# 2025 in Australian literature

This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2025.

## Events

* Text Publishing is acquired by Penguin Random House Australia.

## Major publications
### Crime and mystery

* James Bradley – Landfall
* Catherine Jinks – Panic
* Dervla McTiernan – The Unquiet Grave

### Science fiction and Fantasy

* Angela Slatter – The Crimson Road

### Children's and young adult

* Lili Wilkinson – Unhallowed Halls

### Non-Fiction

* Robert Dessaix – Chameleon
* Brenda Niall – Joan Lindsay

## Awards and honours

Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.

### Lifetime achievement

| Award | Author |
| Patrick White Award | Not yet awarded |

### Literary

| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
| ALS Gold Medal | Not yet awarded | | |
| Colin Roderick Award | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | | |
| Stella Prize | Not yet awarded | | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Wanda Gibson | Three Dresses | University of Queensland Press |

### Fiction

| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
| The Age Book of the Year | Not yet awarded | | |
| ARA Historical Novel Prize | Not yet awarded | | |
| The Australian/Vogel Literary Award | Not yet awarded | | |
| Barbara Jefferis Award | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year – Debut Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| Miles Franklin Award | Not yet awarded | | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Fiona McFarlane | Highway 13 | Allen & Unwin |

### Children and Young Adult

| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
| ARA Historical Novel Prize | Children and Young Adult | Not yet awarded | | |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Older Readers | Not yet awarded | | |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Younger Readers | Not yet awarded | | |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Picture Book | Not yet awarded | | |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Early Childhood | Not yet awarded | | |
| Children's Book of the Year Award | Eve Pownall Award for Information Books | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Children's | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Young Adult | Not yet awarded | | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Young Adult | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Young People's | Not yet awarded | | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Young Adult | Not yet awarded | | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Young Adult Fiction | Emma Lord | Anomaly | Affirm Press |
| Western Australian Premier's Book Awards | Children's | Not yet awarded | | |

### Crime and Mystery
#### National

| Award | Category | Author |
| Davitt Award | Novel | Not yet awarded |
| Davitt Award | Young adult novel | Not yet awarded |
| Davitt Award | Children's novel | Not yet awarded |
| Davitt Award | Non-fiction | Not yet awarded |
| Davitt Award | Debut | Not yet awarded |
| Davitt Award | Readers' choice | Not yet awarded |
| Ned Kelly Award | Novel | Not yet awarded |
| Ned Kelly Award | First novel | Not yet awarded |
| Ned Kelly Award | True crime | Not yet awarded |

### Non-Fiction

| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
| The Age Book of the Year | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| Indie Book Awards Book of the Year | Illustrated Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| National Biography Award | Biography | Not yet awarded | | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Australian History | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Australian History | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | Community and Regional History | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's History Awards | General History | Not yet awarded | | |
| Queensland Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Not yet awarded | | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Non-Fiction | Susan Hampton | Anything Can Happen | Puncher & Wattman |

### Poetry

| Award | Author | Title | Publisher |
| Anne Elder Award | Not yet awarded | | |
| Mary Gilmore Award | Not yet awarded | | |
| Prime Minister's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Not yet awarded | | |
| Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection | Not yet awarded | | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | Jeanine Leane | Gawimarra: Gathering | University of Queensland Press |

### Drama

| Award | Category | Author | Title | Publisher |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Script | Not yet awarded | | |
| New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards | Play | Not yet awarded | | |
| Victorian Premier's Literary Awards | | Nathan Maynard | 37 | Currency Press, with Melbourne Theatre Company |