Carmel Shute
Dig into the Bare Bones of True Crime with Karina Kilmore as she talks to five crime writers and investigators about their research and writing on video – a partnership between Sisters in Crime and Port Phillip Library Services,
UK author Sarah Vaughan talks about her stellar career with Sisters in Crime member and author, Karina Kilmore. A series based on her third novel, Anatomy of Scandal, starts streaming on Netflix on 15 April. Her fourth novel, Little Disasters, is currently being adapted for TV and her latest novel, Reputation, is being optioned.
Metaphorically speaking, the creative habits of writers and birds aren’t so far apart: our storytelling is a form of singing, our flights of imagination a simulation of the real thing.
In this Murder Monday LA Larkin aka Louise Bennet shares her crime craft tips with interviewer Karina Kilmore. Once again, the cards are out and the incisive questions are asked!
Streaming on SBS On Demand are two series of Hierro, an award-winning Spanish/French mystery set on El Hierro, a volcanic island in the Canary Islands. It is a bleak land of black soil surrounded by stunning coast dramatically captured by the cinematographer.
2022 looms and don’t we deserve some reading pleasure? We asked several of the Sisters to recommend their book of the year and here they are!
Historically, the crime genre has been dominated by men, “men with big egos who framed themselves as men with big dicks solving crime,” laughs Carmel.
This extraordinary series, now available on ABC iView, is a must-see for crime writers. It is so beautifully filmed and edited that it is hard to believe it is reality TV, not staged.
There are two main differences between Italian and Australian women’s crime fiction. In Italian texts, murders are mostly motivated by jealousy or greed, and on the whole, there is less emphasis on family violence and on rape than in Australian fiction. The other noticeable difference is the emphasis on linguistic and cultural identity in the various Italian regions.
Put together the bad behaviour of The Young Ones, 80s’ fashion and Newcastle, then add Sarah Kendall’s dialogue – the result is Frayed, primarily a comedy series but with a crime at its centre.