This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022.
Major publications
Literary fiction
Robbie Arnott – Limberlost Jessica Au – Cold Enough for Snow Geraldine Brooks – Horse Jane Caro – The Mother Steven Carroll – Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight Shankari Chandran – Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (winner, 2023 Miles Franklin Award) Robert Drewe – Nimblefoot Gail Jones – Salonika Burning Yumna Kassab – The Lovers Robert Lukins – Loveland Fiona McFarlane – The Sun Walks Down Fiona Kelly McGregor – Iris Paddy O'Reilly – Other Houses Edwina Preston – Bad Art Mother Craig Sherborne – The Grass Hotel Steve Toltz – Here Goes Nothing
Short story collections Katerina Gibson – Women I Know Mirandi Riwoe – The Burnished Sun
Crime and mystery
Shelley Burr – Wake Aoife Clifford – When We Fall Chris Hammer – The Tilt Jane Harper – Exiles Sally Hepworth – The Soulmate Katherine Kovacic – Seven Sisters Tracey Lien – All That's Left Unsaid Dervla McTiernan – The Murder Rule Michael Robotham – Lying Beside You Emma Viskic – Those Who Perish Sean Wilson – Gemini Falls Greg Woodland – The Carnival is Over
Science fiction and fantasy
Eugen Bacon – Mage of Fools Grace Chan – Every Version of You Greg Egan "After Zero" "Crisis Actors" "Dream Factory" Sean McMullen – Generation Nemesis Jane Rawson – A History of Dreams Angela Slatter – The Path of Thorns
Children's and young adult fiction
Randa Abdel-Fattah, illus. by Maxine Beneba Clarke – 11 Words for Love Lian Tanner – Rita’s Revenge Gabrielle Wang – Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon
Poetry
Adam Aitken – Revenants Boey Kim Cheng – The Singer and Other Poems Marion May Campbell – Languish Brook Emery – Sea Scale: New & Selected Poems. Lionel Fogarty – Harvest Lingo Lisa Gorton – Mirabilia Sarah Holland-Batt – The Jaguar John Kinsella – The Ascension of Sheep, Collected Poems Volume One (1980–2005) Les Murray – Continuous Creation Rae White – Exactly As I Am
Non-Fiction
Alison Bashford – An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the Huxley Family Debra Dank – We Come With This Place Jo Dyer – Burning Down the House: Reconstructing Modern Politics Madonna King – L Platers:How to support your teen daughter on the road to adulthood Louisa Lim – Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong Julianne Schultz – The Idea of Australia: A search for the soul of the nation
Memoir
Hannah Gadsby – Ten Steps to Nanette: A memoir situation Anita Heiss – Am I Black Enough For You Ten Years On Chloe Hooper – Bedtime Story Anita Jacoby – Secrets Beyond the Screen Wendy McCarthy – Don't Be Too Polite, Girls Brenda Niall – My Accidental Career Heather Rose – Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here
Awards and honours Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement AwardAuthor Mona Brand Award Andrea JamesPatrick White AwardAntigone Kefala
Literary
Award Author Title Publisher ALS Gold Medal Andy Jackson Human Looking Giramondo Publishing Colin Roderick Award Emily Bitto Wild Abandon Allen & Unwin Indie Book Awards Book of the Year Trent Dalton Love Stories Fourth Estate New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Safdar Ahmed Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System Twelve Panels Press Stella Prize Evelyn Araluen Dropbear University of Queensland Press Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience Scribe
Fiction
AwardAuthorTitlePublisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Tara June Winch The Yield Penguin The Age Book of the Year Miles Allinson In Moonland Scribe ARA Historical Novel Prize Tom Keneally Corporal Hitler's Pistol Vintage The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Nell Pierce A Place Near Eden Allen & Unwin Barbara Jefferis Award S. L. Lim Revenge Transit Lounge Publishing Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves Hamish Hamilton Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction Lyn Yeowart The Silent Listener VikingMiles Franklin Award Jennifer DownBodies of Light Text Prime Minister's Literary Awards Nicolas Rothwell Red Heaven Text New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Tony Birch Dark as Last Night UQP Queensland Literary Awards Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Other Half of You Hachette Australia Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Melisa Manning Smokehouse UQP Voss Literary Prize Larissa Behrendt After Story University of Queensland Press
Children and Young Adult AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher ARA Historical Novel Prize Children and Young Adult Katrina Nannestad Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief HarperCollinsChildren's Book of the Year AwardOlder ReadersRebecca LimTiger DaughterAllen & UnwinYounger ReadersShirley MarrA Glasshouse of StarsPuffinPicture BookClaire Saxby, illus by Jess RacklyeftIcebergAllen & UnwinEarly ChildhoodAndrea Rowe, illus by Hannah SommervilleJetty JumpingHardie GrantEve Pownall Award for Information BooksSafdar AhmedStill Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention SystemTwelve Panels PressLifetime AchievementMargaret WildIndie Book Awards Book of the Year Children's Katrina Nannestad Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief ABC Books Young Adult Danielle Binks The Monster of Her Age LothianNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsChildren'sPeter CarnavasMy Brother BenUQPYoung People'sLeanne HallThe GapsTextQueensland Literary AwardsChildren'sKunyi June Anne McInerneyKunyiMagabala BooksYoung AdultFelicity CastagnaGirls in Boys' CarsPanVictorian Premier's Literary AwardsYoung Adult FictionFelicity CastagnaGirls in Boys' CarsPan
