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Brimbank Libraries -Writing workshops with author Vikki Petraitis Thursday 23 & 30 May

Keilor Community Hub 704B Old Calder Highway, Keilor, Vic, Australia

Writing workshops with author Vikki Petraitis Memoir Writing Learn how to write the stories of family members. Includes: • Plotting • Developing themes • Using writing techniques to help improve your written expression Keilor Community Hub: Thursday 23 May, 5:30-7:30pm 704B Old Calder Highway, Keilor VIC 3036 Book Here Novel Writing Suitable for both beginning writers ...

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Free

Williamstown Literary Festival – Vikki Petraitis workshop

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

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. ...

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$35 – $40

Sisters in Crime@ Williamstown Literary Festival

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

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 ...

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$15 – $20

The Life and Crimes of Vikki Petraitis

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

Vikki Petraitis, true crime writer and regular Dicks V Dames debater, will be interrogated about her 25 years of crime writing by Emily Webb, fellow true crime writer and co-presenter of the Australian True Crime Podcast. Vikki Petraitis took to writing true crime because, unlike crime fiction, it was so raw and it told the ...

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$15 – $20

Sisters in Crime @ Emerald Library: Vikki Petraitis & Inside the Law

Emerald Library 400B Belgrave-Germbrook Rd, Emerald, Vic, Australia

Vikki Petraitis has been writing crime books for nearly two decades. Her book on Frankston serial killer, Paul Denyer has become a classic in the genre. She asks: why do people do what they do? What is the human cost when people choose the wrong path? Join Vikki as she shares her experience as a ...

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Free

Sisters in Crime@Lerderderg Library, Bacchus Marsh

Lerderderg Library 215 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh, Vic, Australia

BacchChat: What true crime tells us about the world Join Sisters in Crime Robin Bowles and Vikki Petraitis in conversation with national convenor, Tara Mitchell, about how true crime is about true stories of real people, real grief, real loss, and real horror, not an opportunity to revel in sensationalism or gory murders. True crime ...

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True Crime Sunday with Vikki Petraitis

Elsternwick Park Sports Club 70 Glenhuntly Road,, Elsternwick, Vic, Australia

What better way to an arvo: True Crime Sunday Vikki Petraitis talking about her life of true crime writing True Crime writer Vikki Petraitis will take you down the mean streets in an afternoon presentation of real Australian crime. The best-selling author of 14 books will talk about two of them: The Frankston Murders and ...

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$18 – $22

Geelong Regional Libraries – Rachael Brown and Vikki Petraitis – Lawyer X

Join Geelong Regional Libraries for this special preview event ahead of the 2020 Word for Word National Non-Fiction Festival. On the panel are ABC investigative reporter and creator of new podcast Trace 2: The Informer, Rachael Brown, and author of Cops, Drugs, Lawyer X and Me, award-winning true crime writer, Vikki Petraitis. They will be joined by ...

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True Crime Writing with Vikki Petraitis

In the world of publishing, true crime books have always had a dedicated audience. Once podcasts hit the airwaves, true crime topped the listening charts. What is the fascination? True crime author Vikki Petraitis will discuss her books and podcast, The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron, and why people are fascinated with true crime. Vikki is ...

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Free

How to get away with murder

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

We investigate murder within crime literature and take a humorous stab at revealing what works – and what doesn’t – when it comes to making a killing. The advantages – and disadvantages – of poison, bullets, a push off a tall building or cliff, or the Strangers on a Train scenario will all go under ...

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$10 – $22