2026 in Australian literature

This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2026.

Events

Major publications

Literary fiction

• Michael Mohammed Ahmad – Bugger
• Yumna Kassab – Goodbye, My Love
• Fiona Kelly McGregor – The Trap
• Steve Toltz – A Rising of the Lights
• Sarah Walker – The Water Takes
• Chloe Wilson – The Thornbacks
• Michael Winkler – Griefdogg
• Fiona Wright – Kill Your Boomers

Science fiction and fantasy

• John Morrissey – Bird Deity

Poetry

• Beverley Farmer – For the Season : Haikus
• Lulu Houdini – ma-li
• Maria van Neerven – Two Tongues

Non-Fiction

• Tyree Barnett – Stolen Man on Stolen Land
• Bob Carr – Bring Back Yesterday
• Charlotte Grieve – Duty to Warn
• Konrad Marshall – Run For Your Life

Awards and honours

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

Lifetime achievement

Literary

Fiction

Children and Young Adult

Crime and Mystery

National

Poetry

Drama

Non-Fiction

Deaths

• 29 January – Heather Goodall, historian and biographer (born 1950)
• 12 February – Lionel Fogarty, poet (born 1958)
• 9 March – Patricia Clarke, historian, journalist and writer (born 1926)

See also

• 2026 in Australia
• 2026 in literature
• 2026 in poetry
• List of years in Australian literature
• List of years in literature

References