SheKilda3: The Extra Bit
Friday 18th November: St Kilda Library Community Room
Afternoon Workshops
1pm – 3pm – How to write Davitt winning Young Adult crime with Ellie Marney
3pm – 3.15pm – Afternoon tea
3.15pm – 5.15pm – How to write a winning Scarlet Stiletto story with Professor Christina Lee
Booze, Books and Broads
5.30pm – 6.30pm – Melina Marchetta in conversation with PD Martin:
Why I’ve turned to adult crime fiction after more than two decades of writing YA novels
SheKilda3: A One Day Crime Spree
Saturday 19th November: St Kilda Town Hall
Foyer
9am – Registration
Main Hall
9.30am – Opening Session
The Welcome by the President of Sisters in Crime Australia
Keynote address on the state of women’s crime writing by Professor Sue Turnbull
| 10 – 11am | Session 1 Accidental Heroes: how female protagonists are stretching and subverting the boundaries of the genre Compere: Leigh Redhead Panel: L.A. Larkin, Emily Maguire & Anna Snoekstra | Session 2 Mystery with History: why the past is perfect for exploring matters criminal… even when the cold cases are 3000 years cold! Compere: Janice Simpson Panel: Sulari Gentill, L.J.M. Owen, Lucy Sussex | |
| 11 – 11.30am | Morning Tea | ||
| 11.30am – 12.30pm | Session 3 Domestic Noir: ambivalent mothers, disappearing daughters, murderous marriages Compere: Angela Savage Panel: Honey Brown, Anna George, Wendy James | Session 4 Young Adult vs Adult Crime: where do we draw the line? Compere: Ellie Marney Panel: Fleur Ferris, Shivaun Plozza, Nova Weetman | |
| 12.30 – 1.30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1.10pm | Double Trouble Book Launches: Into the Darkness: the mysterious death of Phoebe Handsjuk (Scribe) by Robin Bowles will be launched by Susanna Lobez Gangland Robbers: co-authored by Susanna Lobez will be launched by Robin Bowles | Speed Pitching to Publishers – by appt. Cate Blake: Penguin Random House Lindy Cameron: Clan Destine Press Helen Goltz Atlas Productions Angela Meyer Echo Publishing Jodie Webster Allen & Unwin Children’s & YA Publishing | |
| 1.30 – 2.30pm | Session 5 Detectives with a Difference: the new breed of gumshoes Compere: Narrelle M Harris Panel: Cath Ferla, Rebecca Lim, Emma Viskic | Session 6 Justice and Injustice: what true crime teaches us about the law Compere: Vikki Petraitis Panel: Robin Bowles, Kylie Fox, Julie Szego | |
| 2.30 – 3.30pm | Session 7 Writing the Wrong: justice on the screen Compere: Professor Sue Turnbull Panel: Hilary Bonney, Fiona Eagger, Kelly Lefever, Ann Turner | Session 8 What’s Love Got To Do With It? The allure of romantic suspense Compere: Professor Anne Buist Panel: Kathryn Ledson, Bronwyn Parry, Kendall Talbot | |
| 3.30 – 4pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3.45 – 4pm | Book launch: Mayan Mendacity: (Echo Publishing) by L.J.M. Owen will be launched by Kerry Greenwood | Speed Pitching to Film/TV Producers – by appt. Fiona Eagger: Every Cloud Productions Karin Altmann: Scriptworks Sue Maslin: Film Art Media | |
| 4 – 5pm | Session 9 The Great Debate… Dames vs Dicks: men should stick to hardboiled; women should stick to cozies Compere: Angela Savage Dames (Affirmative): Vikki Petraitis, Leigh Redhead and Sue Williams Dicks (Negative): Robert Gott, Andrew Nette and Jock Serong | ||
| 5.30 – 6.15pm | Cocktail Party | ||
| 6.15 – 8pm | 23rd Annual Stiletto Awards Commencing with Professor Sue Turnbull in conversation with Nicole da Silva, star of Wentworth and Rush, about her life in crime. Presentation of the 23rd Scarlet Stiletto Awards by Nicole da Silva. Presentation of the 25th Anniversary Silver Stiletto by Kerry Greenwood | ||
| 8.15pm | Dinner (pre-booked) at the Grosvenor Hotel, 10 Brighton Road, East St Kilda | ||
General Info
Carmel Shute
admin@sistersincrime.org.au
0412 569 356
Ticketing Info
Michaela Lobb
events@sistersincrime.org.au