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 . . .
Exploring the many dimensions of poison as the ‘women’s weapon’ will be Chloe Hooper, co-author
of The Mushroom Tapes; Linda Glowacki, toxicologist from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine & Angela Savage on Agatha Christie and poisons, and host Vikki Petraitis.
What do you do if you discover your beloved father is a serial killer? This is what
Georgie Baron-Ross explores with Melbourne author Abby Corson for this month’s Author Spotlight. Abby’s latest novel, Happy Woman. It features Gwynne Hogg — a ‘normal’ woman — whose life unravels as her father’s decades-old secrets surface and the media closes in.
Christine Balint began working on this novel in 2018 after finding a summary of the story in a book by American historian, Joanne Ferraro. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse had just taken place. She could not believe that in 1757, a child had had the courage to speak out and she had been believed and her abuser convicted.
Simon & Schuster is generously donating twenty copies of The Graduate by Rebecca Lim for the Crime Stack for May. It’s Rebecca’s first adult crime novel, a razor-sharp revenge thriller that blows the whistle on the cutthroat world of corporate law. This is a special offer to Sisters in Crime members. Join now and be in the running for a complimentary paperback copy of The Graduate.
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.
Perth: Sisters in Crime WA presents Amanda Hampson in conversation with Rachael Johns, to launch Amanda’s new eagerly awaited book, The Model Murder. A Crime with Wine event, at The Red Room Leederville. Presented in conjunction with Books in the Brewery. Book here.
Sisters in Crime Queensland presents A free online seminar for writers Ready Set Pitch! with Allie Reynolds and January Gilchrist Join Sisters-in-Crime QLD for a free interactive online seminar to polish your pitch. Hear how thriller writers Allie (SHIVER & THE BAY) and January (THE FINAL CHAPTER) landed international book deals, and what they did to …
Exploring the many dimensions of poison as the ‘women’s weapon’ will be Chloe Hooper, co-author of The Mushroom Tapes; Linda Glowacki, toxicologist from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine & Angela Savage on Agatha Christie and poisons; and host Vikki Petraitis. Poison was historically considered the archetypal ‘woman’s weapon’ as it required no special strength, only access and opportunity, things generally afforded women in their domestic role. Or is this an old, made-up sawhorse?
