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Author Talk – True Crime: Inside stories with Robin Bowles and Vikki Petraitis

Wonthaggi Library Murray Street, Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia

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 ...

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Free

17th Davitt Awards and gala dinner

Thornbury Theatre, Velvet Room 859 High Street, Thornbury, Victoria, Australia

Proudly supported by Swinburne University of Technology, Department of Media and Communication Frock up and come to see the multi-talented Hilary Bonney present Sisters in Crime’s 17th Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. Prior to the presentations, she will discuss her own life in crime with Professor Sue Turnbull, Sisters in Crime’s ambassador. ...

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$65

BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival – Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 September 2017

Justice & Police Museum Albert St & Phillip St, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Justice & Police Museum The inaugural BAD: Sydney Crime Writers Festival explores what crime can tell us about humanity, both contemporary and historical. Writers, detectives, film-makers, ex-judges and others will consider this and also Sydney’s unique relationship with crime. Sydney was founded by criminals and those who guarded them. Its convict culture helped shape egalitarian ...

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$15 – $40

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

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

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

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

Domestic Noir: Why the family is a cauldron for crime

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

Murders, infidelity, custody disputes, abductions and incarcerations can bring domestic living to boiling point, making the home an unsafe place to be – especially for women and children. Together, host Vikki Petraitis and authors Anne Buist, Megan Norris and Emily Webb will compare and contrast the approaches taken by novelists and true crime authors to ...

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$10 – $17

New venue: Open invitation to the launch of Once a Copper by Vikki Petraitis

Albert Park Primary School Hall Cnr Bridport St & Cardigan Place, Albert Park, Vic, Australia

His car was firebombed by corrupt cops, and contracts taken out by notorious hitmen, but no one was off-limits to Brian 'Skull' Murphy’s fearless fight against crime. Best-selling true crime writer, Vikki Petraitis, brings Brian's story to national attention. Petraitis explores the many facets of The Skull’s story. Starting on the mean streets of South Melbourne, ...

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Free

BOOKED OUT!!!The secret life of a crime scene cleaner

St Kilda Library 150 Carlisle Street , StKilda, VIc, Australia

Sisters in Crime Australia and the Port Phillip Library Service present … Sarah Krasnostein speaks to Ruth Wykes about Sandra Pankhurst who for 20 years has cleaned houses in which people have died – sometimes violently, sometimes through drugs and, very often, alone. Krasnostein’s debut book, The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay ...

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