First Books Take Top Honors

I missed this bit of news from Down Under, so I’m grateful to In Reference to Murder for bringing me (and you, I presume) up to speed:

Debut books in the crime and mystery genre won all six awards in the Australia Sisters in Crime’s 22nd Davitt Awards this past weekend. The annual awards for best Aussie women’s crime books were presented by award-winning journalist and true crime writer, Louise Milligan, at a gala dinner at South Melbourne’s Rising Sun Hotel, the first live ceremony since 2019. The winners include: Best Adult Novel: Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy; Best Young Adult Novel: The Gaps by Leanne Hall; Best Children's Novel: The Detective's Guide to Ocean Travel by Nicki Greenberg; Best Debut Book and Readers' Choice: Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz; and Best Non-Fiction Book: The Winter Road: A Story of Legacy, Land and a Killing at Croppa Creek by Kate Holden.

Click here to learn more about this latest set of prize winners.