1964 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1964.

For an overview of world literature see 1964 in literature.

See also: 1963 in Australian literature, 1964 in Australia, 1965 in Australian literature.

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Major publications

Books

• Russell Braddon – The Year of the Angry Rabbit
• A. Bertram Chandler – The Deep Reaches of Space
• Jon Cleary
  • The Fall of an Eagle
  • A Flight of Chariots
• Charmian Clift – Honour's Mimic
• Dymphna Cusack – Black Lightning
• George Johnston – My Brother Jack
• Thomas Keneally – The Place at Whitton
• David Rowbotham – The Man in the Jungle
• Judah Waten – Distant Land

Short stories

• Nancy Cato – The Sea Ants and Other Stories
• A. Bertram Chandler – Into the Alternate Universe : The Coils of Time
• Peter Cowan – "The Tractor"
• Damien Broderick – "All My Yesterdays"
• Frank Dalby Davison – The Road to Yesterday : Collected Short Stories
• Patrick White – The Burnt Ones

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Hesba Brinsmead – Pastures of the Blue Crane
• Nan Chauncy – High and Haunted Island
• Ruth Park
  • Airlift for Grandee
  • The Muddle-Headed Wombat on Holiday

Poetry

• Bruce Dawe – "How to Go On Not Looking"
• A. D. Hope – "An Epistle : Edward Sackville to Venetia Digby"
• T. Inglis Moore – From the Ballads to Brennan
• Oodgeroo Noonuccal – We Are Going : Poems
• Peter Porter – "Sydney Cove, 1788"
• David Rowbotham – All the Room
• Thomas Shapcott – The Mankind Thing
• Vivian Smith – "Late April : Hobart"
• Douglas Stewart – Modern Australian Verse
• Randolph Stow – "Ishmael"
• Francis Webb – The Ghost of the Cock : Poems

Non-fiction

• Donald Horne – The Lucky Country
• Douglas Lockwood – Up the Track

Drama

• Frank Hardy – The Ringbolter
• David Ireland – Image in the Clay
• Patrick White – Night on Bald Mountain

Awards and honours

Literary

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
ALS Gold Medal[1]	Geoffrey Blainey	The Rush that Never Ended	Melbourne University Press
Miles Franklin Award[2]	George Johnston	My Brother Jack	Collins

Children and Young Adult

Award	Category	Author	Title	Publisher
Children's Book of the Year Award	Older Readers[3]	Eleanor Spence	The Green Laurel	Oxford University Press
	Picture Book	No award

Poetry

Award	Author	Title	Publisher
Grace Leven Prize for Poetry[4]	David Rowbotham	All the Room	Jacaranda Press

Births

A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1964 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.

• 7 May – Elliot Perlman, novelist
• 21 July – Gillian Mears, novelist (died 2016)
• 7 August – John Birmingham, novelist and journalist

Unknown date

• Mandy Sayer, novelist
• Jonathan Strahan, editor and anthologist

Deaths

A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1964 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.

• 22 January – Zora Cross, poet (born 1890)
• 12 February – Arthur Upfield, novelist (born 1890)
• 19 October – Nettie Palmer, critic and journalist (born 1885)

See also

• 1964 in poetry
• List of years in literature
• List of years in Australian literature

References

1. ^ Austlit - The Rush that Never Ended by Geoffrey Blainey
2. ^ Austlit - My Brother Jack by George Johnston
3. ^ Austlit - The Family Conspiracy by Joan Phipson
4. ^ Austlit - All the Room by David Robotham

1963 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1963.

For an overview of world literature see 1963 in literature.

See also:

1962 in Australian literature,

1963 in Australia,

1964 in Australian literature.

1965 in Australian literature

This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1965.

For an overview of world literature see 1965 in literature.

See also:

1964 in Australian literature,

1965 in Australia,

1966 in Australian literature.

All the Room

All the Room (1964) is the third poetry collection by Australian poet David Rowbotham. It won the Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1964.The collection consists of 49 poems, the majority of which were previously published in various Australian poetry and general magazines, with some published here for the first time.

Black Lightning (novel)

Black Lightning (1964) is a novel by Australian writer Dymphna Cusack.

List of years in Australian literature

This page gives a chronological list of years in Australian literature (descending order), with notable publications and events listed with their respective years. The time covered in individual years covers the period of European settlement of the country.

See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages.

The Place at Whitton

The Place at Whitton (1964) is the first novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally.