New South Wales
Sunday 25 August, 3.00 pm: Tara Marlow is in conversation with NSW convenor, Alexandra Larach. Get ready to dive into the world of literature, gain insights into the inspiration behind Tara’s latest novel, The Housesitter, and hear about the creative process behind Tara’s work. Better Read Than Dead, 265 King St, Newtown. $5 (event); $37.95 (event + book) $37.95. Bookings here.
Wednesday 4 September, 6.00 for 6.30 pm: Launch of Natalie Conyer’s Shadow City. Natalie, who won a Ned Kelly award for the first in the series, will be in conversation with James O’ Loghlin. This time the action is centred in both Cape Town and Sydney. Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe. Free but please book here.
Thursday 12 September-Sunday 14 September: BAD Sydney Crime Writing 2024 Festival. Hear from lots of Sisters in Crime authors – Amanda Hampson, B. M Carroll, Candice Fox, Dinuka McKenzie, Hayley Scrivenor, Kelli Hawkins, Lisa Kenway, Natalie Conyer, Petronella McGovern, Sue Turnbull, Sulari Gentill, and Suzanne Leal, More info here.
Queensland
Monday 12 August, 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm: Launch of Hayley Scrivenor’s new book, Girl Falling. Hayley will be in conversation with Ben Hobson. Three women go climbing in the Blue Mountains. d One falls to her death. Is it suicide, or a terrible accident – or has something more sinister happened? $15. Avid Reader, 193 Boundary St, West End. Bookings here.
Thursday 19 September, 6.00 pm for 6.30pm: Launch of The Fog by Brooke Hardwick, a Netherlands-based novelist. In Brooke’s spine-chilling debut Gothic thriller, a woman on the brink travels to a remote writers’ retreat to uncover the secrets of her past and lands herself in a deadly situation that could destroy her future. Three emerging writers will also read their current work. $15. Avid Reader, 193 Boundary St, West End. Bookings here.
Friday 4 October, 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm: Launch of Martine Kropkowski’s Everywhere We Look. Martine will be in conversation with Dr Amanda Niehaus. The book explores domestic abuse, the dynamics of female friendship, and the danger that can hide in plain sight. Avid Reader, 193 Boundary St, West End. $15. Bookings here.
Wednesday 16 October, 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm: Launch of Lisa Kenway’s All You Took From Me. Lisa will be joined in conversation by author Ben Hobson. Anaesthetist Clare Carpenter has just lost her husband and her memory in a single-vehicle accident. So why is a stranger following her? $15. Avid Reader, 193 Boundary St, West End. Bookings here.
Victoria
Friday 9 August, 6.30 pm: Launch of Margaret Hickey’s The Creeper, a chilling mystery novel from the award-winning author of bestsellers Cutters End, Stone Town, and Broken Bay. Readings Hawthorn, 687 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn. Free but please book here.
Tuesday 13 August, 6:30 pm: Tara Marlow is ‘in conversation’ with fellow crime writer, Meridith McKinnon. Get ready to dive into the world of literature, gain insights into the inspiration behind Tara’s latest novel, The Housesitter, and hear about the creative process behind Tara’s work. Jeffreys Books, 140 Glenferrie Road Malvern, Melbourne. Free but please book here.
Saturday 17 August, 1.00 pm-3.30 pm: Make short work of storytelling with multi-award-winning writer, Cate Kennedy. For 14+. Sandringham Library, 2 Waltham St., Sandringham. $10. Please book. Log in with your library credentials or book via (03) 9261 7125, here, or at your nearest library. Crime fans from outside Bayside welcome.
Saturday 17 August, 3.16 pm-4.16 pm: Bendigo Writers’ Festival. An Aussie Murder She Wrote. Ruined gold-rush towns, remote caravan communities, idyllic mountain hide-aways, small fishing villages, a produce market . . . there’s danger at every turn in small-town Australia if crime authors and Sisters in Crime members Hayley Scrivenor, Margaret Hickey, and Vikki Wakefield are to be believed. They will talk to Amy Doak about the landscapes and characters that make contemporary Aussie crime books so compelling. Trades Hall, 36-40 View Street, Bendigo. Book here.
Friday 23 August-Sunday 25 August: Local Word Writers Festival. Includes Sisters in Crime members, Lindy Cameron, Christine Keighery, Toni Jordan, and Fiona Lowe. Geelong Regional Libraries. Bookings here.
Thursday 24 September, 6.00-7.00 pm: Brooke Hardwick, a Netherlands-based novelist, will be conversation with fellow author, Natalie Conyer. In Brooke’s spine-chilling debut Gothic thriller, The Fog, a woman on the brink travels to a remote writers’ retreat to uncover the secrets of her past and lands herself in a deadly situation that could destroy her future. Sandringham Library, 2 Waltham St., Sandringham. Free but please book. Log in with your library credentials or book via (03) 9261 7125, here, or at your nearest library. Crime fans from outside Bayside welcome.
Thursday 29 August, 6.30 pm: Launch of When Cops Are Criminals edited by multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue, Veronica Gorrie. It examines the widespread problem of police brutality and corruption from the perspectives of those who understand it in depth. Readings Carlton, 309 Lygon St, Carlton. Free but please book here.