency Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[61] Dylan Van Den Berg Milk

Non-Fiction

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[62] Non-Fiction Helen Ennis Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography Fourth Estate
The Age Book of the Year[63] Non-Fiction Bennadette Brennan Leaping Into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[58] Non-Fiction Trent Dalton Love Stories Fourth Estate
Illustrated Non-Fiction Amber Creswell Bell Still Life Thames and Hudson
National Biography Award[78][79] Biography Bernadette Brennan Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[69] Non-Fiction Kate Holden The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc.
New South Wales Premier's History Awards[80] Australian History Alexis Bergantz French Connection: Australia’s Cosmopolitan Ambitions NewSouth Publishing
Community and Regional History Kate Holden The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land, and a Killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc.
General History Mina Roces The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change Cornell University Press
Queensland Literary Awards[70] Non-Fiction Claire G. Coleman Lies, Damned Lies Ultimo Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[61] Non-Fiction Amani Haydar The Mother Wound Pan

Deaths

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See also

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References

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