Best Novel: Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn, by Marshall Browne (Random House); Saving Billy, by Peter Corris (Allen & Unwin); Crook as Rookwood, by Chris Nyst (HarperCollins); Rubdown, by Leigh Redhead (Allen & Unwin); Five Oranges, by Graham Reilly (Hachette Livre); and The Broken Shore, by Peter Temple (Text Publishing)Best First Novel: Head Shot, by Jarad Henry (Thompson Walker); Out of Silence: A Story of Love, Betrayal, Politics and Murder, by Wendy James (Random House); and Dead Set, by Kel Robertson (Text Publishing)
Best True Crime: You’ll Never Take Me Alive, by Nick Bleszynski (Random House); In Your Face, by Rochelle Jackson (ABC Books); Norfolk: Island of Secrets, by Tim Latham (Allen & Unwin); Packing Death, by Lachlan McCulloch (Sly Ink); and And Then the Darkness, by Sue Williams (ABC Books)To find the full roster of nominees in these three categories, click here. The Neds (named in tribute to Australia’s most famous “bushranger”) will be given out on August 30 during the Age Melbourne Writers' Festival.
Meanwhile, if you would like to learn more about the current energetic state of Australian crime fiction, refer to this piece from yesterday’s Melbourne Age.
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Ned was indeed, but those of us who attended the night think we're just as tough :)
Well at least we laughed ... a lot ...
If you'd like to see a complete history of all the books nominated for the Ned Kelly's and a bit of a garbled report on the ceremony you're welcome to visit Australasian Crime Fiction:
http://www.austcrimefiction.org/index.php/Nedkelly
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