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Literature-related events in Australia during the year of 2022
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2022 .
Short story collections [ edit ] Science fiction and fantasy [ edit ] [ edit ] Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.
Lifetime achievement [ edit ] Children and Young Adult [ edit ] 22 January – Craig McGregor , journalist and writer (born 1933 )[ 82]
5 February – John Bryson , writer and lawyer (born 1935 )[ 83]
1 March – Jordie Albiston , poet (born 1961 )[ 84]
8 March – Annah Faulkner , novelist (born 1949/50)[ 85]
19 March – Alan Hopgood , playwright and screenwriter (born 1934 )[ 86]
29 April – Craig Powell , poet (born 1940 )[ 87]
2 June – Brian Matthews , literary scholar and writer (born 1936 )[ 88]
6 June – Helen Hodgman , novelist (born in Scotland) (born 1945 )[ 89]
26 June – Frank Moorhouse , writer (born 1938 )[ 90]
14 July – Clem Tisdell , economist (born 1939 )[ 91]
26 July – David Ireland , novelist and three-time winner of Miles Franklin Award (born 1927 )[ 92]
27 July – Edwin Wilson , poet, painter, scientist (born 1942 )[ 93]
3 August
12 August – Virginia Spate , art historian (born in the United Kingdom ) (born 1937 )[ 96]
29 August – Craig Powell , poet and psychoanalyst (born 1940 )[ 97]
20 September – Peter Yeldham , screenwriter, playwright and novelist (born 1927 )[ 98]
8 October – Angus Trumble , art curator and historian (born 1964 )[ 99]
17 October – Dame Carmen Callil , publisher, writer and critic (died in the United Kingdom ) (born 1938 )[ 100]
24 November – Margaret Hamilton , children's literature publisher and writer (born 1941 )[ 101]
2 December
16 December – Robert Adamson , poet (born 1943 )[ 104]
December – Wendy Jenkins , poet, editor and YA novelist (born 1952 )[ 105]
^ "The Mother by Jane Caro" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Goodnight, Vivienne, Goodnight by Stephen Carroll" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Nimblefoot by Robert Drewe" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ Jefferson, Dee (22 May 2023). "One book just won a record four out of 14 prizes at $350,000 NSW literary awards" . ABC News . Retrieved 30 July 2023 . ^ "The Lovers by Yumna Kassab" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Loveland by Robert Lukins" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Iris by Fiona McGregor" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Other Houses by Paddy O'Reilly" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Bad Art Mother by Edwina Preston" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "The Grass Hotel by Craig Sherborne" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .^ "The Burnished Sun by Mirandi Riwoe" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "Wake by Shelley Burr" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "When We Fall by Aoife Clifford" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "The Tilt by Chris Hammer" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "Seven Sisters by Katherine Kovacic" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "Austlit — All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien" . Austlit. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "Those Who Perish by Emma Viskic" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "The Carnival is Over by Greg Woodland" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2024 .^ "Mage of Fools by Eugen Bacon" . ISFDB. Retrieved 15 May 2024 .^ "Every Version of You by Grace Chan" . ISFDB. Retrieved 15 May 2024 .^ "Generation Nemesis by Sean McMullen" . ISFDB. Retrieved 15 May 2024 .^ "A History of Dreams by Jane Rawson" . ISFDB. Retrieved 15 May 2024 .^ "The Path of Thorns by Angela Slatter" . ISFDB. Retrieved 15 May 2024 .^ "11 Words for Love by Randa Abdel-Fattah" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Rita's Revenge by Lian Tanner" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon by Gabrielle Wang" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Revenants by" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "The Singer and Other Poems by Boey Kim Cheng" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Languish by Marion May Campbell" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Harvest Lingo by Lionel Fogarty" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Mirabilia by Lisa Gorton" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "The Ascension of Sheep by John Kinsella" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Continuous Creation by Les Murray" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "Exactly As I Am by Rae White" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024 .^ "An Intimate History of Evolution by Alison Bashford" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .^ "We Come With This Place by Debra Dank" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .^ "Burning Down the House by" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .^ "L Platers by" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .^ "Indelible City by" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .^ "The Idea of Australia by Julianne Schultz" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 15 June 2024 .^ "Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ " . Charles Darwin University Bookshop. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "Secrets Beyond the Screen by Anita Jacoby" . Austlit. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "Don't Be Too Polite, Girls by Wendy McCarthy" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "My Accidental Career by Brenda Niall" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here by Heather Rose" . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 June 2024 .^ "Kefala wins 2022 Patrick White Award" . Books+Publishing . 24 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 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. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2024 .^ a b c d e " . Australian Independent Booksellers. Retrieved 11 March 2024 .