Tag Archives: Leigh Redhead

Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 2

Posted on 26/11/2012 by

Further to Part 1 of my debrief on the Crime & Justice Festival 2012,  on Saturday afternoon Rochelle Jackson interviewed Ian Rankin, Shane Maloney and Stuart Littlemore about their protagonists, John Rebus, Murray Whelan and Harry Curry respectively, on a panel called … Continue reading →

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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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Hard Labour starts to pay off

Posted on 13/10/2012 by

There are times when maintaining a blog is a drag, a necessary evil for a fiction writer who would frankly rather spend her precious time writing fiction. Times when I struggle to find something interesting to blog about. Other times … Continue reading →

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Crime Factory Hard Labour

Posted on 25/09/2012 by

Hard Labour is a new all-Australian anthology of short crime fiction being launched by Crime Factory in October and I’m thrilled to be part of it. The Hard Labour anthology is bookended by stories from two of Australia’s crime fiction greats, … 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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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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Ned Kelly Awards winners & grinners

Posted on 01/09/2011 by

This morning came news Ned Kelly’s 130 year old remains had been identified at the old Pentridge Prison site. Only hours earlier I was celebrating the Australian crime fiction awards named his honour. I felt very close to Ned. Really. … Continue reading →

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Crime & Justice Festival de-brief

Posted on 24/07/2008 by

I had a great time as a presenter and participant at last weekend’s inaugural Reader’s Feast Crime and Justice Festival at the old Abbotsford Convent. A First Offence: The first panel I participated in was at 10am on a chilly … Continue reading →

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