The 2008 Davitt Awards were presented in Melbourne, at the Celtic Club, on Friday 10th October. These awards are presented by Sisters in Crime (Australia), and aim to honour Australian crime fiction written by women. The full shortlists for these awards are available here (PDF file].
The winners were:
Fiction
Frantic by Katherine Howell
YA Fiction
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes by Mandy Sayer
True Crime
Killing Jodie by Janet Fife-Yeomans
Readers' Choice
Scarlet Stiletto - The First Cut by Lindy Cameron