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 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
Literary fiction
- Jon Bauer – Rocks in the Belly
- Carmel Bird – Child of the Twilight
- Ashley Hay – The Body in the Clouds
- Anita Heiss – Manhattan Dreaming
- Toni Jordan – Fall Girl
- Amanda Lohrey – Reading Madame Bovary
- Roger McDonald – When Colts Ran
- Fiona McGregor – Indelible Ink
- Monica McInerney – At Home with the Templetons
- D.B.C. Pierre – Lights Out in Wonderland
- Jessica Rudd – Campaign Ruby
- Kim Scott – That Deadman Dance
- Chris Womersley – Bereft
Children's and Young Adult fiction
- Alexandra Adornetto – Halo
- Rebecca James – Beautiful Malice
- Melina Marchetta – The Piper's Son
- Garth Nix – Lord Sunday
- Markus Zusak – Bridge of Clay
Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Trudi Canavan – The Ambassador's Mission
- Sara Douglass – The Infinity Gate
- Greg Egan – Zendegi
- Fiona McIntosh – King's Wrath
- Juliet Marillier – Seer of Sevenwaters
- Scott Westerfeld – Behemoth
- Sean Williams – The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance
Crime and Mystery
- John Birmingham – After America
- Honey Brown – The Good Daughter
- Peter Corris – Torn Apart
- Garry Disher – Wyatt
- Kathryn Fox – Death Mask
- Kerry Greenwood – Dead Man's Chest: A Phryne Fisher Mystery
- Katherine Howell – Cold Justice
- Adrian Hyland – Gunshot Road
- Colleen McCullough – Naked Cruelty
- Geoff McGeachin – The Diggers Rest Hotel
- Tara Moss – The Blood Countess
- Malla Nunn – Let the Dead Men Lie
- Leigh Redhead – Thrill City
- Michael Robotham – Bleed for Me
- Angela Savage – The Half-Child
- David Whish-Wilson – Line of Sight
Poetry
- Christopher Kelen – The Whole Forest Dancing: Poems on Four Legs in the Morning
- Les Murray – Taller When Prone
- Dorothy Porter – Love Poems
- Peter Porter – The Rest on the Flight: Selected Poems
- Thomas Shapcott – Parts of Us
- John Tranter – Starlight: 150 Poems
- Mark Tredinnick – Fire Diary
Biography
- Blanche d'Alpuget – Hawke: The Prime Minister
- Jeff Apter – Together Alone: The Story of the Finn Brothers
- Jim Davidson – A Three Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock
- Malcolm Fraser & Margaret Simons – Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs
- Rob Mundle – Bligh: 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
Lifetime achievement
Fiction
International
National
Children and Young Adult
National
Crime and Mystery
National
Science Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Deaths
- 15 March – Patricia Wrightson, author
- 23 April – Peter Porter, author
- 29 May – Randolph Stow, author
- 9 July – Jessica Anderson, author
- 19 July – Jon Cleary, author
- 6 October – David Rowbotham, author
- 14 November – Bobbi Sykes, poet and author
- 14 December – Ruth Park, author