The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlists for the 2024 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The Winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 9 May 2024. The Awards will be held in Melbourne, at Zinc Fed Square with Early Bird Tickets available from 21 March 2024 and General Tickets going on …
The winners of the 23rd Sisters In Crime Davitt Awards for crime and mystery books were announced an presented on Saturday 2nd September. The range of themes were diverse covering locales from the most remote parts of Australia to the crowded of our biggest cities. Best Adult NovelAll That’s Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction) by Tracey Lien (New York) Best Young …
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlisted titles for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlists for the awards’ four categories include the following titles: Best Crime Fiction When We Fall by Aoife CliffordThe Tilt by Chris HammerExiles by Jane HarperSoulmate by Sally HepworthSeven Sister by Katherine KovacicLying Beside You by Michael RobothamThose Who Perish by Emma ViskicThe Carnival Is Over …
Thirty-three books have made it to Sisters in Crime’s longlist for its 23rd Davitt Awards for the best crime and mystery books published by women in 2022. “It’s a long longlist,” admitted Judging coordinator, Dr Philomena Horsley, “but the overall number of books competing is 144, including a formidable 101 adult novels. And what’s even more remarkable is the …
The Ned Kelly Awards, awarded by the Australian Crime Writers Association have been announced for 2022 with the ACWA chair Karina Kilmore congratulating all 135 authors who entered this year’s award. The full details are included in the announcement below: The Australian Crime Writers Association received 135 entries for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards, in another strong …
The amazing growth of crime fiction from the pens of Australia’s female authors continued in 2021/22 with an astounding 169 books longlisted for the 2022 Davitt Awards. From this list a shortlist of 33 titles have been chosen by the Sisters In Crime Australia judges across 5 categories. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Adult Crime …
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. The shortlist has been whittled down from 135 entries across the categories. The award winners will be announced in a ceremony in August. The shortlisted books, authors and publishers are as follows: Best Crime FictionThe Enemy Within by Tim Ayliffe …
The shortlist for this year’s (2020) Voss Literary Prize has been announced and it includes Andrew McGahan’s The Rich Man’s House from the crime genre. The shortlisted titles are:Crossings by Alex LandraginThe Rich Man’s House by Andrew McGahanThe Palace of Angels by Mohammed Massoud MorsiThe Trespassers by Meg MundellExploded View by Carrie TiffanyThe Yield by Tara June …
Huge congratulations go to Michael Robotham for winning the British Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for the second time. It’s great to see one of Australia’s foremost crime/thriller writers getting the credit he so richly deserves and this award adds to the ever-expanding swag of booty that his books are stowing away. He joins an …
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