Jewish Noir@Melbourne Jewish Book Week

St Kilda Town Hall 99A Carlisle St.,, St Kilda, Vic, Australia

Jewish Noir: 3pm Sunday 6 May Venue: Gunuwarra Room, St Kilda Town Hall Carmel Shute from Sisters in Crime Australia speaks to three crime authors – Israel’s Dror Mishani, and Australia’s Nathan Besser and Megan Goldin, about what the crime genre has to say about contemporary society and the light it sheds on people, places and problems. Book Now >

$20

Eastwood/Hills Fellowship of Australian Writers Literary Competition 2018

Eastwood/Hills Fellowship of Australian Writers Literary Competition 2018 All categories Open Theme Category 1: Short Story Max 3,000 words. First Prize $250, Second Prize $100 Category 2: Poetry – Includes all forms of poetry except Bush Poetry (See separate Boree Log competition) Max 80 lines per poem. First Prize $200, Second Prize $75 Category 3: Alan Russell Award for Memoir Max 1,500 ...

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$7 – $25

Write On! Writing Class with Jane Clifton

Meat Market Arts House 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Winter is coming!  Time to pack away the bathers and the sunblock and hunker down to write the great Australian novel, the essential family history, the most succinct and delicious short story Your pencil is sharpened, your laptop juiced, the notepad is open – but where to start? Already started but don’t know where to go ...

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$80

True Crime at the Frankston RSL with Robin Bowles & Vikki Petraitis

Frankston RSL 183 Cranbourne Road, Frankston South, Vic, Australia

Join the Frankston RSL  for a night of True Crime with  Sisters in Crime members Robin Bowles & Vikki Petraitis Robin Bowles Robin Bowles has been writing crime since 1997, when she read the story of the death of Bonnie Doon housewife, Jennifer Tanner, and decided things didn’t add up. Robin writes about more than ...

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$10 – $15

Captivating Criminality 5: Crime Fiction: Insiders and Outsiders

Corsham Court, Bath Spa University,, Bath, United Kingdom

The Captivating Criminality Network is delighted to announce its fifth UK conference. Building upon and developing ideas and themes from the previous four successful conferences, Crime Fiction: Insiders and Outsiders, will examine the ways in which Crime Fiction as a genre is able to incorporate both traditional ideas and themes, as well as those from ...

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£10 – £20

Hemmeligheder – the secret of writing mystery – a talk (in Danish) by Danish author Sissel-Jo Gazan

Denmark House Level 3/428 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, vic, Australia

Sisters in Crime Australia and Denmark House are proud to present Hemmeligheder - the secret of writing mystery - a talk  (in Danish) by Danish author Sissel-Jo Gazan Thursday 2 August 6 pm at Denmark House Enjoy a communal 2 course meal $35 per person, drinks on consumption. Gazan, a biology graduate from the University of ...

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$35

The Lane Cove Literary Award closing 22 August

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: Short Story Prize- $2,000 Theatre Script Prize - $1,500 Poetry Prize- $1,500 The following additional prizes may be awarded: The Burns Bay Bookery Youth Prize (16-24 years) - $500 The Baytree by Ardency Senior Prize (65+ years) - $500 Rebecca Mitchell Stone Real Estate Resident Short Story ...

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2018 NED KELLY AWARDS PRESENTATION

The Toff in Town 252 Swanston St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Join the Australian Crime Writers Association for a criminally good evening of storytelling, prizes and laughter at the annual Ned Kelly Awards. Hosted by Jane Clifton, the Ned Kelly Awards celebrates Australia’s finest crime writing with awards for the best Crime Fiction, First Crime Fiction, True Crime and the S.D Harvey Short Story Award. The ...

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Free

Aesthetica Creative Writing Award,

Celebrating excellence in Poetry and Short Fiction, the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, hosted by the international art and culture publication Aesthetica Magazine, presents a fantastic opportunity for writers to submit their Poetry and Short Fiction works. Publication is awarded within an inspiring anthology to a shortlist of 60 writers, included a winner from each category. ...

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Sisters@BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival

Justice & Police Museum Albert St & Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, Australia

BAD is back and bigger than ever!!  Weekend of 1- 2 September, Opening night Friday 31 August 2018 with a nuner of Sisters in Crime including Sue Turnbull, Candice Fox, Anna Snoekstra,  Megan Goldin Justice & Police Museum Due to popular demand, BAD Sydney is back for a second year running with an exciting program. Click ...

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$16.07 – $21.17