Avid Bookstore (Brisbane) is hosting an in-store and online launch of Hayley Scrivenor's debut crime novel Dirt Town. 6 for 6.30pm, Tuesday 14 June.
Entries for the ARA Historical Novel Prize, the richest genre-based literary award in Australasia (worth $100,000), is now open.
Everyone welcome - Sydney author (and Sisters' member) Rae Cairns will be 'in conversation' with Melbourne author (and Sisters' member) Lyn Yeowart about her debut novel, The Good Mother (HarperCollins) - 7pm Thursday 30 June - Robinsons The Glen.
SD Harvey Short Crime Story for fiction or non-fiction is now open, closing 1 July.
Authors Kimberley Starr, Margaret Hickey and Vikki Petraitis will examine why and how women are too often shafted with Moraig Kisler, Sisters in Crime’s review editor. It's a live event, back at the Rising Sun in South Melbourne. Hooray!
Sisters in Crime NSW invites you to take another peek behind the curtain of criminal life
with Sydney authors Siobhan Mullany and Ann Penhallurick. Register for Zoom link. 5-6.15 pm, Sunday 24 July.
Meet Kimberley Star and talk about her writing and her latest book. Hosted by Angela Savage.
In partnership with Sisters in Crime Australia and Port Phillip Libraries, aspiring author and trained forensic scientist Maggie Baron speaks with authors Kimberley Starr (The Map of Night ) and Sue Williams (Death at the Belvedere) about how science provides such fertile raw material for crime and mystery novels.
Are you considering self-publishing your fiction work and don’t know where to start? When it comes to self-publishing fiction there are many decisions to make and an overwhelming number of options to consider. Ellie Marney and Johan du Toit can talk you through it.
Some of Australia’s most popular female crime writers will converge on the Bega Valley on Saturday 27 August for the Sisters in Crime writers’ festival. The line-up includes Candice Fox, Vikki Petraitis, Fleur Ferris, Ilsa Evans, Kay Schubach, Caroline de Costa, and Dorothy Johnston.