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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 A flame () is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction made in a thin zone. When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density, they are then considered plasma. ...
'' * Trent Dalton – '' Boy Swallows Universe'' *
Gregory Day Gregory Day is an Australian novelist, poet, and musician. Life Gregory Day is a novelist, poet, essayist and musician based in Victoria, Australia. He is well known for novels which document generational, demographic, and environmental chang ...
– ''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 Melissa Lucashenko is an Indigenous Australians, Indigenous Australian writer of adult literary fiction and literary non-fiction, who has also written young adult fiction, novels for teenagers. In 2013 at the Walkley Awards, she won the "Featu ...
– '' Too Much Lip'' * Heather Morris – '' The Tattooist of Auschwitz'' * Kristina Olsson – ''Shell'' * Ryan O'Neill – '' The Drover's Wives'' *
Kim Scott Kim Scott (born 18 February 1957) is an Australian novelist of Aboriginal Australian ancestry. He is a descendant of the Noongar people of Western Australia. Biography Scott was born in Perth, Western Australia, in 1957, and is the eldest o ...
– ''Taboo'' * Tracy Sorensen – '' The Lucky Galah'' *
Elise Valmorbida Elise Valmorbida is an Italian-Australian writer and creative writing tutor who lives in London, England. Biography Having graduated in English from the University of Melbourne, and later in graphic design from Central St. Martin's, Valmorbida ...
– '' The Madonna of the Mountains'' *
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 ...
– ''The Shepherd's Hut'' *
Markus Zusak Markus Zusak (born 23 June 1975) is an Australian-German writer. He is best known for ''The Book Thief'' and ''The Messenger (Zusak novel), The Messenger'', two novels that became international bestsellers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2 ...
– '' Bridge of Clay''


Children's and Young Adult fiction

*
Maxine Beneba Clarke Maxine Beneba Clarke is an Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent, whose work includes fiction, non-fiction, plays and poetry. She is the author of over fourteen books for children and adults, notably a short story collection entitled '' For ...
– ''Wide Big World'', illustrated by Isobel Knowles *
Mem Fox Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox AM (; born 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 writes and gives seminars. She lives in Adelaide ...
– '' Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again'', illustrated by
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 cartoons all over ...
* Andy Griffiths – ''The 104-Storey Treehouse'' * Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekial Kwaymullina – ''Catching Teller Crow'' *
Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh (born 23 January 1962) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of a number of accolades across film, television, and theatre, including several AFI and AACTA Awards, Logie Awards, and Helpmann Awards. He bega ...
– ''Artie and the Grime Wave'' *
Shaun Tan Shaun Tan (born 15 January 1974) is an Australian artist, writer and film maker. He won an Academy Award for '' The Lost Thing'', a 2011 animated short film adaptation of the 2000 picture book he wrote and illustrated. He also wrote and illustrat ...
** ''Cicada'' ** ''Tales from the Inner City'' * Lili Wilkinson – ''After the Lights Go Out''


Crime and Mystery

*
Garry Disher Garry Disher (born 15 August 1949, in Corporate Town of Burra, South Australia) is an Australian author of crime fiction and children's literature. He is a three-time winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Novel. Disher has written three main ...
– ''Kill Shot'' * Candice Fox – ''Redemption Point'' *
Kerry Greenwood Kerry Isabelle Greenwood (17 June 1954 – 26 March 2025) was an Australian author and lawyer. She wrote many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted a ...
– ''The Spotted Dog'' *
Chris Hammer Chris Hammer (born 1960) is an Australian journalist and writer of crime fiction. He is known for his best-selling Martin Scarsden series of novels. Early life and education Chris Hammer was born in 1960. Career Hammer has a 30-year caree ...
– ''Scrublands'' *
Jane Harper Jane Harper (born 1980) is a Anglo-Celtic Australians, British Australian author known for her Crime fiction, crime novels, including ''The Dry (novel), The Dry'', ''Force of Nature (novel), Force of Nature'' and ''The Lost Man (novel), The Lost ...
– ''
The Lost Man ''The Lost Man'' is a 1969 American crime film, written and directed by Robert Alan Aurthur, loosely based on British author F.L. Green's 1945 novel ''Odd Man Out'', which was previously made into a 1947 film directed by Carol Reed and starring ...
'' *
Dervla McTiernan Dervla McTiernan is an Irish crime novelist. Early life and career Dervla McTiernan was born in County Cork, growing up initially in Carrigaline and Douglas before her father's work in the bank took her to Dublin, aged six, and then Limerick. ...
– '' The Rúin'' *
Kate Morton Kate Morton is an Australian author. She is known for her best-selling novels, including '' The House at Riverton'', '' The Forgotten Garden'', and '' The Distant Hours''. Her seventh book, ''Homecoming'', was published in April 2023. Early ...
– ''The Clockmaker's Daughter'' *
Michael Robotham Michael Robotham (born 9 November 1960) is an Australian crime fiction writer who has twice won the CWA Gold Dagger award for best novel and twice been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for best novel. His eldest child is Alexandra Hope Robotham, ...
– ''The Other Wife'' * Sue Williams – ''Live and Let Fry''


