2002 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2002.

Major publications

Literary fiction

Children's and Young Adult fiction

Crime

Romance

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Drama

Poetry

Non-fiction
  • 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
Patrick White Award Tom Hungerford

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
Award Category Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Fiction Joan London Gilgamesh Grove Press
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Danielle Wood The Alphabet of Light and Dark Allen & Unwin
Miles Franklin Award Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Fiction Tim Winton Dirt Music Picador
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Fiction Peter Carey True History of the Kelly Gang University of Queensland Press
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Fiction Gail Jones Black Mirror Picador

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
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

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

Non-Fiction
Award Category Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Non-Fiction Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House Australia
Colin Roderick Award Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM Random House Australia
National Biography Award Jacqueline Kent A Certain Style: Beatrice Davis, a Literary Life Viking Books
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Gail Bell The Poison Principle Pan Macmillan
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Nadia Wheatley The Life and Myth of Charmian Clift HarperCollins
Community and Regional History John Bailey The White Divers of Broome: the true story of a fatal experiment Pan Macmillan
General History David Garrioch The Making of Revolutionary Paris University of California Press
Young People's Papunya School Papunya School Book of Country and History Allen and Unwin
Nita Kibble Literary Award Inga Clendinnen Tiger's Eye: A Memoir Text Publishing
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds: A Family Biography Melbourne University Press
History Les Carlyon Gallipoli Pan Macmillan
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Brenda Niall The Boyds: A Family Biography Melbourne University Press

Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year Robert Gray Afterimages Duffy and Snellgrove
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

Deaths
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See also

References

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