JUST DESERTS THESIS VOLUME 2 JUST DESERTS: RECOGNISING THE DAVITT AWARDS AND AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S CRIME WRITING An exegesis submitted as part of a thesis for the award of Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide Thesis title: ‘Just Deserts: Reading, Writing and Rewarding Australian Women’s Crime Fiction’ The thesis comprises: Volume 1: Original novel, ‘Angel Port’ Volume 2: Accompanying exegesis, ‘Just Deserts: Recognising the Davitt Awards and Australian Women’s Crime Writing’ Jessie Byrne Department of English and Creative Writing School of Humanities University of Adelaide 24 August 2019 1 JUST DESERTS To my mother Molly Veronica Byrne (nee McGavisk) As the first Labor woman elected to parliament in South Australia, she is a trailblazer. As a person dedicated to the betterment of the lives of others, she is an inspiration. As a mother and grandmother, she is unsurpassed. And in memory of my father Sylvester Aris Byrne A loving father, a trade unionist committed to ensuring the rights of workers, and a host to all who came to his doorstep. 2 JUST DESERTS CONTENTS THESIS ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................ 5 THESIS DECLARATION ..................................................................................................................... 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1: THE INCITING INCIDENT: INTRODUCTION............................................................................. 9 MULTIPLE SUSPECTS (THE CREATIVE WORK AND THE EXEGESIS) .................................................... 10 ‘Angel Port’.................................................................................................................................... 10 The Exegesis .................................................................................................................................. 11 VARIOUS LEADS (METHODOLOGY) ................................................................................................... 11 Hitting the Hard Pavements (Primary Research) .......................................................................... 12 Back at the Gritty Desk (Secondary Research) .............................................................................. 12 SUCCESSFUL RATIOCINATION? (CONCLUSION) ................................................................................ 13 Chapter 2: PERPETRATORS AND ACCOMPLICES: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DAVITT AWARDS ............. 14 ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AWARDS ................................................................. 14 ONGOING TRANSFORMATION OF THE AWARDS .............................................................................. 17 Active identification and pursuit of eligible books ....................................................................... 19 Growth of Best Adult Novel longlists ............................................................................................ 19 Introduction of new award categories ......................................................................................... 21 Best young adult and children’s fiction......................................................................................... 24 Best non-fiction ............................................................................................................................. 27 Readers’ Choice ............................................................................................................................. 28 Best Debut Book ........................................................................................................................... 28 Acceptance of self-published books and e-books ............................................................................ 28 Introduction of shortlists .................................................................................................................. 29 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Chapter 3: THE SPOILS OF CRIME: IMPACT OF THE DAVITT AWARDS .................................................. 31 VALIDATION AND CONFIDENCE FOR WRITERS ................................................................................. 31 IMPACTS ON THE GENRE .................................................................................................................. 32 Quality of the writing .................................................................................................................... 32 Broadening the crime genre ......................................................................................................... 33 PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY RECOGNITION ............................................................................................. 33 Mainstream media attention ........................................................................................................ 34 Industry recognition and promotion............................................................................................. 34 Publication and sales..................................................................................................................... 