This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2007.
Events Surrender by Sonya Hartnett, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak are named as Honor Books in the 2007 American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.The Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature "The Guardian" newspaper from the UK reports that Borders plans to sell its Australian stores."The Guardian" 22.03.2007 The small township of Clunes, about 20 kilometres north of Ballarat in Victoria, decides to try to set up Australia's first dedicated booktown. The first weekend event takes place on 20 May.Clunes to do it by the book AustLit (www.austlit.edu.au), the major Australian literature resource for research and teaching housed at the University of Queensland, announces the commencement of "Black Words", a literary website specialising in Australian Indigenous writers and storytellers and their works.New website brings Black Words into focus Federal Education minister, Julie Bishop, announces that the Australian Government will allocate funds to A$1.5m to create a Chair of Australian Literature in an Australian university.Bishop creates Aust literature position Charlie Rimmer, Group Commercial Manager for Angus and Robertson bookshops, writes to a number of Australian independent publishers indicating that the bookshop chain will refuse to stock their books without compensation.Bookshop chain puts bite on small publishers Lonely Planet, the iconic Australian publisher of travel guides, is sold to the commercial division of the BBC in a deal reportedly worth A$200 million.Payday for travellers who forged an empire Australia's new Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announces a major new literary prize of $100,000 in both fiction and non-fiction categories. Australia-Asia Literary Award established.
Major publications
Literary fiction
David Brooks – The Fern Tattoo Steven Carroll – The Time We Have Taken Belinda Castles – The River Baptists Jon Cleary – Four-Cornered Circle J. M. Coetzee – Diary of a Bad Year Matthew Condon – The Trout Opera Steven Conte – The Zookeeper's War Gregory Day – Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds Michelle de Kretser – The Lost Dog Nicholas Drayson – Love and the Platypus Karen Foxlee – The Anatomy of Wings Rodney Hall – Love Without Hope Janette Turner Hospital – Orpheus Lost Gail Jones – Sorry Mireille Juchau – Burning In Thomas Keneally – The Widow and Her Hero Malcolm Knox – Jamaica Christopher Koch – The Memory Room Carol Lefevre – Nights in the Asylum Colleen McCullough – Antony and Cleopatra Rhyll McMaster – Feather Man David Malouf – The Complete Stories Alex Miller – Landscape of Farewell Kate Morton – The House at Riverton Nicholas Shakespeare – Secrets of the Sea Allayne Webster – Our Little Secret Jessica White – A Curious Intimacy Charlotte Wood – The Children Geraldine Wooller – The Seamstress
Children's and Young Adult fiction Alexandra Adornetto – The Shadow Thief Sherryl Clark – Sixth Grade Style Queen (Not!), illus by Elissa Christian John Flanagan Erak's Ransom The Siege of Macindaw Mem Fox – Where the Giant Sleeps Jackie French Pharaoh: The Boy Who Conquered the Nile The Shaggy Gully Times, illus by Bruce Whatley Jane Godwin – Falling from Grace Sonya Hartnett – The Ghost's Child Lian Hearn – Heaven's Net is Wide John Heffernan – Marty's Shadow Odo Hirsch – Amelia Dee and the Peacock Lamp Justine Larbalestier – Magic's Child Brigid Lowry – Tomorrow All Will Be Beautiful Juliet Marillier – Cybele's Secret Meme McDonald – Love Like Water David Metzenthen Black Water Winning the World Cup, illus by Stephen Axelsen Garth Nix – Lady Friday Leonie Norrington – Leaving Barrumbi Emily Rodda – The Key to Rondo Scott Westerfeld – Extras Carole Wilkinson – Dragon Moon
Crime and Mystery Mark Abernethy – Golden Serpent John Clanchy and Mark Henshaw (J.M. Calder) – And Hope to Die Garry Disher – Chain of Evidence Kathryn Fox – Skin and Bone Robert Gott – Amongst the Dead Kerry Greenwood – Trick or Treat Sarah Hopkins – The Crimes of Billy Fish Katherine Howell – Frantic Gabrielle Lord – Shattered Shane Maloney – Sucked In Dorothy Porter – El Dorado Leigh Redhead – Cherry Pie Michael Robotham – The Night Ferry Steve Toltz – A Fraction of the Whole Chris Womersley – The Low Road
Romance Anna Campbell – Claiming the Courtesan Emma Darcy – The Billionaire's Scandalous Marriage Lilian Darcy – Cafe du Jour Kimberley Freeman – Duet Anna Jacobs – Tomorrow's Promises Melanie La'Brooy – Serendipity Tamara McKinley – Lands Beyond the Sea
Science Fiction and Fantasy David Conyers & John Sunseri – The Spiraling Worm Marianne de Pierres – Dark Space Sara Douglass – The Serpent Bride Greg Egan "Dark Integers" "Glory" "Induction" Lian Hearn – Heaven's Net is Wide Jack Heath – Remote Control David Kowalski – The Company of the Dead Karen Miller Empress of Mijak The Riven Kingdom James Moloney – Master of the Books Jason Nahrung & Mil Clayton – The Darkness Within Garth Nix – "Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz Go to War Again" Susan Parisi – Blood of Dreams Ben Peek – Black Sheep: A Dystopian Novel Matthew Reilly – Hell Island Jonathan Strahan – The New Space Opera (edited) Sean Williams – Saturn Returns
Drama Stephen Carleton – The Narcissist Michael Gow – Toy Symphony Tom Holloway – Beyond the Neck Caleb Lewis – Dogfall Katherine Thomson – King Tide Alana Valentine – Parramatta Girls
Poetry Judith Bishop – Event David Brooks – Urban Elegies Brook Emery — Uncommon Light"Uncommon light : poems / Brook Emery", National Library of Australia. Lisa Gorton – Press Release J. S. Harry – Not Finding Wittgenstein Kathryn Lomer – Two Kinds of Silence David Malouf – Typewriter Music Dorothy Porter – El Dorado Peter Rose – The Best Australian Poems 2007 (edited) Peter Skrzynecki – Old/New World John Tranter – The Best Australian Poetry 2007 (edited) Petra White – The Incoming Tide
