Category Archives: Awards & Short lists

Katherine Brabon wins the 2016 Vogel Award

Posted on 01/05/2016 by Angela Savage

Earlier this week, Katherine (Kate) Brabon was announced as winner of the 2016 Vogel Literary Award for her unpublished novel, The Memory Artist. The way the award is organised meant that less than 24 hours later, Kate became a published … Continue reading →

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Davitt Awards 2015

Posted on 09/09/2015 by Angela Savage

Reproduced with permission from the Sisters in Crime Australia Inc website. I’ll add that it was a genuine pleasure on the awards night to interview Sophie Hannah, and elicit her advice to aspiring writers, which boiled down to, ‘Say yes … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists | Tagged Angela Savage, Caroline Overington, Christine Bongers, Davitt Awards 2015, Ellie Marney, Judith Rossell, Liane Moriarty, Sandi Wallace, Sophie Hannah, Sulari Gentill | 5 Comments

Scarlet Stiletto Awards shortlist 2014

Posted on 09/10/2014 by Angela Savage

I’m thrilled to share news that my short story, ‘The Elephant Thief’, has been shortlisted by Sisters in Crime Australia for the 2014 Scarlet Stiletto Awards. It’s the third time I’ve entered a story in the Scarlet Stiletto Awards. First time around was 1998, … Continue reading →

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Davitt Awards 2014 Winners

Posted on 31/08/2014 by Angela Savage

Sisters in Crime Australia last night presented the 14th Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. Although my shortlisted novel The Dying Beach didn’t win Best Adult Novel, I was delighted to see the prize go to one of my favourite Australian … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Anna Krien, Davitt Awards 2014, Ellie Marney, Felicity Pulman, Hannah Kent, Honey Brown, Jen Storer, Karen Foxlee | 11 Comments

Davitt Awards 2014 shortlist

Posted on 18/08/2014 by Angela Savage

Sisters in Crime Australia yesterday announced its shortlist for its 14th Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women, and I was thrilled to learn that The Dying Beach made this year’s shortlist for Best Adult Novel. It’s the first time a novel of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists | Tagged Angela Savage, Annie Hauxwell, Davitt Awards 2014, Ellie Marney, Hannah Kent, Honey Brown, Ilsa Evans, Katherine Howell, Lauren Beukes, Sisters in Crime Australia | 9 Comments

Ned Kelly Awards 2014 shortlist

Posted on 11/08/2014 by Angela Savage

The Australian Crime Writers Association announced the shortlist for the 2014 Ned Kelly Awards on Saturday evening at the Bendigo Writers Festival. I was absolutely thrilled to be on the spot when my latest novel The Dying Beach was included … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists | Tagged Adrian McKinty, Angela Savage, Garry Disher, Kathryn Fox, Ned Kelly Awards 2014, PM Newton, Stephen Orr, Text Publishing, The Dying Beach | 10 Comments

Turning women to crime

Posted on 21/11/2013 by Angela Savage

This article first appeared in artsHub, Thursday 14 Nov 2013. Photos are the author’s own. Twenty years ago the Scarlet Stilettos changed crime writing from a gritty macho genre to a sexy stage for women writers. Red shoes, according to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists | Tagged Amanda Wrangles, Angela Savage, Aoife Clifford, Cate Kennedy, Ellie Marney, Evelyn Tsitas, Josephine Pennicott, Phryne Fisher, Scarlet Stiletto Awards, Sisters in Crime Australia | 8 Comments

Ned Kelly Awards 2013

Posted on 10/09/2013 by Angela Savage

Geoffrey McGeachin has won the 2013 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction for Blackwattle Creek (Penguin), the sequel to The Diggers Rest Hotel, which won the same award in 2011. The award for Best First Fiction was won by Zane Lovitt … Continue reading →

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The Red Shoe

Posted on 26/11/2011 by Angela Savage

Last night I had a wonderful dream that my short story ‘The Teardrop Tattoos’ won the Sisters in Crime 18th Scarlet Stiletto Awards. Then I woke up and found on my kitchen table a scarlet stiletto mounted on a perspex … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists | Tagged Amanda Wrangles, Angela Savage, Carmel Shute, Eleanor Marney, Evelyn Tsitas, Lindy Cameron, Liz Filleul, PD Martin, red shoes, scarlet, Scarlet Stiletto Awards 2011, Sisters in Crime Australia, stiletto, The Teardrop Tattoos, Tom Waits | 15 Comments

Accounting for taste

Posted on 14/10/2011 by Angela Savage

At the risk of never eating lunch in this town again or at least not making invitation lists for future Davitt Awards and Stella Prize, I’m going to weigh into the debate about gender bias in Australian crime writing awards recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards & Short lists | Tagged Angela Savage, Australian crime writing, Bunty Avieson, Carolyn Morwood, Chloe Hooper, Colleen Egan, Davitt Awards, Dorothy Porter, Gabrielle Lord, Geesche Jacobsen, gender bias in literary awards, Katherine Howell, Lindy Cameron, Miles Franklin Awards, Ned Kelly Awards, Sisters in Crime Australia, Stella Prize, Tara Moss | 9 Comments