Science Fiction and Fantasy

* Alan Baxter ** ''Hidden City'' ** ''Devouring Dark'' * Kylie Chan – ''Scales of Empire'' * Traci Harding – ''This Present Past'' * Jennifer Mills – ''Dyschronia'' * Kaaron Warren – ''Tide of Stone''


Poetry

* Jordie Albiston – ''Warlines'' *
Judith Beveridge Judith Beveridge (born 1956) is a contemporary Australian poet, editor and academic. She is a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Biography Judith Beveridge was born in London, England, arriving in Australia with her parents in 1960. S ...
– ''Sun Music: New and Selected Poems'' * Ken Bolton – ''Starting at Basheer's'' * Sarah Day – ''Towards Light & Other Poems'' * Paul Hetherington – ''Moonlight on Oleander'' * Bella Li – ''Lost Lake'' * John Mateer – ''João'' *
Tim Metcalf Tim Metcalf is an Australian poet and doctor, described as one of Australia's most published doctor-poets. He resides in Brogo, New South Wales (NSW), and has specialized in remote area medicine since 1984. He has worked in NSW, Victoria, the N ...
– ''The Underwritten Plain'' * Tracy Ryan – ''The Water Bearer''


Drama

*
Alana Valentine Alana Valentine is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist, and director working in theatre, film, opera, and television. Early life and education Alana Valentine graduated with a Bachelor of Communications from University of Technology ...
– ''The Sugar House''


Biographies and memoirs

*
Peter FitzSimons Peter John FitzSimons (born 29 June 1961) is an Australian author, journalist, and radio and television presenter. He is a former national representative rugby union player and was the chair of the Australian Republic Movement from 2015 to 20 ...
– ''Monash's Masterpiece'' *
Jacqui Lambie Jacquiline Louise Lambie (born 26 February 1971) is an Australian politician who is the leader and founder of the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN). She is a Australian Senate, Senator for Tasmania since 2019, and was previously a Senator from 2014 to ...
– ''Rebel with a Cause: You can't keep a bloody Lambie down — my story from soldier to senator and beyond'' * Vicki Laveau-Harvie – '' The Erratics'' * Bri Lee – ''
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'' *
Anne Summers Anne Summers (born 12 March 1945) is an Australian writer and columnist, best known as a leading feminist, editor and publisher. She was formerly First Assistant Secretary of the Office of the Status of Women in the Department of the Prime Min ...
– ''Unfettered and Alive: A Memoir'' *
Gillian Triggs Gillian Doreen Triggs (born 30 October 1945) is an Australian and British public international lawyer, specialising in human rights and trade and commercial law. She is also an academic, barrister, and director. She became widely known in Aust ...
– ''Speaking Up'' * Nadia Wheatley – ''Her Mother's Daughter''


