2010 in Australian literature

For an overview of world literature, see 2010 in literature.

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2010.

Events

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Crime and Mystery

Poetry

Biography

  • Blanche d'Alpuget – Hawke: The Prime Minister
  • Jeff Apter – Together Alone: The Story of the Finn Brothers
  • Jim Davidson – A Three Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock
  • Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons – Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
  • Rob Mundle – Bligh: Master Mariner
  • Anne Pender – One Man Show: The Stages of Barry Humphries
  • Mark Logue & Peter Conradi – The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[9] Peter Steele
Patrick White Award[10] David Foster

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year[11] Alex Miller Lovesong Allen & Unwin
ALS Gold Medal[12] David Malouf Ransom Knopf Australia
Colin Roderick Award[13] Michael Cathcart The Water Dreamers Text Publishing
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[14] Not awarded
Nita Kibble Literary Award[15] Shirley Walker The Ghost at the Wedding Viking

Fiction

International

Award Region Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[16] SE Asia and South Pacific Best First Book Glenda Guest Siddon Rock Vintage Australia

National

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[17] David Malouf Ransom Random House
The Age Book of the Year Award[18] Alex Miller Lovesong Allen & Unwin
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[19] Not awarded (change of award year date)
Barbara Jefferis Award[20] Kristina Olsson The China Garden University of Queensland Press
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[14] Not awarded
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[14] Not awarded
Miles Franklin Award[21] Peter Temple Truth Text Publishing
Nita Kibble Literary Award Shirley Walker The Ghost at the Wedding Viking
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[22] Eva Hornung Dog Boy Text Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards J.M. Coetzee Summertime Harvill Secker
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards J.M. Coetzee Summertime Harvill Secker
South Australian Premier's Awards David Malouf Ransom Knopf Australia
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Peter Temple Truth Text Publishing
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Kim Scott That Deadman Dance Picador

Children and Young Adult

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers David Metzenthen Jarvis 24 Penguin Group
Younger Readers Odo Hirsch Darius Bell and the Glitter Pond Allen & Unwin
Picture Book Gregory Rogers The Hero of Little Street Allen & Unwin
Early Childhood Lisa Shanahan, illus. Emma Quay Bear & Chook By the Sea Lothian
Davitt Award Young Adult Novel Justine Larbalestier Liar Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[14] Children's & YA Not Awarded
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Allan Baillie Krakatoa Lighthouse Penguin Books Australia
Young People's Pamela Rushby When the Hipchicks Went to War Hachette
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Sally Murphy Toppling Walker Books
Young Adult Richard Yaxley Drink the Air Richard Yaxley
South Australian Premier's Awards Children's Shaun Tan Tales from Outer Suburbia Allen and Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Kirsty Eagar Raw Blue Penguin Group
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Children's Sally Murphy Toppling Walker Books
Writing for Young Adults Scott Gardner Happy as Larry Allen and Unwin
James Roy Anonymity Jones Woolshed Press

Crime and Mystery

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[23] Novel Marianne Delacourt Sharp Shooter Arena
Young adult novel Justine Larbalestier Liar Allen & Unwin
True crime Ellen Connolly and Candace Sutton Ladykiller Allen & Unwin
Readers' choice Kerry Greenwood Forbidden Fruit Allen & Unwin
Ned Kelly Award[24] Novel Garry Disher Wyatt Text Publishing
First novel Mark Dapin King of the Cross Pan Macmillan
True crime Kathy Marks Pitcairn: Paradise Lost Fourth Estate
Lifetime achievement Peter Doyle

Science fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Aurealis Award SF Novel Marianne de Pierres Transformation Space Orbit Books
SF Short Story K.J. Bishop "The House of a Mouse" Subterrannean Online
Fantasy Novel Tansy Rayner Roberts Power and Majesty HarperVoyager
Fantasy Short Story Thoraiya Dyer "Yowie" Twelfth Planet Press (Sprawl)
L.L. Hannett and Angela Slatter "The February Dragon" Ticonderoga Publications (Scary Kisses)
Horror Novel Kirstyn McDermott Madigan Mine Pan Macmillan
Horror Short Story Richard Harland "The Fear" Brimstone Press (Macabre: A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears)
Australian Shadows Award Long Fiction Bob Franklin Under Stones Affirm Press
Edited Publication Angela Challis & Marty Young Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears Brimstone Press
Short Fiction Kirstyn McDermott "She Said" Scenes from the Second Storey, Morrigan Books
Ditmar Award Novel Kaaron Warren Slights Angry Robot Books
Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "Wives" X6 (Coeur de Lion)
Short Story Cat Sparks "Seventeen" Masques (CSFG)
Collected Work Geoffrey Maloney ed. Slice of Life,Paul Haines The Mayne Press

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[17] Bronwyn Lea The Other Way Out Giramondo Publishing
The Age Book of the Year Jennifer Maiden Pirate Rain Giramondo Publishing
Anne Elder Award[25] Rosanna Licari An Absence of Saints University of Queensland Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[26] David Musgrave Phantom Limb John Leonard Press
LK Holt Patience, Mutiny John Leonard Press
Petra White The Simplified World John Leonard Press
Mary Gilmore Prize[27] Joanna Preston The Summer King Otago University Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Jordie Albiston the sonnet according to 'm' John Leonard Press
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Peter Boyle Apocrypha Vagabond Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Anna Kerdijk Nicholson Possession Five Islands Press
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Mark Tredinnick Fire Diary Puncher and Wattmann

Drama

Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Script Jane Campion Bright Star BBC Films; Screen Australia; UK Film Council; New South Wales Film and Television Office
Aviva Ziegler Fairweather Man Fury Productions
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Award Melissa Bubnic Beached Currency Press
Fellowship Raimondo Cortese

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[17] Non-Fiction Jill Roe Stella Miles Franklin Fourth Estate/HarperCollins
The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction Kate Howarth Ten Hail Marys Penguin Books
Children's Book of the Year Award Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Peter Macinnis Australian Backyard Explorer National Library of Australia
Davitt Award True crime Ellen Connolly and Candace Sutton Lady Killer Allen & Unwin
National Biography Award[28] Biography Brian Matthews Manning Clark: A Life Allen & Unwin
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[14] Non-Fiction Not awarded
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Non-fiction Grace Karskens The Colony: A History of Early Sydney Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Paul McGeough Kill Khalid: Mossad's failed hit ... and the rise of Hamas Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Bain Attwood Possession: Batman's Treaty and the Matter of History Melbourne University Publishing
Community and Regional History Pauline Curby Randwick Randwick Municipal Council
General History Lisa Ford Settler Sovereignty: Jurisdiction and Indigenous People in America and Australia, 1788-1836 Harvard University Press
Young People's Jackie French The Night They Stormed Eureka HarperCollins
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Mark Tredinnick The Blue Plateau: A Landscape Memoir UQP
History Ian Hoskins Sydney Harbour: A history, NewSouth Books
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Brenda Walker Reading by Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life Penguin Books
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Non-fiction Jim Davidson The Historian: W K Hancock University of New South Wales Press
Western Australian history Susanna Iuliano Vite Italiane, Italian Lives in Western Australia University of Western Australia Press

Deaths

See also

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