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Global Frictions: How widespread misconceptions about language cause systemic failures in the justice system

RMIT City Campus, Storey Hall (Building 16) Level 7, Green Brain Conference Rooms 1 & 2,, 336–348 Swanston St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A Seminar Series hosted by the Centre for Global Research Ignorance is not bliss. How widespread misconceptions about language cause systemic failures in the justice system OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Presenter:  Dr Georgina Heydon, Director, Centre for Global Research, RMIT University, President, International Association of Forensic Linguists. (Dr Heydon spoke at Sisters in Crime 2013 Law Week event - a total ...

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Free

Sensational seconds

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

Authors Emma Viskic, Anna Snoekstra and J M Green discuss how to triumph over ‘second novel syndrome’ and much much more with Maggie Baron. To be followed by the AGM. And Fire Came Down (Bonnier Publishing) Emma Viskic’s second novel, again features Caleb Zelic, a deaf private detective. When a young woman is killed after ...

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$10 – $17

The Killer Weekend (London)

Browns Covent Garden 82-84 St. Martins Lane,, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom

Killer Women Want to write a crime novel? Got an idea but unsure how to progress it? Like to know more about how to get published? Keen to pitch your idea to top editors and agents? Enjoy a weekend of practical workshops, exclusive masterclasses and pitch sessions given by top crime writers, publishers and agents, ...

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£275

Open invitation to the launch of Sandi Wallace’s first short-fiction collection, On The Job

SOOKI LOUNGE 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave , VIc, Australia

10 November 2017 is release day for Sandi Wallace’s first short-fiction collection, On The Job She hopes you can join the celebration! Happy Hour, Happy Day, Drop-In ‘on the job’ Book Launch Friday 10 November from 5.00pm to 7.00pm - SOOKI LOUNGE, 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave Drop in over Happy Hour—5.00-7.00pm—to chat with Sandi about her new ...

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Open invitation to the launch of Intruder by Leonie Johnson

Wheelers Hill Library 860 Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia

You are all welcome to attend the launch  of Intruder (Sid Harta Publishing), the debut novel by Leonie Johnson. Every woman’s worst nightmare – A gripping tale of the life of a once blissfully happy woman whose existence is rendered a social outcast by the relentlessness of an intrusive sexual predator. Set in the suburbs of ...

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24th Scarlet Stiletto Awards – presented by Sigrid Thornton, icon of Australian screen and stage

Reminder: Bookings close Wednesday 15 November.  Click to book: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2017-scarlet-stiletto-cocktail-party-awards-tickets-39036000729 Join us for champagne and canapés as we celebrate Australia’s crime-writing talent at Sisters in Crime’s Scarlet Stiletto Awards. This year, 186 entries vied for glory, but only 26 stories were shortlisted for the 13 awards (Scarlet-Stiletto-entry-form-2017). Catch up with your favourite authors including Anne Buist, Hazel ...

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$40

Open invitation: Launch of Girl Gangs, Biker Boys & Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction & Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980

Grub Street Bookshop 1/379 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, ViC, Australia

You are all welcome at the launch of Girl Gangs, Biker Boys & Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction & Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980,  co-edited by Brothers-in-Law Andrew Nette and  Iain McIntyre. Girl Gangs, Biker and Real Cool Cats is the result of four years work. It is the first comprehensive account of how the rise of ...

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Free

Free Crime Writing Workshop – Mornington Library

Mornington Library Vancouver Street, Mornington, Victoria, Australia

Recommended for Adults Do you want to write a crime novel? Come along to Mornington Library's two day crime writing short course. Join best-selling author, Vikki Petraitis, as she guides you through the genre expectations of crime, protagonists and antagonists, plotting and setting. There will be clear instructions and lots of tips. This workshop will ...

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Open invitation to launch of Anne Buist’s new novel, This I would kill for

Readings Carlton 309 Lygon Street, Carlton, V, Australia

Text Publishing is delighted to announce that Anne Buist’s This I would kill for will be launched by Dr Ian Freckelton QC.  This is the latest instalment in the Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist series of gripping psychological thrillers from Professor Anne Buist. Anne, a Sisters in Crime member,  is also scheduled to speak at Sisters ...

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Killer Cults – talk by Amanda Howard

Amanda Howard, series regular on Studio 10 ,will be giving a fascinating talk on Killer Cults and the Messianic minds of Cult Leaders. www.amandahoward.com.au Her talk is 12:30 – 1:30pm Psychic Sunday, Fairfield City Museum and Gallery, 634 The Horsley Drv, Smithfield https://www.psychicsunday.com.au/

$5