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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\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\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\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\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
CATEGORIES:Official Sisters in Crime Events
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SUMMARY:Sisters in Crime Brisbane Networking Lunch 
DESCRIPTION:It’s a relaxed lunch. Everyone pays for their own meal\, which usually costs about $25-$30 each. It’s a nice way to meet other female crime writers at various stages of the writing journey.  \n\n\n\nRSVP: If you can come\, please email Poppy Gee poppygee@gmail.com 
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/sisters-in-crime-brisbane-networking-lunch/
LOCATION:Siam Samrarn Thai Restaurant\,\, Old Soda Factory\, 70 Boundary Street\, West End\, 4101\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Official Sisters in Crime Events
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SUMMARY:The Gone
DESCRIPTION:Book here\n\n\n\n\nBetween 38\,000 and 50\,000 people are reported as missing in Australia each year – roughly one every 15 to 18 minutes. While over 86 per cent of missing individuals are located within a week\, about 2\,500 to 2\,700 people remain missing for more than three months. Some don’t want to be found\, but some are the victims of crime. \n\n\n\nExploring the many dimensions of ‘the gone’ are three authors – Sarah Bailey\, Sherryl Clark\, and Mali Cornish. The host is fellow crime writer Katherine Kovacic. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Sarah Bailey’s latest novel\, Click (Allen & Unwin)\, Melbourne is gripped by fear after a backpacker’s body is found with a cryptic note\, and two more women vanish without trace. When photographs begin to arrive in the inboxes of the media and police\, it’s clear the killer isn’t hiding – they are performing.Journalist Oli Groves\, founder of a fledgling digital news site\, knows the story could make or break her. Rookie detective Penelope Kibbs\, still trying to prove herself\, is desperate to stop the violence before more women are lost. But they soon realise the danger runs deeper than one killer – and closer than they want to believe . . .  More info here. \n\n\n\nSarah has a background in advertising and communications. She is also the founder of social media brand and podcast\, He Read\, She Read®. Sarah’s internationally award-winning Gemma Woodstock series includes The Dark Lake\, winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction and the Davitt Award for Best Debut\, followed by Into the Night\, Where the Dead Go\, and Body of Lies. Sarah has also published the bestselling The Housemate and Audible original Final Act in 2021. Click is the second book featuring journalist Oli Groves. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSherryl Clark is crossing the ditch to talk about her new book\, For All the Dead Girls (HQ Books). Tough and gutsy PI Lou Alcott returns with a terrifyingly gritty new case that takes her deep into the dark web. While juggling a missing person case with unexpected ties close to home and saving an innocent woman and her child from a dangerous domestic situation\, Lou ends up in the line of fire of a dark-web hate group\, SYB. Their mission is to make all women pay.  \n\n\n\nAs Lou lurches between a fire-bombed safe house\, car chases\, and stalkers\, her employer\, private investigation firm PMI\, is in a race against time to uncover the roots of the group and work out just how far their tentacles stretch… \n\n\n\nSherryl has been writing and publishing crime fiction since the Artemis anthologies came out in the nineties. Her first crime novel\, Trust Me\, I’m Dead\, was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger\, and three books in the series about Judi Westerholme have been published by Verve Books UK. The first Lou Alcottbook\, Woman\, Missing (HQ Books) was released in 2024\, but she first appeared in a short story written for the Scarlet Stiletto Awards. More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMali Cornish’s second crime novel\, The Missing Mother (Atlantic Books)\, features Elspeth who returns from New York to her hometown of Geelong because her estranged mother has vanished. Elspeth teams up with a local crime reporter to search for the truth\, leading to the discovery of her mother’s unfinished memoir. It includes letters that expose long-buried betrayals and shocking secrets. As the investigation tightens\, so does the net around Elspeth. Is she an investigator\, a grieving daughter\, or someone more dangerous . . . ?Mali was born in Geelong. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Monash University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Melbourne. Her debut novel\, Judgement Day (2023\, as Mali Waugh)\, was shortlisted for the Danger Awards Best Debut 2024. Her writing has been featured in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian. More info here. \n\n\n\nHost Katherine Kovacic is the award-winning author of many short stories and books\, including the Alex Clayton art mysteries\, true crime The Schoolgirl Strangler\, and the TV-to-page adaptation of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries\, Just Murdered. Her crime thriller\, Seven Sisters/ Kill Yours\, Kill Mine\, was shortlisted for an Australian Crime Writers Award for Best Crime Fiction and has been optioned in several international territories\, including Türkiye and China. Her latest novel is No Good Deed (Poisoned Pen Press). More info here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHost Katherine Kovacic is the award-winning author of many short stories and books\, including the Alex Clayton art mysteries\, true crime The Schoolgirl Strangler\, and the TV-to-page adaptation of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries\, Just Murdered. Her crime thriller\, Seven Sisters/ Kill Yours\, Kill Mine\, was shortlisted for an Australian Crime Writers Award for Best Crime Fiction and has been optioned in several international territories\, including Türkiye and China. Her latest novel is No Good Deed (Poisoned Pen Press). More info here. \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\nMore info: Carmel Shute\, Programming coordinator\, 0412 569 356; admin@sistersincrime.org.au.
URL:https://sistersincrime.org.au/event/the-gone/
LOCATION:The Rising Sun Hotel\, cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road\, South Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3205\, Australia
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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
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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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