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Tag Archives: Leigh Redhead
SheKilda 3…where a criminally good time was had by all
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
Crime Scenes: a new anthology of short Oz crime fiction
After diligently blogging my way through Thailand between December 2015 and the start of the year, it’s taken nearly a month after returning home to catch my breath for long enough to post again. My excuse, if you need one, … Continue reading
The Goddess of Tartan Noir
It was my great pleasure to interview the “Goddess of Tartan Noir” (we all agreed “Queen” was just too, well, royalist) Val McDermid during her recent visit to Melbourne at an event hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia in collaboration with Melbourne’s … Continue reading
Posted in Literary giants
Tagged Angela Savage, Leigh Redhead, photos, Sisters in Crime Australia, The Skeleton Road, Val McDermid
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Video: Dicks vs Dames
Ballarat Writers Inc has released the video of the great debate, Dicks vs Dames, held at the Death in July Festival in collaboration with Sisters in Crime Australia. Arguing that men write better crime fiction than women are Vikki Petraitis, Leigh Redhead … Continue reading
Death in July wrap up
I’m still on a high following Death in July. That sounds so wrong, but it feels so right. This inaugural festival to celebrate Australian women’s crime fiction in Ballarat, a collaboration between Sisters in Crime and Ballarat Writers was by all … Continue reading
More on Death in July
Death in July: Festival of women’s crime writing Christina Bulbrook This article first appeared in Lip, 1 July 2014 Women’s crime writing has come a long way, but it hasn’t been smooth sailing. Like walking in high heels, there have … Continue reading
Festival: Death in July
Next weekend I head to Ballarat for Death in July: A Festival of Women’s Crime Writing. A collaboration between Sisters in Crime Australia and Ballarat Writers Inc, Death in July is a celebration of Australian women’s crime writing designed to get the blood pumping despite … Continue reading
Sisters in Crime: Across all worlds
I am very excited to be part of Sisters in Crime: Across all worlds, a panel discussion to be chaired by one of my favourite Australian crime writers Leigh Redhead, this Friday 19 July 2013. I’ll be sharing the panel with … Continue reading
Posted in Sisters in Crime
Tagged Angela Savage, Annie Hauxwell, Leigh Redhead, Melanie Casey, Sisters in Crime Australia
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Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 2
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
Crime & Justice Festival 2012 debrief: Part 1
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
