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Applause: Latest awards and celebrations

Sisters in Crime Davitt winners; Copyright Agency grants; Sunshine Coast Arts Prize; Kennedy Prize announced; and more.

4 Sep 2019

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Writing and Publishing

Australian women crime writers are enjoying massive popularity; image Shutterstock.

Perth-based author Dervla McTiernan won the best adult novel award for her debut Irish police procedural, The Rúin (HarperCollins Publishers Australia) at Sisters in Crime’s 19th Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women last weekend.

McTiernan is one of the many Australian women’s crime writers enjoying massive popularity and attracting world-wide attention, said Davitt convenor Jacqui Horwood.

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