Deaths
- 3 January - Barbara Jefferis, novelist and dramatist (born 1917)
- 8 January - Norman Talbot, poet (born 1936)
- 17 February - Bruce Beaver, poet (born 1928)
- 11 April - Wilbur G. Howcroft, writer for children (born 1917)
- 7 July - Elisabeth MacIntyre, writer for children (born 1916)
- 17 August - Thea Astley, novelist (born 1925)
- 8 November - Peter Mathers, novelist and short story writer (born 1931)
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