2007 in Australia - Arts & Literature

Arts & Literature

  • 1 March – John Beard wins the 2007 Archibald Prize for his portrait of fellow artist Janet Laurence.
  • 13 April – Australian author Peter Carey is announced as one of 15 finalists for the 2007 Man Booker Prize.
  • 5 June – Australian crime writer Peter Temple wins the prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award for his novel The Broken Shore.
  • 21 June – Carpentaria by Alexis Wright is announced as the winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award
  • Alexis Wright is awarded the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for Carpentaria.
  • Peter Carey's novel Theft: A Love Story wins the Christina Stead Prize for fiction.
  • Alexis Wright's novel Carpentaria wins the Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction.

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