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SUMMARY:Law & Disorder
DESCRIPTION:Book here\n\n\n\n\nLawyers have a rich tradition of dominating crime and legal fiction\, heavily shaping the genre’s tropes and real-world understanding. Drawing on the tradition pioneered by Scott Turow\, John Grisham\, and Sujata Massey\, are three Australian authors – Rebecca Lim\, Joanna Jenkins\, and Eve Thomson – whose investigations traverse top male-dominated law firms\, an Art Deco apartment complex\, and an elite school’s girls’ football team. They’ll be admitting all to host\, Melbourne author\, Lyn Yeowart. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Graduate (Affirm Press)\, Rebecca Lim’s 2026 legal thriller\, is promoted as “The Firm meets Girl with a Dragon Tattoo”. It centres on a new graduate at the prestigious EW+L Law Firm who doesn’t fit. She is softly spoken\, covered in makeup\, and Asian. What her colleagues don’t know is that Fei Fei Chou has got much bigger things on her mind than winning a job. She is there for revenge. On her hunt\, she will wade into dark and shameful secrets that haunt not only her new employers but the whole of Australia. In her search for justice\, Fei may have to risk her life. \n\n\n\nRebecca is a Melbourne writer\, editor\, and lawyer\, and the author of over twenty books\, including Tiger Daughter (a Kirkus\, Amazon\, and Booklist Best Book\, CBCA Book of the Year\, and Victorian Premier’s Literary Award-winner)\, Two Sparrowhawks in a Lonely Sky (NSW History Award-winner)\, and the bestselling Mercy. The Graduate is her first adult novel. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrisbane-based Joanna Jenkins is the author of three novels with a legal twist – How to Kill a Client (2023)\, The Bluff (2025)\, and\, in August\, Bad Neighbours\, all featuring lawyer Ruth Dawson. In Bad Neighbours (Allen & Unwin)\, Ruth has found her ideal living space in an Art Deco building in Potts Point\, The Lumen. A twenty-minute walk from her law office in the city\, the apartment boasts parquetry flooring\, a wall of books\, and Harbour Bridge views from the sofa. It’s perfect until Ben\, the homeless guy\, dies under the corrugated iron lean-to in the garden where he lived. Her fellow residents are not happy when Ruth brings in a detective. But she’s certain Ben was poisoned\, and one of her neighbours knows it too. \n\n\n\nAfter graduating from the University of Queensland with degrees in English Literature and Law\, Joanna practised as a solicitor\, including many years as a partner of an international law firm. She now writes full-time. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEve Thomson’s Smother (Echo Publishing) is a legal thriller that combines Thomson’s courtroom expertise with the world of children’s competitive sports. It features lawyer Romola Cross\, the protagonist from her debut novel\, She Too (2023). The novel is set in a leafy Melbourne suburb’s private school\, Bruce College\, where a girls’ football program known for producing stars faces a crisis when a player sustains a catastrophic brain injury.  \n\n\n\nEve is a partner at a leading Australian law firm\, where she’s a litigator\, working on everything from class actions and media law to consumer protection. Eve lives at the beach in South Australia with her family. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost Melbourne consulting writer and editor\, Lyn Yeowart\, is the author of two crime novels. Her debut\, The Silent Listener (Penguin Books)\, won the 2022 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction\, was a finalist in the UK People’s Book Prize\, and was shortlisted for three other national awards in Australia. The Hollow Girl\, centred on a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside\, came out last year. \n\n\n\n \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$55 – $65  Entry and dinner combined charge: $65 non-members\, $60 concession\, $57 Sisters in Crime and Writers Victoria members\, $55 under 19. Tickets not sold prior to the event will be available at the door for $67/$62/$59/$57. Dinner orders need to be placed by 7:00 pmNote: the panel starts at 8:00 pm \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/law-disorder/
LOCATION:The Rising Sun Hotel\, cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road\, South Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3205\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Official Sisters in Crime Events
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SUMMARY:BOOKED OUT! 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\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\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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SUMMARY:26th Davitt Awards Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women will be presented by Dervla McTiernan and hosted by Louise Milligan. \n\n\n\nFor a quarter of a century\, Sisters in Crime Australia has been shining a spotlight on the incredible achievements of women crime writers – fiction and non-fiction. From the first year with its seven entries to the present day where around 180 books are entered\, it’s been an astonishing journey\, filled with inspiring talent and unforgettable stories. \n\n\n\nThe Davitt Awards have always been about more than just recognising great writing; they’re about celebrating the voices that shine a light on society as a whole\, push boundaries\, and keep readers on the edge of their seats. From debut novels to well-established voices\, the Davitts honour the diversity and power of Australian women writers in the worlds of crime fiction and true crime. \n\n\n\nDress Code: Fabulous and Fearless \n\n\n\nBooking close COB Friday 4 September 2026
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/26th-davitt-awards-ceremony/
LOCATION:Stamford Plaza\, 111 Little Colins Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Official Sisters in Crime Events
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SUMMARY:Case files: life in the police force\, with former detectives Kelly Clarke and Debbie Shearer
DESCRIPTION:Book here.\n\n\n\n\nCome along and hear interesting case studies from the lives of former Detectives and Sergeants Kelly Clarke (ex SAPOL) and Debbie Shearer (ex-Lothian and Borders Police\, Scotland). \n\n\n\nHosted by Samantha Battams\, Sisters in Crime SA convenor. \n\n\n\nPlease arrive at 6.30 pm. There will be networking before and after the event. Discussion will commence around 7 pm.
