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Killer Reads: Why crime fiction knocks the socks off capital ‘L’ Literature

Ember Lounge 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

St Kilda Writers Week 30 September – 7 October stkildawritersweek.com Jacqui Horwood interrogates crime writers Sarah Bailey, Katherine Kovacic and Emma Viskic about the popular appeal of crime fiction.   Sarah Bailey took up a life in crime (writing) after 15 years in the advertising industry. She now has two crime thrillers featuring Detective Gemma Woodstock ...

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$20
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How to get away with murder

Ember Lounge 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

St Kilda Writers Week 30 September – 7 October stkildawritersweek.com Writers Liz Porter and Maggie Baron take a humorous stab at forensics and crime literature to reveal what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to making a killing. As an expert on the forensic mistakes that help put criminals behind bars, Liz ...

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True Crime: Digging out the truth

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

Authors Rachael Brown, Kate Wild and Maryrose Cuskelly talk to Vikki Petraitis about how persistence and perspicacity pay off when it comes to investigating crime.   Last year, journalist Rachael Brown made headlines with her cold-case investigation into the murder of single mother Maria James at her Thornbury bookshop in 1980. Using this material, she ...

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$12 – $22

Killer Women Festival: London

October 21st 2018 Browns Covent Garden Priority booking for Crime Club members On Sunday October 21st, 2018, we’re taking over the atmospheric and historic Courtrooms above Browns Restaurant in Covent Garden and packing them with events about crime novels, crime audio, crime television and true crime. There’ll be headline appearances from bestselling authors; we’ll be talking about ...

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£60

Open invitation CWA Richmond Branch presents… An evening with three local best-selling crime authors

Studio Nine Building Corner of Bendigo and Khartoum St, Richmond., VIC, Australia

Hear from Sisters in Crime authors Aoife Clifford, Emma Viskic and Anna George Aoife Clifford’s novel SECOND SIGHT was published in July 2018. Her bestselling first novel ALL THESE PERFECT STRANGERS was long listed for the Australian Industry General Fiction Book of the Year and the Voss Literary Prize. She has won both the Scarlet Stiletto and Ned Kelly Award for short stories and ...

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$22

Open invitation – Launch of The Spotted Dog by Kerry Greenwood

Masonic Hall 9 Willis St,, Yarraville, Vic, Australia

The Sun Bookshop is thrilled to announce that the one and only Kerry Greenwood is back with a new Corinna Chapman adventure! Join us to celebrate the release The Spotted Dog. Corinna Chapman, baker extraordinaire, talented sleuth, stalwart friend and lover, is back! When a distraught Scottish veteran from Afghanistan is knocked unconscious, waking up to ...

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Open invitation – launch of All Our Secrets by Jennifer Lane

Lazybones Lounge 294 Marrickville Road,, Marrickville, NSW, Australia

All  crime buffs are warmly invited to the Sydney launch of All Our Secrets by Australian ex-patriate  crime writer, Jennifer Lane - Sunday 28 October, 2-4pm,  Lazybones Lounge, 294 Marrickville Road, Marrickville. Live music will be supplied by Damien Kane and Nicole Smede. The debut novel won the Ngaio Marsh First Novel Award in New Zealand in September. ...

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Sisters in Crime Queensland – November meeting

Queensland Art Gallery Stanley Place, South Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Sisters in Crime members and all interested crime writers and readers are invited to attend the November meeting  in Brisbane: Saturday  10 November, 12:00-12:30pm (12 for those who want to order food and/or drink and chat.)  12:30pm - 2:30pm Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) Cafe,  Stanley Pl, South Brisbane Cost: Free (if you’re not eating or drinking.) RSVP Please could you ...

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Word for Word Festival – Vikki Petraitis and Robin Bowles – Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Geelong Library & Heritage Centre 51 Little Malop St, Geelong, Vic, Australia

Leading true crime writers Vikki Petraitis, Robin Bowles (Australia’s True Crime Queen), and Clan Destine Press founder Lindy Cameron make a case for their grimly challenging genre. Inspiration Space, Level Two, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre  Adult $22 Concession $18.50 Bookings:https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=429681     

$18.50 – $22.00

Word for Word Festival – Helen McGrath and Cheryl Critchley – The Mind Behind the Crime

Geelong Library & Heritage Centre 51 Little Malop St, Geelong, Vic, Australia

In conversation with Jennifer Kloester, investigative journalist Cheryl Critchley and psychologist Professor Helen McGrath take a scalpel to the inner workings of some of Australia’s worst killers. Inspiration Space, Level Two, Geelong Library & Heritage Centre Adult $22 Concession $18.50 Bookings; https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=429661    

$18.50 – $22.00