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2018 In Australian Literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2018. Major publications Literary fiction * Michael Mohammed Ahmad, ''The Lebs'' * Robbie Arnott, ''Flames'' * Trent Dalton, '' Boy Swallows Universe (novel)'' * Gregory Day, ''A Sand Archive'' * Ceridwen Dovey, ''In the Garden of the Fugitives'' * Rodney Hall, ''A Stolen Season'' * Gail Jones, '' The Death of Noah Glass'' * Eleanor Limprecht, ''The Passengers'' * Melissa Lucashenko, ''Too Much Lip'' * Jennifer Mills, ''Dyschronia'' * Heather Morris, ''The Tattooist of Auschwitz'' * Kate Morton, ''The Clockmaker's Daughter'' * Kristina Olsson, ''Shell'' * Ryan O'Neill, ''99 Interpretations of The Drover's Wife'' * Kim Scott, ''Taboo'' * Tim Winton, ''The Shepherd's Hut'' * Markus Zusak, ''Bridge of Clay'' Children's and Young Adult fiction * Maxine Beneba Clarke, ''Wide Big World'', illustrated by Isobel Knowles * Mem Fox, ''Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again'', illustrate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Michael Mohammed Ahmad is an Australian novelist, teacher and community arts worker. Biography Ahmad was born in Inner Sydney and attended Punchbowl Boys High School. In 2012, Ahmad founded SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement, an arts organisation that promotes literacy in Western Sydney. In 2014 he published his debut novel ''The Tribe'' with Giramondo. Ahmad has stated he was motivated to write ''The Tribe'' in order to counteract negative stereotypes about Arab Australians that flourished in Australia following the September 11 attacks. In 2017 Ahmad received his Doctorate of Creative Arts at Western Sydney University. In 2018 he published '' The Lebs'' with Hachette, which was shortlisted for the 2019 Miles Franklin Award. Bibliography *'' The Tribe'' (Giramondo, 2014) *'' The Lebs'' (Hachette Australia, 2018) *''After Australia'' (editor) (Affirm Press, 2020) *''The Other Half of You'' (Hachette Australia, 2021) Awards * Sydney Morning Herald Best Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Winton
Timothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960) is an Australian writer. He has written novels, children's books, non-fiction books, and short stories. In 1997, he was named a Living Treasure by the National Trust of Australia, and has won the Miles Franklin Award four times. Life and career Timothy John Winton was born on 4 August 1960 in Subiaco, an inner western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. He grew up in the northern Perth suburb of Karrinyup, before he moved with his family to the regional city of Albany at the age of 12.Steger, Jason (2008) "It's a risky business", '' The Sydney Morning Herald'', 25–27 April 2008, Books: p. 29 Whilst at the Western Australian Institute of Technology, Winton wrote his first novel, ''An Open Swimmer'', which won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, launching his writing career. He has stated that he wrote "the best part of three books while at university".Steger, Jason (2008) "Its a risky business" in '' The Sydney Morning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerry Greenwood
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (born 1954) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series '' Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''. She writes mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, children's stories, and plays. Greenwood earned the Australian women's crime fiction Davitt Award in 2002 for her young adult novel ''The Three-Pronged Dagger''. Early life and education Greenwood grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray, where she still lives today. She attended Geelong Road State School (now Footscray Primary School), Maribyrnong College and the University of Melbourne, where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts (English) and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 1979. Whilst at university, Greenwood worked at a women's refuge. Career In 1982, Greenwood was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candice Fox
Candice Fox (born 1985) is an Australian novelist who won the 2014 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Novel for ''Hades''. She was born in the western suburbs of Sydney into a large family. She spent a brief period in the Royal Australian Navy before studying and teaching at university level. In 2015, Candice started collaborating on a series of novels with bestselling author James Patterson. Bibliography Novels * ''The Inn'' (2019) (collaboration with James Patterson) * ''2 Sisters Detective Agency'' (2021) (collaboration with James Patterson) * ''Gathering Dark'' (2020) * ''The Chase'' (2021) * ''Fire With Fire'' (2023) Archer and Bennett * ''Hades'' (2014) * ''Eden'' (2014) * ''Fall'' (2015) Detective Harriet Blue * '' Never Never'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2016) * ''Fifty Fifty'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2017) * ''Liar Liar'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2018) * ''Hush Hush'' (collaboration with James Patterson) (2019) Crimson Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lili Wilkinson
Lili Wilkinson (born 7 April 1981) is an Australian author. She has also written for several publications, including The Age, and manageinsideadog.com.au a website for teenagers about books, as part of her role at the Centre For Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria until January 2011. Early life Wilkinson was born in Melbourne, the daughter of children's author, Carole Wilkinson, and film and television sound recordist, John Wilkinson. She attendeSpensley Street Primary Schooland Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, and has referred to her high school self as "a bit of a nerd". Heavily involved in drama, in Year 7 she played Aphrodite in a musical version of The Odyssey. Influences Wilkinson has spoken of her love for the work of Diana Wynne Jones, David Almond and Lewis Carroll in interviews. She has also revealed that Shaun Tan is her favourite illustrator. She has been quoted as saying: "My favourite books would be ''Fire and Hemlock'' by Diana Wynne Jones and '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Tan
