This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022.

Major publications

Literary fiction

Short story collections

Non-Fiction

Children's and young adult fiction

Crime and mystery

Poetry

Memoir

Awards and honours

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

Lifetime achievement

Award Author
Patrick White Award[3] Antigone Kefala

Literary

Award Author Title Publisher
The Age Book of the Year[4] Miles Allinson In Moonland Scribe
ALS Gold Medal[5] Alexis Wright The Swan Book Giramondo Publishing
Colin Roderick Award[6] Emily Bitto Wild Abandon Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[7] Safdar Ahmed Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System Twelve Panels Press
Stella Prize[8] Evelyn Araluen Dropbear University of Queensland Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[9] Veronica Gorrie Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience Scribe

Fiction

Award Author Title Publisher
The Australian/Vogel Literary Award[10] Nell Pierce A Place Near Eden Allen & Unwin
Barbara Jefferis Award[11] S. L. Lim Revenge: Murder in Three Parts Transit Lounge Publishing
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction[12] Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves Hamish Hamilton
Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction[12] Lyn Yeowart The Silent Listener Viking
Miles Franklin Award[13] Jennifer Down Bodies of Light Text
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[14] Nicolas Rothwell Red Heaven Text
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[15] Tony Birch Dark as Last Night UQP
Queensland Literary Awards[16] Michael Mohammed Ahmad The Other Half of You Hachette Australia
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[9] Melisa Manning Smokehouse UQP

Children and Young Adult

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award[17] Older Readers Rebecca Lim Tiger Daughter Allen & Unwin
Younger Readers Shirley Marr A Glasshouse of Stars Puffin
Picture Book Claire Saxby, illus by Jess Racklyeft Iceberg Allen & Unwin
Early Childhood Andrea Rowe, illus by Hannah Sommerville Jetty Jumping Hardie Grant
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Safdar Ahmed Still Alive, Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System Twelve Panels Press
Lifetime Achievement Margaret Wild[18]
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[15] Children's Peter Carnavas My Brother Ben UQP
Young People's Leanne Hall The Gaps Text
Queensland Literary Awards[16] Children's Kunyi June Anne McInerney Kunyi Magabala Books
Young Adult Felicity Castagna Girls in Boys' Cars Pan
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[9] Young Adult Fiction Felicity Castagna Girls in Boys' Cars Pan

Crime and Mystery

National

Award Category Author Title Publisher
Davitt Award[19] Novel Charlotte McConaghy Once There Were Wolves Hamish Hamilton
Young adult novel Leanne Hall The Gaps Text Publishing
Children's novel Nicki Greenberg The Detective’s Guide to Ocean Travel Affirm Press
Non-fiction Kate Holden The Winter Road: A story of legacy, land and a killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc
Debut novel Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name Allen & Unwin
Readers' choice Jacqueline Bublitz Before You Knew My Name Allen & Unwin
Ned Kelly Award[20] Novel Candice Fox The Chase Bantam Books
First novel Josh Kemp Banjawarn UWA Publishing
True crime Debi Marshall Banquet: The Untold Story of Adelaide's Family Murders Vintage Books

Non-Fiction

Award Category Author Title Publisher
National Biography Award[21][22] Biography Bernadette Brennan Leaping into Waterfalls: The Enigmatic Gillian Mears Allen & Unwin
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[15] Non-Fiction Kate Holden The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc.
New South Wales Premier's History Awards[23] Australian History Alexis Bergantz French Connection: Australia’s Cosmopolitan Ambitions NewSouth Publishing
Community and Regional History Kate Holden The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land, and a Killing at Croppa Creek Black Inc.
General History Mina Roces The Filipino Migration Experience: Global Agents of Change Cornell University Press
Queensland Literary Awards[16] Non-Fiction Claire G. Coleman Lies, Damned Lies Ultimo Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[9] Non-Fiction Amani Haydar The Mother Wound Pan

Poetry

Award Author Title Publisher
Anne Elder Award[24] Audrey Molloy The Important Things Gallery Press
Mary Gilmore Award[25] Jelena Dinic In the Room with the She Wolf Wakefield Press
Prime Minister's Literary Awards[14] Gavin Yuan Gao At the Altar of Touch UQP
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[15] Dan Disney accelerations & inertias Vagabond Press
Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection[26] Pam Brown Stasis Shuffle Hunter
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[9] Maria Takolander Trigger Warning UQP

Drama

Award Category Author Title Publisher
New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards[15] Script Shaun Grant NITRAM
Play Kirsty Marillier Orange Thrower Currency Press
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards[9] Dylan Van Den Berg Milk

Deaths

See also

References

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