BAD is returning in 2025:
Thursday 11 - Saturday 13 September
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening Night: Danger Prize presentation, Quiz Night and Party – food and drink. Guest Speaker: Laurie Oakes Criminal Trivia Quiz with Candice Fox Special Guest: Carl Synnerdahl Hosts include Mark Morri, Megan Goldin, Tim Watson-Munro, Susi Fox, Duncan McNab, Xanthe Mallett and Nerida Campbell. | Laurie Oakes | 6:00PM – 8:00PM | Water Police Court |
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoodwinked: Ex-armed robber Carl Synnerdahl talks to psychologistTim Watson-Munro about fooling judges, prison officers – and Fred Hollows – into believing he was blind, and the film Hoodwink that followed. | Carl Synnerdahl, Tim Watson-Munro | 10:00AM – 11:00AM | Water Police Court |
| 2 | Baby in the Suitcase: infanticide in Sydney in the 1920s, Author of The Suitcase Baby and sociologist Tanya Bretherton in conversation with Nerida Campbell. | Tanya Bretherton, Nerida Campbell | 10:00AM – 11:00AM | Police Court |
| 3 | Shine the Light: Investigative journalist Joanne McCarthy in conversation with Fr Frank Brennan AO SJ on the child abuse royal commission she helped bring about. | Joanne McCarthy, Fr Frank Brennan SJ | 11:15AM – 12:15AM | Water Police Court |
| 4 | New writers and their stories: Anna Snoekstra, SA Jones, Susi Fox talking with Fiona Higgins. | Anna Snoekstra, SA Jones, Fiona Higgins, Susi Fox | 11:15AM – 12:15AM | Police Court |
| 5 | Killer Instinct: Experienced forensic psychiatrist and author Donald Grant talks to Michael Duffy about the killer inside us all. | Donald Grant, Michael Duffy | 12:30PM – 1:30PM | Water Police Court |
| 6 | Local Writers, Global Stories: Jack Heath, Dervla McTiernan and Megan Goldin talk with Suzanne Leal about setting their novels overseas. | Dervla McTiernan, Suzanne Leal, Jack Heath, Megan Goldin | 12:30PM – 1:30PM | Police Court |
| 7 | Lunch and book-signing | 1:30PM | Summons Court Room | |
| 8 | Politics and Badness Laurie Oakes in conversation with Malcolm Farr. | Laurie Oakes, Malcolm Farr | 2:15PM – 3:15PM | Water Police Court |
| 9 | Mothers who Murder Xanthe Mallett talks with Suzanne Leal about her book on one of the hardest types of murder to understand. | Xanthe Mallett, Suzanne Leal | 2:15PM – 3:15PM | Police Court |
| 10 | The Making of Murderers: How criminals are created in childhood – and even earlier, former judge Brian Knox SC and psychologist Gabrielle Duffy with Wendy Field. | Wendy Field, Gabrielle Duffy, Brian Knox | 3:30PM – 4:30PM | Water Police Court |
| 11 | Reporting Crime The Daily Telegraph’s Mark Morri, the ABC’s Jamelle Wells, and crime author Adam Shand talk to Michael Duffy about the life of the crime reporter. | Jamelle Wells, Adam Shand, Mark Morri, Michael Duffy | 3:30PM – 4:30PM | Police Court |
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crime Capitals: Comparing the underworlds of Sydney and Melbourne, Mark Morri, Adam Shand interviewed by Michael Duffy. | Adam Shand, Mark Morri, Michael Duffy | 10:00AM – 11:00AM | Water Police Court |
| 2 | A Shrink in the Clink Psychologist Tim Watson-Munro speaks to Matthew Benns about his latest book, on his work in prisons over 40 years. | Matthew Benns, Tim Watson-Munro | 10:00AM – 11:00AM | Police Court |
| 3 | Lives of Crime: Ex-judge Brian Knox and ex-chief prosecutor Mark Tedeschi reflect on courts and criminals with Jamelle Wells. | Jamelle Wells, Mark Tedeschi QC, Brian Knox | 11:15AM – 12:15AM | Water Police Court |
| 4 | Spotlight on Candice Fox: One of our most critically acclaimed and most successful authors discusses her work with Suzanne Leal. | Suzanne Leal, Candice Fox | 12:30PM – 1:30PM | Water Police Court |
| 5 | Australia’s prohibition: How SP betting and illegal alcohol helped shape Sydney, Nerida Campbell and Michael Duffy with Gary Sturgess. | Gary Sturgess, Nerida Campbell, Michael Duffy | 12:30PM – 1:30PM | Police Court |
| 6 | Lunch and book-signing | 1:30PM | Summons Court Room | |
| 7 | Nordic Noir – how the Scandis have changed crime on our screens Sue Turnbull, just back from Scandanavia, in conversation with Caroline Baum. | Caroline Baum, Sue Turnbull | 2:15PM – 3:15PM | Water Police Court |
| 8 | Sydney’s gay murders: Ex-detective and author Duncan McNab speaks with Steve Page, former OIC of Operation Taradale, and lawyer Nick Stewart, about killing, homophobia, and the police. | Nicholas Stewart, Steve Page, Duncan McNab | 2:15PM – 3:15PM | Police Court |
| 9 | DIY Publishing: tips, pitfalls, benefits: Ned Kelly shortlisted Ged Gillmore and Andrew Christie with self-publishing guru Joel Naoum. | Joel Naoum, Ged Gillmore, Andrew Christie | 3:30PM – 4:30PM | Police Court |
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