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Shame (1988) screens at Melbourne International Film Festival

Forum Theatre cnr Flinders & Russell Sts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Shame, a wonderful feminist film produced in 1988 by 'brother-in-law' Michael Brindley, has a special screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival  - 4pm Sunday 13 August at the Forum Theatre. It will be followed by a  Q&A afterwards with actors Deborra-lee Furness and Simone Buchanan,  and director Steve Jodrell.  One woman – played by an award-winning Deborra-lee ...

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Noir at the Bar

Grub Street Bookshop 1/379 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, ViC, Australia

All are invited to  the 2nd Noir at the Bar Melbourne, Grub Street Bookshop,  379 Brunswick St, Fitzroy. Five cool Noir fiction readings from Des Murray, Jessica Currie,  Annie Hauxwell, Iain Ryan and Laura Elizabeth Woollett. Cheap drinks and books for sale. See you there.

Free

Invitation to launch of Too Easy by J. M. Green

Bella Union Bar Trades Hall , 54 Victoria Street, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Scribe Publications takes great pleasure in inviting members and supporters of Sisters in Crime Australia to the launch of Too Easy, the second Stella Hardy novel by Sisters in Crime member,  J. M. Green. by Peter Doyle, two-time Ned Kelly winning author of Get Rich Quick and Amaze Your Friends Click here to read J. ...

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Free

Open invitation: Launch of No Limits by Ellie Marney

Dymocks Lower Ground, 234 Collins Street, Melbourne , Victoria, Australia

All welcome to the launch of Ellie Marney's No Limits - New #LoveOzYA romantic crime from the author of the award-winning Every series… 6.30pm Friday 18 August, Dymocks, Lower Ground, 234 Collins Street, Melbourne  Boozer, brawler, ladies’ man – nineteen-year-old Harris Derwent is not a good guy. Injured and unemployed, he’s about to find out what ...

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17th Davitt Awards and gala dinner

Thornbury Theatre, Velvet Room 859 High Street, Thornbury, Victoria, Australia

Proudly supported by Swinburne University of Technology, Department of Media and Communication Frock up and come to see the multi-talented Hilary Bonney present Sisters in Crime’s 17th Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. Prior to the presentations, she will discuss her own life in crime with Professor Sue Turnbull, Sisters in Crime’s ambassador. ...

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$65

Open invitation – Launch of Emma Viskic’s And Fire Came Down 

Beer Deluxe, Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC

You are all invited to the launch of Emma Viskic’s And Fire Came Down – a novel about a deaf private investigator dealing with a murder mystery, loss, racial tensions and secrets. Launched by Toni Jordan. Emma Viskic is an award-winning Australian crime writer. Her critically acclaimed debut novel Resurrection Bay won the 2016 Ned Kelly Award for best ...

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Free

Open invitation: Launch of Award Winning Australian Writing 2017

Athenaeum Library Level 1, 188 Collins Street,, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

You are warmly invited to attend an evening of literature and light refreshments in Melbourne's historical Athenaeum Library to enjoy readings by AWAW's writers and buy a copy of this year's anthology. This collection features over fifty writers and awards, including the winners of the Elizabeth Jolly Short Story Prize, The Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize, ...

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2017 Ned Kelly Awards Night

The Toff in Town 252 Swanston St,, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Join us for a criminally good evening of storytelling, prizes and laughter at the annual Ned Kelly Awards. Hosted by Jane Clifton, the Ned Kelly Awards celebrates Australia’s finest crime writing with awards for the best Crime Fiction, First Crime Fiction, True Crime and the S.D Harvey Short Story Award. The night will also feature ...

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BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival – Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 September 2017

Justice & Police Museum Albert St & Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Justice & Police Museum The inaugural BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival explores what crime can tell us about humanity, both contemporary and historical. Writers, detectives, film-makers, ex-judges and others will consider this and also Sydney’s unique relationship with crime. Sydney was founded by criminals and those who guarded them. Its convict culture helped shape egalitarian ...

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$15 – $40

Writers under the Influence: Cath Ferla & Tania Chandler

Buck Mulligan's Buck Mulligan's, Northcote, Vic, Australia

Buck Mulligan's Bar & Bookshop: Great double bill with the darkly brilliant Cath Ferla and Tania Chandler. Wednesday 6th September - 7:30pm sharp Cath is cross-platform writer with a background in journalism, educational publishing, television screenwriting and script editing. Her debut crime novel, Ghost Girls has been shortlisted for the 2017 Davitt Awards in the categories of best debut and best ...

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