33rd Scarlet Stiletto Awards Ceremony

33rd Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best crime short stories by Australian women will be presented by Vikki Petraitis and hosted by Kerryn Mayne.

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SIsters in Crime, South Australia. Christmas Lunch

Sisters in Crime and Brothers in Law are invited to a ‘Christmas’ lunch on Sunday 22 November, 12.30pm at the Brickmakers’ Arms in Brompton. This will be a fun, casual gathering where we can discuss our writing and reading highs and lows of 2026, and what we’re looking forward to in 2027. Let’s also raise …

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Red Herrings

Catch up with the latest crime events from around the nation. Already there are lots of crime events happening, especially in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Whatever the time, whatever the season, don’t forget that a book is the perfect gift. It offers so much reading pleasure as well as supporting authors and the publishing industry.

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Win a copy of Big Little Truths or The Dying Light

For the Crime Stack in October,  Pan Macmillan Australia is generously donating ten copies of both Big Little Truths, the lates novel by Liane Moriarty, and The Dying Light, the fourth novel in Ann Cleeves’ Matthew Venn series.

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Queensland Chapter: Small Towns, Big Secrets – An Online Panel with three extraordinary authors

Free online panel hosted by Harrie Blake and Sisters in Crime Queensland with acclaimed authors Angie Faye Martin, Nikki Mottram, and Samantha Ross.

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Angels, Bunkers and Cannibalism – In the Eye of the Cyclone: Jane R. Miles

Olivia De Lesantis, cosy crime writer and Sisters in Crime Communications team member, caught up with Jane R. Miles shortly after the release of Stay Buried.

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‘The Wreck’. is Bass Strait the Bermuda Triangle of the South?: Riley James

Author Riley James, gives a rundown of her latest book ‘The Wreck’.

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Cut a long story short

Grabbing a copy of Scarlet Stiletto: The Seventeenth Cut (ed. Phyllis King), the e-book collection of winning stories in the recent 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards, is the perfect answer to reading quandaries. Fourteen ripper reads for only $5.

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New Reviews

Every month Sisters in Crime brings you new reviews from women who write criminally good books.

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