Davitt Awards 2025

Celebrating 25 years of excellence in crime writing by Australian women. Entries are now open for the 25th Annual Davitt Awardsfor the best Australian womens’ crime and mystery books of 2024 For a quarter of a century, Sisters in Crime Australia has been shining a spotlight on the incredible achievements of women crime writers – …

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25th Davitt Awards: how to enter

For the best Australian women’s crime and mystery books of 2024 Note: contact details have changed. All enquiries should be sent to the judge co-ordinator Ruth Wykes. ENTRY FEES Save 33% with EarlyBird entries from 1-30 November 2024. Full fee entries from 1 December 2024 to 31 January 2025. Entry fees are: $20 per book …

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The Crime Stack: Cut by Susan White

For the October Crime Stack, Affirm Press has kindly offered 20 copies of Cut by Melbourne author and medical doctor Susan White. Cut is a thrilling, provocative novel set against the backdrop of a major Melbourne hospital’s surgical team in the time before #metoo blew the lid off institutionalised misogyny and sexism. Be a member and be in the running to win!

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The Crime Stack: The Shadow House by Anna Downes

For the June Crime Stack, Affirm Press has kindly offered 20 copies of The Shadow House, a haunting psychological thriller from Anne Downes. When single mother Alex flees her abusive relationship and moves with her teenage son and baby girl to a rural ecovillage, she thinks she’s made the best decision of her life. But her arrival at Pine Ridge disturbs barely submerged secrets and this time there may be nowhere else to run.

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