2015 Davitt Awards

The 2015 Davitt Awards were announced on Saturday 15^th August in Melbourne.  The Awards are now in their 15^th year and author Sophie Hannah presented the Awards at the gala dinner.

Adult Fiction

Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Young Adult Fiction
Every Word by Ellie Marney (Allen & Unwin)

Children’s Novels

Withering-by-Sea by Judith Rossell (HarperCollins Australia)

Non Fiction

Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington (HarperCollins Australia)

Debut Novel
Intruder by Christine Bongers (Woolshed Press – a Random House imprint)

The awards are named in honour of Ellen Davitt (1812-1879) who wrote Australia’s first mystery novel, Force and Fraud, in 1865.

The shortlist of all the nominated books can be found here.

Congratulations to all the winners!