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Murder Village: An Improvised Agatha Christie Whodunnit – Comedy Festival

The Butterfly Club 5 Carson Place, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Murder Village: An Improvised Agatha Christie mystery returns for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Following a critically-acclaimed sell-out run at the 2018 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne’s favorite comedic improvisers are bringing the off-the-cuff whodunnit Murder Village to Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2019. The hilarious Agatha Christie-style improvised format is a chance for murder mystery lovers ...

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$27 – $34

Law on the Small Screen – Victoria Law Foundation Podcast

Deakin Downtown Level 12, Tower 2, 727 Collins St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

True crime, murder mysteries, police procedurals and sexy stories about the morally dubious – our TV screens and Netflix queues are packed with shows about lawyers, coppers and the law. The law has it all: colourful characters, extreme behaviours, webs of intrigue and dire consequences. Perfect tele fodder, but does it do the reputation of ...

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Free

Brimbank Libraries -Writing workshops with author Vikki Petraitis Thursday 23 & 30 May

Keilor Community Hub 704B Old Calder Highway, Keilor, Vic, Australia

Writing workshops with author Vikki Petraitis Memoir Writing Learn how to write the stories of family members. Includes: • Plotting • Developing themes • Using writing techniques to help improve your written expression Keilor Community Hub: Thursday 23 May, 5:30-7:30pm 704B Old Calder Highway, Keilor VIC 3036 Book Here Novel Writing Suitable for both beginning writers ...

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Free

Entries are open for The Banjo Prize 2019 – close 24 May

HarperCollins Publishers Australia is delighted to announce that entries are  open for the 2019 Banjo Prize. HarperCollins launched The Banjo Prize in 2018 in a quest to find Australia’s next great storyteller. The inaugural recipient is Tim Slee, whose debut novel Taking Tom Murray Home will be published by HarperCollins in July 2019. The Banjo ...

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Free

Mystery in the Library @The Athenaeum

Melbourne Athenaeum Library First Floor, 188 Collins St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the historic Melbourne Athenaeum Library and Sisters in Crime, present three talented storytellers and criminal minds who call Melbourne home. As crime and thriller writing has evolved from puzzle-like mysteries to novels delving deeply into people and places, it has continued to be the world’s most popular form of ...

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Free

Williamstown Literary Festival – Vikki Petraitis workshop

Williamstown Town Hall 104 Ferguson St, Wiliamstown, Victoria, Australia

CHOOSE YOUR OWN FELON – WORKSHOP In this workshop best-selling author Vikki Petraitis offers plenty of practical tips and exercises to get your crime writing ideas flowing. Activities and discussions will include: how to create a compelling detective, how to plot for maximum impact, where to set your story, and how to choose a crime that matters. ...

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$35 – $40

Sisters in Crime@ Williamstown Literary Festival

Williamstown Town Hall 104 Ferguson St, Wiliamstown, Victoria, Australia

Out of The Shadows: True Crime Comes of Age explores the rise and rise of true crime. How does the public’s interest in true stories affect their reading habits? Where will this brave new world lead us? Vikki Petraitis grills Claire Halliday, Helen Thomas and Liz Porter to find out. 3-4pm Saturday 15 June Chamber ...

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$15 – $20

Emerging Writers Festival – Masterclass: Writing Crime

Wheeler Centre Performance Space, 176 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Masterclass: Writing Crime Looking to learn the foundational tools of crime writing, or to sharpen existing weapons already at your disposal? This masterclass will refine your essential plot, pacing, and genre-specific techniques, and teach you how to get paid for your crimes (the fictional variety)! We discuss the responsibilities of writers in representing criminalisation and violence, ...

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$75 – $90

Workshops- 14th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists

RMIT City Campus, Storey Hall (Building 16) Level 7, Green Brain Conference Rooms 1 & 2,, 336–348 Swanston St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A series of workshops on language, linguistics and the law on 1 July at RMIT University in Melbourne will precede the 14th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Forensic Linguists (runs to 5 July). These half-day workshops will be running separately to the main conference, and you can join these workshops without booking into, ...

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$75

S.D. Harvey Short Crime Story Award – opens 15 May; closes 31 July

S.D. HARVEY AWARD Kennedy Foundation hosts prestigious S.D. Harvey Short Crime Story Award Enter by clicking here The Kennedy Foundation is delighted to announce it will host the 10th  S.D. Harvey Short Crime Story Award in conjunction with the inaugural Kennedy Lecture dinner in September 2019. Sandra (Dawn) Harvey was an outstanding print journalist and television producer who ...

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$50