Closing 31 August: 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards with a record $11,910 in prize money
Sisters in Crime’s 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short crime and mystery stories is now open and offering a record $11,910 in prizes this year.
HISTORY OF THE DAVITT AWARDS
Sisters in Crime Australia launched the Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women at its 10th anniversary convention, SheKilda 2001, to provide some much needed – and overdue – recognition for Australian women crime writers. The Davitts are named after Ellen Davitt, the author of Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865. An e-book …
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DAVITT AWARDS: LONG LIST
The long list for the Davitt Awards 2025 will be announced in early June 2025.
DAVITT AWARDS 2025: for media
Media contact for the Davitt Awards 2025 is Ruth Wykes on davitts2025@sistersincrime.org.au or 0407 898 754 MEDIA RELEASES October 2024: Announcement of the awards: Riding the Crime Wave. LOGOS AND IMAGES Davitt Awards logo – generic Davitt Awards logo – 25th anniversary – COMING SOON
DAVITT AWARDS 2025: SHORT LIST
The short list for the Davitt Awards 2025 will be announced in mid July 2025.
DAVITT AWARDS: AWARD CEREMONY
An awards ceremony will be held mid year in 2025. More information will be posted in due course.
Murder Monday: Hayley Scrivenor
Multi-award-winning Sydney author, Hayley Scrivenor, spoke to Sisters in Crime’s Jacq Ellem For the November Murder Monday. Hayley’s debut, Dirt Town, was a number-one bestseller in Australia and won several awards, including the UK Crime Writers’ Association New Blood Dagger Award, the ABIA for General Fiction Book of the Year, a Lambda Literary Award and Sisters in Crime’s Davitt Award for best debut book in 2023. Her latest novel is Girl Falling.
THE CREEPER
This story takes you to Victoria’s rugged high country and a small mountain town. Ten years ago, five hikers were found murdered and nearby was the body of known loner and stalker. Murder-suicide, case closed. Were they wrong?
FIRE AND BONES
Temperance Brennan is back, and this time she is at the centre of an arson investigation in Washington, D.C. Fans of Kathy Reichs and her much-loved creation, Bones, have been hanging out for this one. You won’t be disappointed.
EX
Adele Soames travels to London to be near where her son, Toby, lived and died. A freak accident, they said. She crosses paths with a cop who previously worked several cold cases of missing boys. A terrific character-driven story.