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The Thorn Birds is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans 1915 to 1969. The novel is the best-selling book in Australian history, and has sold over 33 million copies ...
Pages in category "Australian young adult novels" The following 104 pages are in this category, out of 104 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
1982: International Board on Books for Young People (Australia): Honour Diploma for Playing Beatie Bow; 1982: Guardian Fiction Prize (UK): runner-up for Playing Beatie Bow; 1986: Young Australians' Best Book Award for picture book When the Wind Changed (illustrated by Deborah Niland) 1987: Member of the Order of Australia (AM): for services to ...
To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; [3] the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people. [4]
Someone Like Me won the 1998 Children's Book Council of Australia's Children's Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers award. A review in Bookbird noted the themes of school bullying, family relationships and violence in Ireland in Someone Like Me. [2]
The Tomorrow series is a series of seven young adult invasion novels written by Australian writer John Marsden, detailing the invasion and occupation of Australia by a foreign power. The novels are related from the first-person perspective by Ellie Linton, a teenage girl, who is part of a small band of teenagers waging a guerrilla war on the ...
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelists award was created in 1997 by the newspaper's literary editor, Susan Wyndham and is made annually. The awards recognise emerging writing talent, and are made to writers who are aged 35 years or younger when their book is first published.