2011 was a cracker of a year for the Brisbane Chapter of Sisters in Crime. Read all about it on Critical Mass, the Arts Queensland blog, in this great post by sister-in-crime Liz Navratil.
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News and Updates
WHITE GOLD by Rachel Amphlett
A conspiracy that will end alternative energy research; an organisation killing to protect its interests – and a bomb that will change eco-terrorism forever.
Local author Rachel Amphlett draws the reader into the shadowy world of corporate terrorism in her debut thriller, ‘White Gold’.
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A panel of Brisbane writers - Garrett Russell, Maureen Whitehead and Pat Noad - will discuss why they turned to crime (writing).
Hear these authors talk about their profession, why they opted for a career of writing crime novels, how they get started on a story and many more valuable crime writing tips.
Wednesday 27 July 10:30am - Chermside Library
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Police Museum Sunday Lecture Series
June 26
11am - 12.30pm
Brisbane Outrage: the 1927 bombing of the C.I.B building
Criminals are always thinking of ways to outsmart the police. On August 14, 1927, two such criminals by the names of Fitzgerald and Orchard...
http://www.qwc.asn.au/ProgramsProjects/NationalProgram/HachetteManuscriptDevelopmentProgram.aspx
Queensland Writers Centre and Hachette Australia are thrilled to announce their Manuscript Development Program, which gives emerging Australian writers career-making opportunities...
Katherine will be teaching Kim Wilkins' 'Year of the Edit' course at the Queensland Writers Centre in five monthly meetings from August - December.
You've done the hard work of the early draft, and you know you need to edit and polish before you even think about submitting to a publisher, but how do you tell what needs fixing? Where do you even begin? Year of the Edit...
