2025 in Australian literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2025.
Events
[edit]- Text Publishing is acquired by Penguin Random House Australia.[1]
Major publications
[edit]Crime and mystery
[edit]- James Bradley – Landfall[2]
- Catherine Jinks – Panic[3]
- Dervla McTiernan – The Unquiet Grave[4]
Science fiction and Fantasy
[edit]- Angela Slatter – The Crimson Road[5]
Children's and young adult
[edit]- Lili Wilkinson – Unhallowed Halls[6]
Non-Fiction
[edit]- Robert Dessaix – Chameleon[7]
- Brenda Niall – Joan Lindsay[8]
Awards and honours
[edit]Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
[edit]| Award | Author |
|---|---|
| Patrick White Award | Not yet awarded |
Literary
[edit]| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALS Gold Medal | Not yet awarded | ||
| Colin Roderick Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[9] | Robbie Arnott | Dusk | Picador |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Stella Prize | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[10] | Wanda Gibson | Three Dresses | University of Queensland Press |
Fiction
[edit]| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year | Not yet awarded | ||
| ARA Historical Novel Prize | Not yet awarded | ||
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Barbara Jefferis Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[9] | Robbie Arnott | Dusk | Picador |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[9] | Lauren Keegan | All the Bees in the Hollows | Affirm Press |
| Miles Franklin Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[10] | Fiona McFarlane | Highway 13 | Allen & Unwin |
Children and Young Adult
[edit]| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARA Historical Novel Prize | Children and Young Adult | Not yet awarded | ||
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Not yet awarded | ||
| Younger Readers | Not yet awarded | |||
| Picture Book | Not yet awarded | |||
| Early Childhood | Not yet awarded | |||
| Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Not yet awarded | |||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[9] | Children's | Katrina Nannestead | All the Beautiful Things | HarperCollins |
| Young Adult | Kate Emery | My Family and Other Suspects | Allen and Unwin | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young People's | Not yet awarded | |||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young Adult | Not yet awarded | |||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[10] | Young Adult Fiction | Emma Lord | Anomaly | Affirm Press |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded |
Crime and Mystery
[edit]National
[edit]| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davitt Award | Novel | Not yet awarded | ||
| Young adult novel | Not yet awarded | |||
| Children's novel | Not yet awarded | |||
| Non-fiction | Not yet awarded | |||
| Debut | Not yet awarded | |||
| Readers' choice | Not yet awarded | |||
| Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Not yet awarded | ||
| First novel | Not yet awarded | |||
| True crime | Not yet awarded |
Non-Fiction
[edit]| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Age Book of the Year | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year[9] | Non-Fiction | Markus Zusak | Three Wild Dogs and the Truth | Picador |
| Illustrated Non-Fiction | Criss Canning | The Paintings of Criss Canning | Thames and Hudson Australia | |
| National Biography Award | Biography | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| Australian History | Not yet awarded | |||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Not yet awarded | ||
| Community and Regional History | Not yet awarded | |||
| General History | Not yet awarded | |||
| Queensland Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[10] | Non-Fiction | Susan Hampton | Anything Can Happen | Puncher & Wattman |
Poetry
[edit]| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne Elder Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Mary Gilmore Award | Not yet awarded | ||
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | ||
| Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection | Not yet awarded | ||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[10] | Jeanine Leane | Gawimarra: Gathering | University of Queensland Press |
Drama
[edit]| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Script | Not yet awarded | ||
| Play | Not yet awarded | |||
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[10] | Nathan Maynard | 37 | Currency Press, with Melbourne Theatre Company |
Deaths
[edit]- 26 March — Kerry Greenwood, novelist and lawyer (born 1954)[11]
- 19 April — Damien Broderick, sf novelist (born 1944)[12]
See also
[edit]- 2025 in Australia
- 2025 in literature
- 2025 in poetry
- List of years in Australian literature
- List of years in literature
References
[edit]- ^ ""Text Publishing joins Penguin Random House"". Text Publishing. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Landfall by James Bradley". Penguin Australia. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Panic by Catherine Jinks". Text Publishing. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan"". HarperCollins. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "The Crimson Road by Angela Slatter". ISFDB. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Unhallowed Halls by Lili Wilkinson". .. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Chameleon by Robert Dessaix". Text Publishing. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Joan Lindsay by Brenda Nial". Text Publishing. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ a b c d e ""Indie Book Awards - Winners 2025"". Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f Story, Hannah (19 March 2025). "Growing up, Wanda got old dresses for Xmas. Her book about it just won $125k". ABC News. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ Flux, Elizabeth (6 April 2025). "Kerry Greenwood, author behind Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, dies at 70". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ ""Damien Broderick (1944-2025)"". File770. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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