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This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2006. For an overview of world literature see 2006 in literature. ''See also:'' 2005 in Australian literature, 2006 in Australia, 2007 in Australian literature. ==Events== *South African born Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee takes up Australian citizenship〔(Citizen Coetzee )〕 *Australia's Prime Minister, John Howard, complains about the modern school English syllabus, stating that it is being "dumbed down"〔(PM attacks 'dumb' English )〕 *Peter Carey's ex-wife, Alison Summers, takes a swipe at the author, accusing him of using his fiction to settle some old scores. She refers to a minor character in Carey's novel ''Theft: A Love Story'' (called The Plaintiff) and announces she is also writing a novel, titled ''Mrs Jekyll''〔(Two scribes go to war )〕 *the ABC board decides against publishing the new Chris Masters book ''Jonestown'', an unauthorised biography of Alan Jones, a Sydney radio presenter〔(ABC confirms Jones book dumped by board )〕 *the Australian Classification Review Board bans two radical Islamic books, prompting calls from the Australian Attorney-General for the Board to provide with even tougher laws〔(Ruddock seeks tougher classification laws )〕 *a large treasure trove of missing papers belonging to Patrick White is revealed to the public. Contrary to the wishes expressed in White's will, his literary executor, Barbara Mobbs, did not destroy the material but kept it and has since offered it to the National Library of Australia〔(White's literary treasure found )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2006 in Australian literature」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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