2020 in Australian literature

This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2020.

See also: 2019 in Australian literature, 2020 in Australia, and 2021 in Australian literature

Major publications
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Literary fiction

Crime

Science Fiction and Fantasy

Poetry

Non-fiction

Awards and honours

Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

Lifetime achievement
Award Author
Patrick White Award to be announced November 2020

Fiction

National
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Miles Franklin Literary Award[1] Fiction Tara June Winch The Yield Penguin Random House
Prime Minister's Literary Awards
to be announced October 2020		 Fiction
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] Tara June Winch The Yield Penguin Random House
Queensland Literary Awards
to be announced November 2020		 Fiction
Stella Prize[3] Jess Hill See What You Made Me Do Black Inc
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[4][5] Literature S. Shakthidharan, with Eamon Flack Counting and Cracking Belvoir and Co-Curious
Fiction Christos Tsiolkas Damascus Allen & Unwin

Children and Young Adult

National
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award
to be announced August 2020		 Older Readers
Younger Readers
Picture Book
Early Childhood
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books
Nan Chauncy Award
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] Children's Lian Tanner & Jonathan Bentley Ella and the Ocean Allen & Unwin
Young People's Karen Foxlee Lenny's Book of Everything Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[4][5] Young Adult Fiction Helena Fox How It Feels to Float Pan Macmillan Australia

Crime and Mystery

National
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award
to be announced September 2020		 Novel
Ned Kelly Award
to be announced September 2020		 Novel
First novel

Science Fiction
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Ditmar Award
to be announced June 2020		 Novel
Best Novella or Novelette
Best Short Story

Non-Fiction
Award Category Author Title Publisher
National Biography Award
to be announced August 2020		 Biography
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] Non-Fiction Patrick Mullins Tiberius with a Telephone: The Life and Stories of William McMahon Scribe Publications
New South Wales Premier's History Awards
to be announced August 2020		 Australian History
Community and Regional History
General History
Queensland Literary Awards
to be announced November 2020		 Non-Fiction
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[4][5] Non-Fiction Christina Thompson Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia HarperCollins

Poetry
Award Author Title Publisher
Anne Elder Award (joint winners)[6]Cham Zhi Yiblur by theSubbed In
Gareth Sion JenkinsRecipes for the DisasterFive Islands Press
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] Peter Boyle Enfolded in the Wings of a Great Darkness Vagabond Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[4][5] Charmaine Papertalk Green Nganajungu Yagu Cordite

Drama
Award Category Author Title
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[2] Script Kylie Boltin Missing
The Cry, Episode 2 Jacquelin Perske
Play S. Shakthidharan Counting and Cracking

Deaths
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See also

References
  1. "Winch wins 2020 Miles Franklin for 'The Yield'". Books+Publishing. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  2. Evans, Kate Evans (26 April 2020). "Novel celebrating Wiradjuri language wins Book of the Year at major literary awards". ABC News. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. Convery, Stephanie (14 April 2020). "Jess Hill wins $50,000 Stella prize for See What You Made Me Do, book investigating domestic violence". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2020". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. "Christos Tsiolkas' 'Damascus' wins best fiction at VPLAs". Books+Publishing. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. "Cham, Jenkins named joint winners of Anne Elder poetry award". Books+Publishing. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  7. Chesshyre, Robert (5 January 2020). "Obituary: Alexander Frater 1937-2020". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  8. Carmody, Broede (21 January 2020). "Great human': Tributes flow for YA author Steph Bowe". Sydney Morning-Herald.
  9. Romei, Stephen (2 April 2020). "Australian poet Bruce Dawe dies, aged 90". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  10. Moran, Robert. "Award-winning author Jesse Blackadder dies, aged 56". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. "Obituary - Elizabeth Harrower - Obituaries Australia". oa.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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