Features three talented Queensland authors - Nicole Norris, Nicole Maddigan, and Tess Merlin - who take a deep dive into the real-life nightmares that inspired their blockbuster releases with Megan Norris, the Qld Sisters in Crime convenor and true crime author.
A night of crime conversation, drinks, and delicious food, and the chance to meet and mingle with fellow crime readers and writers in Brisbane. Author Kylie Kaden will interview bestselling novelist Petronella McGovern, and debut authors Lisa Kenway and Martine Kropkowski.
The global popularity of the Nordic Noir has transformed the production of television crime dramas in Australia. In Transnational TV Crime: From Scandinavia to the Outback, Sue Turnbull and Marion McCutcheon explain how. They'll be canvassing all the issues with Fiona Eagger, co-founder of Every Cloud Productions, and we will all get to watch snippets of some of our favourite programs.
The crime novels by Bronwyn Hall (The Chasm), Erina Reddan (Deep in the Forest), and Claire Sutherland (The Crag) are all set in small towns in rural Victoria where idyllic surrounds hide shocking secrets and crimes. It’s up to resourceful and smart women to uncover the truth and put things to right. The three authors will be talking to Sisters in Crime’s Ruth Wykes about why the bush is such a compelling 'scene of the crime' and what sent them there.
