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24th Scarlet Stiletto Awards – presented by Sigrid Thornton, icon of Australian screen and stage

Reminder: Bookings close Wednesday 15 November.  Click to book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-scarlet-stiletto-cocktail-party-awards-tickets-39036000729 Join us for champagne and canapés as we celebrate Australia’s crime-writing talent at Sisters in Crime’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards. This year, 186 entries vied for glory, but only 26 stories were shortlisted for the 13 awards (Scarlet-Stiletto-entry-form-2017). Catch up with your favourite authors including Anne Buist, Hazel ...

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$40

Open invitation: Launch of Girl Gangs, Biker Boys & Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction & Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980

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

You are all welcome at the launch of Girl Gangs, Biker Boys & Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction & Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980,  co-edited by Brothers-in-Law Andrew Nette and  Iain McIntyre. Girl Gangs, Biker and Real Cool Cats is the result of four years work. It is the first comprehensive account of how the rise of ...

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Free

Free Crime Writing Workshop – Mornington Library

Mornington Library Vancouver Street, Mornington, Victoria, Australia

Recommended for Adults Do you want to write a crime novel? Come along to Mornington Library's two day crime writing short course. Join best-selling author, Vikki Petraitis, as she guides you through the genre expectations of crime, protagonists and antagonists, plotting and setting. There will be clear instructions and lots of tips. This workshop will ...

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Open invitation to launch of Anne Buist’s new novel, This I would kill for

Readings Carlton 309 Lygon Street, Carlton, V, Australia

Text Publishing is delighted to announce that Anne Buist’s This I would kill for will be launched by Dr Ian Freckelton QC.  This is the latest instalment in the Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist series of gripping psychological thrillers from Professor Anne Buist. Anne, a Sisters in Crime member,  is also scheduled to speak at Sisters ...

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Free

Killer Cults – talk by Amanda Howard

Amanda Howard, series regular on Studio 10 ,will be giving a fascinating talk on Killer Cults and the Messianic minds of Cult Leaders. www.amandahoward.com.au Her talk is 12:30 – 1:30pm Psychic Sunday, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, 634 The Horsley Drv, Smithfield https://www.psychicsunday.com.au/

$5
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Domestic Noir: Why the family is a cauldron for crime

Rising Sun Hotel 2 Raglan St, South Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Murders, infidelity, custody disputes, abductions and incarcerations can bring domestic living to boiling point, making the home an unsafe place to be – especially for women and children. Together, host Vikki Petraitis and authors Anne Buist, Megan Norris and Emily Webb will compare and contrast the approaches taken by novelists and true crime authors to ...

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$10 – $17

Write On! Workshop with Jane Clifton

Meat Market Arts House 5 Blackwood St, North Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Write On Workshop - Yes, W.O.W! Got a story to tell but don’t know where to start? Started a story but don’t know where to go next? Need some help, inspiration and a few pointers? Join Jane Clifton who has  written 4 crime novels and a memoir,  learned a lot along the way and is ...

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$80

Open invitation – launch of Amanda Howard’s new book,  Killing Time

Campbelltown City Library 1 Hurley St,, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

Sisters in Crime members and supporters are all welcome to the launch of Amanda Howard's new book,  Killing Time. She returns to Campbelltown Library with the launch of her new book, a horror anthology of thrilling short stories. Followed by Q&A. www.amandahoward.com.au 6:00pm – 9:00pm, Wednesday  7 March Campbelltown City Library, 1 Hurley St, Campbelltown NSW 2560 Free ...

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New venue: Open invitation to the launch of Once a Copper by Vikki Petraitis

Albert Park Primary School Hall Cnr Bridport St & Cardigan Place, Albert Park, Vic, Australia

His car was firebombed by corrupt cops, and contracts taken out by notorious hitmen, but no one was off-limits to Brian 'Skull' Murphy’s fearless fight against crime. Best-selling true crime writer, Vikki Petraitis, brings Brian's story to national attention. Petraitis explores the many facets of The Skull’s story. Starting on the mean streets of South Melbourne, ...

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BOOKED OUT!!!The secret life of a crime scene cleaner

St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle Street , StKilda, VIc, Australia

Sisters in Crime Australia and the Port Phillip Library Service present … Sarah Krasnostein speaks to Ruth Wykes about Sandra Pankhurst who for 20 years has cleaned houses in which people have died – sometimes violently, sometimes through drugs and, very often, alone. Krasnostein’s debut book, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay ...

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