#staunch prize

[libraryjournal]

Prize Launched for Thrillers That Don't Involve Violence Against Women

There’s a new book prize for thrillers “in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered.” It will be extremely interesting to see how many qualifying nominations they receive!

:Let’s un-Girl the thriller genre.

[perletwo]

Award for thriller without violence against women goes to Jock Serong

Inaugural Staunch prize won by the Australian novelist’s On the Java Ridge, in which a group of surfers tries to rescue a refugee boat from a storm