Shaun Tan (born 1973) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated film adaptation of a 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. Other books he has written and illustrated include '' The Red Tree'' and '' The Arrival''. Tan was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, and grew up in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. In 2006, his wordless graphic novel ''The Arrival'' won the Book of the Year prize as part of the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards. The same book won the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year award in 2007. and the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Premier's Prize in 2006. Tan's work has been described as an "Australian vernacular" that is "at once banal and uncanny, familiar and strange, local and universal, reassuring and scary, intimate and remote, guttersnipe and sprezzatura. No rhetoric, no straining for effect. Never other than itself." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor, writer, producer, and director. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including three AACTA Awards (including AFI), three Logie Awards, and two Helpmann Awards. He began his career working with the Sydney Theatre Company. He went on to appear in Australian and international productions such as Baz Luhrmann's films ''Moulin Rouge!'' (2001) and '' Elvis'' (2022), the ABC series ''Rake'' (2010–2018), and the action films '' Mission: Impossible 2'' (2000), ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (2003), and '' Van Helsing'' (2004). Early life Roxburgh was born at the Mercy Hospital in Albury, New South Wales, to John (d. July 2011) and Mary Roxburgh; he is the youngest of six children. John was a successful accountant. Roxburgh played Willy Loman in the Albury High School production of ''Death of a Salesman'' in 1978. Roxburgh studied economics at the Australian Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambelin Kwaymullina
Ambelin Kwaymullina (born 1975 in Perth, Western Australia) is a Palyku novelist, illustrator, and assistant professor of law at the University of Western Australia. She was born as the eldest of three children to Sally Morgan, an author and artist, and Paul Morgan, a teacher. She graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1998 with a Bachelor of Laws with honours. Kwaymullina's academic research focuses on both public law, and on Indigenous peoples and the law. Her works of fiction include both young adult science fiction novels and children's picture books. Bibliography Academic *"Indigenous Holistic Logic: Aspects, Consequences and Applications", (with Blaze Kwaymullina), ''Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues'', Volume 17, Number 2, June 2014. Living Texts: A Perspective on Published Sources, (with Blaze Kwaymullina, B and Lauren Butterly) ''Indigenous Research Methodologies and Indigenous Worldviews, International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies'', Vol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judy Horacek
Judy Horacek (born 12 November 1961) is an Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and children's book creator. She is best known for her award winning children's picture book ''Where is the Green Sheep?'' with Mem Fox, and her weekly cartoons iThe Age newspaper Horacek's latest book is ''Now or Never'' (2020), her tenth cartoon collection. A new picture book with Mem Fox, ''Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again'' came out in October 2018. In 2005, a selection of her work was acquired by the National Library of Australia for its collection. She said at the time that "I really like being recognised for having done work that is part of the social discourse. And it's always nice to see cartoons get another lease on life – now they represent a particular time and context and become part of the portrait of who we ustraliansare".Favelle (2005) p. 10 Life Horacek graduated with a BA from the University of Melbourne in 1991, majoring in Fine Arts and English. She then studied for a Diploma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie And Ben Rhyme Again
''Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again'' is a 2018 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. In this book, a sequel to ''Good Night, Sleep Tight (Fox book), Good Night, Sleep Tight'', two children, Bonnie and Ben, recite some nursery rhyme, nursery rhymes to their friend, Skinny Doug, while going for a walk. Publication history * 2019, USA, Simon & Schuster, Beach Lane Books * 2018, Australia, Scholastic Corporation, Scholastic Australia Reception A review in ''Booklist'' of ''Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again'' wrote: "The classics are showcased while the contemporary story celebrates them within a playful context. The illustrations feature simple, pleasing ink drawings, brightened with cheerful watercolors". ''Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again'' has also been reviewed by ''School Library Journal'', ''Children's Book Council of Australia#Organisational structure, Reading Time'', ''Kirkus Reviews'', and ''The New York Times''. See also * ''Good Night, Sleep Tight (Fox book) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mem Fox
Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still gives seminars and lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Career In 1981, while working in drama, Fox decided to retrain in literacy studies. She said: "Literacy has become the great focus of my life – it's my passion, my battle and my mission and my exhaustion." She has published books on literacy aimed at children, their parents, teachers and educators. She held the position of Associate Professor, Literacy Studies, in the School of Education at Flinders University until her retirement in 1996. Since her retirement from teaching, Fox travels around the world visiting many countries and doing presentations and speaking on children's books and literacy issues. Following an interrogation by US immigration officials on a trip in February 2017 to deliver a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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