This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1998.
Events
Peter Carey (novelist) won the Miles Franklin Award for Jack Maggs The NSW Premier's Literary Awards were not presented as the eligibility dates were amended
Major publications
Novels
Murray Bail – Eucalyptus Carmel Bird – Red Shoes Bryce Courtenay – Jessica Luke Davies – Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction Martin Flanagan – The Call Marion Halligan – The Golden Dress Colleen McCullough – The Song of Troy Roger McDonald – Mr Darwin's Shooter Les Murray – Fredy Neptune: A Novel in Verse Elliot Perlman – Three Dollars Morris West – Eminence
Short story anthologies
Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (ed) – Dreaming Down-Under
Science fiction and fantasy Stephen Dedman – "A Walk-On Part in the War" Sara Douglass – Pilgrim Greg Egan Luminous (short story collection) "Oceanic" "The Planck Dive" Ian Irvine – A Shadow on the Glass Dave Luckett – A Dark Winter Jane Routley – Fire Angels
Crime & mystery Jon Cleary – A Different Turf Peter Corris – The Black Prince Peter Doyle – Amaze Your Friends Gabrielle Lord – The Sharp End Shane Maloney – Nice Try Andrew Masterson – The Last Days Matthew Reilly – Ice Station Peter Temple – An Iron Rose
Children's and young adult fiction
Kim Caraher – The Cockroach Cup Garry Disher – The Divine Wind Alison Goodman – Singing the Dogstar Blues Phillip Gwynne – Deadly, Unna? James Moloney – Angela
Poetry
Lee Cataldi – Race Against Time Lucy Dougan – Memory Shell Jean Kent – The Satin Bowerbird Anthony Lawrence – New and Selected Poems Gig Ryan – Pure and Applied
Drama
Jane Harrison – Stolen Katherine Thomson – Navigating
Non-fiction
Diane Armstrong – Mosaic: A Chronicle of Five Generations Bruce Bennett and Jennifer Strauss (eds.) – The Oxford Literary History of Australia Raimond Gaita – Romulus, My Father Dorothy McRae-McMahon – Everyday Passions: A Conversation on Living Peter Robb – M Mandy Sayer – Dreamtime Alice
Awards and honours
John Harber Phillips "for service to the law, the administration of justice, law reform and education as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, and for his contributions to literature, the visual arts and the community" John R. Philip "for service to the science of hydrology, to scientific communication in promoting the interests of science for the community, and the Australian culture through architecture and literature" Anne Fairbairn "for service to Australian literature as a poet and to international relations, particularly between Australia and the Middle East through translations of poetry and cultural exchanges" A. W. Martin "for service in the field of Australian historiography as a teacher and scholar, and biographer and as foundation professor of the History Department at La Trobe University" Elizabeth Burchill "for service to nursing, particularly as an historian, author and philanthropist" Michael Noonan "for service to the arts as an author of numerous novels, works of non-fiction, television scripts and plays"
Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award Jennifer Maiden Patrick White Award Alma De Groen
Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year Award Elliot Perlman Three Dollars Picador ALS Gold Medal James Cowan A Mapmaker's Dream Shambhala Publications Colin Roderick Award Robert Dessaix (And So Forth) Pan Macmillan Nita Kibble Literary Award Roberta Sykes Snake Cradle Allen & Unwin
Fiction
International
Award Category Author Title PublisherCommonwealth Writers' Prize Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Peter Carey Jack Maggs University of Queensland Press Best First Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Emma Tom Deadset Random House Best Overall Novel Peter Carey Jack Maggs University of Queensland Press
National Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Robert Drewe The Drowner Pan MacMillan The Age Book of the Year Award Elliot Perlman Three Dollars Picador The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Jennifer Kremmer Pegasus in the Suburbs Allen and Unwin Kathleen Mitchell Award James Bradley Wrack Random House Australia Miles Franklin Award Peter Carey Jack Maggs University of Queensland Press New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Not awarded Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Richard Flanagan The Sound of One Hand Clapping Pan Macmillan Australia Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Pat Jacobs Going Inland Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Crime and Mystery
National Award Category Author Title PublisherNed Kelly Award Novel Not awarded First novel Not awarded Lifetime Achievement Not awarded
Children and Young Adult Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Children's Robin Klein The Listmaker Viking PenguinChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Catherine Jinks Eye to Eye Puffin Books Picture Book Junko Morimoto, translated by Isao Morimoto The Two Bullies Random House New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Young People's Literature Not awarded Victorian Premier's Prize for Young Adult Fiction Judith Clarke Night Train Penguin
Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Peter Boyle The Blue Cloud of Crying Hale and Ironmonger The Age Book of the Year Award John Kinsella The Hunt and Other Poems Fremantle PressAnne Elder Award Amanda Stewart I/T: Selected Poems 1980-1996 Here and There Books Jane Williams Outside Temple Boundaries Five Islands Press Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Not awarded Mary Gilmore Award Emma Lew The Wild Reply Black Pepper Publishing New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Not awarded Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Coral Hull Broken Land Five Islands PressWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Fay Zwicky The Gatekeeper's Wife Brandl & Schlesinger John Kinsella The Hunt and Other Poems Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Drama
Award Category Author TitleNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards FilmScript Not awarded Play Not awarded Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Drama Daniel Keene Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day
Non-fiction Award Category Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction David Day Claiming a Continent: A History of Australia HarperCollins The Age Book of the Year Award Non-Fiction Stuart MacIntyre The Reds Allen and UnwinNational Biography Award Biography Roberta Sykes Snake Cradle Allen and Unwin New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Not awarded Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Raimond Gaita Romulus, My Father Text Publishing
Deaths A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1998 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.
23 January – John Forbes, poet (born 1950) 11 May – John Morrison, novelist and short story writer (born 1904) 14 May – Kay Glasson Taylor, novelist (born 1893) 3 July – Elizabeth Riddell, poet and journalist, also known as Betty Riddell (born 1910) 4 September – Elizabeth Kata, writer whose real name was Elizabeth Katayama (born 1912) 17 September – Geoffrey Dutton, author and historian (born 1922) 27 November – Vicki Viidikas, poet and writer (born 1948) 19 December – James McQueen (writer), novelist and short story writer (born 1934)
See also
1998 in Australia 1998 in literature 1998 in poetry List of years in literature List of years in Australian literature
References