Having the Crime of Our Lives
Sisters in Crime Australia has turned 30. Co-founder (and Secretary) Carmel Shute reminisces about how Sisters in Crime came to be.
Cop This!
ONLINE EVENT. Former Victorian Assistant Police Commissioner Sandra Nicholson will interrogate a panel of writers of police procedurals: Caroline de Costa, Suzanne Frankham and Margaret Hickey.
Crime right across the nation – 28th Scarlet Stiletto Awards Shortlist Announced
For the 28th year in succession, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards have been decided and preparations are being made for a glittering (but sadly online) awards presentation next month.
View the Davitt Awards Video
Whilst a good time was had by all, a recording was made for posterity. And for those who were unable to join us on the night.
Check out the wonderful interview with Debra Oswald, who said writers are ‘match fit for lockdown’ and ‘built for a pandemic’. Find out why by watching the video.
Hitting the wall
Author Rebecca Freeborn shares her very intimate experience about the highs and lows of being a writer.
A mirror to the law: Fiona McIntosh
Fiona McIntosh holds a mirror to UK law and sentencing as she discusses her new novel, Mirror Man, with Maggie Baron.
Murder Monday: Sally Hepworth
“I always start out with a happy, uplifting premise, and before I know it, I’m Googling the best instruments with which to bludgeon someone to death.”
TeenRage
RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE. Authors Tania Chandler, Leanne Hall, and Ruth McIver talked to award-winning YA writer, Ellie Marney, about crime that starts with the young but continues to reverberate, transforming and traumatising many in its wake. Assaults, abductions and, most especially, murder, all leave a terrible legacy.
Mysterious pasts, haunting presents
ONLINE EVENT. Mysterious pasts, haunting presents: new novels by best selling authors Tea Cooper and Kayte Nunn.
SA Chapter: The Crime Short Story
Authors Kristin Murdock and Dorothy Shorne discuss what makes a compelling crime short story.
New Reviews
Every month Sisters in Crime brings you new reviews from women who write criminally good books.
