About this Event
6.00pm for 6.30pm Saturday 31 August -
Bookings essential by Wednesday 28 August, 12 pm.
Frock up (or suit up) and join us for an à la carte dinner as we present Sisters in Crime’s annual Davitt Awards.
This year, our guest presenter is award-winning author and global publishing phenomenon, Sulari Gentill, who will discuss her life in crime with Sisters in Crime’s president and author, Kelly Gardiner, before presenting six awards.
An amazing 152 books written by Australian women and published in 2023 are competing for Davitt’s in six categories: Best Adult Crime Novel, Best Children’s Crime Novel, Best Young Adult Crime Novel, Best True Crime Book, Best Debut Book (any category) and Readers’ Choice, as judged by the 600+ members of Sisters in Crime.
is the award-winning, best-selling author of 16 published novels. Her body of work includes The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, The Hero Trilogy, After She Wrote Him (which won the 2018 Ned Kelly Award), and the USA Today bestseller, The Woman in the Library, which was the winner of the Crime Lovers Best Novel by an independent publisher award, an Edgar Award nominee, a New York Times recommended read, a Goodreads most anticipated read, an Amazon editor’s pick and a CrimeReads best book of June. Her latest release is The Mystery Writer, an Amazon editor’s pick, an American Library Pick for March, and a Midwest Independent Booksellers bestseller. Sulari lives in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains with her family and a very indulged and beloved menagerie.
writes historical fiction, fantasy, and crime fiction for all ages. Her latest series is The Firewatcher Chronicles and her other books include 1917, shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Young People’s History Prize; Act of Faith and The Sultan’s Eyes, both shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards; and the Swashbuckler pirate trilogy. Goddess, a novel based on the life of the queer, sword-fighting, cross-dressing opera star, Mademoiselle de Maupin, is being adapted for the screen. Her Austen-inspired crime novel, Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, co-authored with Sharmini Kumar, will be out early 2025.
Kelly taught creative writing for many years and is now writing full-time. She is President of Sisters in Crime Australia and Deputy Chair of the Australian Society of Authors.
Tickets: Entry and dinner combined charge: $60 non-members; $55 concession; $52 Sisters in Crime and Writers Victoria members, $50 under 19.
Bookings essential by Wednesday 28 August, 12 pm: insert link
Book individually or in groups of up to 10. Men or ‘brothers-in-Law’ welcome.
Venue: The Rising Sun Hotel (upstairs – no lift), cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne. Free on-street parking. Trams 1, 12 or 55 or St Kilda Road trams.
Sun Bookshop stall: Members receive a 10% discount.
Additional information: Carmel Shute, Secretary & National Co-convenor: 0412 569 356; [email protected];Sun Bookshop stall : Sisters in Crime members receive a 10% discount
Venue: Rising Sun Hotel (upstairs – no lift), cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne. Free on-street parking.Trams 1, 12 or 55 or St Kilda Road trams
Additional information
Carmel Shute, Secretary, and National Convenor: 0412 569 356 or [email protected]; www.sistersincrime.org.au
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne, Australia
AUD 55.00 to AUD 62.00
