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Ngaio Marsh Award 2020 winners announced

2 November 2020

Debut novelist Becky Manawatu has won the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel for Auē (Makaro Press). A novel portraying domestic violence and gang life, the book is...

Danger Prize 2020 shortlist announced

26 October 2020

The Bad: Sydney Crime Writers Festival has announced the shortlist for this year’s Danger Prize, awarded for the best book, film, podcast or TV drama about Sydney and crime. The...

Death in July festival to run in Ballarat 

22 May 2014

The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria, from 4 to 5 July. Running in...

Death in July festival to run in Ballarat 

21 May 2014

The inaugural Death in July festival for Australian women’s crime writing will be held at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Ballarat, Victoria from 4-5 July. Running in partnership with...

Mukherjee wins inaugural UK crime prize 

18 February 2014

In the UK, Abir Mukherjee has won the inaugural Telegraph Harvill Secker Prize for Crime Writing, reports the Bookseller. Mukherjee receives a publishing contract with Harvill Secker and an advance of £5000 (A$9251)...

Ngaio Marsh Award shortlist announced 

14 August 2012

The titles shortlisted for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel have been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Collecting Cooper (Paul Cleave, S&S) Luther: The Calling (Neil Cross,...

Wrangles wins 2009 Scarlet Stiletto 

30 November 2009

Victorian Amanda Wrangles has won the 2009 Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto award, presented on Friday 17 November. Wrangles, a former hairdresser who only started writing fiction a year ago,...

In brief 

18 November 2008

Book and newspaper sales up 20.5% on 2007Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for September indicate books are bucking the flat national retail trend. While retail trade figures for the...

Davitt award winners announced 

14 October 2008

The winners of this year's Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards for women's crime writing have been announced. Katherine Howell took out the Best Crime Novel prize for Frantic (Pan) at...

Ned Kelly Awards announced 

2 September 2008

Presented on Friday night in the Festival Club at the Melbourne Writers' Festival, the Ned Kelly Awards honour Australian crime writing. The 2008 winners are:FictionShatter, Michael Robotham (Little, Brown)First NovelThe...

Ned Kelly Awards shortlist announced 

29 July 2008

The shortlist for the 2008 Ned Kelly Awards for crime writing have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Best first fictionA Fraction of the Whole (Steve Toltz, Hamish...

Fyfield wins Duncan Lawrie Dagger 

15 July 2008

Frances Fyfield was announced the winner of the £20,000 (A$39,000) Duncan Lawrie Dagger for her novel Blood From Stone (Little, Brown) at an awards ceremony held in London on July...

Ned Kelly awards longlist announced 

3 June 2008

The longlist for the 2008 Ned Kelly Awards (or ‘Neddies') has been announced. Presented by The Crime Writers Association of Australia, the awards are for Best First Fiction, Best Fiction,...

Davitt award winners announced 

6 November 2007

The winners of the 2007 Davitt awards for women's crime writing, administered by Sisters in Crime, were announced in Melbourne on 2 November. Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage...