[Sisters in Crime qld Fw: Phryne Fisher & Other Fantasies - The Historical Novel Society Australasia Conference, Sydney, 21-22 March
- From: "Janelle Colquhoun" <jc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Sisters in Crime" <sincqld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <sistersincrimeq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:35:56 +1000
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From: Carmel Shute
To: Carmel Shute
Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 2:04 PM
Subject: Phryne Fisher & Other Fantasies - The Historical Novel Society
Australasia Conference, Sydney, 21-22 March
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) is offering a 10% discount to
Sisters in Crime members to attend its inaugural conference at Balmain Town
Hall in Sydney on 21-22 March.
It is also offering the opportunity to submit an academic paper to a special
edition of The Australian Journal of Crime Fiction on the theme 'Phryne Fisher
and Other Fantasies: The Female Detective in History'.
A panel discussion on this theme will be held at 11.15 am Sunday 22 March with
Rachel De Rossignol, Wendy J Dunn, Diane Murray, Rachel Franks and Kelly
Gardiner (free admission with a whole conference ticket.)
Several Sisters in Crime members will be participating: Felicity Pulman, Sulari
Gentill, and Sophie Masson.
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (conference will celebrate the
historical fiction genre in a weekend of talks, panels, debates, book launches
and readings with super sessions on social media, researching and writing
historical fiction as well as manuscript assessments. The weekend conference
will showcase 40 speakers and is peppered with international literati such as
Kate Forsyth (its patron), Felicity Pulman, Isolde Martyn, Sulari Gentill,
Jesse Blackadder, Sophie Masson, Toni Jordan and Colin Falconer.
HNSA is offering Sisters in Crime members a special conference deal. The price
of a Whole Conference ticket (normally priced at $250) will be reduced by 10%
to $225. This ticket entitles the holders to attend all the sessions in the
main program and also includes morning and afternoon tea, and a lunch voucher
redeemable at a fantastic local café. The offer does not include tickets to
super sessions or social events. Apply the coupon code SISHNSA15 when
purchasing a standard whole conference ticket. Day tickets are also available.
In addition to the discount on the whole conference ticket, HNSA is offering a
giveaway of Sherryl Clark's Do You Dare-Jimmy's War to the first 50
ticketholders to the conference dinner on Saturday 21 March. All ticketholders
to the opening night reception at the State Library of NSW on Friday 20 March
will receive a free ebook bundle of the Janna Chronicles by Felicity Pulman.
For more information, visit the conference website - www.hnsa.org.au
Carmel Shute
National Co-convenor
Sistres in Crime Australia
p: 03 9527 7126 m: 0412 569 356
e: carmel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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