2006 in Australian literature
Award Category Author Title Publisher
Children 's Book of the Year Award Older Readers J. C. Burke The Story of Tom Brennan Random House
Children 's Book of the Year Award Younger Readers Elizabeth Fensham Helicopter Man Bloomsbury Press
Children 's Book of the Year Award Picture Book Colin Thompson The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley Lothian
Children 's Book of the Year Award Early Childhood Deborah Niland Annie 's Chair Viking Books
Davitt Award Young Adult Catherine Jinks Evil Genius Allen and Unwin
New South Wales Premier 's Literary Awards Children 's Kierin Meehan In the Monkey Forest Penguin Books
New South Wales Premier 's Literary Awards Young People 's Ursula Dubosarsky Theodora 's Gift Penguin Books
Queensland Premier 's Literary Awards Children 's Martine Murray The Slightly Bruised Glory of Cedar B. Hartley Allen & Unwin
Queensland Premier 's Literary Awards Young Adult Ursula Dubosarsky The Red Shoe Allen & Unwin
South Australian Premier 's Awards Children 's Barry Jonsberg It 's Not All About you , Calma ! Allen & Unwin
Victorian Premier 's Literary Award Young Adult Fiction Ursula Dubosarsky Theodora 's Gift Penguin Books
Western Australian Premier 's Book Awards Writing for Young Adults Kirsty Murray A Prayer for Blue Delaney Allen & Unwin
Western Australian Premier 's Book Awards Children 's Wendy Binks Where 's Stripey ? Stunned Emu Press
Awards and honours -- Children and Young Adult
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006.