Carmel Shute
Wondering what to read in 2018? The answer is easy: Scarlet Stiletto: The Ninth Cut, the collection of winning stories from this year’s short story competition, edited by Phyllis King. It’s a superb collection of page-turning crime and mystery stories in which fabulous female protagonists solve – and sometimes perpetrate – all kinds of crimes. It is a thrilling …
Sisters in Crime held its 2017 Annual General meeting on 27 October. Four convenors did not stand again: Ann Byrne, Robyn Byrne, Sandra Nicholson, and Janice Simpson. The following members were elected as National Convenors: Lindy Cameron (President), Robyn Walton (Vice-President), Carmel Shute (Secretary), Carmel Boyce (Treasurer – photo featured), Caz Brown, Moraig Kisler, Michaela …
On 27 October at South Melbourne’s Rising Sun, authors Emma Viskic, Anna Snoekstra and J. M. Green had fun discussing how to triumph over the second novel with Maggie Baron. Here’s a summary of their advice Emma Viskic, author of the multi-award winning Resurrection Bay and, in August, And Fire Came Down (both Bonnier Publishing) …
The New England Writers’ Centre is delighted to announce the results of the 2017 New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing. The New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing is a national award for unpublished short-form crime writing in three main categories: Fiction, sponsored by the School of Arts, University of New England; Non-Fiction, sponsored …
Sisters in Crime National Co-convenor, Robyn Walton, spoke to J.M. Green, about the latest novel in her Stella Hardy series, Too Easy (Scribe, 2017). Like her social worker sleuth, Green lives in Melbourne’s Western suburbs. J.M., congratulations on your new novel. As a reviewer commented on your first book in the Stella Hardy series, you …
Sisters in Crime asked authors and convenors which two books they’d recommend for holiday reading. Here’s what they said: ANN BYRNE (Sisters in Crime Life Member) The Long Drop – Denise Mina (Penguin Books Australia – 2017) : The Long Drop is Denise Mina’s first foray into true crime. It is the story of Peter …
Retiring Sisters in Crime convenor, Ann Byrne, was presented with a a Lifetime Membership at Sisters in Crime’s AGM on 27 October. Secretary Carmel Shute awarded the Lifetime Membership yo Ann along with a framed ‘book cover’ designed by fellow convenor, Caz Brown. Carmel said: “This means Ann’s notched up 10 year service as a …
Sisters in Crime sends its warmest congratulations to Jane Harper who yesterday won the Crime Writers’ Association of Britain’s top crime writing award, the Gold Dagger. Jane won two Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards (Best Adult Novel and Readers’ Choice) in August and then a week later took out the Ned Kelly Award for Best First …
Sisters in Crime in delighted to announce that Sigrid Thornton, icon of Australian screen, television and stage, will present its 24th Scarlet Stiletto Short Story Awards on Saturday 18 November at Swinburne University of Technology, following champagne and canapés at 6pm. Before presenting the awards, Sigrid Thornton will discuss her ‘life in crime’ (and much …
Karen M. Davis: If I had been asked ten years ago if I would ever write a book, I would have laughed and said that I didn’t have the inclination or the know-how. However, I’ve learned that real life is unpredictable and truly stranger than fiction. I started writing as therapy and unexpectedly found an …