Writing so BAD, it’s a crime
Image: The BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival.
If the pen truly is mightier than the sword then this group of writers are lethal killers. The best crime authors in the business will gather under the roof of the State Library of NSW for the annual BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival this month.
A packed three-day program will feature guest speakers including writers, reporters and film-makers, and professionals from the justice system such as detectives, judges and psychologists.
Among the A-list presenters will be Gary Jubelin, the gritty, determined homicide detective who achieved fame (and infamy) during his 34 year career, much of which he shares in his new book, Badness, co-authored by Dan Box.
Jubelin, was involved in very high profile cases including the disappearance of William Tyrrell, the serial killing of three Aboriginal children in Bowraville, and the murderer Jeffrey Hillsley. He ran the crime scene following the Lindt Cafe siege, investigated the death of Caroline Byrne and recovered the body of Matthew Leveson.
Jubelin will present the The 2022 Danger Prize on Friday 9 September for a book (fiction or non-fiction) featuring Australia as a setting for stories about crime and justice.
Also on offer :
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Delve into the criminal history of Kings Cross with Duncan McNab and Louis Nowra
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Explore the myths and realities of so-called ‘Middle Eastern crime’ in Western Sydney with Michael Mohammed Ahmad and Sara Ayoub Amandi Haydar
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In Truth is Stranger than Fiction, chilling true crime accounts by Emma Partridge and Mark Tedeschi are lined up alongside the fictional plots found in Michael Robotham’s books – whose are actually more improbable?
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Page to Screen, Screen to Page explores the challenges of writing in a different form with director Michael Te Arawa Bennett, revered script writer and producer (Halifax f.p.) Roger Simpson, and Rosalie Ham (The Dressmaker)
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Nick Cowdery facilitates Jailing is Failing with Mindy Sotiri, Peta McGillivray and Claude Robinson, one of the panels at BAD examining questions of social justice
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The ever-popular Fresh Blood panels introduce new voices and huge talents, whose books will you discover at Three Prizewinners Walk into a Bar panel?
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Last Man Standing with Graham ‘Abo’ Henry and Gary Jubelin
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Margaret Hickey, Greg Woodland and Adrian Hyland talk to Michael Brissenden about big crimes happening in small towns
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Michael Robotham on his latest bestseller Lying Beside You
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Walk the talk with crime walking tours of Kings Cross, Woolloomooloo and Surry Hills with crime tour specialist Elliot LIndsay
It’s so BAD you’ll love it!
September 8 – 10
State Library of NSW, 1 Shakespeare Pl, Sydney
https://www.badsydney.com
