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Davitt judges’ wrangler, Jacqui Horwood, said that there had been an explosion of women’s crime writing over the past 15 years. Hannah Kent won the 2104 Davitt (Readers’ Choice) for Burial Rites “When the Davitt Awards were set up back in 2001, there were only seven books competing , though admittedly non-fiction crime books weren’t …
Submitted by Carmel on 9 May 2015 – 4:10pm The first episode Series 3 of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries screened on ABC1 on 8 May. The series is based on the novels by founding Sisters in Crime member, Kerry Greenwood, and has a huge following amongst Sisters in Crime members. The even better news is …
Submitted by Carmel on 3 May 2015 – 5:01pm New England Writers Centre is proud to announce an exciting new national literary award, the New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing The prize is for unpublished short-form crime writing in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and poetry. It has been inspired not only by New England’s …
Submitted by Carmel on 3 May 2015 – 5:22pm UK crime writer Ruth Rendell, creator of the Inspector Wexford series, has died at the age of 85, following a stroke in January. Rendell, who also wrote psychological thrillers under the name of Barbara Vine, was the author of more than 60 novels. Her rival and …
Submitted by Carmel on 24 April 2015 – 6:58pm Publishers have to Friday May 1 to enter Sisters in Crime Australia’s 15th Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books by Australian women. Honey Brown – 2014 Davitt (Best Novel) winner Six Davitt Awards will be presented at gala dinner in Melbourne on Saturday …
Submitted by Carmel on 24 April 2015 – 7:11pm Sisters in Crime Australia has presented its first Lifetime Membership Awards – to Vivienne Colmer and Robin Bowles on 13 March and to Phyllis King on 17 April. Each recipient received a red Sisters in Crime Lifetime Membership card and a framed pulp-style book cover designed by …
Submitted by Carmel on 17 April 2015 – 5:13pm Series 3 of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries starts 8.30pm Friday 8 May on ABC1 – and it’s part of a much wider Festival of Phryne. Hooray! Returning to Rippon Lea House & Gardens in Melbourne on Friday 1 May is with a major new exhibition featuring …
Author: Katherine Howell Publisher: Pan MacMillan Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Ruth Wykes Book Synopsis: In Murder in Suburbia true-crime author Emily Webb has investigated a number of cases that most people won’t have heard about. Emily Webb has tackled some of the most bizarre crimes in Australia, those that leave investigators scratching their heads. As the title suggests, most …
Author: Katherine Howell Publisher: Pan MacMillan Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Ruth Wykes Book Synopsis: Deserving Death is the seventh in Katherine Howell’s series of Detective Ella Marconi books. For those unfamiliar with the series, Katherine writes about paramedics, and the crimes they encounter –and sometimes create. Deserving Death opens with the disappearance of a young, female paramedic, the second …
Author: Josephine Pennicott Publisher: Pan MacMillan Australia Copyright Year: 2014 Review By: Diana Olsberg Book Synopsis: This is an enchanting book. Enchanting because of the wonderfully detailed descriptions of life in Sydney and in the nearby Blue Mountains immediately following the end of World War II. But also enchanting because of the carefully unfolding mysteries of the extraordinarily engaging characters …