Meredith Lake, The Bible in Australia: A cultural history Michael C Madden, The Victoria Cross: Australia Remembers Leigh Sales, Any Ordinary Day Awards and honours Note: these awards were presented in the year in question. Lifetime achievement Fiction National Children and Young Adult National Crime and Mystery National Science Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Drama Deaths 6 March – Peter Nicholls, 78, writer and editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (born 1939) 8 March – Peter Temple, 71, author of Jack Irish series (born 1946) 14 April – Frank Bren, 74, Australian actor and playwright (born 1943) 16 April – Beverley Farmer, 77, novelist and short story writer (born 1941) 1 June – Jill Ker Conway, 83, academic and memoir writer, author of The Road from Coorain (born 1934) 2 June – Tony Morphett, 80, screenwriter and novelist 30 August – Peter Corris, 76, crime novelist (born 1942) 31 August – Ian Jones, 86, author and television writer and director (born 1931) 12 September – Albert Ullin , 88, German Australian children's bookseller and founder of Australia's first children's bookstore, The Little Bookroom (born 1930) 16 September – John Molony, 91, historian and Emeritus Professor of History at Australian National University (born 1927) 6 October – James Cowan, 76, author (born 1942) 21 October – Eleanor Witcombe, 95, screenwriter and playwright (born 1923) 22 October Anne Fairbairn, 90, poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture (born 1928) Rose Zwi, 90, novelist (born 1928) 22 November – Judith Rodriguez, 82, poet and academic (born 1936) See also Literature List of years in Australian literature List of Australian literary awards References Literature Australian literature by year Years of the 21st century in Australia Years of the 21st century in literature