IRISH INDEPENDENT CRIME FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR

The An Post Irish Book Award winners were revealed on November 22. The winner in the Crime Fiction category is Liz Nugent.

Winner

• Strange Sally Diamond – Liz Nugent (Sandycove)

Other Shortlisted Novels

• The Lock-Up – John Banville (Faber and Faber)
• The Close – Jane Casey (Harper Fiction)
• Kill for Me, Kill for You – Steve Cavanagh (Headline)
• No One Saw a Thing – Andrea Mara (Bantam, Transworld)
• The Trap – Catherine Ryan Howard (Bantam, Transworld)

NED KELLY AWARDS

The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards winners.

The Ned Kelly Awards are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, established in 1995.

BEST TRUE CRIME

• Betrayed by Sandi Logan

BEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME FICTION

(Published in Australia)

• The Lemon Man by Keith Bruton

BEST DEBUT CRIME FICTION

• Wake by Shelley Burr

BEST CRIME FICTION

• Exiles by Jane Harper