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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Special Event Offer Book in at the ASA member price and save $100 on the Red Dirt Week - Fight for Your Genre Day (Crime) in Sydney $175 inc GST (normally $275 inc GST for non-members) Special offer expires 5pm AEDT Monday 12 March 2018, so be quick! About the day: Monday 19th March 2018, 10am-5pm Suite C1.05 22-36 ...
Hazel Edwards, author of 200 books and most famously her classic children's book, There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake, has returned to crime with an adult murder mystery, Celebrant Sleuth The timing of her asexual celebrant sleuth book release, just happened to coincide with the changes in same sex marriage laws and the attention ...
Three debut authors – Dervla McTiernan, Sarah Schmidt and Katherine Kovacic – in conversation with Robyn Walton will discuss how their novels shine a light on unsolved crimes, both real and imagined. Dervla McTiernan’s novel, The Rúin (HarperCollins Australia), is set in Ireland. Detective Cormac Reilly is assigned to re-investigate a seemingly accidental overdose that happened twenty ...
Join bestselling author Emily Maguire for her intensive one-day course Beyond the Whodunnit on Saturday 7 April, 10am-4pm. Crime is at the heart of many great novels regardless of where (or whether) that novel fits within the huge and diverse genre of crime fiction. In this workshop, we’ll look at how to create a believable world ...
This year, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards offer more than $10,000 in prize money for the best crime or mystery short stories. Since 2012, the Melbourne Athenaeum Library has sponsored the ‘Body in the Library’ Award by offering a $1000 prize to the winner and $500 to the runner-up. This partnership has seen the number of ...
The Best of Times short story competition - Autumn 2018 For humorous short stories (any theme) up to 2500 words. First prize: $300-$500 (depending on number of entries), second prize: $100. Third place, highly commended and commended certificates will be awarded too. Closes 30 April 2018. Entry fee is $10 per story. Competition website: www.bestoftimes.com.au