Category Archives: Sisters in Crime

SheKilda 3…where a criminally good time was had by all

Posted on 11/12/2016 by Angela Savage

This post is based on an article that appeared on the Sisters in Crime Australia website, with editorial comments as noted. Sisters in Crime celebrated its 25th birthday in style at SheKilda3: One-day Crime Spree at St Kilda Town Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Festival, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Andrew Nette, Angela Savage, Anna George, comedy debate, Honey Brown, Jock Serong, Leigh Redhead, Robert Gott, Scarlet Stiletto Awards, SheKilda 3, Sisters in Crime Australia, Vikki Petraitis, Wendy James | 8 Comments

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

Death in July wrap up

Posted on 06/07/2014 by Angela Savage

I’m still on a high following Death in July. That sounds so wrong, but it feels so right. This inaugural festival to celebrate Australian women’s crime fiction in Ballarat, a collaboration between Sisters in Crime and Ballarat Writers was by all … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Festival, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Andrew Grimes, Angela Savage, Annie Hauxwell, Ballarat Writers, Death in July, Ellie Marney, Leigh Redhead, Liz Porter, Nansi Kunze, Simmone Howell | 23 Comments

Festival: Death in July

Posted on 27/06/2014 by Angela Savage

Next weekend I head to Ballarat for Death in July: A Festival of Women’s Crime Writing. A collaboration between Sisters in Crime Australia and Ballarat Writers Inc, Death in July is a celebration of Australian women’s crime writing designed to get the blood pumping despite … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Festival, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Angela Savage, Australian Women Writers, Ballarat, crime fiction, Death in July, Ellie Marney, Leigh Redhead, Sisters in Crime Australia | 16 Comments

Sisters in Crime: Across all worlds

Posted on 17/07/2013 by Angela Savage

I am very excited to be part of Sisters in Crime: Across all worlds, a panel discussion to be chaired by one of my favourite Australian crime writers Leigh Redhead, this Friday 19 July 2013. I’ll be sharing the panel with … Continue reading →

Posted in Sisters in Crime | Tagged Angela Savage, Annie Hauxwell, Leigh Redhead, Melanie Casey, Sisters in Crime Australia | 6 Comments

Jump cuts

Posted on 08/11/2011 by Angela Savage

I’m excited to announce that my short story ‘The Teardrop Tattoos’, has been shortlisted for the 2011 Sisters in Crime Scarlet Stiletto Awards. The story is a change of pace for me. Unlike my novels, which are set in Thailand, … Continue reading →

Posted in Sisters in Crime | Tagged Amazon, Angela Savage, e-book, PM Newton, Scarlet Stiletto Awards 2011, Sophie Cunningham, Stuart Littlemore, The Half-Child, The Wheeler Centre, why e-books are cool | 2 Comments

SheKilda all right

Posted on 10/10/2011 by Angela Savage

A couple of things struck me–fortunately neither a blunt object nor a stiletto–at the SheKilda Australian Women’s Crime Convention in Melbourne last weekend. So many women, including distinguished and established writers, talked about their fears and doubts when it came … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Festival, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Amanda Wrangles, Angela Savage, Carolyn Morwood, Davitt Awards 2011, Felicity Pulman, Judith Rodriguez, Katherine Howell, Kathryn Fox, Kerry Greenwood, Kylie Fox, LA Larkin, Leigh Redhead, Lindy Cameron, Malla Nunn, Margie Orford, Nicole Watson, PD Martin, PM Newton, SheKilda, Sisters in Crime Australia, Sulari Gentill, Tara Moss, women writers, work-life balance, working mother, YA Erskine | 5 Comments

SheKilda Again

Posted on 02/10/2011 by Angela Savage

In 2001, the Sisters in Crime Australia celebrated their tenth anniversary by holding the country’s first crime convention in the St Kilda Town Hall in Melbourne; hence the name, SheKilda. Rumour has it the SheKilda organising committee took a decade … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Festival, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Angela Savage, Carl Williams trial, Charlie's Angels, Cluedo, Honey Brown, Kerry Greenwood, Leigh Redhead, Lindy Cameron, PD Martin, SheKilda, SheKilda Again, Sisters in Crime Australia, State Library of Victoria, Stephen A Russell | 2 Comments

Book review: Labyrinth of Drowning

Posted on 09/05/2011 by Angela Savage

I recently completed several book reviews for Sisters in Crime, the first of which was by award winning author Alex Palmer. Speaking of awards, my novel The Half-Child is in the running in this year’s Davitt Awards and has been nominated … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews & Interviews, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Alex Palmer, Aussie Author Challenge, book review, Davitt Awards 2011, Ned Kelly Awards 2011, The Labyrinth of Drowning | Leave a comment

Crime & Justice Festival de-brief 2009

Posted on 21/07/2009 by Angela Savage

I enjoyed the 2009 Crime & Justice Festival even more than last year’s. The crowds were bigger, the venue warmer, and it helped not being jet-lagged for the duration. I was facilitating panels rather than being a panelist this year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Angela Savage, Books, crime fiction, Literary Festival, Sisters in Crime | Tagged Crime and Justice Festival, crime fiction, Fiona McIntosh, Garry Disher, Nick Gadd, Robert Gott, Robert Sims, Vikki Petraitis | 2 Comments