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This is a list of the historical events and publications of 2015 in Australian literature.


Major publications


Literary fiction

* Tony Birch – ''Ghost River'' * Geraldine Brooks – ''
The Secret Chord ''The Secret Chord'' (2015) is a novel about King David by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks. Plot summary Told from the point of view of the prophet Nathan, this book follows the life of biblical King David. Factual backgr ...
'' * Stephen Daisley – ''Coming Rain'' *
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 his Mangowak novels, which document generational, demographic, and en ...
– ''Archipelago of Souls'' *
Peggy Frew Peggy Frew (born 1976) is an Australian novelist. Background Frew was born in 1976 and grew up in Melbourne, Australia and attended RMIT University. Works Frew's writing often explores relationships between women within an Australian sett ...
– ''Hope Farm'' * Susan Johnson – ''The Landing'' * Gail Jones – ''A Guide to Berlin'' * Myfanwy Jones – ''Leap'' * Mireille Juchau – ''The World Without Us'' *
Malcolm Knox Sir Thomas Malcolm Knox (28 November 1900 – 6 April 1980) was a British philosopher who served as Principal of St Andrews University from 1953–1966 and Vice-president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1975–1978. Biography Knox ...
– ''The Wonder Lover'' * Amanda Lohrey – ''A Short History of Richard Kline'' * A. S. Patrić – '' Black Rock White City'' * Steve Toltz – ''Quicksand'' * Lucy Treloar – ''Salt Creek'' * Charlotte Wood – '' The Natural Way of Things''


Children's and Young Adult fiction

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Nick Earls Nicholas Francis Ward Earls (born 8 October 1963) is a novelist from Brisbane, Australia, who writes humorous popular fiction about everyday life. The majority of his novels are set in his home town of Brisbane. He fronted a major Brisbane tour ...
– ''New Boy'' *
Mem Fox Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 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 gives seminars and ...
– '' This & That'' *
Mem Fox Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 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 gives seminars and ...
– '' Nellie Belle'' * Andy Griffiths – ''The 65-Storey Treehouse'' * Maureen McCarthy – ''Stay With Me'' *
Sophie Masson Sophie Masson is a French-Australian fantasy and children's author. Early life and education Sophie Masson was born in Indonesia of French parents who are of mixed ancestry (French, Basque, Spanish and Portuguese). Masson, the third in a fami ...
– ''Hunter's Moon'' *
Gillian Mears Gillian Mears (21 July 1964 – 16 May 2016) was an Australian short story writer and novelist. Her books ''Ride a Cock Horse'' and ''The Grass Sister'' won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, shortlist, in 1989 and 1996, respectively. ''The Mint La ...
– ''The Cat with the Coloured Tail'' *
Louis Nowra Mark Doyle, better known by his stage name Louis Nowra, (born 12 December 1950) is an Australian writer, playwright, screenwriter and librettist. He is best known as one of Australia's leading playwrights. His works have been performed by all o ...
– ''Prince of Afghanistan'' * Emily Rodda – ''Two Moons'' * Lili Wilkinson – ''Green Valentine'' *
Fiona Wood Fiona Melanie Wood (born 2 February 1958) is an English-born Australian plastic surgeon working in Perth, Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service. In addition, Wo ...
– ''Cloudwish''


Crime

*
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 ...
– ''Gun Control'' *
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. Awards *The Canberra Times National Short Story Competition, 1986: winner for "Amateur Hour" ...
– ''The Heat'' *
Mark Dapin Mark Dapin (born 1963) is an Australian journalist, author, historian and screenwriter. He is best known for his long-running column in ''Good Weekend'' magazine. Early life Mark Dapin was born in Britain and immigrated to Australia in 1989. C ...
– ''R&R'' * Candice Fox – ''Fall'' * Katherine Howell – ''Tell the Truth'' *
Adrian McKinty Adrian McKinty is a Northern Irish writer of crime and mystery novels and young adult fiction, best known for his 2020 award-winning thriller, ''The Chain'', and the Sean Duffy novels set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. He is a winner ...
– ''Gun Street Girl'' * Barry Maitland – ''Ash Island'' *
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, ...
– ''Close Your Eyes'' *
Emma Viskic Emma Viskic is an Australian novelist and musician. Biography Viskic grew up near the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. Her father is from Dalmatia and her mother is Irish-Australian from Tasmania. Viskic won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Firs ...
– ''Resurrection Bay'' * Dave Warner – '' Before It Breaks''


Science Fiction and Fantasy

* K. A. Bedford – ''Black Light'' *
John Birmingham John Birmingham (born 7 August 1964) is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand'', and his ''Axis of Time'' trilogy. Early life and education Birmingham was born in Liverpool, United ...
– ''Resistance'' *
James Bradley James Bradley (1692–1762) was an English astronomer and priest who served as the third Astronomer Royal from 1742. He is best known for two fundamental discoveries in astronomy, the aberration of light (1725–1728), and the nutation of th ...
– ''Clade'' *
Trudi Canavan Trudi Canavan (born 23 October 1969) is an Australian writer of fantasy novels, best known for her best-selling fantasy trilogies ''The Black Magician (novel series), The Black Magician'' and ''Age of the Five''. While establishing her writing ...
— ''Angel of Storms'' *
Isobelle Carmody Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She is recipient of the Aurealis Award for best children's fiction. Biography Isobelle Carmody wa ...
– ''The Red Queen'' *
Kate Forsyth Kate Forsyth (born 3 June 1966) is an Australian author. She is best known for her historical novel ''Bitter Greens'', which interweaves a retelling of the ''Rapunzel'' fairy tale with the true life story of the woman who first told the tale, ...
— ''The Beast's Garden'' * Jane Rawson – ''Formaldehyde''


