Friends of St Kilda Cemetery- Coroners, Constabulary and Crime Tour

St Kilda Cemetery corner Hotham St & Dandenong Rd, East St Kilda, Vic, Australia

Coroners, Constabulary and Crime Tour Come and join the Friends of St Kilda Cemetery on this terrific walk around the cemetery for an insight into the work of police officers, coroners, unusual deaths and murders. THIS IS NOT A TOUR FOR THE SQUEAMISH! 2.00pm Sunday 28 July Tour Cost $15; members free. Afternoon tea included. ...

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$15

Lane Cove Literary Awards 2019

The Lane Cove Literary Awards 2019 are now open and entries will be accepted until Monday 26 August 2019. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Short Story Prize - $2,000 Travel Story Prize - $1,500 Poetry Prize - $1,500 The following additional prizes may be awarded: The Burns Bay Bookery Resident Prize - $500 Len ...

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Aesthetica Creative Writing Award

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Supporting new writing talent across Poetry and Short Fiction, the Creative Writing Award is hosted by the international art and culture publication Aesthetica Magazine, and presents a fantastic chance for writers to further their involvement in the literary world. Both established and emerging writers are encouraged to enter, and works previously ...

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Free

Sisters@Brisbane Writers Festival – 5-8 September 2019

Sisters in Crime authors Caroline de Costa and M J  Tjia will be speaking on a Brisbane Writers Festival panel, together with Meera Atkison, on Saturday 7 September, 1pm -  Crime fiction & #metoo Auditorium 2, State Library of Queensland https://bwf.org.au/2019/brisbane-writers-festival/crime-fiction-and-hashmetoo Also speaking at the festival are crime writers Chole Hooper,  Lili Wilkison, Ginger Gorman, ...

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$12 – $204

BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival: Friday 6 – Sunday 8 September

State Library of New South Wales Macquarie St,, Sydney, NSW, Australia

BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival just got a whole lot badder this year. It has events with Val McDermid, Candice Fox, Sue Turnbull,  Sulari Gentill, Emily Maguire, Aoife Clifford, Catherine du Peloux Menagé, Suzie Miller, Bri Lee, Hilary Bonney, Nicole Abadee, Susan Hurley, Katherine Kovacic, Felicity McLean, Caroline Overington, Suzanne Leal, Jacyln Moriarty, Nicola Moriarty,  Xanthé Mallett, Ava Benny-Morrison, ...

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$22 – $25

Val McDermid@Melbourne Writers Festival

Val McDermid, a Sisters in Crime favourite, is participating in three panels on the closing day of the Melbourne Writers Festival.  This year's theme is When We Talk About Love. Val is the author of 22 bestselling novels, which have been translated into 30 languages and sold over 10 million copies. She has won many awards ...

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$15 – $25

Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit

Campari House 23-25 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

After sell-out runs at 2018's Fringe and 2019's Comedy Festival, Murder Village reopens its gates for more improvised Agatha Christie mysteries. Attend Sisters in Crime's Domestic Noir event on Friday 27 September, and you could win one of three double-passes.  Step into the world of a 1950s' English village where anyone could be dispatched at ...

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$25 – $30

True Crime Mysteries: Misadventure in Little Lon – MIGW Launch Event

State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The world's first true crime augmented reality (AR) mobile game True Crime Mysteries: Misadventure in Little Lon, is launching on  Sunday 6 October as part of Melbourne International Games Week. Created by Victorian husband and wife team Andy Yong and Emma Ramsay from studio 10Tickles, it propels players through iconic locations in Melbourne's CBD to solve a historic mystery; ...

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Free

2019 New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing now open

Entries are now open for the 2019 New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing. In this, the seventh year of this prestigious Prize, there are six awards on offer for crime writers. All genres of crime writing are eligible, from hard-boiled to comic, paranormal to rural, historical to contemporary, noir to cosy. Entries welcome from ...

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$5 – $10

Sisters @Mornington Peninsula & Frankston Writers and Book Festival

Functions by the Bay corner Young St and Plowman  Pl, Frankston, Vic, Australia

Catch up with various Sisters in Crime at the Mornington Peninsula & Frankston Writers and Book Festival: Saturday 19- Sunday 20 October   SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER  12.15pm – Sue Ingleton & Cheryl Adam/ MP crime writer talks 3.15pm – Andrea McCall – A tribute to Dame Agatha Christie SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER  10:30am -12:30pm: Workshop with ...

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$20 – $35