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/case-files-life-in-the-police-force-with-former-detectives-kelly-clarke-and-debbie-shearer-2/
LOCATION:Seven Stars Hotel\, 186/187 Angas St\, Adelaide\, SA\, 5000\, Australia
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SUMMARY:The comfort of cosy crime
DESCRIPTION:Book here\n\n\n\nWith the world gone to hell in a handbasket\, more and more readers are turning to cosy crime – sex and violence happen offstage\, the main investigator is usually an amateur sleuth\, and the story is set in a close-knit\, small community. Spearheading the investigations are often librarians\, retirees\, chefs\, or neighbours\, rather than professional police officers. Not too much gore!! Luckily\, Australian authors are on the mark. \n\n\n\nPenny Tangey\, Kate Solly\, and A.M. Stuart will be exploring the joys (and challenges) of cosy crime with Alison Goodman\, the multi-award-winning novelist and New York Times best-seller. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPenny Tangey’s first adult novel\, What Rhymes with Murder (Summit Books Australia)\, starts with exhausted new mother Frida attending a Baby Rhyme Time session at East Melbourne Library when a piercing scream is heard\, followed by the thump of a body. Before long\, Frida finds herself part of an unlikely group of sleuths investigating the murder.  \n\n\n\nPenny Tangey is a librarian and mother living in East Melbourne. Penny has worked as a researcher for TV quiz shows Hard Quiz and The Chase\, but she’s still terrible at trivia. She’s published a number of children’s books with UQP\, one of which\, As Fast as I Can (2020)\, won a Queensland Literary Award and the Readings Children’s Book Prize. Her latest middle-grade book\, Music Camp\, came out last year. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Kate Solly’s latest book\, The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up\, something is amiss. And this suits Fleck Parker\, mother of a baby and cranky toddler\, just fine – she’s on the hunt for a new puzzle to solve. Expensive equipment and supplies have disappeared\, and nobody knows why. Who could possibly wish harm on a community group delivering Sunday afternoon fun on a fleet of jolly little engines? Will Fleck’s attempts to derail the thief land her on the wrong side of the tracks? \n\n\n\nKate Solly is a writer\, mother of six\, and really quite good at getting the bubbles out of plastic book wrap. While most of her time is spent finding lost shoes and investigating what’s making the car smell bad\, Kate frequently escapes to write entertaining things. She has penned many articles\, columns\, and reviews for various publications\, and is the author of Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance and The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up. When she is not writing\, she enjoys starting crochet projects and never finishing them. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA.M. Stuart is the creator of the popular Harriet Gordon Mystery series set in pre-World War I colonial Singapore. Harriet\, a resilient widow and former British suffragette\, teams up with police Inspector Robert Curran to solve baffling murders. The sixth book in the series is a novella\, Christmas at the Convent.  Harriet and Curran find a newborn baby in a convent nativity scene. What begins as a desperate search to reunite mother and child quickly spirals into something far more sinister. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nA.M Stuart lives in Melbourne\, but over her life she has travelled extensively and lived in Africa and Singapore\, experiences which she brings to her writing. Before becoming a full-time writer\, she worked as a lawyer across a variety of disciplines including the military and emergency services. Writing as Alison Stuart\, she is also multi-published in historical romance and short stories with settings in England and Australia\, and spanning different periods of history. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost Alison Goodman is a Melbourne-based writer of crime\, fantasy and historical fiction. She is the author of nine novels including The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin\, the second book in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series\, which was released in May 2025. The first book in the series\, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies\, won the 2024 Readers’ Choice Davitt Award and was a Washington Post and an Amazon Best Mystery Book of 2023. Her novels also include the award-winning Lady Helen trilogy\, and EON and EONA\, a New York Times bestselling fantasy duology. Alison holds a PhD focusing on creative writing\, historical research\, and the Regency era\, and is currently working on the third novel in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series. She is fuelled by strong coffee and air-fried chips\, and will travel a long way for a good high tea. \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\nA short Annual General Meeting will follow the event.
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2026
DESCRIPTION:Sisters in Crime is holding an AGM following this Friday’s Melbourne event\, The Comfort of Cosy Crime: \n\n\n\nThe Annual General Meeting of Sisters in Crime Australia Inc. will be held on:  \n\n\n\nFriday\, 16 October 2026\, at 9.45 pm  at The Rising Sun Hotel\, 2 Raglan Street\, South Melbourne 3205. \n\n\n\nYour vote counts! Be sure to have your say. \n\n\n\nFor more details and Proxy & Nomination forms go to the AGM web page
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/annual-general-meeting-2026/
LOCATION:The Rising Sun Hotel\, cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road\, South Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3205\, Australia
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SUMMARY:Sisters in Crime QLD 2026 Crime Writing Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join us for afternoon tea\, author ‘meet and greet’\, book signings\, and a spine-tingling crime author panel. Queensland’s most talented writers will share tips on the dark art of crafting murder and mystery in mudflats and on pristine beaches\, in swanky apartments\, lush hinterland\, close-knit country towns\, and secretive suburbia. \n\n\n\nFeaturing: Harrie Blake\, T.M. Clark\, January Gilchrist\, Georgia Harper\, Joanna Jenkins\, Tess Merlin\, Nikki Mottram\, Chris Robbins\, Carla Salmon\, Edwina Shaw & Shailee Thompson. \n\n\n\nThis event is co-hosted by Sisters in Crime and the Lord Mayor’s Writer in Residence Program. Books will be sold by Books at Stones.
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/sisters-in-crime-qld-2026-crime-writing-showcase/
LOCATION:Brisbane Square Library\, 266 George Street\, Brisbane\, Qld\, 4000\, Australia
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