Thrills & spills: Sisters in Crime’s 21st Davitt Awards Winners Announced
Sally Hepworth’s domestic thriller, The Good Sister (Pan Macmillan Australia) won Sisters in Crime’s 21st Davitt Award (Best Adult Novel) on Saturday 28 August. The annual awards for best women’s crime books were presented online for the second year running. All the books and winners are listed.
Murder Monday: Louise Candlish
Best-selling UK author, Louise Candlish, spoke from London about her brilliant career and the craft of writing to Karina Kilmore for September’s Murder Monday. Her latest book, The Heights, just out with Simon & Schuster, is a story of revenge, obsession, and vertigo.
TeenRage
ONLINE EVENT. Authors Tania Chandler, Leanne Hall, and Ruth McIver talk to award-winning YA writer, Ellie Marney, about crime that starts with the young but continues to reverberate, transforming and traumatising many in its wake. Assaults, abductions and, most especially, murder, all leave a terrible legacy. FREE to attend but must register.
TeenRage
ONLINE EVENT. Authors Tania Chandler, Leanne Hall, and Ruth McIver talk to award-winning YA writer, Ellie Marney, about crime that starts with the young but continues to reverberate, transforming and traumatising many in its wake. Assaults, abductions and, most especially, murder, all leave a terrible legacy. FREE but must register.
View the Davitt Awards Video
Whilst a good time was had by all, a recording was made for posterity. And for those who were unable to join us on the night.
Check out the wonderful interview with Debra Oswald, who said writers are ‘match fit for lockdown’ and ‘built for a pandemic’. Find out why by watching the video.
Writing an old-school thriller with new politics: Shamini Flint
Singapore-based author, Shamini Flint, talks to Robyn Walton about her latest book, The Beijing Conspiracy (Allen & Unwin), which marks a radical departure from her Inspector Singh series
Cross-genre Writing – Catherine Jinks
“I can’t stand to see a good idea go to waste.” Catherine Jinks explains how she happily straddles multiple genres, including romance, horror, cute kids picture books, and thriller crime fiction.
New Reviews
Every month Sisters in Crime brings you new reviews from women who write criminally good books.
