Overview of the events of 2002 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2002.
Major publications
Literary fiction
- J. M. Coetzee – Youth: Scenes from Provincial Life II
- Bryce Courtenay – Matthew Flinders' Cat
- Andrea Goldsmith – The Prosperous Thief
- Sonya Hartnett – Of a Boy
- Sarah Hay – Skins[1]
- Chloe Hooper – A Child's Book of True Crime[2]
- Kate Jennings – Moral Hazard
- Gail Jones – Black Mirror
- Thomas Keneally – An Angel in Australia
- Colleen McCullough – The October Horse
- Alex Miller – Journey to the Stone Country
- Dorothy Porter – Wild Surmise
- Eva Sallis – The City of Sealions[3]
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Crime
Romance
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Drama
Poetry
- M. T. C. Cronin – My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems[50]
- Robert Gray – Afterimages[51]
- Jill Jones – Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems[52]
- Emma Lew – Anything the Landlord Touches[53]
- Kate Lilley – Versary[54]
- Les Murray
- Collected Poems : 1961–2002[55]
- Poems the Size of Photographs[56]
Non-fiction
- Bruce Bennett – Australian Short Fiction: A History[57]
- Anna Funder – Stasiland[58]
- Mark McKenna – Looking for Blackfellas' Point : An Australian History of Place[59]
- Ashley Mallett – The Black Lords of Summer : The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond[60]
- John Marsden – The Boy You Brought Home : A Single Mother's Guide to Raising Boys[61]
Biographies
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
Unknown date
See also
References
- ^ "Skins by Sarah Hay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The City of Sealions by Eva Sallis". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "White Lies by J. C. Burke". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "The Gift by Alison Croggon". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Short Cuts by Marieke Hardy". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Ferren and the White Doctor by Richard Harland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "When You Wake and Find Me Gone by Maureen McCarthy". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Njunjul the Sun by Meme McDonald and Boori Pryor". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Wildlight: A Journey by David Metzenthen". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Walking Home with Marie-Claire by Kirsty Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "The Whale's Child by Gillian Rubinstein". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Open for Inspection by Carmel Bird". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Lady Luck by Kirsty Brooks". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Half Past Dead by Jane Clifton". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Salt and Blood by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Babel by Barry Maitland". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Something Fishy by Shane Maloney". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Split by Tara Moss". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Blood Redemption by Alex Palmer". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "In The Evil Day by Peter Temple". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "For the Taking by Lilian Darcy". Austlit. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "A Bride at Birralee by Barbara Hannay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Their Doorstep Baby by Barbara Hannay". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Kimberley Sun by Di Morrissey". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The Baron and the Bodyguard by Valerie Parv". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be by Valerie Parv". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "The Novice by Trudi Canavan". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The Battle of Evernight by Cecilia Dart-Thornton". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The Lady of the Sorrows by Cecilia Dart-Thornton". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The Crippled Angel by Sara Douglass". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Hades' Daughter by Sara Douglass". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Tetrarch by Ian Irvine". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Destiny by Fiona McIntosh". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Revenge by Fiona McIntosh". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Wolfskin by Juliet Marillier". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Echoes of Earth by Sean Williams and Shane Dix". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "The Sky Warden and the Sun by Sean Williams". ISFDB. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- ^ "Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed by David Brown". Austlit. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Country Music by Nick Enright". Austlit. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "A Man with Five Children' by Nick Enright". Austlit. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "The Fortunes of Richard Mahony by Michael Gow". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "The Simple Truth by Michael Gurr". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Half and Half by Daniel Keene". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Still Angela by Jenny Kemp". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Rapture by Joanna Murray-Smith". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "My Lover's Back : 79 Love Poems by M. T. C. Cronin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Afterimages by Robert Gray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Screens Jets Heaven: New and Selected Poems by Jill Jones". Austlit. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Anything the Landlord Touches by Emma Lew". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Versary by Kate Lilley". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Collected Poems : 1961–2002 by Les Murray". Austlit. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Poems the Size of Photographs by Les Murray". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Australian Short Fiction: A History by Bruce Bennett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Stasiland by Anna Funder". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Looking for Blackfellas' Point by Mark McKenna". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "The Black Lords of Summer by Ashley Mallett". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "The Boy You Brought Home by John Marsden". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Shoot Straight, You Bastards! by Nick Bleszynski". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Black and Whiteley : Barry Dickins in Search of Brett by Barry Dickins". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Charles Conder : The Last Bohemian by Ann Galbally". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Broken Song : T. G. H. Strehlow and Aboriginal Possession by Barry Hill". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "American Scoundrel : The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles by Thomas Keneally". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Pompey Elliott by Ross McMullin". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "The Boyds : A Family Biography by Brenda Niall". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "A poet of two cultures : An Interview with Dimitris Tsaloumas". Anagnostis e-Magazine. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners". Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d ""Man of many words wins Age book award"". The Age, 24 August 2002, p13. ProQuest 363477476. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "Colin Roderick Award - Other Winners". James Cook University. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Kibble Literary Award". Australian National University. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "Commonwealth Writers' Prize Regional Winners 1987-2007" (PDF). Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners". State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2000-2002"". Austlit. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-)". Austlit. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d ""Lawson of the suburbs finds poetry in ordinary lives"". Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 2002, p3. ProQuest 363845396. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ ""LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2002"". LibraryThing. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "2002 Ned Kelly Award Winners". Australian Crime Writers. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Anne Elder Award 2002-2004". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004". Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "Mary Gilmore Award". Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ ""National Biography Award – Past Winners"". State Library of NSW. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Ray Mathew (1929-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Peter Cowan (1914-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "J. E. Macdonnell (1917-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "R. A. Simpson (1929-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Gary Catalano (1947-2002)". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. The University of Queensland. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "Olive Pell (1903-2002)". Austlit. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.
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