2010 in Australian literature

Events

• 26 January – Peter Goldsworthy is awarded a Member (AM) in the General Division in the Australia Day Honours List.
• February – The "Australian Book Review" magazine conducted a poll of its readers and announces that Cloudstreet by Tim Winton is Australia's favourite novel.
• 22 June – Peter Temple wins the Miles Franklin Award for his novel Truth becoming the first crime novel to do so.

Major publications

Literary fiction

• Jon Bauer – Rocks in the Belly
• Carmel Bird – Child of the Twilight
• Ashley Hay – The Body in the Clouds
• Anita Heiss – Manhattan Dreaming
• Toni Jordan – Fall Girl
• Amanda Lohrey – Reading Madame Bovary (short story collection)
• Roger McDonald – When Colts Ran
• Fiona McGregor – Indelible Ink
• Monica McInerney – At Home with the Templetons
• D.B.C. Pierre – Lights Out in Wonderland
• Jessica Rudd – Campaign Ruby
• Kim Scott – That Deadman Dance
• Chris Womersley – Bereft

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Alexandra Adornetto – Halo
• Mem Fox – Let's Count Goats!
• Sonya Hartnett – The Midnight Zoo
• Rebecca James – Beautiful Malice
• Alison Lester – Noni the Pony
• Doug MacLeod – The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher
• Melina Marchetta – The Piper's Son
• Garth Nix – Lord Sunday
• Markus Zusak – Bridge of Clay

Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Trudi Canavan – The Ambassador's Mission
• Sara Douglass – The Infinity Gate
• Greg Egan – Zendegi
• Fiona McIntosh – King's Wrath
• Sean McMullen – "Eight Miles"
• Juliet Marillier – Seer of Sevenwaters
• Scott Westerfeld – Behemoth
• Sean Williams
  • The Force Unleashed II
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance

Crime and Mystery

• Lenny Bartulin – The Black Russian
• John Birmingham – After America
• Honey Brown – The Good Daughter
• Peter Corris – Torn Apart
• Garry Disher – Wyatt
• Kathryn Fox – Death Mask
• Kerry Greenwood – Dead Man's Chest: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
• Katherine Howell – Cold Justice
• Adrian Hyland – Gunshot Road
• Colleen McCullough – Naked Cruelty
• Geoff McGeachin – The Diggers Rest Hotel
• Tara Moss – The Blood Countess
• P. M. Newton – The Old School
• Malla Nunn – Let the Dead Lie
• Leigh Redhead – Thrill City
• Michael Robotham – Bleed for Me
• Angela Savage – The Half-Child
• David Whish-Wilson – Line of Sight

Poetry

• Brook Emery ed. (with Victoria Haritos)
  • Earthly Matters: Biology and Geology Poems
  • Law and Impulse: Maths and Chemistry Poems
• Brook Emery ed. (with John L Sheppard and Victoria Haritos) – Holding Patterns: Physics and Engineering Poems
• Christopher Kelen – The Whole Forest Dancing: Poems on Four Legs in the Morning
• Les Murray – Taller When Prone
• Dorothy Porter – Love Poems
• Peter Porter – The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems
• Thomas Shapcott – Parts of Us
• John Tranter – Starlight: 150 Poems
• Mark Tredinnick – Fire Diary

Biography

• Blanche d'Alpuget – Hawke: The Prime Minister
• Jeff Apter – Together Alone: The Story of the Finn Brothers
• Jim Davidson – A Three Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock
• Sheila Fitzpatrick – My Father's Daughter
• Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons – Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
• Rob Mundle – Bligh: Master Mariner
• Anne Pender – One Man Show: The Stages of Barry Humphries
• Mark Logue & Peter Conradi – The King's Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy

Awards and honours

Lifetime achievement

Literary

Fiction

International

National

Children and Young Adult

National

Crime and Mystery

National

Science fiction

Poetry

Drama

Non-Fiction

Deaths

• 15 March — Patricia Wrightson, author (born 1921)
• 23 April — Peter Porter, author (born 1929)
• 29 May — Randolph Stow, author (died in England)(born 1935)
• 9 July — Jessica Anderson, author (born 1916)
• 19 July — Jon Cleary, author (born 1917)
• 6 September — John McKellar, playwright (born 1930)
• 8 September — Donald Horne, author (born 1921)
• 6 October — David Rowbotham, author (born 1924)
• 14 November — Bobbi Sykes, poet and author (born 1943)
• 14 December — Ruth Park, author (born 1917)

