National
Writers at Sea. 8-15 December. Join best-selling and award-winning authors Alli Sinclair and T.M. Clark (Qld crime writer and member) on Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas out of Sydney. Ideal for writers of any genre and experience. Info and bookings here.
New South Wales
Wednesday 21 November, 6.00 pm-7.00 pm: Hayley Scrivenor in conversation with Emma Darragh about her second book, Girl Falling. Wollongong Library, 41 Burelli St, Wollongong. Free but please book here.
Friday 6 December, 6 pm: Criminal Minds – Women Writing Crime with Lee Christine and Hayley Scrivenor. They’ll be discussing their new novels, Glenrock and Girl Falling. and delving into what makes a great crime read. Gone are the days of suited detectives and bodies in libraries. Today’s women crime writers are doing much more than solving staged whodunits, they are unravelling the ‘why’, and saying a lot about human behaviour and social dynamics in the process. East Maitland Library, 3 Garnett Rd, East Maitland. $15 (includes a glass of wine), Bookings here.
Queensland
Thursday 13 February, 6.00 pm for a 6.30 pm start: Sydney Sisters in Crime member, Ashley Kalagian Blunt, will launch her new thriller, Cold Truth, in conversation with Martine Kropkowski. Set in the depths of the Canadian winter, Cold Truth is truly chilling. Avid Reader, 193 Boundary Road, West End. $15.00 Book + Ticket Deal $42.99. Book here.
Victoria
Tuesday 12 November, 6.30 pm. NSW Sister in Crime member, Tea Cooper, discusses her writing and her newly released novel, The Golden Thread. Tea is an award-winning Australian author of historical fiction. She is the internationally bestselling author of several novels, including The Talented Mrs Greenway, The Butterfly Collector, The Naturalist’s Daughter, the USA Today-bestselling The Woman in the Green Dress, The Girl in the Painting, and The Cartographer’s Secret, winner of the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award. Free. Bendigo Writers Festival. Bendigo Bank Theatre in The Capital Book, 50 View Street. Book here.
Thursday 14 November, 6 pm: Join in the celebrations for the launch of Leave the Girls Behind, Jacqueline Bublitz’s second novel. Jacqueline who won two Davitt Awards for her debut novel, Before You Knew My Name, will be in conversation with Sisters in Crime’s Philomena Horsley. It’s another taut suspense thriller overlaid with a moving exploration of the ways in which violent crime ricochets through the lives of those left behind. Readings Emporium, Shop 1-016/287 Lonsdale St, Melbourne. Free, but bookings are essential.
Monday 18 November, 6 pm: Jacqueline Bublitz will be talking about Leave the Girls Behind, her second novel with Kerryn Mayne, bestselling author of Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder and Joy Moody is Out of Time. Jacqueline won two Davitt Awards for her debut novel, Before You Knew My Name. Leave the Girls Behind is another taut suspense thriller overlaid with a moving exploration of the ways in which violent crime ricochets through the lives of those left behind. Brighton Library, 14 Wilson St., Brighton. Free but please book here.
Wednesday, 20 November, 7 pm. Sydney author Pip Drysdale in conversation with Sisters in Crime award-winning author, Alison Goodman, about her new thriller, The Close-up (Gallery Books). Set in LA, it features a struggling author who discovers the dark side of fame when a stalker begins reenacting violent events from her thriller. All four of Pip’s previous novels – The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know, The Paris Affair, and The Next Girl – are Australian bestsellers. Tix: $35 (includes book) or $10 (attendance only). Ulysses Bookstore, Shop1, 498 Hampton St., Hampton. Book via (03) 9521 8020 or www.ulyssesbookstore.com.au
Thursday 21 November, 6.30–8 pm: Writers Victoria – State of the (Writing) Nation with Louise Milligan plus readings from Gurmeet Kaur and Beau Windon. The Wheeler Centre, 176 Lonsdale St., Melbourne. $20. Book here.
Tuesday 11 February, 6.30 pm: Launch of Cold Truthby Sydney Sisters in Crime author,Ashley Kalagian Blunt. Harlow Close has made a career as an influencer uncovering the secrets of Winnipeg, dubbed ‘North America’s strangest city’. When Harlow’s father mysteriously disappears amid a brutal cold snap, suspicions of foul play arise. As Harlow struggles to uncover what happened to her father, she’s forced to question everything and everyone around her – including herself. Readings Carlton. 309 Lygon St, Carlton. Free but please book here.