Crime Family, Cop Kid Conflicts of interest and moral ambiguity in The White Crow
Ex-cop Gary Jubelin interrogates author Michael Robotham about the gripping moral dilemma in his new bestseller. Constable Philomena McCarthy is the daughter of a notorious crime boss, so she’s always walked the thin blue line. …
Ashley Kalagian Blunt Manuscript Feedback Session
If you’re too close to your crime fiction manuscript to see it objectively, professional feedback may be the answer. Crime fiction author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will read a 1-page (300-word) synopsis and the first 4000 …
Danger Awards Night
This popular event comes to you this year with a new twist: What are the top ten crime books everyone should read? Join the crime crowd for drinks and nibbles then hear from the crime …
How to write a crime story – student edition
Want to write your own crime or mystery story? Got an idea for a story with action, emotions, friendship, with a mystery at its heart? Come along to this workshop and get your crime or …
Shadows of The Rocks in the Flâneur’s Footsteps:
In 1870, a mysterious writer for the Sydney Morning Herald (The Flâneur) shocked polite society with a daring exposé series titled ‘Sydney by Night’. His first target? The infamous slums of The Rocks — a labyrinth of crumbling terraces, …
Big Crime Oz: Home-grown hard hitters on the future of the world’s biggest genre
Has outback noir gone into drought? Is the police procedural out of leads? Does psychological fiction still have its chill? Are cozies getting too comfortable? Will historical crime overtake contemporary? Kate Evans reads the tea …
BAD Bookclub
For the first time, we have a BAD Bookclub at the Festival. Suzanne Leal will lead the discussion of the Danger Award 2024 Best Crime book, Amanda Hampson’s The Tea Ladies. The author will be …
Gone But Not Forgotten: Still seeking justice
Broadcaster Larissa Behrendt leads a conversation with journalist Lorena Allam and author Angie Faye Martin about the intersection between fact and fiction in Martin’s debut novel. The story’s Aboriginal policewoman uncovers racism and corruption beneath …
Detecting Perspectives: Novel points of view in crime writing
Crime scholar Sue Turnbull chats with authors Kerry Mayne, Pip Fioretti, Amanda Hampson and Mandy Beaumont to celebrate the varied voices of their latest books. Move from 1960s tea ladies to the granddaughter of a …
Ashley Kalagian Blunt Manuscript Feedback Session
If you’re too close to your crime fiction manuscript to see it objectively, professional feedback may be the answer. Crime fiction author Ashley Kalagian Blunt will read a 1-page (300-word) synopsis and the first 4000 …