^ "Still Alive: Notes from Australia's Immigration Detention System. Book of the Year 2022 Winner. Judges' Comments" . State Library of NSW . 11 May 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2024 .^ Wright, Fiona (28 April 2022). "Evelyn Araluen wins $60,000 Stella prize: 'I was one paycheck away from complete poverty' . The Guardian . Retrieved 28 April 2022 . ^ a b c d e f "Gorrie wins 2022 Victorian Prize for Literature" . Books+Publishing . 4 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022 .^ a b c "Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature – Past Literary Award Winners" . State Library of South Australia . Retrieved 7 May 2024 .^ a b ""'It threw me sideways!' The Age book of the year winners announced" . The Age, 8 September 2022. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2024 .^ a b " . Historical Novel Society Australasia. Retrieved 26 September 2024 .^ " . Books+Publishing . 17 May 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024 .^ " . Australian Society of Authors. Retrieved 20 January 2024 .^ Story, Hannah (20 July 2022). "Winner of $60,000 literary award draws attention to systemic abuses in Australian out-of-home care" . ABC News . Retrieved 20 July 2022 . ^ a b Burke, Kelly (13 December 2022). "Prime Minister's Literary awards 2022: Nicolas Rothwell and Mark Willacy win major prizes" . The Guardian . Retrieved 13 December 2022 . ^ a b c d e Cain, Sian (16 May 2022). " . The Guardian . Retrieved 16 May 2022 . ^ a b c Burke, Kelly (13 October 2022). "Queensland Literary awards: winners list reflects 'a moment of change for the nation' . The Guardian . Retrieved 8 September 2022 . ^ " . The Voss Literary Prize. Retrieved 19 May 2025 .^ "CBCA announces 2022 Book of the Year Awards" . Books+Publishing . 23 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022 .^ "2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Margaret Wild" . The Children's Book Council of Australia . Retrieved 23 August 2022 .^ "The Barry Award Winners 2022" . Deadly Pleasures – Mystery Magazine . 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022 .^ "Davitt Awards 2022 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 29 August 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023 .^ "Ned Kelly Awards 2022 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 29 August 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023 .^ "Molloy wins 2021 Anne Elder Award" . Books+Publishing . 27 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022 .^ " . ASAL. Retrieved 13 January 2024 .^ "Queensland Literary Awards winners for 2022" . Queensland Government . 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022 .^ "National Biography Award winner announced on ABC Sydney" . ABC Sydney . 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022 .^ "National Biography Award" . State Library of NSW . 21 May 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2022 .^ "NSW Premier's History Awards 2022 winners announced" . Books+Publishing . 6 September 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022 .^ "Craig McGregor Death Notice - Sydney, New South Wales | Sydney Morning Herald" . tributes.smh.com.au . 25 January 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022 .^ "John Bryson" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . Retrieved 17 May 2022 .^ On, Thuy (2 March 2022). "Vale Jordie Albiston" . ArtsHub Australia . Retrieved 2 March 2022 . ^ "Acclaimed Writer Annah Faulkner Leaves Literary Suicide Note" . Exit International . 20 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022 .^ Knox, David (22 March 2022). "Vale: Alan Hopgood" . TV Tonight . Retrieved 17 May 2022 . ^ "Craig Powell" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 18 February 2024 .^ "Brian Matthews" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 29 February 2024 .^ "Austlit — Helen Hodgman" . Austlit. Retrieved 11 November 2024 .^ Barlass, Tim (26 June 2022). "Author Frank Moorhouse dies aged 83" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 26 June 2022 . ^ Engle, Carole R.; Leung, PingSun (3 July 2022). "A tribute to Professor Clem Tisdell (1939 to 2022), founding coeditor of Aquaculture Economics & Management and member of the organizing team of the International Association of Aquaculture Economics & Management" . Aquaculture Economics & Management . 26 (3): 251– 252. Bibcode :2022AqEM...26..251E . doi :10.1080/13657305.2022.2107117 ISSN 1365-7305 . S2CID 251367109 . ^ "David Neil IRELAND – Death Notice" . Sydney Morning Herald . 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022 .^ "Edwin WILSON: Death Notice" . Sydney Morning Herald . 30 July 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2023 .^ "Bruce Alexander Grant Death Notice – Melbourne, Victoria | The Age" . tributes.theage.com.au . Retrieved 5 August 2022 .^ "Evan Lloyd Jones Death Notice" . The Age . 4 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022 .^ "Austlit — Virginia Spate" . Austlit. Retrieved 21 August 2023 .^ "Dr Craig POWELL Death Notice" . Sydney Morning Herald . 17 September 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022 .^ Yeldham, Peter (24 October 2022). "The scriptwriter whose life was like a movie" . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 6 July 2023 . ^ "Angus Alexander Geoffrey TRUMBLE Death Notice" . Canberra Times . 12 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022 .^ Chandler, Mark (18 October 2022). "Carmen Callil, Virago founder and author, dies aged 84" . The Bookseller . Retrieved 22 October 2022 . ^ "Margaret Dawn Hamilton Death Notice" . The Sydney Morning Herald . 3 December 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2024 .^ TL Lakon Belun Jill Jolliffe Ne’ebé Grava Memória Luta bá Ukun Rasik-Aan ^ "Vale Antigone Kefala" . Books+Publishing . 7 December 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023 .^ "Vale Robert Adamson" . Books+Publishing . 11 January 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023 .^ "Wendy Jenkins" . AustLit: Discover Australian Stories . The University of Queensland. Retrieved 22 May 2024 .
Years in Australian literature (1850–present)