Non-fiction

* Cynthia Banham – ''A Certain Light'' * Steve Biddulph – ''Raising Boys In The Twenty-First Century: How To Help Our Boys Become Open-Hearted, Kind And Strong Men'' *
Behrouz Boochani Behrouz Boochani (; born 23 July 1983) is a Iranian Kurdistan, Kurdish-Iranian journalist, human rights defender, writer and film producer living in New Zealand. He was held in the Australian-run Manus Regional Processing Centre, Manus Island d ...
– ''
No Friend But the Mountains ''No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison'' is an autobiographical account of Behrouz Boochani's perilous journey to Christmas Island and his subsequent incarceration in an Australian government immigration detention facility on ...
'' * Stephen Gapps – ''The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the Early Colony 1788–1817'' * Richard Glover – ''The Land Before Avocado'' * Billy Griffiths – ''Deep Time Dreaming'' *
Anita Heiss Anita Marianne Heiss (born 1968) is an Aboriginal Australian author, poet, cultural activist and social commentator. She is an advocate for Indigenous Australian literature and literacy, through her writing for adults and children and her memb ...
(editor) – ''Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia'' *
Chloe Hooper Chloe Melisande Hooper (born 1973) is an Australian author. Her first novel, '' A Child's Book of True Crime'' (2002), was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Literature and was a ''New York Times'' Notable Book. In 2005, she turned to repo ...
– '' The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire'' *
Thomas Keneally Thomas Michael Keneally, Officer of the Order of Australia, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel ''Schindler's Ark'', the story of Oskar Schindler' ...
– ''Australians: A Short History'' *
Meredith Lake Meredith Lake (born 1980) is an Australian author, historian of religion and broadcaster. Early life and education Lake grew up in Sydney in a devout Anglican household. She has a PhD from the University of Sydney, exploring religious narrati ...
– '' The Bible in Australia: A cultural history'' * Michael C. Madden – ''The Victoria Cross: Australia Remembers'' *
Leigh Sales Leigh Peta Sales (born 10 May 1973) is an Australian journalist and author, best known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). She has won three Walkley Awards, and in 2023 was nominated for the Gold Logie Award for M ...
– ''Any Ordinary Day''


Awards and honours

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


Lifetime achievement


Literary


Fiction


International


National


Children and Young Adult


National


Crime and Mystery


National


Science fiction


Poetry


Drama


Non-Fiction


Deaths

*6 March – Peter Nicholls, writer and editor of ''
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (''SFE'') is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appea ...
'' (born
1939 This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Ger ...
) *8 March – Peter Temple, author of ''
Jack Irish ''Jack Irish'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC TV on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is ...
'' series (born
1946 1946 (Roman numerals, MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th centur ...
) *3 April – Noela Young, children's book illustrator and writer (born
1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...
) *14 April – Frank Bren, Australian actor and playwright (born
1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 †...
) *16 April – Beverley Farmer, novelist and short story writer (born
1941 The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, wa ...
) *1 June – Jill Ker Conway, academic and memoir writer, author of '' The Road from Coorain'' (born
1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
) *2 June –
Tony Morphett Anthony David Morphett (10 March 1938 – 2 June 2018) was an Australian screenwriter, who created or co-created many Australian television series, including ''Dynasty (Australian TV series), Dynasty'', ''Certain Women (television series), Cert ...
, screenwriter and novelist (born
1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
) *30 August –
Peter Corris Peter Robert Corris (8 May 1942 – 30 August 2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist and a novelist of historical and crime fiction. As crime fiction writer, he was described as "the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-w ...
, crime novelist (born
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
) *31 August – Ian Jones author and television writer and director (born
1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...
) *12 September – Albert Ullin ,
German Australian German Australians () are Australians with German ancestry. German Australians constitute one of the largest ancestry groups in Australia, and German is the fifth most identified European ancestry in Australia behind English, Irish, Scottish a ...
children's bookseller and founder of Australia's first children's bookstore, The Little Bookroom (born
1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on J ...
) *16 September – John Molony, historian and Emeritus Professor of History at
Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...
(born
1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the BBC, British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, John Reith becomes the first ...
) *6 October – James Cowan, author (born
1942 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was th ...
) *21 October – Eleanor Witcombe, screenwriter and playwright (born
1923 In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar. It happened there that Wednesday, 15 February ''(Julian Calendar)'' was followed by Thursday, 1 March ' ...
) *22 October ** Anne Fairbairn, poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture (born
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...
) ** Rose Zwi, novelist (born
1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly demonstrating that DNA is the genetic material. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris B ...
) *22 November –
Judith Rodriguez Judith Catherine Rodriguez (13 February 1936 — 22 November 2018) was an Australian poet. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award. Life Rodriguez was born Judith Catherine Green in Perth and grew up in Brisbane. She was educate ...
, poet and academic (born
1936 Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funer ...
)


See also

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