Crime and Mystery
International
Award Category Author Title Publisher Barry Award Paperback Original Dervla McTiernan The Good Turn HarperCollins
National
Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award Novel Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves Hamish Hamilton Young adult novel Leanne Hall The Gaps Text Publishing Children's novel Nicki Greenberg The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel Affirm Press Non-fiction Kate Holden The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc Debut novel Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name Allen & Unwin Readers' choice Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name Allen & UnwinNed Kelly Award Novel Candice Fox The Chase Bantam Books First novel Josh Kemp Banjawarn UWA Publishing True crime Debi Marshall Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide's Family Murders Vintage Books
Poetry AwardAuthorTitlePublisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Jodie Albiston Fifteeners Puncher & WattmannAnne Elder AwardAudrey MolloyThe Important ThingsGallery PressMary Gilmore Award Jelena Dinic In the Room with the She Wolf Wakefield PressPrime Minister's Literary Awards Andy Jackson Human Looking Giramondo PublishingNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsDan Disneyaccelerations & inertiasVagabond PressJudith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry CollectionPam BrownStasis ShuffleHunterVictorian Premier's Literary AwardsMaria TakolanderTrigger Warning University of Queensland Press
Drama AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisherNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsScriptShaun GrantNITRAMPlayKirsty MarillierOrange ThrowerCurrency PressVictorian Premier's Literary AwardsDylan Van Den BergMilkPatrick White Playwrights' Award Award Aran Thangaratnam love MAD GLITCH Sydney Theatre Company Fellowship Joanna Murray-Smith
Non-Fiction AwardCategoryAuthorTitlePublisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Non-Fiction Helen Ennis Olive Cotton: A Life in Photography Fourth Estate The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction Bennadette Brennan Leaping Into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears Allen & UnwinIndie Book Awards Book of the Year Non-Fiction Trent Dalton Love Stories Fourth Estate Illustrated Non-Fiction Amber Creswell Bell Still Life Thames and HudsonNational Biography AwardBiographyBernadette BrennanLeaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian MearsAllen & UnwinNew South Wales Premier's Literary AwardsNon-FictionKate HoldenThe Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa CreekBlack Inc.New South Wales Premier's History AwardsAustralian HistoryAlexis BergantzFrench Connection: Australia’s Cosmopolitan AmbitionsNewSouth PublishingCommunity and Regional HistoryKate HoldenThe Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land, and a Killing at Croppa CreekBlack Inc.General HistoryMina RocesThe Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of ChangeCornell University PressQueensland Literary AwardsNon-FictionClaire G. ColemanLies, Damned LiesUltimo PressVictorian Premier's Literary AwardsNon-FictionAmani HaydarThe Mother WoundPan
Deaths
22 January – Craig McGregor, journalist and writer (born 1933) 5 February – John Bryson, writer and lawyer (born 1935) 1 March – Jordie Albiston, poet (born 1961) 8 March – Annah Faulkner, novelist (born 1949/50) 19 March – Alan Hopgood, playwright and screenwriter (born 1934) 29 April – Craig Powell, poet (born 1940) 2 June – Brian Matthews, literary scholar and writer (born 1936) 6 June – Helen Hodgman, novelist (born in Scotland) (born 1945) 26 June – Frank Moorhouse, writer (born 1938) 14 July – Clem Tisdell, economist (born 1939) 26 July – David Ireland, novelist and three-time winner of Miles Franklin Award (born 1927) 27 July – Edwin Wilson, poet, painter, scientist (born 1942) 3 August Bruce Grant, writer and journalist (born 1925) Evan Jones, poet and academic (born 1931) 12 August – Virginia Spate, art historian (born in the United Kingdom) (born 1937) 29 August – Craig Powell, poet and psychoanalyst (born 1940) 20 September – Peter Yeldham, screenwriter, playwright and novelist (born 1927) 8 October – Angus Trumble, art curator and historian (born 1964) 17 October – Dame Carmen Callil, publisher, writer and critic (died in the United Kingdom) (born 1938) 24 November – Margaret Hamilton, children's literature publisher and writer (born 1941) 2 December Jill Jolliffe, journalist and non-fiction writer (born 1945)TL Lakon Belun Jill Jolliffe Ne’ebé Grava Memória Luta bá Ukun Rasik-Aan Antigone Kefala, poet and prose-writer (born in Romania) (born 1935) 16 December – Robert Adamson, poet (born 1943) December – Wendy Jenkins, poet, editor and YA novelist (born 1952)
See also
2022 in Australia 2022 in literature 2022 in poetry List of years in Australian literature List of years in literature
References