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SUMMARY:Ready\, Set\, Pitch!
DESCRIPTION:Sisters in Crime Queensland presents \n\n\n\nA free online seminar for writers \n\n\n\nReady Set Pitch! with Allie Reynolds and January Gilchrist\n\n\n\nJoin Sisters-in-Crime QLD for a free interactive online seminar to polish your pitch. Hear how thriller writers Allie (SHIVER & THE BAY) and January (THE FINAL CHAPTER) landed international book deals\, and what they did to stand out in a crowded market. You’ll get tips on how to sell your book in 60 seconds and learn new ways to tailor your approach to agents and publishers. Places are limited to allow for questions. \n\n\n\nRead about Allie here and read about January here \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE for the PITCHING SEMINAR
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/ready-set-pitch/
LOCATION:Victoria
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SUMMARY:Launch: Amanda Hampson's the model murder
DESCRIPTION:Perth: Sisters in Crime WA presents Amanda Hampson in conversation with Rachael Johns\, to launch Amanda’s new eagerly awaited book\, The Model Murder. A Crime with Wine event\, at The Red Room Leederville. Presented in conjunction with Books in the Brewery.  Book here.
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/launch-amanda-hampsons-the-model-murder/
LOCATION:Victoria
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SUMMARY:20th Law Week event. A is for Arsenic\, D is for Death Cap.
DESCRIPTION:Book here\n\n\n\n\nExploring the many dimensions of poison as the ‘women’s weapon’ will be Chloe Hooper\, co-author of The Mushroom Tapes; Linda Glowacki\, toxicologist from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine & Angela Savage on Agatha Christie and poisons; and host Vikki Petraitis. \n\n\n\nPoison was historically considered the archetypal ‘woman’s weapon’ as it required no special strength\, only access and opportunity\, things generally afforded women in their domestic role. Or is this an old\, made-up sawhorse? \n\n\n\nThe 2025 trial of Erin Patterson for the murder of three people by death cap mushrooms attracted global attention and reignited the old debate about women and poisons. Chloe Hooper\, Helen Garner\, and Sarah Krasnostein\, three of Australia’s most celebrated nonfiction writers\, covered the trial. Their book\, The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a Triple Murder Trial (Text Publishing) is a true-crime book like no other—a unique study of Erin Patterson and our collective obsession with her strange and terrible crime. It was Readings’ top-selling book last year.   \n\n\n\nAgatha Christie used poison as a murder weapon in over 30 of her mystery novels\, leveraging her expert knowledge as a World War I hospital dispenser to craft accurate\, often undetectable methods. Her most common poisons—cyanide\, arsenic\, strychnine\, and nicotine—were chosen for their specific physiological effects\, with her meticulous accuracy even prompting real-life medical and clinical cases.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nChloe Hooper is a multi-award-winning author of two novels and two other works of non-fiction\, The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire (Hamish Hamilton 2018) and The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island (2008) which won the Victorian\, New South Wales\, West Australian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards\, as well as the John Button Prize for Political Writing\, the 2009 Davitt (True Crime) and a Ned Kelly Award for crime writing. Her two novels are A Child’s Book of True Crime\, the joint winner of the 2003 Davitt (Adult Fiction)\, and The Engagement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLinda Glowacki has been the Manager of the toxicology laboratory at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) since 2016. She has extensive experience in the analysis of drugs in biological samples\, having worked for seven years investigating drugs in the racing industry prior to changing her focus to drug and poison analysis in people. \n\n\n\nAt the VIFM\, Linda and the toxicology team are responsible for the analysis of drugs and poisons in reportable deaths for the Coroners Court of Victoria\, as well as case work for Victoria police\, including the presence of drugs in drugs and driving cases\, drug facilitated crimes and more recently samples collected from patients that present at emergency departments with suspected illicit drug intoxications for the Emerging drugs network of Australia – Victoria. \n\n\n\nLinda has always been fascinated by fictional and non-fictional crime stories\, medical documentaries\, and has an inquisitive mind. She loves the challenge of puzzles and solving problems\, which has probably shaped her career path. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAngela Savage is an award-winning writer and CEO of Public Libraries Victoria. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing\, giving her the Bond-villain-like name of Doctor Savage.  \n\n\n\nShe won the 2011 Scarlet Stiletto Award and is the author of Mother of Pearl\, a work of literary fiction\, and three crime novels. Angela recently co-edited Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist\, an anthology inspired by Kylie Minogue songs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVikki Petraitis is the author of 20 books\, including The Frankston Murders\, and the creator of globally popular podcasts with Casefile Presents that have been downloaded over 10 million times. Her novel The Unbelieved won the inaugural 2022 Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize and the 2023 Readers’ Choice Davitt Award. and will premiere as an ABC TV series starring Anna Torv this year. In 2025\, she released its sequel\, The Stolen\, while completing her PhD. The third book in the series is out this year. Her latest true crime book is The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron. \n\n\n\nMen or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome. \n\n\n\nSun Bookshop stall: Sisters in Crime members receive a 10% discount \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional information: Carmel Shute\, Programming Coordinator\, 0412 569 356; admin@sistersincrime.org.au
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/20th-law-week-event-a-is-for-arsenic-d-is-for-death-cap/
LOCATION:Sir Zelman Cowen Centre\, Victoria University\, Queen Street Campus\, Heritage Courtyard Lecture Theatre\, 295 Queen Street\, Melbourne\, Vic\, 3000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Melbourne Rare Book Week: Digging for Dirt – Criminal inspiration from the archives
DESCRIPTION:Book here\n\n\n\n\nSisters in Crime and the Prahran Mechanics Institute are partnering to present this special Melbourne Rare Book Week event\, 5.30 for 6.00 pm\, Tuesday 28 July. \n\n\n\nTara Oldfield and Lucy Sussex will be discussing the critical role that archival research plays in creating historical crime writing\, both fiction and non-fiction. Using primary sources—such as police records\, court transcripts\, newspaper accounts\, and diaries – helps create authentic narratives and enables characters to solve mysteries.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTara Oldfield’s debut novel\, Diamonds\, Furs and Murder: The Many Crimes of Mona Hayes (Ginninderra Press\, March\, 2026) is an historical fiction inspired by the life and crimes of little-known 1930s’ thief Mona Hayes. \n\n\n\nWhile working at Public Record Office Victoria\, Tara happened upon the files of the fascinating 1930s’ Melbourne criminal Mona and her criminal mates. Ten years of research and writing later\, Tara’s historical fiction novel\, inspired by these real-life crims\, was born. \n\n\n\nMona Hayes was described by police as a well-educated\, exceptionally clever crook – if she sees something she wants\, she takes it. Diamonds\, watches\, and furs are Mona’s weakness. Not to be deterred by jail time\, she hones her craft\, performing cons on shopkeepers and charming the police. But when Mona falls in love with the mysterious Albert Sharpe\, she quickly goes from petty crook to killer – then disappears from the public record. More info. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLucy Sussex’s abiding interest in the hidden narratives to be revealed from research began as a reference librarian. Later\, the task of identifying the woman behind Waif Wander led to a quest lasting years\, finding over 500 short stories and even more pseudonyms. Often\, a clue in a digitised newspaper will lead to cross-referencing\, using both digitised records and hardcopy archival research. She has crossed the globe virtually\, and actually\, in search of facts. She is currently working on the queer life of writer Fergus Hume\, using archival research about his blackmailers.  \n\n\n\nLucy’s most recent books are the 2025 Outrageous Fortunes\, a biography of crime writer Mary Fortune and her criminal son George; and Nothing but Murders\, a collection of Fortune’s detective fiction\, both with Megan Brown. Lucy has abiding interests in women’s lives\, Australiana\, and crime fiction. Her award-winning fiction includes the novel\, The Scarlet Rider (1996\, reprint Ticonderoga 2015)\, and her anthology She’s Fantastical was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award. She has five short story collections.  \n\n\n\nHer 2015 book\, Fergus Hume & The Mystery of a Hansom Cab: The Story of the Crime Novel that Became a Global Publishing Phenomenon (Text)\, won the History Publication Award in the Victorian Community History Prizes. Lucy’s Women Writers and Detectives in the Nineteenth Century (2012) examines the mothers of the mystery genre. More info. \n\n\n\nMen or ‘brothers-in-law’ welcome. \n\n\n\nFree\, but please book by 12 pm Monday\, 27 July. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional information: Carmel Shute\, Sisters in Crime Programming Coordinator\, 0412 569 356; admin@sistersincrime.org.au
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/melbourne-rare-book-week-digging-for-dirt-criminal-inspiration-from-the-archives/
LOCATION:Prahran Mechanics Institute\, 39 St Edmonds Road\, Prahran\, VIC\, 3181\, Australia
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