Official Sisters in Crime Events

Panel led by Suzanne Leal, author and a member of Sisters in Crime, Sydney. It includes Melbourne-based writers, Gideon Haigh and Paddy O’Reilly, and Tasmanian writer, Katherine Johnson.  Free.

Rural Noir — crime fiction set everywhere from dry and dusty farming communities to sleepy seaside towns — has become a global publishing sensation. Breathing new life into this established, sometimes tired, genre are three Australian authors – Vikki Wakefield (To the River), Fiona Lowe (The Accident), and Christine Gregory (The Community). They’ll be thrashing through the issues with award-winning author, Margaret Hickey.