Willy Lit Festival Meet three authors who take undeniably Australian characters on a moral journey where not everyone ends up the better for it. Join Janice Simpson, Fiona Capp and Jock Serong as they explore strong writing that bends genre – not crime fiction or literature as we’ve known it. Janice Simpson – Murder in ...
Murder in Mount Martha is the first crime novel by Melbourne author Janice Simpson. Janice is a national co-convenor of Sisters in Crime Steeped in Melbourne's past and historically accurate, Murder in Mount Martha is inspired by a real-life unsolved murder. It is an exciting and harrowing tale of what might have happened on ...
Murder in Mount Martha is the first crime novel by Melbourne author Janice Simpson. Janice is a national co-convenor of Sisters in Crime. Steeped in Melbourne's past and historically accurate, Murder in Mount Martha is inspired by a real-life unsolved murder. It is an exciting and harrowing tale of what might have happened on the dark ...
Robin Bowles and Vikki Petraitis have investigated some of the highest criminal profile cases from recent times (serial killer Paul Denyer, Jaidyn Leskie, Jennifer Tanner, Paul Dale and many more). In this talk, Robin and Vikki will discuss some of their most famous true-crime stories. Robin Bowles is known as Australia’s True Crime Queen’, and ...
Book tickets Over the past decade, the icy winds of Nordic noir have swept through the worlds of crime fiction, feature film and television drama. The mood (gloomy and bleak) and look (dark and grim) combined with compelling narratives, strong female characters and the distinctive landscapes of Scandinavia have attracted huge numbers of devotees globally. ...
London-born Australian Lesley Truffle has traveled extensively and worked in London and Japan. At present she’s living in a garret in Melbourne. She’s worked as a secondary teacher, photographer, hotel maid, fringe actor and in art galleries, bars, nightclubs and other jobs too ghastly to mention. While exhibiting her art photography in Melbourne galleries Lesley ...
Writing a crime novel? Spend a weekend immersed in crime writing with bestselling Australian authors (and Sisters in Crime members) Wendy James and Jaye Ford. Both Jaye and Wendy are the authors of six novels and have more than thirty years of fiction writing experience between them – and they are sharing their knowledge of ...
Book tickets Sisters in Crime convenor and author Janice Simpson puts three crime authors under the spotlight – Leigh Straw, Sarah Bailey and Dorothy Johnston – to explore what happens when crime (fiction) shifts to the coast or country: to Fremantle, the fictional NSW country town of Smithson and Queenscliff, respectively. Leigh Straw is a ...
“THE CASE IS COLD. ALL HOPE IS LOST. SUDDENLY, THE FUTURE COLLIDES WITH THE PAST.” Join us as the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre launches the latest novel by bestselling Australian crime writer Melissa Pouliot, Found. Inspired by the real life disappearance of the author’s cousin Ursula Barwick 30 years ago, Foundpicks up the story of teenage runaway ...
Sisters in Crime, and all interested crime writers and readers are invited to meet: Sunday, 30 July, 12:30pm-2:30pm ‘Nest Bar’, Hotel Jen, Lvl 2, 159 Roma St, Brisbane (beside the Roma St Transit Centre) Free – if you don’t have a coffee, wine, snack or lunch NB if you have the Entertainment Book, bring it along for ...