Non-fiction Waleed Aly – People Like Us Janet Fife-Yeomans – Killing Jodie Tom Griffiths – Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica Clive James – Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time Paul Ham – Vietnam: The Australian War Philip Jones – Ochre and Rust: Artefacts and Encounters on Australian Frontiers Evan McHugh – Red Centre, Dark Heart Nicolas Rothwell – Another Country Tessa Wigney, Kerrie Eyers and Gordon Parker – Journeys with the Black Dog (editors)
Children's and Young Adult Non-fiction Christobel Mattingley – Battle Order 204
Biographies Philip Dwyer – Napoleon: The Path To Power 1769–1799 Kim Huynh – Where the Sea Takes Us Mark Kurzem – The Mascot Brenda Niall – Life Class: The Education of a Biographer Craig Sherborne – Muck Jeff Sparrow – Communism: A Love Story
Awards and honours
Lifetime achievement Award Author Christopher Brennan Award John Kinsella Patrick White Award David Rowbotham
Literary Award Author Title Publisher The Age Book of the Year Peter Cochrane Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy Melbourne University Press ALS Gold Medal Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo Colin Roderick Award Deborah Robertson Careless Vintage Nita Kibble Literary Award Deborah Robertson Careless Vintage
Fiction
International Award Region Category Author Title Publisher Commonwealth Writers' Prize SE Asia and South Pacific Best First Novel Andrew O'Connor Tuvalu Allen and Unwin
National Award Author Title Publisher ABC Fiction Award Damian McDonald Luck in the Greater West ABC Books Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Award David Malouf Every Move You Make Chatto & Windus The Australian/Vogel Literary Award Stefan Laszczuk I Dream of Magda Allen and Unwin Miles Franklin Award Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Peter Carey Theft: A Love Story Alfred A. Knopf Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Alexis Wright Carpentaria Giramondo Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Stephen Scourfield Other Country Allen & Unwin
Children and Young Adult
International Award Author Title Publisher Andre Norton Award Justine Larbalestier Magic or Madness Penguin Books
National Award Category Author Title PublisherChildren's Book of the Year Award Older Readers Margo Lanagan Red Spikes Allen & Unwin Younger Readers Catherine Bateson Being Bee University of Queensland Press Picture Book Shaun Tan The Arrival Lothian Early Childhood Libby Gleeson, illus. Freya Blackwood Amy and Louis Scholastic Press Davitt Award Young Adult Jaclyn Moriarty The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie Pan BooksNew South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Children's Narelle Oliver Home Omnibus Books Young People's Ursula Dubosarsky The Red Shoe Allen & UnwinQueensland Premier's Literary Awards Children's Glenda Millard Layla Queen of Hearts ABC Books Young Adult Judith Clarke One Whole and Perfect Day Allen & Unwin Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction Simmone Howell Notes from the Teenage Underground MacmillanWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Kate McCaffrey Destroying Avalon Fremantle Arts Centre Press Children's Shaun Tan The Arrival Lothian
Crime and Mystery
International Award Category Author Title Publisher Duncan Lawrie Dagger Peter Temple The Broken Shore Text Publishing
National Award Category Author Title PublisherDavitt Award Novel Sydney Bauer Undertow Macmillan Young Adult Novel Jaclyn Moriarty The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie Macmillan True Crime Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage HodderReaders' Choice Kerry Greenwood Devil's Food Allen & Unwin Karen Kissane Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage HodderNed Kelly Awards Novel Garry Disher Chain of Evidence Soho Press First novel Adrian Hyland Diamond Dove Text PublishingTrue crime Liz Porter Written on the Skin Pan Macmillan Debi Marshall Killing For Pleasure: The Definitive Story of the Snowtown Murders Random House Lifetime Achievement Sandra Harvey and Lindsay Simpson
Science fiction Award Category Author Title PublisherAurealis Award Novel Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Short Story Shaun Tan The Arrival LothianDitmar Award Novel Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books Novella/Novelette Paul Haines "The Devil in Mr Pussy (Or How I Found God Inside My Wife)" Coeur de Lion Publishing Short Story Rjurik Davidson "The Fear of White" Borderlands #7 Collected Work edited by Bill Congreve & Michelle Marquardt The Year's Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Vol. 2 Mirrordanse Books Australian Shadows Award Will Elliott The Pilo Family Circus ABC Books
Poetry Award Author Title Publisher Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature Not awarded The Age Book of the Year Robert Adamson The Goldfinches of Baghdad Flood Editions Anne Elder Award2007 National Literary Awards Judith Bishop Event Salt Publishing Grace Leven Prize for Poetry Robert Adamson The Goldfinches of Baghdad Flood Editions Mary Gilmore Prize Not awarded New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards John Tranter Urban Myths: 210 Poems University of Queensland Press Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Laurie Duggan The Passenger University of Queensland Press Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Judy Johnson Jack Pandanus Press Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Hal Colebatch The Light River Connor Court Publishing
Drama Award Author Title PublisherPatrick White Playwrights' Award (joint winners) Angus Cerini Wretch Timothy Daly The Man in the Attic
Non-Fiction