Sisters in Crime’s Annual General Meeting was held on 24 October at Melbourne’s Rising Sun Hotel, following the engaging and entertaining On the Beat event. The major decision was to lift membership fees by $5 but leaving concession rates the same. The fees have not been increased since 2018.
The new Sisters in Crime WA Chapter launched at the Geraldton Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival on 25 October with two events to an enthusiatic audience at Batavia Brewing.
Entries are now open for the 26th Annual Davitt Awards for the best Australian women’s crime and mystery books of 2025.
Join crime fans in celebrating the launch of Caroline de Costa’s new standalone mystery, The Rosemary (Boolarong Press). She will be in conversation with Sisters in Crime national co-convenor, Carmel Shute. The Rosemary is a departure for Caroline whose previous novels are police procedurals set in Cairns that feature Detective Cass Diamond – it’s set in a boarding school. Free.
The Stolen has it all. The wry humour, the suspense and creeping dread, the barely contained rage and an ending that near breaks you. It’s the second book featuring Detective Antigone Pollard, and it’s a cracker.
Kathleen Folbigg was labelled Australia’s worst female serial killer and spent 20 years in jail. It is one of the worst miscarriages of justice, fuelled by misogyny. But Kathleen’s friend, Tracy, took up the fight – and she never gave up.
A gritty Melbourne crime thriller where old secrets collide with deadly new threats. Luke Harris, a disability worker living in St Kilda, has worked hard to bury his violent past. Now he’s back in Melbourne, chasing a quiet life, a normal job, his own house and a dog. But Luke’s old life isn’t done with him . . .
They’re back! If you haven’t encountered the ill-mannered ladies yet, you are unfashionably behind. With plenty of adventure, crime and action as well as a splash of romance, The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin is an absolute delight.
Sisters in Crime WA will debut at the Big Sky Readers and Writers Festival in Geraldton in October 2025. The festival has warmly welcomed the initiative, and the group is thrilled to be part of the event. You’ll catch the Sisters speaking on Saturday 25 October, 4-6 pm, at Batavia Brewery, 60 Fitzgerald Street, Geraldton. Free . You can also stay on a meal,
Fremantle Press is generously donating twenty copies of Hot Ground by Lisa Ellery for this month’s Crime Stack. Detective Jessy Parkin – sent to policing purgatory in the aftermath of a tainted investigation – is tasked with finding Max Cochrane, a veteran prospector who has vanished into thin air.