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2009 in Australian literature
Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2009 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2009.
Events
- HarperCollins takes over ABC Books – the publishing arm of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[1]
- Caro Llewellyn, resigns as director of the new Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas (now called the Wheeler Centre) in Melbourne before taking up the role.[2] Chrissy Sharp, the Australian general manager of Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, is appointed to take her place.[3]
- The Australia-Asia Literary Award, based in Western Australia, is suspended.[4]
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Major publications
Literary fiction
- Steven Amsterdam – Things We Didn't See Coming
- Peter Carey – Parrot and Olivier in America
- Steven Carroll – The Lost Life[5]
- Brian Castro – The Bath Fugues
- Nick Cave – The Death of Bunny Munro[6]
- Tracy Crisp – Black Dust Dancing[7]
- Deborah Forster – The Book of Emmett[8]
- Andrea Goldsmith – Reunion[9]
- Marion Halligan – Valley of Grace[10]
- Sonya Hartnett – Butterfly
- Eva Hornung – Dog Boy
- Katherine Johnson – Pescador's Wake[11]
- Tom Keneally – The People's Train
- Kate Legge – The Marriage Club[12]
- David Malouf – Ransom
- Alex Miller – Lovesong
- Jennifer Mills – The Diamond Anchor[13]
- Kristina Olsson – The China Garden
- Sonia Orchard – The Virtuoso[14]
- Susan Varga – Headlong[15]
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Allan Baille – Krakatoa Lighthouse[16]
- Alyssa Brugman – Girl Next Door[17]
- Judith Clarke – The Winds of Heaven[18]
- Mem Fox
- Odo Hirsch – Darius Bell and the Glitter Pool
- Paul Jennings – The Nest[19]
- Justine Larbalestier – How to Ditch Your Fairy
- Sophie Masson – The Madman of Venice[20]
- David Metzenthen – Jarvis 24[21]
- Tohby Riddle – The Lucky Ones[22]
- Lili Wilkinson – Pink
- Sean Williams – The Scarecrow[23]
Crime and Mystery
- Robert G. Barrett – High Noon in Nimbin[24]
- Sydney Bauer – Move to Strike[25]
- Marshall Browne – The Iron Heart[26]
- Peter Corris – Deep Water
- Garry Disher – Blood Moon
- Kathryn Fox – Blood Born[27]
- Leah Giarratano – Black Ice[28]
- Bronwyn Parry – Dark Country[29]
Romance
- Michelle Douglas – The Aristocrat and The Single Mom[30]
- Nicola Marsh – Two Weeks in the Magnate's Bed[31]
- Katherine Scholes – The Hunter's Wife[32]
- Maxine Sullivan – Valente's Baby[33]
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Trudi Canavan – The Magician's Apprentice
- Greg Egan
- Kim Falconer – The Spell of Rosette[34]
- Pamela Freeman – Full Circle [35]
- Christopher Green – "Father's Kill"
- Traci Harding – Being of the Field[36]
- Deborah Kalin – Shadow Queen[37]
- Glenda Larke – The Last Stormlord[38]
- Juliet Marillier – Heart's Blood[39]
- Ian McHugh – "Once a Month, On a Sunday"
- K. J. Taylor – The Dark Griffin[40]
- Sean Williams – The Grand Conjunction[41]
Drama
- Angela Betzien – The Dark Room[42]
- Matt Cameron & Tim Finn – Poor Boy[43]
- Joanna Murray-Smith – Rockabye[44]
- Richard Tulloch – The Book of Everything[45]
- David Williamson – Let the Sunshine[46]
Poetry
- Emily Ballou – The Darwin Poems[47]
- Judith Beveridge – Storm and Honey[48]
- Emma Jones – The Striped World[49]
- Jennifer Maiden – Pirate Rain[50]
- Geoff Page – 60 Classic Australian Poems
- Dorothy Porter – The Bee Hut[51]
- Peter Porter – Better Than God[52]
Biographies
- Roger Averill – Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey[53]
- Stephen Cummings – Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music[54]
- Jacqueline Kent – The Making of Julia Gillard[55]
- Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder – Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent[56]
- Don Walker – Shots[57]
- Jonathon Welch – Choir Man[58]
- Shirley Walker – The Ghost at the Wedding[59]
- George Whaley – Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor[60]
- Kristin Williamson – David Williamson: Behind the Scenes[61]
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Awards and honours
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Fiction
International
National
Children and Young Adult
National
Crime and Mystery
National
Science Fiction and Fantasy
International
National
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction
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Deaths
- 14 January – Val Vallis, poet (born 1916)[89]
- 3 June – Geoffrey C. Bingham, theological and short story writer (born 1919)[90]
- 3 July – Frank Devine, journalist (born 1931)[91]
- 6 September – Catherine Gaskin, author (born 1929 in Ireland)[92]
- 8 September – Rica Erickson, botanical and historical writer (born 1908)[93]
- 24 November – John West, poet (born 1951)[94]
See also
References
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