Ticket Giveaway - Sydney Crime Writers Festival
Mosman Library Service is giving away 2x FREE tickets to three separate talks at the upcoming Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2024!
How to enter:
- Follow @MosmanLibrary on Instagram and make sure your profile is public so that we can see your entries
- Upload a selfie of yourself to Instagram holding a crime, thriller or mystery book (fiction or non-fiction)
- Tell us why you enjoyed the book in the caption
- Tag @MosmanLibrary in your photo
Entries close 11.59pm Friday 30 August. Winners to be notified Monday 2 September.
See the full terms and conditions here.
Find out more about the three talks below.
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Takes all sorts with Amanda Hampson, Sulari Gentill, David Whish-Wilson in conversation with Sue Turnbull
Thursday 12 September, 3.30-4.30pm, Dixson Room State Library of NSW
Crime fiction includes all sorts - locked room mysteries, cosy crime, tales of the private eye, police procedurals, thrillers from the legal to the ecological and psychological, historical mysteries and meta-fictional stories that reflect on their own construction. Hear crime fiction specialist and experienced reviewer Sue Turnbull talk to Sulari Gentill (historical and meta-fiction), Amanda Hampson (cosy crime with an historical angle) and David Whish-Wilson (thriller set on a fishing trawler) about their recent books and what attracts them to writing crime.
Queer Crossroads: The fight for LBGTIQ+ justice with Jonathan Butler, Duncan Burge, and Duncan McNab in conversation with Michael Burge
Friday 13 September, 10.30-11.30am, Metcalife Auditorium State Library of NSW
Australia entered new territory in 2023 when 19 recommendations emerged from NSW’s “world first” commission of inquiry into LGBTIQ+ hate crimes, but how well are authorities responding? Journalist Michael Burge reads the tea leaves with three authors who refused to accept the cover ups. Steve Johnson’s three-decade quest to find the man responsible for the death of his brother Scott at Manly exposes an openly hostile police force. Jonathan Butler’s examination of the unsolved murder of a family member on home soil during WWII lifts the lid on the possibility that many such hate crimes remain under-unreported; and Duncan McNab’s unique perspective as a former police detective and true-crime author shines a light on whether justice is a realistic proposition for families still waiting for answers.
Fresh talent: Who can you trust
Saturday 14 September, 10.30-11.30am, Dixson Room State Library of NSW
What can happen when it is misplaced and trusting the wrong person can lead into very real danger? Three debut writers with very different stories in three contrasting settings – mountain climbing (Claire Sutherland), journalism (P.A. Thomas) and on the Antarctic ice (Riley James) will reflect on what can go wrong when trust fails in conversation with Whitney Fitzsimmons.