Writing a Good Synopsis RSVP is essential please as we may not have the numbers due to election day. sistersincrimeqld@gmail.com Date: Saturday 18 May 2019 Time: 10.30am to 1pm Location: The Community Meeting Room, Brisbane Square Library, 266 George St, Brisbane City. The meeting room is on the ground floor. As you enter, walk towards ...
Everyone is welcome at the event launch The Secret Art of Poisoning: The True Crimes of Martha Needle, the Richmond Poisoner by Adelaide Sisters in Crime member, Dr Samantha Battams. Dr Battams will be in conversation with Dr Lucy Sussex, long-time Sisters in Crime member, author, and literary historian. Lucy's historical works include Women Writers ...
Authors Susan Hurley, Sue Ingleton and L M Ardor talk to Maggie Baron, former forensic scientist and inaugural President of Sisters in Crime, about the blood-tingling scenarios and scenes of crime they have encountered in the divergent worlds of science and medicine. Susan Hurley has drawn on her thirty years in medical research and the pharmaceutical ...
CHOOSE YOUR OWN FELON – WORKSHOP In this workshop best-selling author Vikki Petraitis offers plenty of practical tips and exercises to get your crime writing ideas flowing. Activities and discussions will include: how to create a compelling detective, how to plot for maximum impact, where to set your story, and how to choose a crime that matters. ...
Out of The Shadows: True Crime Comes of Age explores the rise and rise of true crime. How does the public’s interest in true stories affect their reading habits? Where will this brave new world lead us? Vikki Petraitis grills Claire Halliday, Helen Thomas and Liz Porter to find out. 3-4pm Saturday 15 June Chamber ...
Making Trouble (Tongued with Fire): An Imagined History of Harriet Elphinstone Dick and Alice C. Moon by Sue Ingleton will be launched by playwright Joanna Murray-Smith Thursday, 20 June. Please join us at Readings Carlton, 309 Lygon Street, Carlton at 6.00pm for 6.30pm launch. For more information on this free event and to RSVP please ...
Masterclass: Writing Crime Looking to learn the foundational tools of crime writing, or to sharpen existing weapons already at your disposal? This masterclass will refine your essential plot, pacing, and genre-specific techniques, and teach you how to get paid for your crimes (the fictional variety)! We discuss the responsibilities of writers in representing criminalisation and violence, ...
The Knife is Feminine: Discovering Charlotte Jay Hosted by Melbourne Library Service The inaugural winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe award in 1953 was an Australian woman, Charlotte Jay, for Beat Not The Bones , a mystery set in Papua New Guinea. In 2019 who has heard of Charlotte Jay in this her ...
Scribe Publications is delighted to invite you to the launch of J.M. Green's, Shoot Through, to be launched by Imbi Neeme: 6.30pm Monday 22 July - The Night Heron, 228 Nicholson St., Footscray Shoot Through is the 3rd in J.M. Green's Stella hardy series set in Melbourne's West. Free but RSVP: danielle@scribepub.com.au
Hear Sydney Sister in Crime Ashley Kalagian Blunt in conversation with Ashley Hay re My Name is Revenge, her literary thriller novella set in 1980s’ Sydney and drawn from true events, including a series of international terrorist attacks. Wednesday, July 24, 6-8pm Ticket $10.00, Book (My Name Is Revenge) $24.99 Tickets available until 24 July ...
