An incredible number of books have been submitted and now the judges are underway with their marathon of reading. We wish them joy! For more information check out our Davitt Awards 2025 page.
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Murder Monday: Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Ashley Kalagian Blunt, the Queen of the techno thriller, spoke to Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem for the February Murder Monday. Her latest thriller is Cold Truth, se in Winnipeg.
The real inspiration for No One Will Know: Rose Carlyle
This has to be one of the most heartbreaking and inspiring blog posts we’ve had. Rose Carlyle’s latest book – No One Will Know – is grounded in the story of her incredible grandmother and what flows from her extraordinary life.
Girl Falling: Hayley Scrivenor
How do you follow up on a number one best seller that has won multiple awards? Hayley Scrivenor’s latest – Girl Falling – is an exploration of friendship .. and what happens when it turns bad. How did she come to write it? How did she get it down ‘on paper’?
Red Herrings
Catch up with the latest crime events from around the nation. Already there are lots of crime events happening, especially in Queensland and Victoria. Whatever the time, whatever the season, don’t forget that a book is the perfect gift. It offers so much reading pleasure as well as supporting authors and the publishing industry.
WIN! Those Opulent Days by Jacquie Pham
How refreshing to have a murder mystery set in 1920s’ Vietnam – and one by a Vietnamese-Australian adult fiction writer. Jacquie Pham has set her debut thriller in 1928 amongst a group of young men running their families’ formidable businesses. They make up Saigon’s most powerful group of friends in 1928 Vietnam’s elite society – until one of them is murdered. All members are automatically included in the draw at the end of each month.
Best holiday reads, 2024-2025
Sisters in Crime invited convenors, author members, Davitt Award judges and winners, and others to nominate their best holiday reads for 2024-2025. As you’ll note, they traverse an extraordinarily wide range of themes, locations, and interests. Some nominations are up-to-the-minute. Others are golden oldies. What they all offer, of course, are hours of reading pleasure and diversion. I loved the passion revealed in the responses. Discover what passed Hazel Edwards’ ‘hot water test’.
Painting the town red: Scarlet Stiletto Awards Night
What a night. What winners. Here is the lowdown on the 31st Scarlet Stiletto Awards night. Including all the winners.
Crime Every Mountain
Women’s crime writing has risen to new heights. It’s left the dry, dusty plains behind and headed for the hills or rather the mountains – with thrilling and chilling consequences. Claire Sutherland (The Crag), Bronwyn Hall (The Chasm), and Erina Reddan (Deep in the Forest) will talk to Leslie Falkiner-Rose, convenor and keen skier, about the challenges they have faced trying to get to the top.
Stiletto Bites: hours (and hours) of listening pleasure
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short stories in 2023, Sisters in Crime, Susanna Lobez, actor-turned-barrister-turned-broadcaster-turned-true-crime-author, has been progressively narrating the winning stories in a podcast – Scarlet Stiletto Bites: Scintillating stories by Australian women. Find out how to listen here.
New Reviews
Every month Sisters in Crime brings you new reviews from women who write criminally good books.