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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006.

Events

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  • South African-born Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenship[1]
  • Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down"[2]
  • Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel Theft: A Love Story (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled Mrs Jekyll[3]
  • the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters' book Jonestown, an unauthorised biography of Alan Jones, a Sydney radio presenter[4]
  • the Australian Classification Review Board bans two radical Islamic books, prompting calls from the Australian Attorney-General for the Board to provide with even tougher laws[5]
  • a large treasure trove of missing papers belonging to Patrick White is revealed to the public. Contrary to the wishes expressed in White's will, his literary executor, Barbara Mobbs, did not destroy the material but kept it and has since offered it to the National Library of Australia[6]

Major publications

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Literary fiction

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Children's and Young Adult fiction

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Crime and Mystery

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Romance

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Drama

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Poetry

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Non-fiction

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  • Peter Andrews – Back from the Brink: How Australia's Landscape Can Be Saved[80]
  • Janine Burke – The Gods of Freud: Sigmund Freud's Art Collection[81]
  • Les Carlyon – The Great War[82]
  • Neil Chenoweth – Packer's Lunch[83]
  • Inga Clendinnen – Agamemnon's Kiss[84]
  • Peter Cochrane – Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy[85]
  • Peter Edwards – Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins[86]
  • Ken Inglis – Whose ABC? : The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1983–2006[87]
  • Justine Larbalestier – Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century[88]

Biographies

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Awards and honours

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Lifetime achievement

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Award Author
Christopher Brennan Award[96] Geoff Page
Melbourne Prize for Literature[97] Helen Garner
Patrick White Award[98] Morris Lurie

Literary

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Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year[99] Jennifer Maiden Friendly Fire Giramondo Publishing
ALS Gold Medal[100] Gregory Day The Patron Saint of Eels Picador
Colin Roderick Award[101] Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing
Nita Kibble Literary Award[102] Brenda Walker The Wing of Night Viking Press

Fiction

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International

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Commonwealth Writers' Prize[103] Best Novel, SE Asia and South Pacific region Kate Grenville The Secret River Text Publishing
Best Novel, Overall Kate Grenville The Secret River Text Publishing

National

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Award Author Title Publisher
ABC Fiction Award[104] Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[105] Gail Jones Sixty Lights Vintage Books
The Age Book of the Year Award[99] Christos Tsiolkas Dead Europe Vintage
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[106] Belinda Castles The River Baptists Allen and Unwin
Miles Franklin Award[107] Roger McDonald The Ballad of Desmond Kale Vintage
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[108] Kate Grenville The Secret River Text Publishing
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Brian Castro The Garden Book Giramondo Publishing
South Australian Premier's Awards Gail Jones Sixty Lights Harvill Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award[109] Peter Carey Theft: A Love Story Knopf
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Carrie Tiffany Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living Picador

Children and Young Adult

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National

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award Older Readers J. C. Burke The Story of Tom Brennan Random House
Younger Readers Elizabeth Fensham Helicopter Man Bloomsbury Press
Picture Book Colin Thompson The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley Lothian
Early Childhood Deborah Niland Annie's Chair Viking Books
Davitt Award Young Adult Catherine Jinks Evil Genius Allen and Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Kierin Meehan In the Monkey Forest Penguin Books
Young People's Ursula Dubosarsky Theodora's Gift Penguin Books
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Martine Murray The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley Allen & Unwin
Young Adult Ursula Dubosarsky The Red Shoe Allen & Unwin
South Australian Premier's Awards Children's Barry Jonsberg It's Not All About you, Calma! Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Ursula Dubosarsky Theodora's Gift Penguin Books
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Kirsty Murray A Prayer for Blue Delaney Allen & Unwin
Children's Wendy Binks Where's Stripey? Stunned Emu Press

Crime and Mystery

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National

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[110] Novel Heather Rose The Butterfly Man University of Queensland Press
Readers' Choice Kerry Greenwood Heavenly Pleasures Allen & Unwin
Leigh Redhead Rubdown Allen & Unwin
Young Adult Novel Catherine Jinks Evil Genius Allen & Unwin
Ned Kelly Award[111] Novel Chris Nyst Crook as Rookwood HarperCollins
Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing
First novel Wendy James Out of the Silence Random House
True crime Lauchlin McCulloch Packing Death Floradale/Sly Ink
Lifetime achievement Andrew Rule & John Silvester

Science fiction

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Aurealis Award Novel Damien Broderick K-Machines Thunder's Mouth Press
Short Story Sean Williams The Seventh Letter "Bulletin" Magazine, Summer Reading Edition
Ditmar Award Novel Sean Williams & Shane Dix Geodesica: Ascent HarperCollins
Novella/Novelette Kaaron Warren "The Grinding House" The Grinding House
Short Story Kaaron Warren "Fresh Young Widow" The Grinding House
Collected Work Robert Hood & Robin Pen Daikaiju! Giant Monster Tales Agog! Press
Australian Shadows Award Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books

Poetry

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Award Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[105] Luke Davies Totem Allen & Unwin
The Age Book of the Year[99] Jennifer Maiden Friendly Fire Giramondo Publishing
Anne Elder Award[112] Libby Hart Fresh News from the Arctic Interactive Press
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[113] Alan Gould The Past Completes Me: Selected Poems 1973–2003 University of Queensland Press
Mary Gilmore Prize[114] David McCooey Blister Pack Salt Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Jaya Savige Latecomers University of Queensland Press
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards John Kinsella The New Arcadia Fremantle Arts Centre Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Award John Tranter Urban Myths: 210 Poems University of Queensland Press
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Rod Moran The Paradoxes of Water: Selected and New Poems, 1970–2005 Salt Publishing

Drama

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Award Author Title Publisher
Patrick White Playwrights' Award Patricia Cornelius Do Not Go Gentle... Currency Press

Non-Fiction

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Award Category Author Title Publisher
Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature[105] Non-Fiction Mandy Sayer Velocity Vintage Books
The Age Book of the Year[99] Non-Fiction Mandy Sayer Velocity Vintage Books
National Biography Award[115] Biography John Hughes The Idea of Home: Autobiographical Essays Giramondo Publishing
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Non-Fiction Jacob Rosenberg East of Time Brandl & Schlesinger
New South Wales Premier's History Awards Australian History Richard Broome Aboriginal Victorians: A History Since 1800 Allen & Unwin
Community and Regional History Maria Nugent Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet Allen & Unwin
General History R. J. B. Bosworth Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship 1915-1945 Penguin Books
Young People's Pamela Freeman The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop’s Early Years Black Dog Books
Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Non-fiction Neil Chenoweth Packer's Lunch: A Rollicking Tale of Swiss Bank Accounts and Money-Making Allen & Unwin
History Peter Edwards Arthur Tange: The Last of the Mandarins Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier's Literary Award Non-fiction Helen Ennis Margaret Michaelis: Love, Loss and Photography National Gallery of Australia

Deaths

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Unknown date

See also

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References

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Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page.

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