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Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2021
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2021 .
Major publications
Literary fiction
Collected essays
Children's and young adult fiction
Crime and mystery
Poetry
Non-fiction
Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement
Literary
Fiction
National
Children and Young Adult
National
Crime and Mystery
National
Poetry
Drama
Non-Fiction
Deaths
See also
References
^ "Amnesty by Aravind Adiga" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2024 .
^ "The Other Half of You by Michael Mohammed Ahmad" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "After Story by Larissa Behrendt" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "O by Steven Carroll" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "Echolalia by Briohny Doyle" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "The Magpie Wing by Max Easton" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "The Ripping Tree by Nikki Gemmell" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "Pushing Back by John Kinsella" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "Love Objects by Emily Maguire" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "The Airways by Jennifer Mills" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "One Hundred Days by Alice Pung" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "The Performance by Max Easton" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "7 ½ by Christos Tsiolkas" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 5 July 2024 .
^ "Another Day in the Colony by Chelsea Watego" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Girls in Boys' Cars by Felicity Castagna" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2024 .
^ "Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2024 .
^ "Rabbit, Soldier, Angel Thief by Katrina Nannestad" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2024 .
^ "The Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "The Others by Mark Brandi" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "You Had It Coming by B. M. Carroll" . Austlit. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Ash Mountain by Helen FitzGerald" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Kill Your Brother by Jack Heath" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy" . Austlit. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "The Deep by Kyle Perry" . Austlit. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "When You Are Mine by Michael Robotham" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Stasis Shuffle by Pam Brown" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "How Decent Folk Behave by Maxine Beneba Clarke" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Human Looking by Andy Jackson" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Trigger Warning by Maria Takolander" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 8 July 2024 .
^ "Coming of Age in the War on Terror by Randa Abdel-Fattah" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Power Play: Breaking Through Bias, Barriers and Boys' Clubs by Julia Banks" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Monsters: A reckoning by Alison Croggon" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud by Mehreen Faruqi" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Reset: Restoring Australia after the Pandemic Recession by Ross Garnaut" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "The Most I Could Be by Dale Kent" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Full Circle: A search for the world that comes next by Scott Ludlam" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Return to Uluru by Mark McKenna" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Truth-Telling: History, sovereignty and the Uluru Statement by Henry Reynolds" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Crimes Against Nature: Capitalism and Global Heating by Jeff Sparrow" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "The First Scientists: Deadly Inventions and Innovations from Australia's First Peoples by Corey Tutt and Blak Douglas" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2024 .
^ "Austlit — Melbourne Prize" . Austlit. Retrieved 9 November 2023 .
^ "Aitken wins 2021 Patrick White Award" . Books+Publishing . 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2022 .
^ "ALS Gold Medal — Previous Winners" . Association for the Study of Australian Literature. Retrieved 12 January 2024 .
^ "Colin Roderick Award — Other Winners" . James Cook University. Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ a b c d e " "Indie Book Awards - Winners 2021" " . Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024 .
^ " 'Eight jobs at once and no sick days': $60,000 prizes a welcome relief for young writer" . www.abc.net.au . 26 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2024 .
^ "Evie Wyld wins the 2021 Stella Prize" . ArtsHub . 22 April 2021. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2020 .
^ "Pandemic novel wins Australia's richest literary prize" . Books+Publishing . 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ a b c d e f "McKay wins $100k Victorian Prize for Literature" . Books+Publishing . 2 February 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021 .
^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners" . State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 18 April 2024 .
^ " "Robbie Arnott's Rain Heron swoops on the Age Book of the Year" " . The Age, 3 September 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2024 .
^ Steger, Jason (30 April 2021). "How truth and fiction won Emma Batchelor this year's Vogel Award" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 30 April 2021 .
^ " "Barbara Jefferis Award" " . Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024 .
^ "$60,000 Miles Franklin awarded to a novel 'soaked in sadness' that is ultimately about hope" . ABC News . 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021 .
^ a b "PMLA 2021 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 15 December 2021. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021 .
^ a b c d e "NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2021 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 27 April 2021. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021 .
^ a b c d e " 'Eight jobs at once and no sick days': $60,000 prizes a welcome relief for young writer" . www.abc.net.au . 26 April 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021 .
^ a b c d "Winners announced for 2021 Queensland Literary Awards" . Queensland Government: Ministerial Media Statements . 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021 .
^ "Pandemic novel wins Australia's richest literary prize" . Books+Publishing . 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "CBCA Book of the Year 2021 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 21 August 2021. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021 .
^ "Nicholls wins 2021 CBCA Nan Chauncy Award" . Books+Publishing . 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 25 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021 .
^ "Davitt Awards winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 .
^ "Ned Kelly Awards 2021 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021 .
^ "Jeffrey wins 2020 Anne Elder Award for 'Dead Bolt' " . Books+Publishing . 15 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021 .
^ "Mary Gilmore Award" . Association for the Study of Australian Literature . Retrieved 5 February 2024 .
^ "National Biography Award winner's announced on ABC Sydney" . ABC Radio . 5 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021 .
^ "NSW Premier's History Awards 2021 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 6 September 2021. Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021 .
^ Haigh, Gideon (2 May 2021). "Expat writer Kate Jennings had a voice both fierce and fun" . The Australian . Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021 .
^ "Valerie Parv" . Austlit. Retrieved 27 June 2023 .
^ "Newcastle loses a legend: Vera Deacon passes away, aged 94" . Newcastle Herald . 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021 .
^ "Timothy Colin Thorne – Death Notice" . The Advocate . 17 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021 .
^ a b Celebrated historians Babette Smith, Stuart Macintyre have died (subscription required)
^ "Vale Doug MacLeod" . Books+Publishing . 1 December 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021 .
^ Phillilps, John (28 November 2021). "Obituary: Desmond O'Grady, Australian foreign correspondent who reported on Italy for over half a century" . www.italianinsider.it . Retrieved 19 October 2023 .
^ White, Daniella (27 December 2021). "Veteran Australian radio broadcaster Paul B. Kidd dies, aged 76" . Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 27 December 2021 .