Deaths
- 11 January - Nancy Phelan, author (born 1913)
- 27 March - Alan Collins, short story writer (born 1928)
- 8 April - John Button, politician and author (born 1933)
- 26 April - Pamela Bone, journalist and author (born 1940)
- 29 April - John Hooker, author (born 1932)
- 21 June - Justina Williams, poet (born 1916)
- 24 August - Patricia Rolfe, short story writer and critic (born 1920)
- 30 October - Jacob G. Rosenberg, poet and memoirist (born 1922)
- 15 November - Ivan Southall, children's author (born 1921)
- 10 December - Dorothy Porter, poet (born 1954)
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