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Friday, July 26, 2024

Giving Women Their Due

Sisters in Crime Australia has released its shortlists of nominees for the 24th Davitt Awards. There are four categories of “best crime and mystery books”: Adult Novels, Non-fiction, Young Adult Novels, and Children’s Novels. Here are the Adult Novels candidates:

The Chasm, by Bronwyn Hall (HQ Fiction)
The Tea Ladies, by Amanda Hampson (Penguin Random House)
The Half Brother, by Christine Keighery (Ultimo Press)
Prima Facie, by Suzie Miller (Pan Macmillan Australia)
Exquisite Corpse, by Marija Pericic (Ultimo Press)
The Fall Between, by Darcy Tindale Penguin Random House)
When One of Us Hurts, by Mnica Vuu, (Pan Macmillan Australia)

In addition, there will be a prize given for Best Debut Novel, plus a Davitt Readers’ Choice Award, the recipient of which is to be selected by members of Sisters in Crime Australia.

This year’s winners will be declared during a “gala dinner” held at South Melbourne’s Rising Sun Hotel on Saturday, August 31.

The Davitt Awards have been presented since 2001, and are named for Ellen Davitt (1812-1879), Australia’s first crime novelist.

(Hat tip to In Reference to Murder.)

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