Poetry

* Robert Adamson – ''Net Needle'' * David Brooks – ''Open House'' * Clive James – ''Sentenced to Life'' * Les Murray – ''Waiting for the Past''


Drama

* Matthew Whittet, ''Seventeen''


Biographies

* David Day – ''Paul Keating : The Biography'' *
Peter Garrett Peter Robert Garrett (born 16 April 1953) is an Australian musician, environmentalist, activist and former politician. In 1973, Garrett became the lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil. As a performer he is known for his signa ...
– ''Big Blue Sky : A Memoir'' *
Kate Grenville Catherine Elizabeth Grenville (born 1950) is an Australian author. She has published fifteen books, including fiction, non-fiction, biography, and books about the writing process. In 2001, she won the Orange Prize for '' The Idea of Perfectio ...
– ''One Life : My Mother's Story'' * Erik Jensen – ''Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen'' *
Gerald Murnane Gerald Murnane (born 25 February 1939) is an Australian writer, perhaps best known for his novel ''The Plains'' (1982). ''The New York Times'', in a big feature published on 27 March 2018, called him "the greatest living English-language writer ...
– ''Something for the Pain : A Memoir of the Turf'' * Brenda Niall – ''Mannix'' *
Magda Szubanski Magdalene Mary Therese Szubanski ( ; born 12 April 1961) is an Australian comedy actress, author, singer and LGBT rights advocate. She performed in ''Fast Forward'', '' Kath & Kim'' as Sharon Strzelecki and in the films ''Babe'' (1995) and ' ...
– ''Reckoning : A Memoir'' *
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 Miles Fr ...
– ''Island Home : A Landscape Memoir''


Non-fiction

* Joel Deane – ''Catch and Kill: The Politics of Power'' * Andrew Fowler – ''The War on Journalism: Media Moguls, Whistleblowers and the Price of Freedom'' *
Gideon Haigh Gideon Clifford Jeffrey Davidson Haigh (born 29 December 1965) is an English-born Australian journalist and non-fiction author who writes about sport (especially cricket), business and crime in Australia. He was born in London, was raised in Ge ...
– ''Certain Admissions'' * Lucy Sussex – ''Blockbuster! : Fergus Hume and the Mystery of the Hansom Cab'' * Sam Vincent – '' Blood & Guts''


Awards and honours

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


Lifetime achievement


Fiction


National


Children and Young Adult


National


Crime and Mystery


International


National


Science Fiction


Non-Fiction


Poetry


Drama


Deaths

* 28 January –
Lionel Gilbert Lionel Arthur Gilbert CF (8 December 1924 – 28 January 2015) was an Australian historian, author, curator, lecturer, and biographer, specializing in applied, natural, and local history. Born in Burwood, New South Wales, he studied at Syd ...
, 90, historian, author, and academic, (born 1924) * 29 January —
Colleen McCullough Colleen Margaretta McCullough (; married name Robinson, previously Ion-Robinson; 1 June 193729 January 2015) was an Australian author known for her novels, her most well-known being '' The Thorn Birds'' and ''The Ladies of Missalonghi''. Life ...
, 77, novelist (born 1937) * 13 February —
Faith Bandler Faith Bandler (27 September 1918 13 February 2015; née Ida Lessing Faith Mussing) was an Australian civil rights activist of South Sea Islander and Scottish-Indian heritage. A campaigner for the rights of Indigenous Australians and South Sea ...
, 96, author and civil rights activist (born 1918) * 23 February — James Aldridge, 96, novelist (born 1918) * 24 March –
Alan Seymour Alan Seymour (6 June 192723 March 2015) was an Australian playwright and author. He is best known for the play ''The One Day of the Year'' (1958). His international reputation rests not only on this early play, but also on his many screenplays, ...
, 87, playwright (born 1927)Marc McEvoy, obituary: "The one day of the year became a defining moment in writer's life". ''The Age'', 30 March 2015, p. 34 * 20 May –
J. S. Harry J. S. Harry or Jan Harry (4 January 1939 – 20 May 2015) was an Australian poet described as "one of Australian poetry’s keenest satirists, political and social commentators, and perhaps its most ethical agent and antagonist." J. S. Harry was ...
, poet, 76 (born 1939) * 4 October —
Nan Hunt Nan Hunt (1918–2015) was an Australian children's writer who also wrote as N. L. Ray. She was a two-time winner of the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature. Life and career Nancy Louise Ray was born on 16 September 1918 and gre ...
, children's writer who also wrote as N. L. Ray (died 2015)


See also

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References

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