References

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2. [http://www.australianbookreview.com.au/files/Features/February_2010/ABR_Feb10_Favourite_Australian_Novel_Poll.pdf Favourite Australian Novel Poll]
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100624111542/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/22/2934164.htm Temple wins Miles Franklin award], ''ABC News'', 22 June 2010.
4. "''Rocks in the Belly'' by Jon Bauer". National Library of Australia.
5. "''Child of the Twilight'' by Carmel Bird". National Library of Australia.
6. "''The Body in the Clouds'' by Ashley Hay". National Library of Australia.
7. "''Manhattan Dreaming'' by Anita Heiss". National Library of Australia.
8. "''Fall Girl'' by Toni Jordan". National Library of Australia.
9. "''At Home with the Templetons'' by Monica McInerney". National Library of Australia.
10. "''Lights Out in Wonderland'' by D.B.C. Pierre". National Library of Australia.
11. "''Campaign Ruby'' by Jessica Rudd". National Library of Australia.
12. "''Halo'' by Alexandra Adornetto". National Library of Australia.
13. "''Beautiful Malice'' by Rebecca James". National Library of Australia.
14. "''The Life of a Teenage Body-Snatcher'' by Doug MacLeod". National Library of Australia.
15. "'' The Piper's Son'' by Melina Marchetta". National Library of Australia.
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19. "''Seer of Sevenwaters'' by Juliet Marillier". ISFDB.
20. "''Behemoth'' by Scott Westerfeld". ISFDB.
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22. "''Torn Apart'' by Peter Corris". National Library of Australia.
23. "''Death Mask'' by Kathryn Fox". National Library of Australia.
24. "''Dead Man's Chest'' by Kerry Greenwood". National Library of Australia.
25. "''Gunshot Road'' by Adrian Hyland". National Library of Australia.
26. "''Naked Cruelty'' by Colleen McCullough". National Library of Australia.
27. "''The Blood Countess'' by Tara Moss". National Library of Australia.
28. "''The Old School'' by P. M. Newton". National Library of Australia.
29. "''Let the Dead Lie'' by Malla Nunn". National Library of Australia.
30. "''Thrill City'' by Leigh Redhead". National Library of Australia.
31. "''Bleed for Me'' by Michael Robotham". National Library of Australia.
32. "''The Half-Child'' by Angela Savage". National Library of Australia.
33. "''Line of Sight'' by David Whish-Wilson". National Library of Australia.
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37. "''The Whole Forest Dancing: Poems on Four Legs in the Morning'' by Christopher Kelen". National Library of Australia.
38. "''Taller When Prone'' by Les Murray". National Library of Australia.
39. "''Love Poems'' by Dorothy Porter". National Library of Australia.
40. "''The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems'' by Peter Porter". National Library of Australia.
41. "''Parts of Us'' by Thomas Shapcott". National Library of Australia.
42. "''Starlight: 150 Poems'' by John Tranter". National Library of Australia.
43. "''Fire Diary'' by Mark Tredinnick". National Library of Australia.
44. "''Hawke: The Prime Minister'' by Blanche d'Alpuget". National Library of Australia.
45. "''Together Alone: The Story of the Finn Brothers'' by Jeff Apter". National Library of Australia.
46. "''A Three Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock'' by Jim Davidson". National Library of Australia.
47. "''Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs'' by Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons". National Library of Australia.
48. "''Bligh: Master Mariner'' by Rob Mundle". National Library of Australia.
49. "''One Man Show: The Stages of Barry Humphries'' by Anne Pender". National Library of Australia.
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61. ""Barbara Jefferis Award"". Australian Society of Authors.
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72. "Austlit — Grace Leven Poetry prize (2008-2012)". Austlit.
73. "Mary Gilmore Award".
74. ""Patrick White Playwrights' Award – Past Winners"". Sydney Theatre Company.
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76. "Patricia Wrightson (1921-2010)". The University of Queensland.
77. "Peter Porter (1929-2010)". The University of Queensland.
78. "Randolph Stow (1935-2010)". The University of Queensland.
79. "Jessica Anderson (1916-2010)". The University of Queensland.
80. "Jon Cleary (1917-2010)". The University of Queensland.
81. "John McKellar (1930-2010)". The University of Queensland.
82. "Donald Horne (1921-2010)". The University of Queensland.
83. "Donald Rowbotham (1924-2010)". The University of Queensland.
84. "Roberta Sykes (1943-2010)". The University of Queensland.
85. "Ruth Park (1917-2010)". The University of Queensland.