The Ned Kelly Awards honour Australian crime fiction and true crime writing. Known affectionately as 'The Neds' the awards began in 1995, with Peter Temple, Mark Dapin, Garry Disher, John Saffran, Peter Corris and Michael Robotham among previous winners. Categories for 2015 are Best Fiction, Best First Fiction, Best True Crime and the Sandra Harvey Short Story Award. The shortlist will be announced at the Byron Bay Writer's Festival on Saturday 8 August, followed by the Awards Ceremony on 22 August.
Many of the works submitted for consideration for this year's awards are held by our libraries. Click on the links below to access the catalogue records to place any of these items on hold or check which formats are available, or head into your local branch and browse the mystery and crime sections. You'll find plenty of previous winners on the shelves too!
Best Fiction
The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw
Through the Cracks by Honey Brown
Best First Fiction
A Fatal Tide by Steve Sailah
Chasing the Ace by Nicholas J Johnson
Death on Danger Island by G.P. Field
King of the Road by Nigel Bartlett
Losing Kate by Kylie Kayden
Quota by Jock Serong
What Came Before by Anna George
Best True Crime
An Inconvenient Genocide by Geoffrey Robertson
At the Altar of the Road Gods: Stories of Motorcycles and Other Drugs by Boris Mihailovic
Australia's Hardest Prison: Inside the Walls of Long Bay Jail by James Phelps
He Who Must be Obeid: the Untold Story by Kate McClymont & Linton Besser
In the Company of Cowards: Bush, Howard & Injustice at Guantanamo by Michael Mori
Khaki Crims and Desperados by Russell Robinson
Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington
Milat: Inside Australia's Biggest Manhunt: a Detective's Story by Clive Small & Tom Gilling
Once Upon a time in Melbourne by Liam Houlihan
Silk Road: the shocking true story of the world's most notorious online drug market by Eileen Ormsby
The Fall: How Simon Gittany Killed Lisa Harnum by Amy Dale
The Family Court Murders by Debi Marshall
The Feel-Good Hit of the Year: A Memoir by Liam Pieper
The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay by David Murray
The Real Chopper: the Man Behind the Legend, Inside & Out by Adam Shand
This House of Grief: the Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner
Where is Daniel? by Bruce Marcombe
You're Just Too Good to be True by Sofija Stefanovic
Visit Newcastle Region Library's Catalogue and Website.
Through the Cracks by Honey Brown
Best First Fiction
A Fatal Tide by Steve Sailah
Chasing the Ace by Nicholas J Johnson
Death on Danger Island by G.P. Field
King of the Road by Nigel Bartlett
Losing Kate by Kylie Kayden
Quota by Jock Serong
What Came Before by Anna George
Best True Crime
An Inconvenient Genocide by Geoffrey Robertson
At the Altar of the Road Gods: Stories of Motorcycles and Other Drugs by Boris Mihailovic
Australia's Hardest Prison: Inside the Walls of Long Bay Jail by James Phelps
He Who Must be Obeid: the Untold Story by Kate McClymont & Linton Besser
In the Company of Cowards: Bush, Howard & Injustice at Guantanamo by Michael MoriKhaki Crims and Desperados by Russell Robinson
Last Woman Hanged by Caroline Overington
Milat: Inside Australia's Biggest Manhunt: a Detective's Story by Clive Small & Tom Gilling
Once Upon a time in Melbourne by Liam Houlihan
Silk Road: the shocking true story of the world's most notorious online drug market by Eileen OrmsbyThe Fall: How Simon Gittany Killed Lisa Harnum by Amy Dale
The Family Court Murders by Debi Marshall
The Feel-Good Hit of the Year: A Memoir by Liam Pieper
The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay by David Murray
The Real Chopper: the Man Behind the Legend, Inside & Out by Adam ShandThis House of Grief: the Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner
Where is Daniel? by Bruce Marcombe
You're Just Too Good to be True by Sofija Stefanovic
Visit Newcastle Region Library's Catalogue and Website.
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