This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2005.
Events Morag Fraser is appointed as a judge of the Miles Franklin Award, following the resignation of three judges in late 2004 Murray Bail is accused of plagiarism over several passages in his novel Eucalyptus. Bail later accepts the breach and intends adding an acknowledgment in future editions The Victorian town of Shepparton unveils a statue of Joseph Furphy, author of Such is Life Collins Booksellers, Australia's third largest national bookseller, goes into voluntary administration
Major publications
Literary fiction
Diane Armstrong – Winter Journey Anne Bartlett – Knitting Geraldine Brooks – March Brian Castro – The Garden Book J. M. Coetzee – Slow Man Gregory Day – The Patron Saint of Eels Robert Drewe – Grace Arabella Edge – The God of Spring Delia Falconer – The Lost Thoughts of Soldiers Kate Grenville – The Secret River Sonya Hartnett – Surrender Wendy James – Out of the Silence Nicholas Jose – Original Face Stephen Lacey – Sandstone Steven Lang – An Accidental Terrorist Carolyn Leach-Paholski – The Grasshopper Shoe Andrew McCann – Subtopia Roger McDonald – The Ballad of Desmond Kale Alex Miller – Prochownik's Dream Joanna Murray-Smith – Sunnyside Eva Sallis – The Marsh Birds Elizabeth Stead – The Book of Tides Carrie Tiffany – Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Ian Townsend – Affection Christos Tsiolkas – Dead Europe Brenda Walker – The Wing of Night Tim Winton – The Turning
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Randa Abdel-Fattah – Does My Head Look Big in This? J. C. Burke – The Story of Tom Brennan Isobelle Carmody – Alyzon Whitestarr Kate Constable – The Tenth Power Gary Crew – The Lace Maker's Daughter Mem Fox – Hunwick's Egg Morris Gleitzman – Once Kerry Greenwood – The Rat and the Raven Sonya Hartnett – Surrender Barry Jonsberg – It's Not All About You, Calma! Justine Larbalestier – Magic or Madness Victor Kelleher – Dogboy Mardi McConnochie – Fivestar Garth Nix – Drowned Wednesday Penni Russon – Breathe Scott Westerfeld Pretties Touching Darkness Uglies Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
Crime
Robert G. Barrett – Crime Scene Cessnock John Birmingham – Designated Targets: World War 2.2 Peter Corris – Saving Billie Colin Cotterill – Thirty-Three Teeth Michelle de Kretser – The Hamilton Case Garry Disher – Snapshot Greg Flynn – The Berlin Cross Robert Gott – A Thing of Blood Kerry Greenwood Death by Water Heavenly Pleasures Gabrielle Lord – Dirty Weekend P. D. Martin – Body Count Chris Nyst – Crook as Rookwood Leigh Redhead – Rubdown Matthew Reilly – Seven Ancient Wonders Michael Robotham – Lost Heather Rose – The Butterfly Man Steve J. Spears – Innocent Murder Peter Temple – The Broken Shore
Romance
Lilian Darcy – The Father Factor Marion Lennox – Bride by Accident
Science fiction and fantasy
K. A. Bedford – Eclipse Damien Broderick – Godplayers Cecilia Dart-Thornton – The Well of Tears Marianne de Pierres – Crash Deluxe Sara Douglass – Darkwitch Rising Greg Egan – "Riding the Crocodile" Kate Forsyth – The Shining City Catherine Jinks – Evil Genius Juliet Marillier – Blade of Fortriu Sean Williams Ascent (with Shane Dix) The Blood Debt The Hanging Mountains
Drama
Chris Aronsten – Human Resources Jane Brodie – A Single Act Catherine Lazaroo – Asylum Louis Nowra – The Marvellous Boy
Poetry
Alan Gould – The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973-2003 John Kinsella – The New Arcadia Jennifer Maiden – Friendly Fire Jaya Savige – Latecomers
Non-fiction
R.J.B. Bosworth – Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 Richard Broome – Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 Helen Ennis – Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography Pamela Freeman – The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop's Early Years Tom Keneally – A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia Maria Nugent – Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet
Biographies
John Baxter – We'll Always Have Paris: Sex and Love in the City of Light Richie Benaud – My Spin on Cricket Eric Campbell – Absurdistan: A Bumpy Ride Through Some of the World's Scariest, Weirdest Places Maryanne Convoy – Morris West: Literary Maverick Peter C. Doherty – The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science Graham Freudenberg – A Figure of Speech: A Political Memoir Gavin Fry – Albert Tucker Aneurin Hughes – Billy Hughes: Prime Minister and Controversial Founding Father of the Australian Labor Party Sandy McCutcheon – The Magician's Son William McInnes – A Man's Got to Have a Hobby: Long Summers with My Dad Brenda Niall – Judy Cassab: A Portrait Barry Pearce – Jeffrey Smart Jacob G. Rosenberg – East of Time Mandy Sayer – Velocity Craig Sherborne – Hoi Polloi Steve Waugh – Out of My Comfort Zone Elisabeth Wynhausen – Dirt Cheap: Life at the Wrong End of the Job Market
Awards and honours
Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award Fay Zwicky Patrick White Award Fay Zwicky
Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year Gay Bilson Plenty: Digressions on Food Lantern ALS Gold Medal Gail Jones Sixty Lights Harvill Press Colin Roderick Award Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing Nita Kibble Literary Award Gay Bilson Plenty Lantern
Fiction
International Award Category Author Title PublisherCommonwealth Writers' Prize Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Andrew McGahan The White Earth Allen and Unwin Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Larissa Behrendt Home University of Queensland Press
National Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Award Gail Jones Sixty Lights Harvill Press The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Andrew O'Connor Tuvalu Allen and Unwin Miles Franklin Award Andrew McGahan The White Earth Allen and Unwin New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Tim Winton The Turning Picador Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Tim Winton The Turning Picador Victorian Premier's Literary Award Sonya Hartnett Surrender Walker Books Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Carrie Tiffany Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Picador
Children and Young Adult
National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Michael Gerard Bauer The Running Man Omnibus Books Younger Readers Sonya Hartnett The Silver Donkey Viking Books Picture Book Alison Lester Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Viking Books Early Childhood Mem Fox, illus. Judy Horacek Where is the Green Sheep? Viking Books Davitt Award Young Adult Joanna Baker Devastation Road LothianNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Sherryl Clark Farm Kid Puffin Books Young People's Steven Herrick By the River Allen and UnwinQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Prue Mason Camel Rider Puffin Books Young Adult Joanne Horniman Secret Scribbled Notebooks Allen and Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Scott Westerfeld So Yesterday Penguin BooksWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Anthony Eaton Fireshadow University of Queensland Press Children's Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding A Home for Bilby Magabala Books
Crime and Mystery
National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award Novel Kathryn Fox Malicious Intent Macmillan Readers' Choice Leigh Redhead Peepshow Allen & Unwin Young Adult Novel Joanna Baker Devastation Road LothianNed Kelly Award Novel Michael Robotham Lost Time Warner Book Group First novel Malcolm Knox A Private Man Vintage BooksTrue crime Helen Garner Joe Cinque's Consolation Picador Tony Reeves Mr Big Allen & Unwin Lifetime Achievement Stuart Coupe
Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Sf Novel Damien Broderick K-Machines Thunder's Mouth Press Sf Short Story Sean Williams The Seventh Letter "Bulletin" Magazine, Summer Reading Edition Fantasy Novel Juliet Marillier Wildwood Dancing Pan Macmillan Fantasy Short Story Margo Lanagan "A Fine Magic" Eidolon Books (Eidolon I)Horror Novel Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Edwina Grey Prismatic Lothian Books Horror Short Story Stephen Dedman "Dead of Winter" Weird TalesDitmar Award Novel Sean Williams The Crooked Letter Voyager Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "The Last Days of Kali Yuga" NFG Magazine Short Story Margo Lanagan "Singing My Sister Down" Black Juice Collected Work Margo Lanagan Black Juice Allen & Unwin Australian Shadows Award Lee Battersby "Father Muerte and the Flesh" Aurealis
Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Dipti Saravanamuttu The Colosseum Five Islands Press Anne Elder Award2005 National Literary Awards Results p. 2. Max Ryan Rainswayed Night Dangerously Poetic Press Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Noel Rowe Next to Nothing Vagabond Press Mary Gilmore Prize Not awarded New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Samuel Wagan Watson Smoke Encrypted Whispers University of Queensland Press Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Sarah Day The Ship Brandl and Schlesinger Victorian Premier's Literary Award M. T. C. Cronin <More Or Less Than> 1-100 Shearsman Books Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Rod Moran The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems, 1970-2005 Salt Publishing
Drama Award Author Title Publisher Patrick White Playwrights' Award Wesley Enoch The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table Currency Press
Non-Fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Non-fiction Gay Bilson Plenty: Digressions on Food Lantern National Biography Award Biography Robert Hillman The Boy in the Green Suit Scribe Publications New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction John Hughes The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays Giramondo PublishingNew South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller Degenerates and Perverts: the 1939 Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art Melbourne University Publishing Community and Regional History Joe Hajdu Samurai in the Surf: the Arrival of the Japanese on theGold Coast in the 1980s Pandanus Books General History Sally Neighbour In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia HarperCollins Young People's Allan Baillie My Story: Riding with Thunderbolt, the Diary of Ben Cross Scholastic Press Nita Kibble Literary Award Gay Bilson Plenty: Digressions on Food LanternQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon Papunya – A Place Made After the Story Miegunyah Press History Shane White and Graham White The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering AfricanHistory Through Songs, Sermons and Speech Beacon Press Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Robert Dessaix Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev Picador
Deaths
11 April – John Brosnan, sf and cinema writer (born 1947) 10 May – Percy Trezise, children's writer (born 1923) 13 May – Shelton Lea, poet (born 1946) 29 August – Margaret Scott, poet and novelist (born in Bristol, England, 1934) 8 September – Donald Horne, social and political commentator (born 1921) 14 October – Barney Roberts, poet and short story writer (born 1920) 18 October – Philip Martin, poet (born 1931) 1 November – Jenny Boult, poet (born 1951) Michael Thwaites, poet (born 1915) 22 December – Bill Scott, poet and children's writer (born 1923)
See also 2005 in Australia 2005 in literature 2005 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
References
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.