Vale Harry Hart
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Dymocks Bendigo franchise holder Harry Hart has died. Dymocks writes: 'It is with great sadness that we share the news of Harry Hart’s passing, after a battle with oesophageal cancer....
Vale Ross Gibson
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
Filmmaker and author Ross Gibson has died. Gibson was the author of several books including The Summer Exercises (2009), 26 Views of the Starburst World (2012), Changescapes (2015) and Memoryscopes (2015), all...
Vale Pam Horsey
Wednesday, 22 February 2023
Pam Horsey, member of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (Victorian Branch) Executive Committee, has died. Horsey worked at HarperCollins as the education manager, and was an active and longstanding...
Vale Edel Wignell
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Author, journalist and poet Edel Wignell has died aged 85. The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) writes: ‘The ASA was profoundly saddened to hear of the passing of acclaimed author,...
Vale Gabrielle Williams
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Acclaimed YA author, Gab Williams, died on Saturday 21 January after suffering a massive stroke the previous Monday. Williams’s books include Beatle Meets Destiny (Penguin), The Guy, The Girl, the...
Vale Jim Molan
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Australian politician, major general in the Australian army and author Jim Molan has died, aged 72. HarperCollins Australia & New Zealand CEO Jim Demetriou writes: ‘We are deeply saddened to...
Vale Shirley Shackleton
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Shirley Shackleton, author of The Circle of Silence: A personal testimony before, during and after Balibo (Murdoch Books), has died aged 91. Shackleton spent many decades campaigning for justice for...
Vale Robert Adamson
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Australian poet, publisher and editor Robert Adamson has died, aged 79. Born in Sydney and raised in Neutral Bay, NSW, Adamson was known as the ‘poet of the Hawkesbury River’...
Vale Wendy Jenkins
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Long-time Fremantle Press editor, writer and manuscript assessor Wendy Jenkins has died, aged 70. Jenkins spent 40 years at Fremantle Press, formerly known as Fremantle Arts Centre Press, before retiring...
Vale Antigone Kefala
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Sydney writer Antigone Kefala has died, aged 92. According to Neos Kosmos, Kefala was born in the Greek diaspora settlement Brăila, Romania in 1935, and moved to Greece and then...
Vale Margaret Hamilton
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Australian publisher and author Margaret Hamilton has died, aged 81. Brian Cook of The Authors’ Agent, Hamilton's friend and a former publisher, writes: 'It is with a huge amount of...
Vale Tony Horgan
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Tony Horgan, co-owner with his wife Barbara of Shearer's Bookshop, has died. His funeral will be held today, Wednesday 2 November at 3pm AEST/12 pm AWST, and can be viewed...
Vale Carmen Callil
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Carmen Callil, author, publisher and founder of Virago, has died in London, aged 84. Callil's agent Peter Straus writes: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the death of...
Vale John Nieuwenhuizen
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Translator John Nieuwenhuizen has died, aged 87. Eva Mills from Allen & Unwin writes: 'John Nieuwenhuizen was one of Australia’s most acclaimed translators of Dutch and Flemish literature. With his...
Vale Hilary Mantel
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
British writer Hilary Mantel died last week, aged 70. Best known for her 'Wolf Hall' historical fiction trilogy, Mantel won the Booker Prize twice, for Wolf Hall and its sequel...
Vale Hilary Linstead
Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Agent Hilary Linstead, who represented writers for stage, screen and publication, died on 6 August 2022 at the age of 83. Author Louis Nowra writes: 'Hilary Linstead was a force...
Vale Jerry Kalajian
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Jerry Kalajian, film and TV rights manager at Intellectual Property Group (IPG) in Los Angeles and co-agent at Curtis Brown, has died. Curtis Brown writes: 'It is with great sadness...
Vale Jack Charles
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Aboriginal Elder, actor, musician and author Jack Charles has died following a stroke, aged 79. Penguin Random House writes: 'Uncle Jack Charles wore many hats throughout his remarkable life—actor, musician,...
Vale Rod Mead
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Publishing industry figure Rod Mead has died, aged 85. Pamela Petty and Bryony Cosgrove write: Australian publishing has lost one of its much-loved bon vivants. Rod Mead (21 April 1937–31...
Vale Dino Traverso
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Dino Traverso, co-owner of Dymocks Melbourne on Collins Street, has died. He was 64. Dymocks writes: 'Following an early career in finance and banking, Dino, his brother Ivan and Ivan’s...
Vale Jen Hutchison
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Writer, editor and publisher Jen Hutchison died on Thursday, 4 August in Melbourne. Hutchison, who was a graduate of RMIT's Master of Writing and Publishing program, was the founder of...
Vale Evan Jones
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Australian poet and academic Evan Jones has died, aged 90. Jones authored nine poetry collections beginning with Inside the Whale in 1960, publishing his final book Selected Poems in 2014....
Vale Archie Roach
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter, activist and storyteller Archie Roach has died, aged 66. Born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Roach was a child of the Stolen Generations, having been forcibly removed from...
Vale David Ireland
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Novelist David Ireland has died, aged 94. The author of 10 novels, beginning with The Chantic Bird in 1968, Ireland won the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times: in 1971...
Vale Suzanne Bellamy
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Artist, writer and scholar Suzanne Bellamy died on 20 June in Braidwood, NSW. Spinifex Press publisher Susan Hawthorne writes: Spinifex Press is saddened by the death of artist, writer and...
Vale Jean Ferguson
Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Book industry leader Jean Ferguson OAM passed away aged 90 on Sunday, July 3. Angus Dalton, Ferguson’s grandson, writes: ‘If you are looking for a fascinating, compulsive industry where one...
Vale Frank Moorhouse
Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Frank Moorhouse, the author of 18 books including the 'Edith Trilogy', has died aged 83. Penguin Random House Australia writes: Born in Nowra, Frank Moorhouse worked in newspapers and arts...
Vale Caroline Jones
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Broadcaster, television journalist and writer Caroline Jones has died, aged 84. Jones, who presented the ABC radio program The Search for Meaning, authored several books based on the program, as...
Vale Blaise van Hecke
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Blaise van Hecke, co-founder and publisher of Melbourne-based Busybird Publishing, died suddenly on Sunday, 13 March. She was 53 years old. Small Press Network (SPN) general manager Tim Coronel writes:...
Vale Jordie Albiston
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Melbourne-based poet Jordie Albiston has died, aged 60. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, Albiston studied music at the Victorian College of the Arts and received a Doctorate in English...
