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2010 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2010.

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==
Major publications
Literary fiction • Jon Bauer – Rocks in the BellyCarmel BirdChild of the TwilightAshley HayThe Body in the CloudsAnita HeissManhattan DreamingToni JordanFall GirlAmanda LohreyReading Madame Bovary (short story collection) • Roger McDonaldWhen Colts RanFiona McGregorIndelible InkMonica McInerneyAt Home with the TempletonsKate MortonThe Distant HoursD.B.C. PierreLights Out in Wonderland • Jessica Rudd – Campaign RubyKim ScottThat Deadman DanceChris WomersleyBereft Children's and Young Adult fictionAlexandra AdornettoHaloJohn FlanaganThe Emperor of Nihon-JaMem Fox – ''Let's Count Goats!'' • Sonya HartnettThe Midnight ZooRebecca JamesBeautiful MaliceAlison LesterNoni the PonyDoug MacLeodThe Life of a Teenage Body-SnatcherMelina Marchetta – ''The Piper's Son'' • Garth NixLord SundayMarkus ZusakBridge of Clay Science Fiction and FantasyJohn BirminghamAfter AmericaTrudi Canavan – ''The Ambassador's Mission'' • Sara CreasySong of ScarabaeusSara DouglassThe Infinity GateGreg EganZendegiFiona McIntosh – ''King's Wrath'' • Sean McMullen – "Eight Miles" • Juliet MarillierSeer of SevenwatersShaun MicallefPreincarnateScott WesterfeldBehemothSean WilliamsThe Force Unleashed IIStar Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance Crime and Mystery • Lenny Bartulin – The Black RussianJohn BirminghamAfter AmericaHoney BrownThe Good DaughterPeter CorrisTorn ApartGarry DisherWyattKathryn FoxDeath MaskKerry Greenwood – ''Dead Man's Chest: A Phryne Fisher Mystery'' • Katherine HowellCold JusticeAdrian HylandGunshot RoadColleen McCulloughNaked CrueltyGeoff McGeachinThe Diggers Rest HotelTara MossThe Blood Countess • P. M. Newton – The Old SchoolMalla NunnLet the Dead LieLeigh RedheadThrill CityMichael RobothamBleed for MeAngela SavageThe Half-ChildDavid Whish-WilsonLine of Sight PoetryBrook Emery ed. (with Victoria Haritos) • Earthly Matters: Biology and Geology PoemsLaw and Impulse: Maths and Chemistry PoemsBrook Emery ed. (with John L Sheppard and Victoria Haritos) – Holding Patterns: Physics and Engineering PoemsChristopher KelenThe Whole Forest Dancing: Poems on Four Legs in the MorningLes MurrayTaller When ProneDorothy PorterLove PoemsPeter PorterThe Rest on the Flight: Selected PoemsThomas ShapcottParts of UsJohn TranterStarlight: 150 PoemsMark TredinnickFire Diary BiographyBlanche d'AlpugetHawke: The Prime Minister • Jeff Apter – Together Alone: The Story of the Finn Brothers • Jim Davidson – A Three Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. HancockSheila Fitzpatrick – ''My Father's Daughter'' • Malcolm Fraser & Margaret SimonsMalcolm Fraser: The Political MemoirsRob MundleBligh: 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==
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==
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) ==See also==
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