Best Holiday Reads 2021-2022
2022 looms and don’t we deserve some reading pleasure? We asked several of the Sisters to recommend their book of the year and here they are!
Carmel Shute
Turning a (Private) Eye: An Interview with Carmel Shute by Madison Scott
Historically, the crime genre has been dominated by men, “men with big egos who framed themselves as men with big dicks solving crime,” laughs Carmel.
The Detectives (Series 1 and Series 2) – TV Review by Siobhan Mullany
This extraordinary series, now available on ABC iView, is a must-see for crime writers. It is so beautifully filmed and edited that it is hard to believe it is reality TV, not staged.
Women crime writers in 21st-century Italy: Mirna Cicioni
There are two main differences between Italian and Australian women’s crime fiction. In Italian texts, murders are mostly motivated by jealousy or greed, and on the whole, there is less emphasis on family violence and on rape than in Australian fiction. The other noticeable difference is the emphasis on linguistic and cultural identity in the various Italian regions.
Frayed (Series Two): TV Review by Siobhan Mullany
Put together the bad behaviour of The Young Ones, 80s’ fashion and Newcastle, then add Sarah Kendall’s dialogue – the result is Frayed, primarily a comedy series but with a crime at its centre.
Cop This! View online
Former Victorian Assistant Police Commissioner Sandra Nicholson interrogated Caroline de Costa, Suzanne Frankham, and Margaret Hickey about the police investigations in their novels for Sisters in Crime’s Cop This! event. You can view it now.
Crime right across the nation – 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards Shortlist Announced
For the 28th year in succession, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards have been decided and preparations are being made for a glittering (but sadly online) awards presentation next month.
Lie After Lie: Siobhan Mullany TV review
Lie After Lie is the TV series that should see us out of lockdown. Twelve hours of viewing, each hour packed with twists and turns, up and downs. Totally addictive.
New rules apply! Sisters in Crime’s Annual General Meeting – Carmel Shute (secretary) reports
Sisters in Crime held its much delayed Annual General Meeting yesterday (30 May) by Zoom. Thanks to the pandemic, it has been a long year since its last AGM – 19 months, in fact – but financial members rallied to the call for a big turnout (a quorum of 10%) to pass the new rules …
Launch of the 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards – with a body or three in the library
Sisters in Crime Australia is joining forces with its long-time supporter, the Melbourne Athenaeum Library, to launch its 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short crime and mystery stories by Australian women. A record $11,910 is up for grabs this year. The Melbourne Athenaeum Library has sponsored the ‘Body in the Library’ Award since 2012, …