This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2002.
Major publications
Literary fiction
- J. M. Coetzee – Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II
- Bryce Courtenay – Matthew Flinders' Cat
- Andrea Goldsmith – The Prosperous Thief
- Sonya Hartnett – Of a Boy
- Sarah Hay – Skins
- Chloe Hooper – A Child's Book of True Crime
- Kate Jennings – Moral Hazard
- Gail Jones – Black Mirror
- Thomas Keneally – An Angel in Australia
- Colleen McCullough – The October Horse
- Alex Miller – Journey to the Stone Country
- Dorothy Porter – Wild Surmise
- Eva Sallis – The City of Sealions
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- J. C. Burke – White Lies
- Isobelle Carmody – Darksong
- Alison Croggon – The Gift
- Mem Fox – The Magic Hat
- Marieke Hardy – Short Cuts
- Richard Harland – Ferren and the White Doctor
- Lian Hearn – Across the Nightingale Floor
- Maureen McCarthy – When You Wake and Find Me Gone
- Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor – Njunjul the Sun
- David Metzenthen – Wildlight: A Journey
- Kirsty Murray – Walking Home with Marie-Claire
- Gillian Rubinstein – The Whale's Child
- Markus Zusak – The Messenger
Crime
- Carmel Bird – Open for Inspection
- Kirsty Brooks – Lady Luck
- Jon Cleary – The Easy Sin
- Jane Clifton – Half Past Dead
- Peter Corris – Salt and Blood
- Kerry Greenwood – Murder in Montparnasse
- Gabrielle Lord – Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing
- Barry Maitland – Babel
- Shane Maloney – Something Fishy
- Tara Moss – Split
- Alex Palmer – Blood Redemption
- Peter Temple – In The Evil Day
Romance
- Lilian Darcy – For the Taking
- Barbara Hannay
- A Bride at Birralee
- Their Doorstep Baby
- Di Morrissey – Kimberley Sun
- Valerie Parv
- The Baron and the Bodyguard
- The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Damien Broderick – Transcension
- Trudi Canavan – The Novice
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- The Battle of Evernight
- The Lady of the Sorrows
- Sara Douglass
- The Crippled Angel
- Hades' Daughter
- Greg Egan
- Ian Irvine – Tetrarch
- Fiona McIntosh
- Destiny
- Revenge
- Sean McMullen – Voyage of the Shadowmoon
- Juliet Marillier – Wolfskin
- Sean Williams
- Echoes of Earth with Shane Dix
- The Sky Warden and the Sun
- The Storm Weaver and the Sand
Drama
- David Brown – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed
- Nick Enright
- Country Music
- A Man with Five Children
- Michael Gow – The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
- Michael Gurr – The Simple Truth
- Daniel Keene – Half and Half
- Jenny Kemp – Still Angela
- Joanna Murray-Smith – Rapture
- David Williamson – Soulmates
Poetry
- M. T. C. Cronin – My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems
- Robert Gray – Afterimages
- Jill Jones – Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems
- Emma Lew – Anything the Landlord Touches
- Kate Lilley – Versary
- Les Murray
- Collected Poems : 1961–2002
- Poems the Size of Photographs
Non-fiction
- Bruce Bennett – Australian Short Fiction: A History
- Anna Funder – Stasiland
- Mark McKenna – Looking for Blackfellas' Point : An Australian History of Place
- Ashley Mallett – The Black Lords of Summer : The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond
- John Marsden – The Boy You Brought Home : A Single Mother's Guide to Raising Boys
Biographies
- Nick Bleszynski – Shoot Straight, You Bastards! : The Truth Behind the Killing of 'Breaker' Morant
- Barry Dickins – Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett
- Ann Galbally – Charles Conder : The Last Bohemian
- Barry Hill – Broken Song : T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession
- Thomas Keneally – American Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles
- Ross McMullin – Pompey Elliott
- Brenda Niall – The Boyds : A Family Biography
- Don Watson – Recollections of a Bleeding Heart : A Portrait of Paul Keating PM
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Christopher Brennan Award | Dimitris Tsaloumas |
| Patrick White Award | Tom Hungerford |
Literary
Fiction
International
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Writers' Prize | Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Richard Flanagan | Gould's Book of Fish | Picador |
| Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region | Meaghan Delahunt | In the Blue House | Bloomsbury | |
| Overall winner | Richard Flanagan | Gould's Book of Fish | Picador |
National
Children and Young Adult
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Sonya Hartnett | Forest | Viking Books |
| Younger Readers | John Heffernan, illus. Andrew McLean | My Dog | Margaret Hamilton Books | |
| Picture Book | Libby Gleeson, illus. Armin Greder | An Ordinary Day | Scholastic Press | |
| Early Childhood | Bob Graham | Let's Get a Pup! | Walker Books | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Shaun Tan | The Red Tree | Lothian Books |
| Young People's | Anthony Hill | Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin, the Youngest Anzac | Penguin Books | |
| Queensland Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Michael Stephens | Blat Magic | HarperCollins |
| Young Adult | Markus Zusak | When Dogs Cry | Pan Macmillan | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Young Adult Fiction | Meme McDonald and Boori Monty Pryor | Njunjul the Sun | Allen & Unwin |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Writing for Young Adults | Pat Lowe | Feeling the Heat | Penguin Books |
| Children's | Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac | The Legend of Moondyne Joe | Cygnet |
Crime and Mystery
National
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award | Novel | Carolyn Morwood | A Simple Death | Women's Press |
| Kerry Greenwood | The Three-Pronged Dagger | Lothian | ||
| Readers' Choice | Lindy Cameron | Bleeding Hearts | HarperCollins | |
| Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Gabrielle Lord | Death Delights | Hodder Headline Australia |
| First novel | Bunty Avieson | Apartment 255 | Pan Macmillan | |
| Emma Darcy | Who Killed Angelique? | Pan Macmillan | ||
| True crime | Larry Writer | Razor | Pan Macmillan | |
| Mike Richards | The Hanged Man | Scribe Publications | ||
| Teenage/YA | Ken Catran | Blue Murder | Lothian | |
| Readers' vote | Bunty Avieson | Apartment 255 | Pan Macmillan | |
| Lifetime achievement | Patrick Gallagher |
Science fiction
| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurealis Award | Sf Novel | Damien Broderick | Transcension | Tor Books |
| Sf Short Story | Sean McMullen | "Walk to the Full Moon" | F&SF | |
| Fantasy Novel | Sean Williams | The Storm Weaver and the Sand | Voyager Books | |
| Fantasy Short Story | No award presented | |||
| Horror Novel | A. L. McCann | The White Body of Evening | Flamingo | |
| Horror Short Story | Kim Westwood | "Oracle" | Redsine | |
