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Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival

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25.01.2022 With our live festival postponed until 5-8 November, we're letting ourselves enjoy all the advantages of our online festival in September: no travelling, no shoes, and crime lovers can watch from anywhere in the world! Get your tickets soon from the link in our bio, or head to our website to read the full program. Festival passes are only available until midnight of Sunday the 6th of September, so if YOU want to grab access to all 7 fantastic sessions for just $50, don't delay! https://bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020

25.01.2022 Closing our International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival on Sunday night is Ann Cleeves! Ann Cleeves is the author of over 30 critically acclaimed novels and the recipient of many crime writing awards including the CWA Diamond Dagger, the highest accolade in crime writing. Read the article below for a glimpse into her writing life and history, and catch this bona fide veteran of crime writing in conversation with Mark Tredinnick Poet, Speaker, Teacher, Writer at our festi...val by booking tickets via badsydney.com. Just TWO DAYS to go now until the festival begins!

24.01.2022 Congratulations Tanya Bretherton on winning the Danger Prize 2020 for her true-crime novel The Killing Streets! Thank you to our shortlisted entries: Dead Man Walking (Kate McClymont & Vanda Carson), Shark Arm (Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher) and Dead Man Switch (Tara Moss). See Tanya receive her award this weekend at BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. Only TWO DAYS away! Get your tickets at badsydney.com.

24.01.2022 Later today at BAD Sydney, our panels will be filled by women talking about crime and justice: how it affects victims of domestic violence, how it can fail those who are trying to rebuild their lives, and how gaps in the process can lead to wrongful convictions. See these powerful writers discuss their lives and their research in the Metcalfe Auditorium at The State Library of New South Wales. If you're watching from home, grab tickets to the livestreams in the Dixson Room wi...th Nick Kaldas, Tom Keneally, Chris Hammer, and a panel of ex-detectives talking how to run a murder case. Tickets are still available online for livestreams and for SOME in-person sessions, so head to badsydney.com to get in on the bloody fun of it all!

23.01.2022 Did you know our International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival features not one but TWO Scandinavian Noir writers? Jo Nesbo (Norway) and Camilla Läckberg (Sweden) are two of the finest Scandinavian writers, and you'll be able to see them at our online festival in just a few days! Interviewing both of them will be Sue Turnbull, our resident Scandi Noir expert, crime reviewer and scholar.... Jo Nesbø will be doing us the pleasure of opening the festival on Thursday evening, introduced by the Norwegian Ambassador, H.E Mr Paul Gulleik Larse. Get your tickets for the festival soon and be part of our first ever fully online festival!

23.01.2022 As fantastic as our lineup of International guests is, we're just as excited to see these Australian writers, experts and interviewers grace our screens! Xanthé Mallett, Stephen Romei, Sue Turnbull, Mark Tredinnick, Caroline Baum and Caroline Overington are the speakers who'll be doing us the pleasure of delving into the minds and practices of our international crime writers. Book yourself a festival pass for just $50 and see our entire lineup over the weekend of 10-13 Sept. ...Passes are only available for 2 MORE DAYS until midnight Sunday 6 September, so move fast! https://bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020 See more

22.01.2022 "[BAD Sydney] is about what crime tells us about human nature and how bad behaviour affects people and societies and our culture," says Michael Duffy. "Once you start looking at that you realise, especially in a city like ours which was founded by criminals, you can't understand Sydney unless you understand its crime. It's as simple as that." http://ow.ly/WDok50Cbo1B BAD Sydney kicks off TOMORROW at the State Library of NSW. Get your tickets at badsydney.com

21.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who came to BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival last weekend! That's the end of our program for 2020, but we're already planning our 2021 events, and we need your input. If you attended last weekend's festival, please take a few minutes to fill out our survey below. We look forward to bringing you the best of crime writing next year and beyond ... https://www.badsydney.com/bad-sydney-survey-2020/

