Be good with BAD and raise money for the Lismore Library - and hear from top Australian crime writers.
ONLINE EVENT. A criminal defence lawyer and a psychologist walk into a bar… Sisters In Crime NSW invite you to take a peek behind the curtain of criminal life with Sydney authors Siobhan Mullany (ex criminal barrister) and Ann Penhallurick (psychologist). Free or $10 donation.
Now open, thanks to the Williamstown Literary Festival: the Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize ($500), Poetry Prize ($500), and The Young Adas ($250), named after one of Australia’s finest colonial writers.
All welcome at the launch of The Scarlet Cross, Lyn McFarlane's thriller set in the emergency department of a Canadian hospital - 6 for 6.30pm, Friday 8 April, Gleebooks, Sydney.
Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction with the theme AFTERMATH now open. Prizes $1000, $500 and $250. Closes Friday 15 April.
Bring out the pearls for a fabulous night of felonious talk and food, to celebrate Sisters in Crime Australia's 30th birthday. Diary date: 23 April in St Kilda, Melbourne. Hear from Jane Clifton, Sue Turnbull, Carmel Shute, Emma Viskic, Angela Savage, Sulari Gentill, and Vikki Petraitis. Plus food and wine and singing. It's going to be amazing. See you there!
The National Trust, in collaboration with Sisters in Crime, celebrates women crime writers and fictional crime fighters in its Summer of Mystery literary crime exhibition in Geelong.
What an entertainer! Lynda La Plante, creator of Prime Suspect, over 40 novels and numerous television productions, talked about her stellar career and her latest book, Vanished, with Sisters in Crime’s Jacqui Horwood on 27 April. Free to view.
Everyone is welcome to join Sisters in Crime NT member, Sally Bothroyd, as she talks to Carmel Shute about her comic debut novel, Brunswick Street Blues, winner of the inaugural ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize.
A Williamstown Literary Festival opportunity - entries for Jennifer Burbidge Short Story Award on a disability theme close on 29 April.