Open Invitation – Launch of J.P. Powell’s Deception Bay

Avid Bookstore 193 Boundary Road, West End, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

You're all invited to the launch of Deception Bay, the second book in J.P. Powell's Brisbane wartime saga. Friday 13 May, 6.30pm at the Avid Bookstore, 193 Boundary Road,
West End, Brisbane or by Zoom.

Free

Author Talk: Dervla McTiernan – Online and In Person

Point Cook Library 1-21 Cheetham Street, Point Cook, Vic, Australia

Not to be missed! Bestselling author Dervla McTiernan is over from Perth and will be talking about The Murder Rule, her first-ever standalone thriller at Melbourne's Point Cook Library, Friday 20 May, 12.30-.1.30pm

Free

Event Launch – Evil in Emerald by A. M. Stuart

Jeffreys Bookshop 144 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, Australia

Everyone is welcome at the 'event launch' of Evil in Emerald by A. M. Stuart - 6 for 6.30pm Tuesday 7 June, Jeffreys Bookshop, 144 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, Melbourne.

Free

Open invitation: HAYLEY SCRIVENOR in conversation re DIRT TOWN

Cornershop Yarraville 11 Ballarat Street,, Yarraville, Vic, Australia

Join Hayley Scrivenor in conversation with Emily Spurr, discussing her debut crime novel Dirt Town over wine and nibbles at Cornershop Yarraville, Melbourne

$30.00

Launch of Hayley Scrivenor’s Dirt Town

Avid Reader Bookshop 193 Boundary Street,, West End, Qld, Australia

Avid Bookstore (Brisbane) is hosting an in-store and online launch of Hayley Scrivenor's debut crime novel Dirt Town. 6 for 6.30pm, Tuesday 14 June.

Event Launch: Rae Cairns, author of the Good Mother

Robinsons Bookshop The Glen Shop G063, The Glen Shopping Centre, 235 Springvale Rd, Glen Waverley, Vic, Australia

Everyone welcome - Sydney author (and Sisters' member) Rae Cairns will be 'in conversation' with Melbourne author (and Sisters' member) Lyn Yeowart about her debut novel, The Good Mother (HarperCollins) - 7pm Thursday 30 June - Robinsons The Glen.

Free

How to successfully self-publish fiction

Are you considering self-publishing your fiction work and don’t know where to start? When it comes to self-publishing fiction there are many decisions to make and an overwhelming number of options to consider. Ellie Marney and Johan du Toit can talk you through it.

$30 – $60

Brighton Library: Katherine Kovacic in conversation with Angela Savage

Brighton Library 14 Wilson Street, Brighton, Vic, Australia

First Melbourne crime event for 2023! All welcome at Brighton library to celebrate the release of Katherine Kovacic's latest novel Seven Sisters, a twisty, intriguing crime novel for fans of The Mother and The Family Doctor. She is in conversation with fellow Sister in Crime, Angela Savage.

Free

Celebrate the launch of The Glasgow Smile (Original Sin Press) by Chris Stuart

The Younger Sun 26 Murray St, Yarraville, Vic, Australia

Join in the celebrations for the launch of The Glasgow Smile, the second novel by award-winning New Zealand author, Chris Stuart. She will will be put through her paces by Coroner Audrey Jamieson. Chris won the Ngaio Marsh Best First Novel Award, for For Reasons of Their Own.

Free