20.01.2022 Our Saturday night speaker at next weekend's International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is Camilla Läckberg! Camilla Läckberg is one of Sweden’s most popular crime writers. Her first two crime novels, Isprinsessan (The Ice Princess) and Predikanten (The Preacher) received rave reviews, then Stenhuggaren (The Stonecutter) was nominated for The Crime Novel of the Year award in 2005, and Läckberg’s books have gained even more popularity after being adapted into a TV series.... In 2019 Camilla received a diamond book for Häxan, since it sold over 300,000 copies in Sweden, and her newest release The Gilded Cage was the most sold book in Sweden in 2019. Get your tickets through the link below to see Camilla in conversation with Scandi noir expert Sue Turnbull. http://ow.ly/cqf650BcM8C

20.01.2022 Tonight on the Mosman Library Service Facebook page from 7pm, Natalie Conyer Author is going live with our Artistic Director Catherine Du Peloux Menagé! They will explore the background to Conyer's debut crime novel set in Cape Town, the writing process of Natalie, and will open up the discussion to questions from the audience.

20.01.2022 Today is the day! We couldn't be more excited to kick off BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2020! Come out to The State Library of New South Wales or login on your device to join us on this beautiful day for crime. If you're attending in person, please check your ticket confirmation email to make sure you know which part of the Library to enter by.... See you soon!!

18.01.2022 Appearing at International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is crime-writing duo Nicci French! Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of jounalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who are married and live in Suffolk. Separately they have each published at least half a dozen novels, and together as Nicci French, they have written twenty bestselling novels, published in thirty-one languages. Book your tickets for our festival next weekend to see this talente...d crime writing partnership on your screens in conversation with author and avid interviewer Caroline Baum Author Page. Tickets for sale here: http://ow.ly/gbFT50Baike

16.01.2022 Appearing at International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival is award-winning and prolific American writer Don Winslow! Don Winslow’s first novel, A Cool Breeze On The Underground, was nominated for an Edgar Award, and since then his novels have attracted filmmakers and actors such as Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Robert DeNiro and Leonardo DiCaprio. He has collaborated on original screenplays and published numerous short stories and columns in publications such as Esquire,... the LA Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Vulture and Huffington Post. Winslow is the recipient of the Raymond Chandler Award, LA Times Book Prize, Ian Fleming Silver Dagger and The RBA Literary Prize among many others. Catch @dnwinslow in conversation with journalist Stephen Romei on the final day of our festival by buying a ticket through badsydney.com!

15.01.2022 Today is the day! We couldn't be more excited to kick off the festival tonight. Have you picked out your favourite chair to watch the festival from? If you've already booked your ticket, you'll have received information on how to join the online audience via email. Please contact [email protected] if you have any issues. If you're yet to book, head to bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020 RIGHT NOW to get your tickets, and we'll see you tonight!

13.01.2022 Appearing at our International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, Don Winslow's newest release Broken, a collection of 6 novellas, came out in March 2020. Next weekend, Don will be in conversation with Stephen Romei about Broken, so grab your tickets through badsydney.com, and read the below article from Los Angeles Times to get a sense of this marvellous author's journey so far.

12.01.2022 The 20th Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women and published in 2019 are live TONIGHT at 8pm on Facebook! Join Sisters In Crime Australia on their Facebook page for the Watch Party so you can join in! Tickets for the book draws are closed, but you can join them for free on the night to watch Val McDermid and Sue Turnbull announce the winners.

09.01.2022 ONE DAY TO GO! Tomorrow night from 6pm (Sydney Time) the International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival begins! Make sure you've bought your tickets; instead of scanning you in at the door, we're sending out the info to join online using Zoom. All you need is a device that connects to the internet and a comfy chair! Tickets will remain on sale throughout the festival for you spontaneous souls out there. See you soon!

09.01.2022 Scrambling for a last-minute Father's Day gift? Look no further! We've got the perfect present, and you don't even have to wrap it. If your dad listens to true crime podcasts, devours thriller novels, and loves detective shows, he'll be excited to watch BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival's lineup of International crime authors and experts from the comfort of his favourite chair on 10-13 September. For less than the bottle of whiskey that you were thinking of getting for him on... the way to his house, he'll get to watch Jo Nesbo, Ann Cleeves, Karin Slaughter, Nicci French, Kathy Reichs, Don Winslow & Camilla Läckberg next weekend right on his device. Head to badsydney.com to get a Festival Pass for just $50 for all 7 sessions. Put your Dad's email in the booking and he'll receive all the information to join each session online. Book today and give your Dad a gift he'll remember!

