{"id":82430,"date":"2018-08-14T17:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T06:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=82430"},"modified":"2018-08-14T17:39:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T06:39:45","slug":"davitt-awards-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2018\/08\/14\/davitt-awards-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Sisters in Crime: Davitt Awards 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Viskic has won Best Adult Novel at this year&#8217;s Davitt Awards!<\/p>\n<p>The Davitt Awards\u00a0 &#8211; which were named in honour of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/force-and-fraud-ellen-davitt\/prod9780987625328.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\">Ellen Davitt<\/a>, author of Australia&#8217;s first mystery novel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/force-and-fraud-ellen-davitt\/prod9780987625328.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>Force and Fraud<\/em><\/a>) &#8211; are presented each year by the Sisters in Crime association. The awards\u00a0celebrate Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults.<\/p>\n<p>Emma Viskic won three Davitts and a Ned Kelly Award for her first novel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/resurrection-bay-emma-viskic\/prod9781760406943.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>Resurrections Bay<\/em><\/a>, which has this year been nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger and New Blood awards. Her Caleb Zelic series have been optioned for a TV adaptation in the US.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2018And Fire Came Down last night won the best adult crime novel award in this year&#8217;s Davitts\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h47BCwOUWO\">https:\/\/t.co\/h47BCwOUWO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are so proud to publish this incredible series by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaViskic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EmmaViskic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Echo Publishing (@echo_publishing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/echo_publishing\/status\/1028427553961177088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCrime fiction shines a light on the murky business of being human. It can entertain us, thrill and distract us, but it can also explore why people do such terrible and wonderful things.&#8221; &#8211; Emma Viskic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sarah Bailey, author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-dark-lake-sarah-bailey\/prod9781760295899.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>The Dark Lake<\/em><\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/into-the-night-sarah-bailey\/prod9781760297480.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em> Into the Night<\/em><\/a> won the award for Best Debut Novel (for <em>The Dark Lake)<\/em>.\u00a0 The Reader&#8217;s Choice award went to Jane Harper for her second novel in the Aaron Falk series, <em>Force of Nature<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/janeharperautho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@janeharperautho<\/a> on her third <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SistersinCrimeA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SistersinCrimeA<\/a> Davitt Award win! Her latest novel FORCE OF NATURE took home this year&#8217;s Readers\u2019 Choice award. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8E1E05wWd2\">pic.twitter.com\/8E1E05wWd2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pan Macmillan Aus (@MacmillanAus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacmillanAus\/status\/1029187148803534850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the awards for Best Young Adult Novel and Best Children&#8217;s Novel went to Vikki Wakefield and Allison Ruby.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the winning titles from the 2018 Davitt Awards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Adult Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/and-fire-came-down-emma-viskic\/prod9781760402945.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>And Fire Came Down<\/em> by Emma Viskic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Debut Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-dark-lake-sarah-bailey\/prod9781760632977.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>The Dark Lake <\/em>by Sarah Bailey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reader&#8217;s Choice Award<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/force-of-nature-jane-harper\/prod9781760554767.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\">Force of Nature by Jane Harper<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Non Fiction<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/whiteley-on-trial-gabriella-coslovich\/prod9780522869231.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>Whiteley on Tria<\/em>l by Gabriella Coslovich<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Young Adult Novel<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/ballad-for-a-mad-girl-vikki-wakefield\/prod9781925355291.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>Ballad for a Mad<\/em> Girl by\u00a0Vikki Wakefield<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Children&#8217;s Novel<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/the-turnkey-allison-rushby\/prod9781925126921.html?utm_source=booktopian&amp;utm_medium=booktopian&amp;utm_campaign=davitt_awards_2018\"><em>The Turnkey<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Allison Rushby<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nCongratulations to all the winners and nominees!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emma Viskic has won Best Adult Novel at this year&#8217;s Davitt Awards! The Davitt Awards\u00a0 &#8211; which were named in honour of Ellen Davitt, author of Australia&#8217;s first mystery novel (Force and Fraud) &#8211; are presented each year by the Sisters in Crime association. The awards\u00a0celebrate Australian crime fiction, by women, for both adults and young adults. Emma Viskic won three Davitts and a Ned Kelly Award for her first novel, Resurrections Bay, which has this year been nominated for the CWA Gold Dagger and New Blood awards. Her Caleb Zelic series have been optioned for a TV adaptation in the US. \u2018And Fire Came Down last night won the best adult crime novel award in this year&#8217;s Davitts\u2019https:\/\/t.co\/h47BCwOUWO We are so proud to publish this incredible series by @EmmaViskic. \u2014 Echo Publishing (@echo_publishing) August 11, 2018 \u201cCrime fiction shines a light on the murky business of being human. It can entertain us, thrill and distract us, but it can also explore why people do such terrible and wonderful things.&#8221; &#8211; Emma Viskic Sarah Bailey, author of The Dark Lake and Into the Night won the award for Best Debut Novel (for The Dark Lake).\u00a0 The Reader&#8217;s Choice award went&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":82434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[9105,721,6964,1832,7214,7439,6965,6386],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/davitts-social.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82430"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82449,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82430\/revisions\/82449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}