Tag Archives: Kerry Greenwood

Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 1

Posted on 23/11/2012 by

For three days last week, a stretch of Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD between Swanston and Russell Streets was transformed into a literary precinct, a string of new venues hosting the return of the Reader’s Feast Crime and Justice Festival. … Continue reading →

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Crime in church (not what you’re thinking)

Posted on 15/11/2012 by

As someone who never enters a church these days unless it’s for a funeral, I’m unusually excited at the prospect of appearing both in a church and convent in the forthcoming week. This weekend I’m in the Baptist Church at … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival 2012

Posted on 21/10/2012 by

It is fitting that Ian Rankin is headlining this year’s Crime & Justice Festival, harking as he does from Edinburgh, the first UNESCO City of Literature. With Reader’s Feast Bookstore now operating from their chic premises on Collins Street, the Crime & … Continue reading →

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Recreating the past: Agatha Christie, archaeology & fiction

Posted on 10/09/2012 by

‘Bismillahi ar rahman ar rahim [In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate]. That is the Arab phrase used before starting out on a journey. Eh bien, we too start on a journey. A journey into the past. A journey … Continue reading →

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Murder in Mesopotamia: Agatha Christie & Archeology

Posted on 15/08/2012 by

From the Melbourne Museum website. Reproduced with permission. What do crime fiction and archaeology have in common? A public forum at Melbourne Museum on 9 September will solve this intriguing question with a focus on famous crime writer Agatha Christie’s … Continue reading →

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SheKilda all right

Posted on 10/10/2011 by

A couple of things struck me–fortunately neither a blunt object nor a stiletto–at the SheKilda Australian Women’s Crime Convention in Melbourne last weekend. So many women, including distinguished and established writers, talked about their fears and doubts when it came … Continue reading →

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The Book Show

Posted on 05/10/2011 by

I had the great pleasure this morning of appearing on The Book Show on Radio National with my sister in crime Kerry Greenwood to talk about women’s crime writing and plug SheKilda. Kerry and I had the studio to ourselves … Continue reading →

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SheKilda Again

Posted on 02/10/2011 by

In 2010, the Sisters in Crime Australia celebrated their tenth anniversary by holding the country’s first crime convention in the St Kilda Town Hall in Melbourne; hence the name, SheKilda. Rumour has it the SheKilda organising committee took a decade … Continue reading →

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Listed alongside serious talent: Any chance it’s contagious?

Posted on 10/09/2011 by

I’ll be appearing on a panel at the Wheeler Centre on Thurs 22 September together with Kerry Greenwood, Lindy Cameron and the deliciously named Honey Brown ahead of She Kilda 2011, the Australian Women Crime Writers’ Convention, to discuss why there’s such an appetite for women’s crime writing. … Continue reading →

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Book review: Out of the Black Land

Posted on 24/01/2011 by

Out of the Black Land, Kerry Greenwood’s first foray into ancient Egypt, also the first offering from new kids on the publishing block Clan Destine Press, is a sexy and sensational read, peopled with engaging characters in exquisite, exotic settings. The book … Continue reading →

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