35 3 JUST DESERTS A COMMUNITY AND FRAMEWORK OF SUPPORT ............................................................................. 36 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 37 Chapter 4: WOUNDING MASCULINITY IN AUSTRALIAN CRIME FICTION: INFLUENCE OF THE DAVITT AWARDS ................................................................................................................................................ 38 GENDER OF CRIME FICTION PROTAGONISTS .................................................................................... 39 GENDER, OCCUPATION AND THE PROTAGONIST ............................................................................. 44 GENDER, FAMILY STATUS AND THE PROTAGONIST ......................................................................... 46 FEMALE PROTAGONISTS DOING GENDER ........................................................................................ 48 WOMEN WRITING AND READING WOMEN ...................................................................................... 50 WOMEN WRITING MEN .................................................................................................................... 50 OLD AND NEW CRIME ....................................................................................................................... 51 Chapter 5: RATIOCINATION AND RESOLUTION: CONCLUSION ............................................................. 53 THE CASE OF THE TWO-TRACKED DOCTORATE ................................................................................ 53 WHICH CLIENT? ................................................................................................................................. 54 THE HIGH ROAD OR THE LOW MEAN STREETS? ............................................................................... 55 CASE NOTES ...................................................................................................................................... 57 CLOSING THE CURRENT CASE ........................................................................................................... 57 APPENDIX 1: INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY JESSIE BYRNE, AUGUST 2017 TO JUNE 2018 ................... 59 APPENDIX 2: COMPLETE DAVITT AWARD WINNERS, ALL CATEGORIES, 2001-2018 ............................ 61 APPENDIX 3: PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 64 LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................... 67 LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................... 68 WORKS CITED ........................................................................................................................................ 69 4 JUST DESERTS THESIS ABSTRACT This thesis combines an original novel ‘Angel Port’ and an exegesis on the Davitt Awards. ‘Angel Port’ is a contemporary literary comic crime novel, named for a fictional seaside town in which the protagonist Nathan Newland must choose between transformation and retreat when confronted with the local secrets. The exegesis offers original research into the establishment, development and impact of the Davitt Awards, Sisters in Crime Australia’s crime-writing awards for books by Australian women. The novel and exegesis are loosely linked through the exploration of the idea of just deserts, both good and ill. 5 JUST DESERTS THESIS DECLARATION I certify that this work contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in my name in any university or other tertiary institution and, to the best of my knowledge and belief, contains no material previously published or written by another person, except where due reference has been made in the text. In addition, I certify that no part of this work will, in the future, be used in a submission in my name for any other degree
Ominous Faultlines in a World Gone Wrong: Courmayeur Noir in Festival Randy Malamud
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The Drink Tank 252 The Hugo Award for Best Novel Garcia@computerhistory.org Rob Shields (http://robshields.deviantart.com/ This is an issue that James thought of us doing Contents and I have to say that I thought it was a great idea large- Page 2 - Best Novel Winners: The Good, The ly because I had such a good time with the Clarkes is- Bad & The Ugly by Chris Garcia sue. The Hugo for Best Novel is what I’ve always called Page 5 - A Quick Look Back by James Bacon The Main Event. It’s the one that people care about, Page 8 - The Forgotten: 2010 by Chris Garcia though I always tend to look at Best Fanzine as the one Page - 10 Lists and Lists for 2009 by James Bacon I always hold closest to my heart. The Best Novel nomi- Page 13 - Joe Major Ranks the Shortlist nees tend to be where the biggest arguments happen, Page 14 - The 2010 Best Novel Shortlist by James Bacon possibly because Novels are the ones that require the biggest donation of your time to experience. There’s This Year’s Nominees Considered nothing worse than spending hours and hours reading a novel and then have it turn out to be pure crap. The Wake by Robert J. Sawyer flip-side is pretty awesome, when by just giving a bit of Page 16 - Blogging the Hugos: Wake by Paul Kincaid your time, you get an amazing story that moves you Page 17 - reviewed by Russ Allbery and brings you such amazing enjoyment.
