Tag Archives: Ellie Marney

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

Author blog hop

Posted on 04/12/2014 by Angela Savage

It’s my pleasure today to participate in the Meet My Character blog hop tour at the invitation of my Text Publishing stablemate Anne Buist. Anne is a shocking overachiever. Chair of Women’s Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, she … Continue reading →

Tagged Andrew Nette, Angela Savage, Anne Buist, Australian writers, crime fiction, Ellie Marney, surrogacy | 6 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

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

Festival: Melbourne Writers Festival 2014

Posted on 08/08/2014 by Angela Savage

I am delighted to be chairing three crime panels at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festivals and, frankly, it’s an embarrassment of riches. I get to interview David Whish-Wilson and Adrian McKinty and Welsh author John Williams all on the same panel. Then a week … Continue reading →

Posted in Literary Festival | Tagged Adrian McKinty, Angela Savage, David Whish-Wilson, Ellie Marney, John Williams, Lauren Beukes, Lili Wilkinson, Melbourne Writers Festival 2014, Terry Hayes | 7 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

Awesome Authors: Ellie Marney

Posted on 10/06/2014 by Angela Savage

It’s my pleasure to welcome to this blog YA crime writer Ellie Marney. Ellie’s debut novel, Every Breath, garnered terrific reviews when it was released in 2013, and will be published in Canada and the US later this year. The … Continue reading →

Tagged Angela Savage, Australian crime fiction, Australian Women Writers, crime fiction, Ellie Marney, Every Breath, Every Word, YA | 3 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 →