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Saturday, August 30, 2008

2008 Ned Kelly Award - Winners

The CWAA 2008 Ned Kelly Awards were announced last night at the Melbourne Writers Festival.

Best Crime Fiction

Shatter by Michael Robotham

Best First Crime Novel

The Low Road by Chris Womersley

Best Non-Fiction

Red Centre, Dead Heart by Evan McHugh

Lifetime Achievement Award

Marele Day

This is Michael Robotham's second Ned Kelly Award after taking out the 2005 Ned with his second novel LOST and a very deserved winner.

I'm also very pleased to see that Chris Womersley picked up the Ned - lovely to see such a noir work get recognised. It's a win that I picked up while reading the book, the proof is in my review of The Low Road..."If ever there were a book that screams Ned Kelly Award contender then this is it" - a pat on the back for Damien.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, congratulations to the winners! It was a fantastic night too: Leigh Redhead's performance in the debate - both her speech and the dance - shall never be forgotten.

Damien said...

Hi Katherine

Sounds like an enjoyable night all round. Could there be an award for best dancing crime writer in the offing?

Anonymous said...

Hi Damien,
good idea - there should be! Though Leigh would win it easily :)