[Sisters in Crime qld February SinCQld meeting, upcoming events & competitions
- From: "Janelle Colquhoun" <jc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Sisters in Crime" <sincqld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <sistersincrimeq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:46:23 +1000
Notice of February SinC Qld meeting:
When: Saturday, 7 February 2015
Time: 12:30pm - 2:30pm. (room booked until 3:00pm)
Where: State Library of Queensland
Address: Cultural Centre, Stanley Place, South Bank, South Brisbane
Meeting Room 4.D, level 4.
Who: Sisters in Crime and any females interested in crime reading or writing.
Cost: free!!!
Topic: "Holiday crime" - bring a sample of your writing to read out, or bring
whatever you are working on or is needing a Sisters' input.
And, if you want to extend your writing day, then scribble on over to
The Fox Hotel, Cnr Melbourne & Hope Street, South Brisbane for the first QWC
Whispers event of 2015.
When: Saturday February 7, 3:00-6:00pm
What: Stories speak to us; they whisper, cajole, and, on occasion, shout out to
be heard. Whispers is a bimonthly salon event celebrating the talented voices
of Australian writers of all shapes and forms.
Whispers is FREE to attend!
Don't forget to mark in your diaries the SinCQld meeting dates for 2015 -the
first Saturday of the month, in the State Library of Queensland unless
otherwise advised.
State Library of Queensland, Level 4, Room 4.D
12:30-2:30pm
Saturday March 7
April 4
May 2
June 6
July 4
Aug 1
Sept 5
Oct 3
Nov 7
Dec 5
Dates for your diaries:
North Lakes, 25 February, 6.30pm
Meet Matthew Condon
Meet awarded novelist, journalist and author of Three Crooked Kings, Jacks and
Jokers and the soon to be released All Fall Down.
Matthew's trilogy tells the shocking true story of how Queensland was shaped by
almost half a century of greed, crime and corruption. It is the definitive
account of an era that changed Queensland society; an impact that reverberates
across the country to this day.
Free. Book online. (Bookings open Monday, 19 January at 9.00am)
Thursday, 12 March | 6 - 7pm Kenmore Library
Meet Debbie Terranova
Inspired by a television documentary about forced adoptions in the 1970s and
the contemporary issues of designer babies and surrogacy, Debbie Terranova's
Baby Farm is a cosy crime, who-dunnit mystery with many twists and a touch of
romance.
Join Debbie as she discusses the background and inspiration behind her new
novel. Bookings required.
Thursday, 19 March | 6 - 7pm Toowong Library
Friday, 20 March | 6 - 7pm Brisbane Square Library
Thursday, 26 March | 6 - 7pm Indooroopilly Library
Saturday, 28 March | 10 - 11am Chermside Library
Qld Police Museum 2015 SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES
Unless otherwise advised, lectures are run on last Sunday of the month
(Feb-Nov) from 11am to 12.30pm
FREE Entry, NO BOOKINGS required, ARRIVE early, FIRST entry is at 10.45am
February 22 11am - 12.30pm
Dr David Lacey Director, iDcare, iDcare and how it can help you
March 29 11am - 12.30pm
Dr Mark Finane, Griffith University, The Prosecution Project
April 26 11am - 12.30pm
A/Sgt Matt Guitman, Police Diving Unit, Underwater search and recovery
May 31 11am - 12.30pm
Garry Ryan and Simon Major, Vehicle Inspection Unit, a Crash Course in Forensic
Mechanics
June 28 11am - 12.30pm
Sen. Constable Natalie Gorman, Gold Coast Scientific Section, Who We Are & What
We Do
Competitions:
Win a one on one meeting with Pan Macmillan's Commissioning editor
Your story could be the next worldwide sensation. We are calling all writers -
to enter the competition: submit a 1000 word story using the characters from
William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet to badromeo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Your submission must be in 12pt Times New Roman font and double spaced.
Provide 100 words about yourself. Including any websites, blogs or social media
pages, as well as any previously published or self-published works
Submissions will be accepted from Monday 8 December 2014 to Friday 3 April 2015
Debut Dagger is for unpublished novels and closes 12.59pm 31st January 2015.
Short story competition is open to published authors as well as unpublished and
closes mid March
http://thecwa.co.uk/the-daggers/categories/debut/
To have your good news stories, book launches, achievements, upcoming crime
workshops and events plus writing competitions included in the next SinC Qld
notice, forward a brief notice by the 15th of the month to:
scriptophobic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We now have over 140 facebook crime friends! If you haven't done it already,
click 'like' on the Queensland Sisters in Crime facebook page to ask crime
questions, share your crime cases and for up-to-date events and information:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sisters-in-Crime-Queensland/100819836673697
The Sisters in Crime Queensland Twitter handle is @SinC_QLD.
New: a 'notices only' list for SinCQld members has been set up with freelists.
If people wish to receive the Sisters in Crime Qld notices, they can subscribe
by sending an email to: sistersincrimeq-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe'
in the Subject field OR by visiting the Sisters in Crime Qld list page at
//www.freelists.org/list/sistersincrimeq
"Edit. Always, always edit. And when you're editing write the following words
onto a Post-it note in big red letters and stick it on your monitor: "Who
Cares?""
From 'How to write a crime novel' by Stuart MacBride
http://authonomy.com/writing-tips/how-to-write-a-crime-novel-by-author-stuart-macbride/
*Thanks again go to my mother Sue for taking the time to collate the above into
a document. Without her assistance this newsletter would cease to exist.
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