| Young Adult Novel | Sophie Masson | The Hand of Glory | Hodder Headline | |
| Ditmar Award | Novel | Garth Nix | Lirael | Allen and Unwin |
| Short Fiction | Jack Dann | "The Diamond Pit" | Jubilee | |
| Lucy Sussex | "Absolute Uncertainty" | F&SF | ||
| Collected Work | Damien Broderick ed. | Earth is But a Star | UWA Press |
Poetry
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature | Cath Kenneally | Around Here | Wakefield Press |
| The Age Book of the Year | Robert Gray | Afterimages | Duffy and Snellgrove |
| Anne Elder Award | Bronwyn Lea | Flight Animals | University of Queensland Press |
| Grace Leven Prize for Poetry | Kate Lilley | Versary | Salt Publishing |
| Mary Gilmore Prize | Geraldine McKenzie | Duty | Paper Bark Press |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Alan Wearne | The Lovemakers | Penguin Books |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Award | Robert Gray | Afterimages | Duffy and Snellgrove |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Barbara Temperton | Going Feral | Fremantle Arts Centre Press |
Drama
| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick White Playwrights' Award | Reg Cribb | Last Cab to Darwin | Last Cab Productions |
| Ian Wilding | Even Amongst Dogs |
Non-Fiction
Deaths
- 27 May – Ray Mathew, poet and novelist (born 1929)
- 6 June – Peter Cowan, short story writer and literary editor (born 1914)
- 25 August – Dorothy Hewett, poet (born 1923)
- 16 September – J. E. Macdonnell, novelist (born 1917)
- 2 October – R. A. Simpson, poet (born 1929)
- 8 December – Gary Catalano, poet and critic (born 1947)
Unknown date
- Olive Pell, librarian and poet (born 1903)
See also
- 2002 in Australia
- 2002 in literature
- 2002 in poetry
- List of years in literature
- List of years in Australian literature
References
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- ^ "A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The City of Sealions by Eva Sallis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "White Lies by J. C. Burke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "The Gift by Alison Croggon". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Short Cuts by Marieke Hardy". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Ferren and the White Doctor by Richard Harland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "When You Wake and Find Me Gone by Maureen McCarthy". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Njunjul the Sun by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Wildlight: A Journey by David Metzenthen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Walking Home with Marie-Claire by Kirsty Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "The Whale's Child by Gillian Rubinstein". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Open for Inspection by Carmel Bird". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Lady Luck by Kirsty Brooks". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Half Past Dead by Jane Clifton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Salt and Blood by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Babel by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Something Fishy by Shane Maloney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Split by Tara Moss". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "In The Evil Day by Peter Temple". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "For the Taking by Lilian Darcy". Austlit. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "A Bride at Birralee by Barbara Hannay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Their Doorstep Baby by Barbara Hannay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The Baron and the Bodyguard by Valerie Parv". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
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- ^ "Hades' Daughter by Sara Douglass". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Tetrarch by Ian Irvine". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Destiny by Fiona McIntosh". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Revenge by Fiona McIntosh". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Echoes of Earth by Sean Williams and Shane Dix". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The Sky Warden and the Sun by Sean Williams". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed by David Brown". Austlit. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Country Music by Nick Enright". Austlit. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "A Man with Five Children by Nick Enright". Austlit. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Michael Gow". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "The Simple Truth by Michael Gurr". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Half and Half by Daniel Keene". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Still Angela by Jenny Kemp". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Rapture by Joanna Murray-Smith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems by M. T. C. Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Afterimages by Robert Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems by Jill Jones". Austlit. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Anything the Landlord Touches by Emma Lew". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Versary by Kate Lilley". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Collected Poems : 1961–2002 by Les Murray". Austlit. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Poems the Size of Photographs by Les Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Australian Short Fiction: A History by Bruce Bennett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Stasiland by Anna Funder". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Looking for Blackfellas' Point by Mark McKenna". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "The Black Lords of Summer by Ashley Mallett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "The Boy You Brought Home by John Marsden". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Shoot Straight, You Bastards! by Nick Bleszynski". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett by Barry Dickins". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Charles Conder : The Last Bohemian by Ann Galbally". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Broken Song : T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession by Barry Hill". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "American Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Pompey Elliott by Ross McMullin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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- ^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-)". Austlit. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.