This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2013.
Events James Ley launches the Sydney Review of BooksSydney Review of Books to provide "an opportunity for Australia's critics to rediscover the art of literary criticism".Introducing the Sydney Review of Books The longlist for the inaugural Stella Prize is announced.Stella Prize Longlist Announced The shortlist of the Miles Franklin Award contains only female writers for the first time.All Female Shortlist for the Miles Franklin Nicole Bourke, writing under the pseudonym "N. A. Sulway", becomes the first Australian writer to win the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for her novel Rupetta."N.A. Sulway's Acceptance Speech for Rupetta " Aora Children's Literature Research Centre in Sydney closes after 12 years of operation. The Commonwealth Book Prize was discontinuted after 2013.
Major publications
Literary fiction Debra Adelaide – Letter to George Clooney Steven Carroll – A World of Other People J. M. Coetzee – The Childhood of Jesus Blanche d'Alpuget – The Young Lion Richard Flanagan – The Narrow Road to the Deep North Andrea Goldsmith – The Memory Trap Ashley Hay – The Railwayman's Wife Tom Keneally – Shame and the Captives Hannah Kent – Burial Rites Melissa Lucashenko – Mullumbimby Colleen McCullough – Bittersweet Fiona McFarlane – The Night Guest Alex Miller – Coal Creek Liane Moriarty – The Husband's Secret Di Morrissey – The Winter Sea Cory Taylor – My Beautiful Enemy Christos Tsiolkas – Barracuda Felicity Volk – Lightning Tim Winton – Eyrie Alexis Wright – The Swan Book Evie Wyld – All The Birds, Singing
Children's and young adult fiction A. J. Betts – Zac & Mia Alyssa Brugman – Alex as Well J. C. Burke – Pretty Girl Felicity Castagna – The Incredible Here and Now Mem Fox Baby Bedtime Yoo-hoo, Ladybird! Kerry Greenwood – Evan's Gallipoli: A Gripping Story of Unlikely Friendship and an Incredible Journey behind Enemy Lines Richard Harland – Song of the Slums Karen Healey – When We Wake Melissa Keil – Life in Outer Space Tania McCartney – An Aussie Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Australian Kids James Phelan – 13 Fiona Wood – Wildlife
Science fiction and fantasy Max Barry – Lexicon Greg Egan The Arrows of Time "Zero for Conduct" Jennifer Fallon – Reunion Traci Harding – Dreaming of Zhou Gong Simon Haynes – Hal Spacejock: Safe Art Fiona McIntosh – The Scrivener's Tale Juliet Marillier – The Caller N. A. Sulway – Rupetta
Crime and mystery Honey Brown – Dark Horse Peter Corris – The Dunbar Case Garry Disher – Bitter Wash Road Karen Foxlee – The Midnight Dress Poppy Gee – Bay of Fires Katherine Howell – Web of Deceit Stuart Littlemore —Harry Curry: Rats and Mice Adrian McKinty – I Hear the Sirens in the Street Barry Maitland – The Raven's Eye Matthew Reilly – The Tournament Michael Robotham – Watching You Angela Savage – The Dying Beach David Whish-Wilson – Zero at the Bone Chris Womersley – Cairo
Poetry Pamela Brown – Home by Dark Lisa Gorton The Best Australian Poems 2013 Hotel Hyperion John Kinsella – The Vision of Error: A Sextet of Activist Poems Kate Middleton – Ephemeral Waters Geoff Page 1953 New Selected Poems Dorothy Porter – The Best 100 Poems of Dorothy Porter Chris Wallace-Crabbe – New and Selected Poems
Biography Alison Alexander – The Ambitions of Jane Franklin: Victorian Lady Adventurer Andrew Burell – Twiggy: The High-Stakes Life of Andrew Forest Gabrielle Carey – Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Stow and My Family Matthew Condon – Three Crooked Kings David Day – Flaws in the Ice: In Search of Douglas Mawson Stephen Dando-Collins – Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus Jesse Fink – The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built AC/DC Peter FitzSimons – Ned Kelly: The Story of Australia's Most Notorious Legend David Marr – The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell Kristina Olsson – Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir Michael Pembroke – Arthur Phillip: Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy Margaret Simons – Kerry Stokes: Self-Made Man Helen Trinca – Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St. John Clare Wright – The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
Non-fiction Paul Barry – Breaking News : Sex, Lies & the Murdoch Succession Susanna de Vries – Australian Heroines of World War One: Gallipoli, Lemnos and the Western Front John Safran – Murder in Mississippi: The True Story of How I Met a White Supremacist, Befriended His Black Killer and Wrote this Book
Awards and honours
Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award Judith Beveridge Patrick White Award Louis Nowra
Literary
Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & UnwinColin Roderick Award Ashley Hay The Railwayman's Wife Allen & Unwin Stephen Edgar Eldershaw Black Pepper Indie Book Awards Book of the Year M. L. Stedman The Light Between Oceans Vintage Australia Nita Kibble Literary Award Annah Faulkner The Beloved Picador Stella Prize Carrie Tiffany Mateship with Birds Pan Macmillan Victorian Prize for Literature Not awarded
Fiction International Award Region Author Title Publisher Commonwealth Book Prize Pacific Michael Sala The Last Thread Affirm Press
National Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Not awarded Barbara Jefferis Award Not awarded Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction Toni Jordan Nine Days Text Publishing Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction M. L. Stedman The Light Between Oceans Vintage Australia Miles Franklin Award Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin Prime Minister's Literary Awards Michelle de Kretser Questions of Travel Allen & Unwin New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Carrie Tiffany Mateship with Birds Pan Macmillan Queensland Literary Awards Melissa Lucashenko Mullumbimby University of Queensland Press Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Not awarded Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Not awarded
Children and young adult
National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen and Unwin Younger Readers Sonya Hartnett The Children of the King Viking Books Picture Book Ron Brooks and Julie Hunt The Coat Allen and Unwin Early Childhood Emma Allen, illus. Freya Blackwood The Terrible Suitcase Scholastic Press, Scholastic Australia Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Children's & YA Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & UnwinNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Aaron Blabey The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon Penguin Books Young People's Jaclyn Moriarty A Corner of White Pan MacmillanQueensland Literary Awards Children'sNarelle Oliver Don't Let a Spoonbill in the Kitchen! Omnibus Books Young Adult Jaclyn Moriarty A Corner of White Pan Macmillan Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction No award Western Australian Premier's Book AwardsChildren's Dianne Wolfer, illus. by Brian Simmonds Light Horse Boy Fremantle Press Jan Ormerod, illus. by Andrew Joyner The Swap Hardie Grant Writing for Young Adults Alyssa Brugman Alex As Well Text Publishing
Crime and mystery
National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award Novel Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute Pan Macmillan Young adult novel Jennifer Walsh The Tunnels of Tarcoola Allen & Unwin True Crime Pamela Burton The Waterlow Killings Melbourne University Press Debut novel Maggie Groff Mad Men, Bad Girls and the Guerilla Knitters Institute Pan Macmillan Readers' choice Kerry Greenwood Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery NewSouth PublishingNed Kelly Award Novel Geoffrey McGeachin Blackwattle Creek Penguin Books First novel Zane Lovitt The Midnight Promise Text Publishing True crime Robin de Crespigny The People Smuggler Viking Lifetime Achievement Not awarded
Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award SF Novel Max Barry Lexicon Hachette SF Short Story Kaaron Warren "Air, Water, and the Grove" Pandemonimum Press (The Lowest Heaven) Fantasy Novel Mitchell Hogan A Crucible of Souls Mitchell Hogan Fantasy Short Story Jay Kristoff "The Last Stormdancer" Thomas Dunne Books Horror Novel Allyse Near Fairytales for Wilde Girls Random House Australia Horror Short Story Kim Wilkins "The Year of Ancient Ghosts" Ticonderoga Publications (The Year of Ancient Ghosts)Anthology Liz Grzyb & Talie Helene The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror Ticonderoga Publications Tehani Wessely One Small Step, An Anthology of Discoveries FableCroft Publishing Collection Joanne Anderton The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories FableCroft PublishingAustralian Shadows Awards Novel Marty Young 809 Jacob Street Black Beacon Books Long Fiction Kaaron Warren "The Unwanted Women of Surrey" Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling Short Fiction Debbie Cowens "Caterpillars" Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror edited by Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray Edited Publication Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, editors Baby Teeth: Bite-sized Tales of Terror Paper Road Press Collected Works Jo Anderton The Bone Chime Song and other stories FableCroft PublishingDitmar Award Novel Margo Lanagan Sea Hearts Allen & Unwin Novella/Novelette Kaaron Warren "Sky" Twelfth Planet Press (Through Splintered Walls) Short Story Thoraiya Dyer "The Wisdom of Ants" Clarkesworld 75 Collected Work Kaaron Warren, edited by Alisa Krasnostein Through Splintered Walls Twelfth Planet Press
Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded Anne Elder Award Elizabeth Allen Body Language Vagabond Press Mary Gilmore Prize Not awarded Prime Minister's Literary Awards John Kinsella Jam Tree Gully: Poems W. W. Norton New South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsAli Cobby Eckermann Ruby Moonlight Magabala Books Queensland Literary Awards John Kinsella Jam Tree Gully: Poems W. W. Norton Victorian Premier's Literary Award Not awarded Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Not awarded
Drama Award Category Author Title PublisherNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Play Reg Cribb The Damned The Yellow Agency Script Louise Fox Dead Europe See Saw Films; Porchlight FilmsPatrick White Playwrights' Award Award Chris Summers King Artur Fellowship Angela Betzien
Non-fiction