2004 in Australian literature
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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2004 .
Contents
Events
John Hay, Peter Porter , Elizabeth Webby , W. H. Wilde, and Barbara Ker Wilson are all recognised in the 2004 Australia Day Honours.[1] Peter Craven is sacked as editor of Quarterly Essay and the annual The Best Australian... anthologies after a dispute with Black Inc. publisher Morry Schwartz.[1] Kenneth Dutton, Nick Enright , Morag Fraser , David Myers, and Brenda Niall are recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours list.[2] Independent book publishers Text (Australia) and Canongate (UK) form a joint venture. The Text Media Group, purchased by John Fairfax earlier this year, sells Text Publishing to the joint venture partners.[2] Sydney Morning Herald Literary Editor, Malcolm Knox exposes Norma Khouri and her 'factual' account of honour killings in Jordan as a fabrication.[3] Mark Rubbo, David Marr and Kerryn Goldsworthy resign as Miles Franklin Award judges in protest at changes to the charter governing the award's administration.[4] Inaugural Chief Minister's Northern Territory Book History Awards held[5] Major publications
Literary fiction
Children's and Young Adult fiction
Crime
Romance
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Drama
Poetry
Non-fiction
Peter Carey – Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son [63] Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland – Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities [64] Sally Neighbour – In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia [65] 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
See also
References
^ The Austlit Gateway News March/April 2004 ^ The Austlit Gateway News July/August 2004 ^ The Austlit Gateway News September/October 2004 ^ "Book prize controversy" . The Age . 23 December 2004. Archived 3 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 21 April 2009.^ "Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award | Northern Territory Library" . ntl.nt.gov.au . Retrieved 6 December 2019.^ "Home by Larissa Behrendt" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Cape Grimm by Carmel Bird" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Furies by John Charalambous" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Geography by Sophie Cunningham" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean by Jack Dann" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "The Thompson Gunner by Nick Earls" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Backwaters by Robert Engwerda" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.^ "The Broken Book by Susan Johnson" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "The Goddamn Bus of Happiness by Stefan Laszczuk" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "The Philosopher's Doll by Amanda Lohrey" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Angel Puss by Colleen McCullough" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "The Alphabet Sisters by Monica McInerney" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Taming the Beast by Emily Maguire" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Hill of Grace by Steven Orr" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Fire Fire by Eva Sallis" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Snowleg by Nicholas Shakespeare" . Austlit. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Frangipani by Celestine Hitiura Vaite" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "I Have Kissed Your Lips by Gerard Windsor" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "The Last Ride by Denise Young" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.^ "Scraps of Heaven by Arnold Zable" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 26 February 2025.^ "Devastation Road by Joanna Baker" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "Farm Kid by Sherryl Clark" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "A Home for Bilby by Joanne Crawford and Grace Fielding" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "By the River by Steven Herrick" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "Secret Scribbled Notebooks by Joanne Horniman" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "Camel Rider by Prue Mason" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "The Coast Road by Peter Corris" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "The Walker by Jane Goodall" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "Earthly Delights by Kerry Greenwood" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "Heavenly Pleasures by Kerry Greenwood" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "No Trace by Barry Maitland" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "Covet by Tara Moss" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "Far Horizon by Tony Park" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "Murder by Manuscript by Steven J. Spears" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2024.^ "Ophelia's Fan by Christine Balint" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Spinning Around by Catherine Jinks" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "The Ideal Bride by Stephanie Laurens" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "The Stockmen by Rachael Treasure" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Outback Sunset by Lynne Wilding" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Mothership by John Brosnan" . ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "The Ghost Writer by John Harwood" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 April 2025.^ "Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts by Simon Haynes" . Austlit. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "The Tainted by Glenda Larke" . ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "Snow, Fire, Sword by Sophie Masson" . ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "A Fire in the Shell by Josephine Pennicott" . ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "The Wanderer by Cherry Wilder and Katya Reimann" . ISFDB. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "The Call by Martin Flanagan" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Julia 3 by Michael Gurr" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Mr Bailey's Minder by Debra Oswald" . Austlit. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Toby by Abe Pogos" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Run Rabbit Run! by Alana Valentine" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "<More or Less Than> 1–100 by M. T. C. Cronin" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.^ "The Ship by Sarah Day" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.^ "Next to Nothing by Noel Rowe" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.^ "The Colosseum' by Dipti Saravanamuttu" . Austlit. Retrieved 18 October 2024.^ "Smoke Encrypted Whispers by Samuel Wagan Watson" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 18 October 2024.^ "Wrong About Japan: A Father's Journey with His Son by Peter Carey" . Austlit. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Car Wars: How the Car Won Our Hearts and Conquered Our Cities by Graeme Davison with Sheryl Yelland" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "In the Shadow of Swords: on the Trail of Terrorism from Afghanistan to Australia by Sally Neighbour" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 February 2025.^ "Henry Handel Richardson: A Life by Michael Ackland" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Adam's Ark by Phillip Adams" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Plenty: Digressions on Food by Gay Bilson" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Charmian and George: The Marriage of George Johnston and Charmian Clift by Max Brown" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Keep the Bastards Honest by Don Chipp" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Latham and Abbott by Michael Duffy" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "The Girl from Botany Bay: The True Story of Mary Broad and Her Extraordinary Escape by Carolly Erickson" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Steve Waugh by Peter FitzSimons" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Country by Tim Flannery" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays by John Hughes" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "I Am What I Am: My Life and Curious Times by John Marsden" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "A Life by Design: The Art and Lives of Florence Broadhurst by Siobhan O'Brien" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Hazel's Journey: A Personal Experience of Alzheimer's by Sue Pieters-Hawke and Hazel Flynn" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Sometimes I Forgot to Laugh by Peter Roebuck" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Bud: A Life by Charles Tingwell" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Hard Road: The Life and Times of Stevie Wright by Stevie Wright and Glenn Goldsmith" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 25 February 2025.^ "Austlit — FAW Christopher Brennan Award" . Austlit. Retrieved 11 September 2023.^ "Austlit — Patrick White Award - Past Winners" . Austlit. Retrieved 10 September 2023.^ "Totem wins The Age Book of the Year" . The Age . 2004-08-21. Archived 25 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine. 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" . Commonwealth Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2024.^ "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners" . State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 18 April 2024.^ ""Austlit – Australian/Vogel Award 2003-2005"" . Austlit. Retrieved 16 February 2024.^ "Austlit — Miles Franklin Literary Award (1957-)" . Austlit. Retrieved 21 September 2023.^ ""Shanghai surprise"" . Sydney Morning Herald, 18 May 2004. Retrieved 16 January 2025.^ ""Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - Previous Winners"" . Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 May 2025.^ "Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction - 2004 Winner" . Archived 2008-08-12 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 February 2025.^ ""Australian Literary Awards: Western Australian Premier's"" . University Libraries, University of Washington. Retrieved 23 May 2025.^ ""LibraryThing: Davitt Awards 2004"" . LibraryThing. Retrieved 19 January 2024.^ "2004 Ned Kelly Award Winners" . Australian Crime Writers . Archived 2016-03-27 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2024.^ 2004 National Literary Awards 1 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine^ "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry Prize 2002-2004" . Austlit. Retrieved 13 February 2024.^ "Mary Gilmore Award" . Association for the Study of Australian Literature ^ ""Patrick White Playwrights' Award – Past Winners"" . Sydney Theatre Company. Retrieved 25 December 2025.^ ""National Biography Award – Past Winners"" . State Library of NSW. Retrieved 1 August 2024.^ "Len Fox (1905-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-08.^ "Barbara Jefferis (1917-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-16.^ "Austlit — Norman Talbot (1936-2004)" . Austlit. Retrieved 30 September 2024.^ "Bruce Beaver (1928-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-10-01.^ "Wilbur G. Howcroft (1917-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-16.^ "Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-16.^ "Thea Astley (1925-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2023-09-26.^ "Peter Mathers (1931-2004)" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 2024-02-14.Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.