Great news! Sisters in Crime – Brisbane are reforming. If you’re interested in being a part of this wonderful group then get yourself to Avid Reader Bookshop, West End:
NEW BRISBANE SISTERS-IN-CRIME MEETING
Where: Avid Reader bookstore, 193 Boundary St, West End
Date: Saturday 7 May 2011
Time: 12.30pm
Cost: FREE! (Lunch available for purchase from Avid Reader café)
Come along to chat about what you are reading, what you are writing,
and what you would like from your local chapter of Sisters in Crime Australia.
Sisters in Crime Australia (SinCOz) was inspired by the American organisation of the same name, founded in 1986 by Sara Paretsky (creator of Chicago PI VI Warshawski). It exists to celebrate and promote women’s crime writing.
SinCOz has been running since 1991. It produces fantastic events and opportunities for crime writers, such as the Davitt Awards, the Scarlet Stiletto Awards, and the SheKilda Conventions. The Sisters in Crime Australia website explains what SinCOz is all about:
- To bring together women crime writers, screen-writers, producers, booksellers, publishers, lawyers, judges, police, forensic specialists, librarians, academics, and critics but in the main, readers and viewers.
- To discuss and analyse books, film and television shows, law and justice issues, new trends and critical issues of the crime genre.
- To explore the contemporary issues at the heart of much crime fiction as well as dissecting its rich history.
- To promote the professional development of women crime writers, especially emerging writers.
- To provide opportunities for networking between writers, publishers and producers and between writers and their readers and viewers.
- To have fun – and lots of it.
Reprinted from Meg Van’s website.
