AUSTRALIAN NOIR – DARK STORY MEETS MORALITY TALE?

Williamstown Town Hall 104 Ferguson St, Wiliamstown, Victoria, Australia

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 ...

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$15

Author talk with Janice Simpson – Rosebud Library

Rosebud Library McDowell St, Rosebud, Victoria, Australia

  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 ...

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Free

Author talk with Janice Simpson – Mornington Library

Mornington Library Vancouver Street, Mornington, Victoria, Australia

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 ...

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Free

Nordic Noir: the new cool

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

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. ...

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$10 – $17

Sea Change or Tree Change?: crime moves to the coast and country

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

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 ...

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$10 – $17

Extreme situations elicit unusual crimes

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

  First 25 to book get a free (proof) copy of  Anna Snoekstra’s new book, The Spite Game,  kindly donated by Harlequin Australia. Megan Goldin, Susi Fox and Pip Drysdale talk to Janice Simpson about deception and delusion, revenge and retribution, and how Sun Tzu’s The Art of War helps if you’re hellbent on making him pay. Megan ...

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$12 – $20

Open invitation: Launch of A Body of Work by Janice Simpson (Hybrid Publishers)

Younger Sun 28 Murray Street, Yarraville, Vic, Australia

Coroner Audrey Jamieson will launch A Body of Work, the first book in Janice Simpson’s series featuring Detective Constable Angela Micelli and Detective Senior Sergeant Brendan O’Leary – Sunday 2 December, 5.30pm in the pop-up park outside the Younger Sun, 28 Murray Street, Yarraville, weather permitting, or inside the bookshop, if not. A Body of ...

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Open invitation: Castlemaine launch of A Body of Work by Janice Simpson (Hybrid Publishers)

Castlemaine Library 212 Barker St.,, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Castlemaine-based crime writer, Annie Hauxwell, will launch A Body of Work after an in-conversation with author Janice Simpson on Thursday 6 December, 5 for 5.30pm, Castlemaine Library, 212 Barker St, Castlemaine.  A Body of Work, Simpson’s contemporary crime novel set in Melbourne and Ballarat, tells the story of socialite and author Deborah Dangerfield’s murder at a ...

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