Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Doling Out Davitts

During my time away over the last several days, attending Bouchercon in New Orleans (more on that later), Sisters in Crime Australia announced the winners of this year’s Davitt Awards for the best crime books written by Australian women. There were six categories of recipients. Below are the results for Adult Crime Novel.

Winner: To the River, by Vikki Wakefield (Text)

Also nominated: The Rewilding, by Donna M. Cameron (Transit Lounge); Safe Haven, by Shankari Chandran (Ultimo Press); What I Would Do to You, by Georgia Harper (Random House Australia); and Highway 13, by Fiona McFarlane (Allen & Unwin).

To see the complete Davitt results, click here or here.

The Davitt Awards are named for Ellen Davitt (1812-1879), Australia’s first crime novelist. Previous winners are recorded here.

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