Australian Vogel Literary AwardsUnpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. - Lisa Lang - Utopian man
- Kristel Thornell - Night street
- Andrew Croome - Document Z
- Stefan Laszczuk - I dream of Magda
- Belinda Castles - The river Baptists
- Julienne van Loon - Road story
- Danielle Wood - The Alphabet of light and dark
- Sarah Hay - Skins
- Stephen Gray - The artist is a thief
Man Booker Prize for FictionBest original novel written in English by a Commonwealth/Irish citizen. - Hilary Mantel - Wolf hall
- Aravind Adiga - The white tiger
- Anne Enright - The gathering
- Kiran Desai - Inheritance of loss
- John Banville - Sea
- Alan Hollinghurst - Line of beauty
- D B C Pierre - Vernon God Little
- Yann Martel - 2002 Life of Pi
- Peter Carey - True history of the Kelly gang
- Margaret Atwood - Blind assassin
- J M Coetzee - Disgrace
- Ian McEwan - Amsterdam
- Arundhati Roy - God of small things
Miles Franklin Literary AwardCelebrates Australian character & creativity and nurtures Australian literature. - Tim Winton - Breath
- Steven Carroll - Time we have taken
- Alexis Wright - Carpentaria
- Roger McDonald - Ballad of Desmond Kale
- Andre McGahan - White Earth
- Shirley Hazzard - Great fire
- Alex Miller - Journey to the stone country
- Tim Winton - Dirt music
- Frank Moorhouse - Dark place
- Thea Astley - Drylands
- Murray Bail - Eucalyptus
- Peter Carey - Jack Maggs
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Nobel Prize in LiteratureInternational award recognising achievement in literature. - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
- Doris Lessing
- Orhan Pamuk
- Harold Pinter
- Elfriede Jelinek
- J M Coetzee
- V S Naipaul
- Gao Xingjian
- Gunter Grass
- Jose Saramago
NSW Premier's Literary AwardHonours distinguished achievements by Australian writers. - Nam Le - The boat
- Michelle de Krester - The lost dog
- Peter Carey - Theft: a love story
- Kate Grenville - The secret river
- Tim Winton - The turning
- Brian Castro - Shanghai dancing
- Kate Jennings - Moral hazard
- Tim Winton - Dirt music
- Alex Miller - Conditions of faith
Pulitzer Prize for FictionAmerican award regarded as the highest national honour in literary achievements. - Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
- Junot Diaz - The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
- Cormac McCarthy - The road
- Geraldien Brooks - March
- Marilynne Robinson - Gilead
- Edward P Jones - Known world
- Jeffrey Eugenides - Middlesex
- Richard Russo - Empire Falls
- Michael Chabon - The amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay
- Jhumpa lahiri - Interpreter of Maladies
- Michael Cunningham - Hours
- Philip Roth - American pastoral
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