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Open invitation – Author encounter with J. M. Green re Shoot Through (Geelong)

Corio Library Cox Road (cnr Moa Street), Norlane, Vic, Australia

J.M. Green will be 'in conversation' with Sisters in Crime national co-convenor, Tara Mitchell, about Shoot Through, the third book in her Stella Hardy trilogy. Thursday, 5 December, 6:30pm to 7:30pm - Corio Library, Cox Road (cnr Moa Street), Norlane, VIC 3214 Free but please book: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/jm-green-shoot-through-corio-library-tickets-80599787133 J.M. Green is a crime writer based in Melbourne’s western suburbs. ...

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CLEARWAY: CREATE THE SPACE the annual writers competition and performances

Have you got a short story in the first person to tell? Join the adventure in 2020 as Voices of Women presents CLEARWAY: CREATE THE SPACE the annual writers competition and performances. Hear your own short stories performed live by amazingly powerful women actors in rehearsed readings beginning in Sydney and travelling to regional NSW! ...

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$15

Open invitation: Launch of Riptides by Kirsten Alexander@Avenue Bookstore Elsternwick (Melbourne)

Avenue Bookstore Elsternwick 434 Glen Huntly Rd.,, Elsternwick, VIC, Australia

Everyone is invited to come to the launch of Kirsten Alexander's latest historical thriller, Riptides (Bantam Australia, February 2020), set in suburban Brisbane in the 1970s. Thursday 6 February, 6pm for 6.30pm start: Avenue Bookstore Elsternwick 434 Glen Huntly Rd., Elsternwick. Writer Toni Jordan, who also grew up in Brisbane, will do the honours. Kirsten has worked ...

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Dervla McTiernan in conversation with Karina Kilmore@Readings Hawthorn

Readings Hawthorn 701 Glenferrie Rd, Hawtthorn, VIC, Australia

Readings Hawthorn is delighted to have bestselling and much-acclaimed crime writer Dervla McTiernan over from Perth to talk about her third Cormac Riley novel, The Good Turn. With police corruption, an investigation that ends in tragedy and the mystery of a little girl’s silence – three seemingly unconnected events that will prove to be linked ...

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Wendy Lewis in conversation@Better Read Than Dead (Newtown, Sydney)

Better Read Than Dead 265 King St.,, Newtown, NSW, Australia

Who is Richard Hauptmann? Why should he forgive us? And can a true crime writer write short stories? Find out at this free event for book lovers looking for something a little out-of-left-field. Wendy Lewis discusses her new short story collection Please Forgive Us, Richard Hauptmann with Ashley Kalagian Blunt! Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at ...

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Karina Kilmore in conversation@Better Read Than Dead (Sydney)

Better Read Than Dead 265 King St.,, Newtown, NSW, Australia

When both Jane Harper and Christian White call a book compelling, that’s a good reason to pick it up. In Where the truth lies, investigative journalist with a troubled past, Chrissie O’Brien, becomes obsessed with finding out the truth about the apparently accidental death of a female dockworker she thinks was murder. This puts her ...

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POSTPONED: Karina Kilmore in conversation@Readings St Kilda (Vic)

Readings St Kilda 112 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Karina Kilmore, debut author and Sisters in Crime national co-convenor, will be interrogated by high profile true-crime writer Andrew Rule about her new thriller Where the Truth Lies. Join us for a gripping evening of all things crime. Where the Truth Lies, was shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript and ...

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POSTPONED TIL AUGUST: Natalie Conyer talks to the Jessie Street National Women’s Library, Sydney

Jessie Street National Women’s Library Customs House Library, 31 Alfred Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia

When South Africa moved from Apartheid to majority rule, locally produced crime fiction became extremely popular. Why was this? What does crime fiction have to say about the new South Africa, and how does it deal with real-life crime there? Sydney Sister in Crime Natalie Conyer will talk about why she chose to write about ...

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$16 – $22

POSTPONED: Deadly Worlds

Readings 112 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

L.A. Larkin & Natalie Conyer Double Book Launch at Readings St Kilda Sisters in Crime Australia, Clan Destine Press, and Readings announce a double-book event featuring two awesome crime/thriller writers - and their brand new books. Prey by L.A. Larkin and Present Tense by Natalie Conyer are both set in South Africa, and will take ...

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Book launch: The Long Shadow by Anne Buist

Book launch: The Long Shadow We are raising our (socially isolated) champagne glasses to celebrate the release of Anne Buist’s latest killer novel, The Long Shadow. This engrossing book introduces readers to psychologist Isabel Harris as she tries to unravel the mystery behind a baby’s death 25 years previously. (Anne is an active member of ...

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