SF Commentary 106 May 2021 80 pages A Tribute to Yvonne Rousseau (1945–2021) Bruce Gillespie with help from Vida Weiss, Elaine Cochrane, and Dave Langford plus Yvonne’s own bibliography and the story of how she met everybody Perry Middlemiss The Hugo Awards of 1961 Andrew Darlington Early John Brunner Jennifer Bryce’s Ten best novels of 2020 Tony Thomas and Jennifer Bryce The Booker Awards of 2020 Plus letters and comments from 40 friends Elaine Cochrane: ‘Yvonne Rousseau, 1987’. SSFF CCOOMMMMEENNTTAARRYY 110066 May 2021 80 pages SF COMMENTARY No. 106, May 2021, is edited and published by Bruce Gillespie, 5 Howard Street, Greensborough, VIC 3088, Australia. Email: gandc001@bigpond.com. Phone: 61-3-9435 7786. .PDF FILE FROM EFANZINES.COM. For both print (portrait) and landscape (widescreen) editions, go to https://efanzines.com/SFC/index.html FRONT COVER: Elaine Cochrane: Photo of Yvonne Rousseau, at one of those picnics that Roger Weddall arranged in the Botanical Gardens, held in 1987 or thereabouts. BACK COVER: Jeanette Gillespie: ‘Back Window Bright Day’. PHOTOGRAPHS: Jenny Blackford (p. 3); Sally Yeoland (p. 4); John Foyster (p. 8); Helena Binns (pp. 8, 10); Jane Tisell (p. 9); Andrew Porter (p. 25); P. Clement via Wikipedia (p. 46); Leck Keller-Krawczyk (p. 51); Joy Window (p. 76); Daniel Farmer, ABC News (p. 79). ILLUSTRATION: Denny Marshall (p. 67). 3 I MUST BE TALKING TO MY FRIENDS, PART 1 34 TONY THOMAS TO MY FRIENDS, PART 1 THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020 READING EXPERIENCE 3, 7 41 JENNIFER BRYCE A TRIBUTE TO YVONNNE THE 2020 BOOKER PRIZE
Wins DITMAR and ATHELING AWARDS Harlan Ellison Wins Fans at Syncon *83 BRUCE GILLESPIE to RECEIVE WORLD SF AWARD
Terry Dowling Wins DITMAR and ATHELING AWARDS Harlan Ellison Wins Fans At Syncon *83 BRUCE GILLESPIE TO RECEIVE WORLD SF AWARD TOE AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - THE DITMARS, were presented at the 22nd Australian National Science Fiction Convention -SYNCON '83, which was held at the Shore Motel, Artarmon, Sydney, June 10-13. The highlight of this well organised convention, one of the best all round sf cons we have seen in Australia, was the showman like performance of the Guest of Honour, HARLAN ELLISON. He had all the fans practically eating out of his hands, with the colourful and dramatic style of his speech making, readings and conversation. Besides TERRY DOWLING, the inevitable two awards went to MARC ORTLIEB again and ROBIN JOHNSON received the Special Award for Services to Australian Science Fiction. The full list of winners is as follows: BEST INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY RIDDLEY WALKER by Russell Hoban (Jonathan Cape / Pan J BEST AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY "The Man Who Walked Away Behind the Eyes" by Terry Dowling (OMEGA May/June '83 ) BEST AUSTRALIAN FANZINE BEST AUSTRALIAN FAN WRITER Q 36 Edited by Marc Ortlieb Marc Ortlieb BEST AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY ARTIST BRUCE GILLESPIE & ELAINE COCHRANE (Photo John Litchen) Marilyn Pride Melbourne fan and publisher BRUCE GILLESPIE has been awarded the World SF organisation's BEST AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY CARTOONIST "Harrison Award" for Increasing the Status John Packer of Science Fiction Internationally. Two other recipients of this award were Sam Lundwell BEST AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE FICTION OR FANTASY EDITOR and Krsto Mazuranic.
Australian Science Fiction: in Search of the 'Feel' Dorotta Guttfeld
65 Australian Science Fiction: in Search of the ‘Feel’ Dorotta Guttfeld, University of Torun, Poland This is our Golden Age – argued Stephen Higgins in his editorial of the 11/1997 issue of Aurealis, Australia’s longest-running magazine devoted to science fiction and fantasy. The magazine’s founder and editor, Higgins optimistically pointed to unprecedented interest in science fiction among Australian publishers. The claim about a “Golden Age” echoed a statement made by Harlan Ellison during a panel discussion “The Australian Renaissance” in Sydney the year before (Ellison 1998, Dann 2000)64. International mechanisms for selection and promotion in this genre seemed to compare favorably with the situation of Australian fiction in general. The Vend-A-Nation project (1998) was to encourage authors to write science fiction stories set in the Republic of Australia, and 1999 was to see the publication of several scholarly studies of Australian science fiction, including Russell Blackford’s and Sean McMullen’s Strange Constellations. Many of these publications were timed to coincide with the 1999 ‘Worldcon’, the most prestigious of all fan conventions, which had been awarded to Melbourne. The ‘Worldcon’ was thus about to become the third ‘Aussiecon’ in history, accessible for the vibrant fan community of Australia, and thus sure to provide even more impetus for the genres’ health. And yet, in the 19/2007 issue of Aurealis, ten years after his announcement of the Golden Age, Stephen Higgins seems to be using a different tone: Rather than talk of a new Golden Age of Australian SF (and there have been plenty of those) I prefer to think of the Australian SF scene as simply continuing to evolve.