Win a copy of Big Little Truths or The Dying Light

For the Crime Stack in October,  Pan Macmillan Australia is generously donating ten copies of both Big Little Truths, the lates novel by Liane Moriarty, and The Dying Light, the fourth novel in Ann Cleeves’ Matthew Venn series.

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Annual General Meeting 2026

Notice is given that the Annual General Meeting of Sisters in Crime Australia Inc. (ABN 52 728 423 463) will be held on:Friday, 16 October 2026, at 9.45 pm at The Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne, 3205. (Following the Comfort of Cosy Crime event). More details: AGM

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Queensland Chapter: Small Towns, Big Secrets – An Online Panel with three extraordinary authors

Free online panel hosted by Harrie Blake and Sisters in Crime Queensland with acclaimed authors Angie Faye Martin, Nikki Mottram, and Samantha Ross.

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Angels, Bunkers and Cannibalism – In the Eye of the Cyclone: Jane R. Miles

Olivia De Lesantis, cosy crime writer and Sisters in Crime Communications team member, caught up with Jane R. Miles shortly after the release of Stay Buried.

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‘The Wreck’. is Bass Strait the Bermuda Triangle of the South?: Riley James

Author Riley James, gives a rundown of her latest book ‘The Wreck’.

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Red Herrings

Catch up with the latest crime events from around the nation. Already there are lots of crime events happening, especially in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Whatever the time, whatever the season, don’t forget that a book is the perfect gift. It offers so much reading pleasure as well as supporting authors and the publishing industry.

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The comfort of cosy crime

Sick of gore? Feel like the world has gone to hell in a handbasket? Cosy crime offers much needed comfort.

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Case files: life in the police force, with former detectives Kelly Clarke and Debbie Shearer

Come along and hear interesting case studies from the lives of former Detectives and Sergeants Kelly Clarke (ex SAPOL) and Debbie Shearer (ex-Lothian and Borders Police, Scotland).

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Cut a long story short

Grabbing a copy of Scarlet Stiletto: The Seventeenth Cut (ed. Phyllis King), the e-book collection of winning stories in the recent 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards, is the perfect answer to reading quandaries. Fourteen ripper reads for only $5.

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New Reviews

Every month Sisters in Crime brings you new reviews from women who write criminally good books.

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