09.01.2022 Loving seeing all your faces on the first day of BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival! If you're attending BAD Sydney in person, don't forget to come to the signing tables near the @statelibrarynsw bookshop to meet your favourite authors and speakers! Tickets are still available to attend sessions in the Dixson Room online if you can't come in person, just check our ticketing page here: https://bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020

08.01.2022 Published in over thirty languages, with more than 35 million copies sold across the globe, some of Karin Slaughter’s nineteen crime thrillers are in development for film and television. She is also the editor of Like a Charm, a collaboration of British and American crime fiction writers, and her newest book The Silent Wife is out from July 2020. Catch Karin Slaughter in conversation with award-winning Australian journalist Caroline Overington from 10am on Friday 11 September. Book your tickets here: http://ow.ly/O4JM50Bagz4

05.01.2022 40 million people worldwide are modern-day slaves, forced to perform labour through the use of force, intimidation or deceit. How does this happen and how can it be stopped? NSW Anti-Slavery commissioner Jennifer Burn discusses the realities with Martijn Boersma and Justine Nolan, the authors of Addressing Modern Slavery from @newsouthbooksau at BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. ---- With just 3 DAYS LEFT until the festival kicks off, get your tickets soon to attend at the @statelibrarynsw or online via Zoom from anywhere in Australia: https://bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/

04.01.2022 Today at International BAD Sydney is Karin Slaughter (10am) and Nicci French (6pm)! These talented crime authors will be on with some of Australia's best Carolines: Caroline Overington and Caroline Baum, and you can still buy tickets to both. Join us and start your weekend off with a little bit of crime. Book here: https://bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020

04.01.2022 Appearing at International BAD Sydney: Kathy Reichs! Kathy Reichs’s first novel Déjà Dead catapulted her to fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. She has now written over twenty novels that have been translated into thirty languages. Reichs is a forensic anthropologist, one of only a hundred ever certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, and is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at UNCC. ... Dr Reichs has testified at the UN Tribunal on Genocide, aided in the identification of war dead, and assisted in the recovery of remains at the World Trade Center following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Get your tickets to see Kathy Reichs in conversation with forensic anthropologist and criminologist Xanthé Mallett here: https://bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020

03.01.2022 To our guests, speakers, interviewers and authors, thank you! You've all contributed to making the first ever International BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, we couldn't have done it without this strong community of Australian and international crime-lovers. We hope you enjoyed this weekend as much as we have! Recordings of the sessions will be available soon to ticket-holders, please keep an eye out for more information in your inbox this coming week for that, as well as fo...r an announcement about events in November on social media. - BAD Sydney Team

02.01.2022 We're off to a marvellous start this Friday with Jo Nesbo last night and Karin Slaughter this morning! We can't see each other in the crowd, but we know you were all laughing and clapping along at home with these fantastic discussions on crime writing around the world (see image for artist rendering of said crowd). Next up is crime writing duo Nicci French tonight from 6pm, then Kathy Reichs tomorrow morning at 10am. If you haven't already, get your tix here:... bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020

02.01.2022 A round of virtual applause to Kathy Reichs and Camilla Läckberg for a wonderful Saturday of crime! Get a good night's sleep because we'll be launching into the FINAL DAY of International BAD Sydney at 10am with Don Winslow and closing the festival with the incomparable Ann Cleeves. Tickets available through the link below. Remember to check your confirmation email for details on how to join the online audience!... bad2020.iwannaticket.com.au/events/bad2020 See more

01.01.2022 The shortlists for the 2020 Ned Kelly Awards have been announced! The Ned Kelly Awards from the Australian Crime Writers' Association are Australia’s oldest and most prestigious prizes for crime fiction and true crime writing, and this year's entries are testimony to the strong increase in crime reading and writing, despite a challenging year for book publishing. Click the link below to check out the shortlist, which includes some past and future BAD Sydney speakers including... Karin Slaughter on the shortlist for Best International Crime Fiction, who'll be appearing at our festival next weekend! https://www.austcrimewriters.com/news