– Bus Stop on a Strange Loop Sean Williams – The Grand Conjunction Drama Angela Betzien – The Dark Room Matt Cameron & Tim Finn – Poor Boy Joanna Murray-Smith – Rockabye Richard Tulloch – The Book of Everything David Williamson – Let the Sunshine Poetry Emily Ballou – The Darwin Poems Judith Beveridge – Storm and Honey Emma Jones – The Striped World Jennifer Maiden – Pirate Rain Dorothy Porter – The Bee Hut Peter Porter – Better Than God Biographies Roger Averill – Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey Stephen Cummings – Will It Be Funny Tomorrow, Billy?: Misadventures in Music Jacqueline Kent – The Making of Julia Gillard Harry M. Miller with Peter Holder – Harry M Miller: Confessions of a Not-So-Secret Agent Mark McKenna – Manning Clark: A Life Don Walker – Shots Jonathon Welch – Choir Man George Whaley – Leo 'Rumpole' McKern: An Accidental Actor Kristin Williamson – David Williamson: Behind the Scenes Awards and honours Lifetime achievement Fiction International National Crime and Mystery National Science Fiction and Fantasy International National Non-Fiction Poetry Drama Deaths 14 January – Val Vallis, poet (born 1916) 3 June – Geoffrey C. Bingham, theological and short story writer (born 1919) 3 July – Frank Devine, journalist (born 1931) 6 September – Catherine Gaskin, author (born 1929) 8 September – Rica Erickson, botanical and historical writer (born 1908) 24 November – John West, poet (born 1951) See also 2009 in Australia 2009 in literature 2009 in poetry List of years in literature List of Australian literary awards References Note: all references relating to awards can, or should be, found on the relevant award's page. Literature Australian literature by year 21st-century Australian literature 2009 in literature