Friday 8 – Sunday 10 September, 2023 I am so looking forward to travelling to regional Victoria for the Port Fairy Literary Weekend, and this event! Get more info and tickets at the link below. Time and Location09 Sept, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pmThe Sentinel, 20 Bank St, Port Fairy About the EventAs our moderatorContinue reading “Upcoming event – Port Fairy Literary Weekend, VIC.”
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Dirt Town makes the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award longlist
Dirt Town has been nominated for one of Australia’s oldest and most esteemed literary awards. As per the award website: “15 books have been longlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, including an art book and an encyclopaedic dictionary… It is worth emphasising that the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award is theContinue reading “Dirt Town makes the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award longlist”
Dirt Town wins the prestigious ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
Dirt Town has won the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger for a debut book for 2023, presented on a Thursday evening in London, and I only wish I could have been there for the awards dinner! It’s an honour to have my book selected, and I’m over the moon because I know this award will helpContinue reading “Dirt Town wins the prestigious ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger”
Upcoming event – Book Chat at The Book Cow, Kingston (ACT)
Sunday 25 June, 2023 I’ll be talking about Dirt Town with the wonderful Peter Papathanasiou on Sunday in Canberra, thanks to The Book Cow, Kingston. I imagine it will be cold in the ACT, but I can’t think of anything more warm and lovely than spending a Sunday afternoon indoors, talking about books… If you’reContinue reading “Upcoming event – Book Chat at The Book Cow, Kingston (ACT)”
Upcoming event – Storyfest, Ulladulla, NSW.
15 – 18 June, 2023. I’m delighted to have been invited to Storyfest in Ulladulla this weekend. In addition to my own event with Chris Hammer and Dave Warner on the Sunday, there’s a bunch of panels I’m itching to see (writers I’m keen to catch include Jackie Bailey, Clare Fletcher, Eleanor Limprecht, Lee Kofman,Continue reading “Upcoming event – Storyfest, Ulladulla, NSW.”
Watch/listen: Barnes & Noble Midday Mystery – DIRT CREEK
I’m delighted to announce that Dirt Creek is the Barnes & Noble Mystery & Thriller pick for the month of June! This is a big deal, and it’s been so lovely to see my book featured at Barnes & Nobles across the USA. To celebrate, I’ll be chatting with Alex Segura, author of Secret Identity:Continue reading “Watch/listen: Barnes & Noble Midday Mystery – DIRT CREEK”
Dirt Town wins General Fiction Book of the Year at the ABIAs
Dirt Town has won the General Fiction Book of the Year award at the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs)! The ABIAs are highly respected in our industry, and to be acknowledged among so many talented authors is truly humbling. I want to express my gratitude to the ABIA judges for selecting Dirt Town fromContinue reading “Dirt Town wins General Fiction Book of the Year at the ABIAs”
Upcoming event – Sydney Writers Festival, Live and Local
Saturday 27 May, 2023 I’ve got an event coming up at Wollongong Town Hall as part of Sydney Writers’ Festival – Live and Local, thanks to the South Coast Writers Centre and Merrigong Theatre! This day-long event includes a live stream of panels direct from Sydney Writers’ Festival, alongside in-person panels. I’m so excited to speakContinue reading “Upcoming event – Sydney Writers Festival, Live and Local”
Dirt Town short-listed for two ABIAs
Winners for the Australian Book Industry Awards are determined through a process of selection, first by the ABIA Academy of more than 200 industry professionals, and then a shortlist and winners are chosen by a judging panel. I am absolutely thrilled to announce that my book, Dirt Town, has been nominated for two awards atContinue reading “Dirt Town short-listed for two ABIAs”
Dirt Town long-listed for a 2023 CWA Dagger
Very pleased to say that the U.K. edition of DIRT TOWN has made the longlist for the Crime Writers’ Association ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger award! “This Dagger is for the best crime novel by a first-time author of any nationality with their first novel of any kind published in the UK in English during the judgingContinue reading “Dirt Town long-listed for a 2023 CWA Dagger”
Hayley Scrivenor 