by bernadetteinoz | Feb 20, 2015 | Round-ups
From the crime genre perspective there’s been a peculiar start to the fourth Australian Women Writers Challenge. While there have been a healthy 25 reviews posted not a single book has been reviewed multiple times. I don’t remember this ever happening...
by Marisa Wikramanayake | May 16, 2014 | Interviews
A fan once told Marianne de Pierres that she was getting a tattoo of her book title because it was what turned her onto reading. It’s not surprising that she engenders such a reaction from a large loyal fanbase – the first time I met her was at a...
by bernadetteinoz | Jan 17, 2014 | Round-ups, Yearly wrap-up
Once again mysteries, thrillers, romantic suspense novels, detective stories (and the very occasional true crime book) have featured fairly heavily in the Australian Women Writers challenge, garnering an official total of 169 reviews and generating the following...
by bernadetteinoz | Oct 18, 2013 | Round-ups
In the two months since the last roundup of crime, mystery and thriller books 16 reviews have been added to the genre’s tally for the year. A third of them were for Jaye Ford’s latest psychological suspense novel BLOOD SECRET, making it the most popular...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Sep 1, 2012 | Article, News
The 2012 Davitt Awards will be announced tonight at a dinner in Melbourne. The Davitts are a national crime writing award sponsored by Sisters in Crime Australia. They are awarded each year for the best crime books by Australian women. The categories are best Adult...
