Notice of April SinC Qld meeting:
#Our usual Saturday monthly meeting has been switched to Wednesday 22 April
at the Plough Inn, South Bank (see details below). But, any Sisters wishing
to meet on Saturday 4 April at the SLQ, our regular room is booked from
12:30-3:00pm and anyone can claim it.
Our April Evening Gathering:
When: Wednesday, 22 April 2015
Time: from 6:00pm
Where: Plough Inn
Address: Stanley Street Plaza South Bank (midway between South Brisbane and
South Bank train stations)
Room: The Arbour Bar*
Who: Sisters in Crime, Brothers-in-Law, Partners in Crime and anyone
interested in crime reading or writing. *We’d especially love to see those
Sisters who can never make our Saturday meetings so we can strengthen our
network of local female crime writers*
Cost: Depends if you choose to eat or drink while you’re there! NB The
Plough Inn is in the Entertainment Book
See all details including map, rooms and menus at:
www.ploughinn.com.au
Topic: There is no set recipe for the evening. Maybe we’ll just chat. Maybe
we’ll just share a coffee or wine or meal together. Maybe a few of you want
to get up and tell us about your latest book or writing challenge. Maybe we’ll
play a writing game or two. Maybe we’ll discuss the future of Sisters in
Crime Qld. Maybe, you’ll decide what we should do when you send us
suggestions for the evening?!
*The Arbour Bar and Board Room are private areas upstairs which we can
exclusively use (final choice of rooms will depend on numbers). However,
these rooms are not wheelchair accessible. Please RSVP so we have an idea of
numbers and if any of our Sisters in wheelchairs are attending, can you
notify us as early as possible since we’d then need to get them to reserve
and set-up The Lounge downstairs for us – The Lounge is in the public bar
area and is noisier and less intimate, so was not thus automatically booked.
The ultimate room choice will be listed on our facebook page, but you can
ask when you arrive for the booking under Sisters in Crime.
RSVP with approximate numbers to Brenda Cross:
crimewithoutgrime@xxxxxxxxx
Mobile: 0497 082 160
Upcoming:
For some of our future Gatherings we already have locked in award-winning
author Sulari Gentill, a Brisbane business-operator who does crime scene
clean-ups, and a Queensland Police psychologist who wants our help with
ideas and research tips to solve a cold serial killer case from the Gold
Coast!
For those in the Moreton Shire:
Local Authors database.
All published authors living or working in the Moreton Bay Region are
invited to become part of the new database. To enter your details go to
www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/local-authors.aspx
You can only enter 2 books on the initial form. Once the form is approved
and online, you will be able to enter extra titles.
Tina Cavanough
Community and Reader Services Librarian
tina.cavanough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dates for your diaries:
Tuesday, 14 April | 1:30 – 2:30pm, Bracken Ridge Library
Meet Carmel Joyce
Acclaimed local genealogist and writer Carmel Joyce is the author of several
novels based on extensive historical research. Carmel uses authentic
research as a foundation for her books and characters as they once lived.
Carmels' research includes family history from the 18th and 19th centuries,
and Queensland early pioneers. Bookings by calling the BCC required
***
Strathpine Library, 17 April, 11.00am-12.00noon
Dying to see your book in print, but not sure where to start? In this
informative seminar, writing coach and manuscript assessor Louise Cusack
will clue you up on all you need to know to make a submission that will
catch the publishers' eye. Find out how to get your foot in the publishing
house door and your book on its way to the bestseller lists.
Book online.
https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/wamb/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=eNewsletter&utm_campaign=Writers+Update&utm_content=April+2015
***
Meet Fleur McDonald
North Lakes Library, 24 April, 6.30pm (Doors open 6.00pm)
Meet 'voice of the outback' Fleur McDonald and discover Emerald Springs, the
new book from this internationally best-selling mystery/romance author.
Fleur likes to write about strong women overcoming adversity and is the
author of Red Dust, Blue Skies, Purple Roads, Silver Clouds and Crimson
Dawn.
Free.
Bookings required.
http://sa2.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?&presenter=AUMBRC&event=MF240415
Thanks to our ever-lovely Sister Sandy Curtis (who also recently gave an
inspiring crime reading and writing talk to vision impaired clients at the
Brisbane Vision Australia office), for providing us the attached details of
WriteFest on 16-17 May at CQ University Bundaberg
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
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
We now have over 150 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.
Our ‘notices only’ list for SinCQld members has been set up with freelists.
If people wish to receive the Sisters in Crime Qld notices, 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
“I’ve written six books now, but instead of making it easier, it has
complicated matters to the point of absurdity. I have no idea what I’m
doing. All the decisions I appear to have made—about plots and characters
and where to start and when to stop—are not decisions at all. They are
compromises.” KEITH RIDGWAY
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/08/everything-is-fiction.html
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