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July 2022
NSW Chapter online: Moralities and Deceptions – Justice and Justifications in Crime Writing
Sisters in Crime NSW invites you to take another peek behind the curtain of criminal life
with Sydney authors Siobhan Mullany and Ann Penhallurick. Register for Zoom link. 5-6.15 pm, Sunday 24 July.
August 2022
Sisters in Crime in the Library: Science Week
Free
In partnership with Sisters in Crime Australia and Port Phillip Libraries, aspiring author and trained forensic scientist Maggie Baron speaks with authors Kimberley Starr (The Map of Night ) and Sue Williams (Death at the Belvedere) about how science provides such fertile raw material for crime and mystery novels.
Find out more »Sisters in Crime Returns to Cobargo
$40 – $60
Some of Australia’s most popular female crime writers will converge on the Bega Valley on Saturday 27 August for the Sisters in Crime writers’ festival. The line-up includes Candice Fox, Vikki Petraitis, Fleur Ferris, Ilsa Evans, Kay Schubach, Caroline de Costa, and Dorothy Johnston.
Find out more »BOOKED OUT! 22nd Davitt Awards Presentation
$35
Frock up (or suit up) and join us for an à la carte dinner as Louise Milligan presents Sisters in Crime’s annual Davitt Awards - 6 for 6.30 pm, Saturday 27 August, Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. She'll be talking to Jacqui Horwood before presenting the awards.
Find out more »September 2022
Too close for comfort? The art of the domestic thriller
Free
Sisters in Crime has put together some killer library events in partnership with Bayside Library Services for September. Two top Bayside authors, Sally Hepworth and Anna George, discuss how they dig deep to expose the drama, disputes, and violence that can rip family relations and home life apart.
Find out more »Sisters in Crime NSW presents: Mothers – how far will they go?
$12
Join award-winning journalist and outspoken social commentator, Jane Caro, and Ned Kelly nominated debut author, Rae Cairns, in conversation with best-selling author, Pamela Hart, at Sisters in Crime NSW's first ‘real live’ event in 2022. This is your opportunity to engage in the discussion of Jane’s new psychological crime drama, The Mother, and Rae’s recently released high-paced crime novel, The Good Mother.
Find out more »The Unbelievable Vikki Petraitis
Free
Sisters in Crime has put together some killer library events in partnership with Bayside Library Services for September. Brighton author, teacher, and podcaster, Vikki Petraitis is best known for her 18 true crime books but she'll be speaking about her recently-pulished PhD novel, The Unbelieved, which won the inaugural Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Award.
Find out more »NEW DATE: Sisters in Crime in the Library: Bodies on the beach
Free
Authors Emma Viskic (Those Who Perish) and Aoife Clifford (When We Fall) will be in conversation with fellow writer, Leigh Redhead (Peepshow) , about the dead bodies which keep inconveniently washing up on beaches but are great plot devices.
Find out more »October 2022
Launch of Sisters in Crime (Tasmanian Chapter)
$44
Let the heist begin. Join Angela Savage, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Lindy Cameron, and L J M Owen for the launch of the Tasmanian Chapter of Sisters in Crime over dinner - Thursday 6 October, 6.30pm, at Frank's Ciderhouse Cafe in Franklin.
Find out more »Murder, mystery, and memory
$10 – $20
What happens when evidence points to you having committed murder, made someone disappear, committed some sort of crime, or been the victim of one – but you have no memory of it? Authors Megan Goldin, Tania Chandler, and Nell Pierce explore these tricky issues – and much more – with award-winning short story writer, Ruth Wykes.
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