The enduring power of the missing person trope: Mali Cornish
Author Mali Cornish on the enduring tropes of crime fiction and a sub-genre in its own right, the ‘missing person’ story.
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Click go the words: Sarah Bailey
Narrelle M.Harris spoke to Melbourne award-winning Sister in Crime, Sarah Bailey, about Click, her latest novel and second in her Oli Groves series.
Law & Disorder
Drawing on the rich tradition of lawyers dominating crime and legal fiction are three Australian authors Rebecca Lim (The Graduate), Joanna Jenkins (Bad Neighbours), and Eve Thomson (Smother). Their investigations traverse top male-dominated law firms, an Art Deco apartment complex, and an elite school’s girls’ football team. They’ll be admitting all to host, Melbourne author, Lyn Yeowart.
Win a copy of Possible Springs
Penguin Random House is generously donating twenty copies of Possible Springs by Samantha Ross for the Crime Stack for June. Samantha is a refugee from Melbourne and now lives in Port Douglas in FNQ. Her debut novel blends small-town mystery, romance and magical realism. This is a special offer for members of Sisters in Crime. Join now and be in the running for a complimentary paperback copy of Possible Springs.
The Gone
Three authors – Sarah Bailey, Sherryl Clark, and Mali Cornish. – explore the many dimensions of ‘the gone’ -the missing – with crime writer, Katherine Kovacic.
How I ‘provoked good men’ with one question: Georgia Harper
What would women do if there were no men for a day? Georgia Harper once almost painted the question on her front fence. Then, she had a better idea and decided to write a thriller and had the protagonist, Dove, paint that question on the front wall of her permaculture farm on a tourist route . . .
BOOKED OUT! Melbourne Rare Book Week: Digging for Dirt – Criminal inspiration from the archives
Sisters in Crime and the Prahran Mechanics Institute are partnering to present a special Melbourne Rare Book Week event , Digging for Dirt – Criminal inspiration from the archives. Tara Oldfield and Lucy Sussex will be discussing the critical role that archival research plays in creating historical crime writing, both fiction and non-fiction.
Red Herrings
Catch up with the latest crime events from around the nation. Already there are lots of crime events happening, especially in Quuensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Whatever the time, whatever the season, don’t forget that a book is the perfect gift. It offers so much reading pleasure as well as supporting authors and the publishing industry.
Cut a long story short
Grabbing a copy of Scarlet Stiletto: The Seventeenth Cut (ed. Phyllis King), the e-book collection of winning stories in the recent 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards, is the perfect answer to reading quandaries. Fourteen ripper reads for only $5.
New Reviews
Every month Sisters in Crime brings you new reviews from women who write criminally good books.