Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (Cemetery Dance Publications), by Australian author Terry Dowling, is the joint winner of the International Horror Guild's award for best collection.
Dowling wins international Horror Guild Award
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (Cemetery Dance Publications), by Australian author Terry Dowling, is the joint winner of the International Horror Guild's award for best collection.
Dowling's collection tied with Glen Hirshberg's American Morons (Earthling Publications) at the awards announced at the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Sprints, New York.
Fellow Australian Will Elliott was also nominated for an award but his novel The Pilo Family Circus (ABC Books) was beaten by The Unblemished (Conrad Williams, Virgin Books) in the best novel category--as was Stephen King's Lisey's Story (Hodder).
However Elliot was satisfied with his nomination. ‘On of the main things I was hoping would come of this was an American rights sale. Thankfully that was confirmed earlier this week.'
The International Horror Guild Awards have been presented annually since 1995. To view the full list of winners click on the awards website here.
Davitt Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2007 Davitt awards for women's crime writing, administered by Sisters in Crime, were announced in Melbourne on 2 November.
Silent Death: The Killing of Julie Ramage by Karen Kissane (Hachette Livre Australia), law and justice editor of the Age newspaper, won best true crime and tied with Kerry Greenwood's Devil's Food (A&U) in the readers' choice category.
Undertow (Sydney Bower, Pan) won best adult crime novel and The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie (Jaclyn Moriarty, Pan) won best young adult crime novel.
Bedford joins Kibble judging panel
Australian novelist Jean Bedford has joined the judging panel for the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, following the retirement of Elizabeth Webby as chair of the judging panel. ‘Jean Bedford is a well-known and highly regarded author and teacher of creative writing,' said Webby. ‘She is also an experienced judge of literary competitions and will be a great addition to the Kibble panel.' The Kibble Literary Award, worth $20,000, recognises the work of an established Australian woman writer, with the associated Dobbie Literary Award, worth $2500, recognising the work of a first published Australian woman writer.
'Mr Pip' on IMPAC Award longlist
Mr Pip by Lloyd Jones (Text/Penguin NZ) is one of the 137 titles on the longlist for the 2008 Dublin IMPAC literary award. The shortlist will be released in April next year, with the winner of the €100,000 prize announced in June.