Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2015
This is a list of the historical events and publications of 2015 in Australian literature.
Major publications
Literary fiction
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Crime and mystery
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Romance
Poetry
Drama
- Matthew Whittet – Seventeen
Biographies
Non-fiction
- Joel Deane – Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power
- Andrew Fowler – The War on Journalism: Media Moguls, Whistleblowers and the Price of Freedom
- Gideon Haigh – Certain Admissions
- Lucy Sussex – Blockbuster! : Fergus Hume and the Mystery of the Hansom Cab
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
International
National
Science fiction
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction
Deaths
- 28 January — Lionel Gilbert, historian, author, and academic, (born 1924)[25]
- 29 January — Colleen McCullough, novelist (born 1937)[26]
- 13 February — Faith Bandler, author and civil rights activist (born 1918)[27]
- 23 February — James Aldridge, novelist (born 1918)[28]
- 20 March — Malcolm Fraser, politician and author (born 1930)[29]
- 23 March — Alan Seymour, playwright (born 1927)[30]
- 20 May — J. S. Harry, poet (born 1939)[31]
- 29 May — Syd Harrex, poet and academic (born 1935)[32]
- 20 August — Veronica Brady, poet and critic (born 1929)[33]
- 4 October — Nan Hunt, children's writer who also wrote as N. L. Ray (born 1918)[34]
See also
References
- ^ "Austlit — Resistance by John Birmingham". Austlit. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ National Literary Awards Results 2015 (PDF). Fellowship of Australian Writers Victoria. 2015. p. 15.
- ^ "Austlit — Melbourne Prize". Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ^ ""London wins 2015 Patrick White Literary Award"". Books+Publishing, 29 October 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners". James Cook University. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2015"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ ""The Stella Prize — 2015"". The Stella prize. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2015". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Middleton wins 2015 Vogel". Books+Publishing. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ ""Barbara Jefferis Award"". Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Miles Franklin Literary Award: Sofie Laguna wins for novel The Eye Of The Sheep". ABC News. ABC News, 23 June 2015. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ ""Prime Minister's Literary Awards - Shortlist and winners: 2021-2008"". Creative Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ ""Rejected 32 times, The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw wins NSW Premier's Literary Award"". 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ ""2015 Queensland Literary Awards"". The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ ""The Crime Writers' Association - Past Winners"". CWA. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Announcing the 15th Davitt Awards' Results for Best Crime Books". Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Awards: Hugo and Ned Kelly Winners". Shelf Awareness. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award". Austlit. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ ""Don Watson wins Book of the Year in 2015 NSW Premier's Literary Awards with a grand and gloomy portrait of The Bush"". The Age, 18 May 2015. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ "National Biography Award 2015 Winner". State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "OBITUARY: Dr Lionel Gilbert OAM 1924-2015". Northern Daily Leader. Fairfax Regional Media. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (29 January 2015). "Colleen McCullough, Author of 'The Thorn Birds', Dies at 77". New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Political activist and writer Faith Bandler AC dies aged 96". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ "Remembering James Aldridge". Text Publishing. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Gilbert, W. Stephen (1 April 2015). "Alan Seymour obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Stasko, Nicolette (4 June 2015). "JS Harry, the virtuoso poet who took her curious rabbit on world discovery tour". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "S. C. Harrex". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- ^ "Veronica Brady (1929-2015)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
- ^ "Nan Hunt (1918-2015)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.
