A cause for celebration: Launch of Sisters in Crime’s 30th Scarlet Stiletto Awards

Melbourne Athenaeum Library Lvl 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia

Join us for an historic (and enjoyable) occasion - the launch of Sisters in Crime’s 30th Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Angela Savage. Susanna Lobez and Leigh Redhead will read the winning Body in the Library stories from 2021 and 2022. And there's more.

$10 – $15

Twist of fate: Australian rural noir 

Crime has left the mean streets to stalk the dusty backroads of the Australian bush and thrills abound - with Michelle Prak (The Rush); Jacqueline Ross (Blackwater); and Maryrose Cuskelly (The Cane).
The three authors will be exploring their thrillers with Catie Maher - chill now!!

Lethal practice: Murder, mayhem & malice in the medical world

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

Medicine is supposed to be about healing and helping but the medical world can also offer many opportunities to do harm. The drugs, pharmaceutical trials, surgical implements, and all the money involved - not to mention institutional misogyny and sexism - means that the practice of medicine can easily attract wrong-doing. The three authors, Anne Buist (Locked Ward), Jacinta Halloran (Dissection), and Sue White (Cut) The three authors, Anne Buist (Locked Ward), Jacinta Halloran (Dissection), and Sue White (Cut), are all medical doctors. They will tell all to host Toni Jordan

$52 – $60

Crimes for a Cold Winter’s Day: Sisters in Crime@Words in Winter Central Goldfields

Maryborough Library cnr Alma & Nolan Streets, Maryborough, Vic, Australia

Crime might go down during cold weather but not on the page. That’s the modus operandi for the partnership between Sisters in Crime Australia and Words in Winter Central Goldfields. They’re plotting an event, Crimes for a Cold Winter’s Day at the Maryborough Library.
Join regional writers – and Sisters in Crime members – Carmel Bird, Elizabeth Coleman, and Susan Green in conversation with Janice Simpson.

Free

Celebration: 23rd Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women

The Rising Sun Hotel cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Proudly supported by Swinburne University of Technology, Department of Media and Communication Frock up (or suit up) and join us for an à la carte dinner (including antipasto platters on arrival) as we present Sisters in Crime’s annual Davitt Awards, 6.00 for 6.30 pm, Saturday 2 September. This year, our guest presenter is award-winning journalist, ...

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$60 – $70

Qld Chapter: Thriller Conversations

The Whisky Lounge Shop 2A/58 Railway Street, Mudgeeraba, Qld

Sisters in Crime Queensland invites you to join journalist (and Sisters convenor) Megan Norris in conversation with authors, Sally Piper (Bone Memories), Allie Reynolds (Shiver & The Bay) and A. D. Penhall (Dangerous Devotions) as they share the thrills and spills of their writing journeys and their tips for success.

$25 – $35

Killing time: Mysteries with history  

The Rising Sun Hotel cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Many mysteries have history at their core but some more so than others. Authors Alison Goodman, Nilima Rao and Margaret Hickey will dissect their mysteries with host Dr Kelly Gardiner and detail what light they shed on contemporary concerns as well as those of earlier times, from the Regency era in England, to Fiji in 1914, and to more recent skullduggery on South Australia’s limestone coast.

$50 – $60

Celebrate the launch of The Glasgow Smile (Original Sin Press) by Chris Stuart

The Younger Sun 26 Murray St, Yarraville, Vic, Australia

Join in the celebrations for the launch of The Glasgow Smile, the second novel by award-winning New Zealand author, Chris Stuart. She will will be put through her paces by Coroner Audrey Jamieson. Chris won the Ngaio Marsh Best First Novel Award, for For Reasons of Their Own.

Free

30th Scarlet Stiletto Awards: A cause for celebration

The Rising Sun Hotel cnr Raglan Street and Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bring out the scarlet and pearls and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Scarlet Stiletto Awards which have proved to be the springbord to literary success or so many aspiring writers.

$40 – $60

Sisters in Crime SA – End-of-year Networking Event with Crime Quiz

Seven Stars Hotel 186/187 Angas St, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Everyone is welcome at Sisters in Crime South Australia's end-of-year Networking Drinks and Crime Quiz, 6.30 pm Wednesday 13 December at the Seven Stars Hotel, Angas Street, Adelaide. The cost includes a drink upon arrival (at the bar) and finger food (platters). We look forward to celebrating the end of the year with you! $20-25. Meantime, ...

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$20 – $25