Davitt Awards: Winners 2025
7 books received honours in the prestigious 25th Davitt Awards, for the best crime books written by women during calendar year 2024.
Sara Hood
AGM is called for 2025
Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Sisters in Crime Australia Inc. will be held on: Friday, 24th October 2025, at 9.45 pm at The Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne, 3205.
Fabulous, feisty, fun & Phryne: Celebrating the life of Kerry Greenwood
Join us for High Tea at Phryne Fisher’s favourite hotel, The Windsor. Celebrate the life and legacy of the wonderful Kerry Greenwood.
It’s All About the Idea: Jane Caro
Where did the idea for Jane Caro’s new novel come from? Sometimes the idea comes easy, and sometimes it doesn’t. Here she tells all….
Searching for volunteers to help with our communications
Why not get more involved? Sisters in Crime Australia is searching for volunteers to help with our communications. It could be a one off project (the comms for the Davitt Awards for example) or why not stand as the convenor responsible for communications?
32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards: Categories
The Scarlet Stiletto Awards has several categories. You can enter as many as you think are relevant for no extra cost. Here are the category definitions: Art and CrimeThe story involves art and crime. It can include artists, the art world, galleries, art collections, museums, theft,fakes, fraud, forgeries or heists. Art forms include painting, drawing, …
32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards: FAQ
Here are some regularly asked questions with their answers. If I enter two stories, do I pay two entry fees?Yes. Supply an entry form for each story and attach a cover page to each story. Has the submission procedure changed?Yes. You no longer have to submit a hard copy. For each story, please email a …
A stunning new voice: Angie Faye Martin
Melaleuca is a beautifully written, absorbing crime novel that introduces us to a stunning new voice to Australian women’s crime fiction. Angie Faye Martin is a stunning new voice and here she writes about how she got to here and why.
Developing complex characters: Joanna Jenkins
Does anyone think they’re bad? That’s the question Joanne Jenkins asks. Read here how she researched this (most unusual!) and how it informed her development of complex characters.
Davitt Awards: Award Ceremony
7 books received honours in the prestigious 25th Davitt Awards, for the best crime books written by women during calendar year 2024.