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Warm Winter Read

Posted on 15/06/2022 by Angela Savage

‘Grab your book, blanket and beanie – we’re hibernating with books this winter!’ In my day job as CEO of Public Libraries Victoria, I’m part of a working group behind the Warm Winter Read, a campaign designed to encourage readers … Continue reading →

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Willy Lit Fest 2022: Days Like These

Posted on 13/06/2022 by Angela Savage

I am delighted to be appearing at this year’s Williamstown Literary Festival aka Willy Lit Fest, with the theme ‘Days Like These’. I first appeared at Willy Lit Fest 15 years ago as an emerging crime writer, alongside Garry Disher … Continue reading →

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Yarra Valley Writers Festival 2021

Posted on 29/06/2021 by Angela Savage

While the COVID-19 pandemic keeps proving time and time again that ‘The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley’ as Robert Burns would say, and the situation in states outside Victoria notwithstanding, the easing of restrictions … Continue reading →

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Yarra Valley Writers Festival

Posted on 11/05/2020 by Angela Savage

The inaugural Yarra Valley Writers Festival was broadcast online last weekend and, as Festival Director Brook Powell put it so eloquently in her opening remarks, ‘No, it’s not the same, but it is of the moment.’ While I missed not … Continue reading →

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Yarra Valley Writers Festival online

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Angela Savage

We’ve been in lockdown due to COVID-19 for over a month now in Australia. My partner and I are working from home. My daughter is doing her high school classes from home (my brother, a teacher, reminds me not to … Continue reading →

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The Great Debate

Posted on 07/12/2019 by Angela Savage

Further to my last post about saying yes to everything, in late November I found myself in the pulse-pounding position of being on stage before a live audience at the Village Roadshow Theatrette at the State Library Victoria for the … Continue reading →

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Bad Diaries Salon: First

Posted on 28/06/2018 by Angela Savage

I was fit to burst with excitement when author Jenny Ackland (Little Gods) recently invited me to be part of a Bad Diaries Salon in Geelong next month. Bad Diaries Salon was established by Jenny in mid-2017 with a call … Continue reading →

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SheKilda 3…where a criminally good time was had by all

Posted on 11/12/2016 by Angela Savage

This post is based on an article that appeared on the Sisters in Crime Australia website, with editorial comments as noted. Sisters in Crime celebrated its 25th birthday in style at SheKilda3: One-day Crime Spree at St Kilda Town Hall … Continue reading →

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Review: Gunshine State

Posted on 20/11/2016 by Angela Savage

I’ve been keen to post a review of Andrew Nette’s latest novel, Gunshine State, on this blog. But seeing as how Andrew is not only a great crime writer but also my life partner, I could hardly be the one … Continue reading →

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Crime writing & Festivals Part 1

Posted on 01/11/2016 by Angela Savage

When people ask, ‘How are you?’ I try not to respond with, ‘Busy.’ For me, ‘busy’ is what American novelist and teacher John Gardner calls a ‘feeble abstraction’ that ‘says almost nothing’. Gardner exhorts us to tell our stories in … Continue reading →

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