Hayley Scrivenor

Upcoming event – Dymocks Sydney, NSW Australia

Quick Interrogations – Speed Dating Aussie Crime Authors This is YOUR chance to meet and ‘interrogate’ some amazing Aussie crime authors! Michael Robotham is joined by debut authors Hayley Scrivenor (Dirt Town), Matthew Spencer (Black River) and Shelley Burr (Wake). You’ll have the opportunity to ask your queries to EACH author with a chance toContinue reading “Upcoming event – Dymocks Sydney, NSW Australia”

Upcoming event – Kiama, NSW Australia

BOOKCLUB and AUTHOR Q & A with Hayley Scrivenor – DIRT TOWN – MONDAY JULY 25 We’re thrilled to be joined for bookclub and a Q&A in-store by Hayley Scrivenor. Hayley received her PhD in creative writing from UOW and is the former director of the Wollongong Writers Festival. DIRT TOWN is a masterful crimeContinue reading “Upcoming event – Kiama, NSW Australia”

Vogue Australia: 4 of Australia’s brightest authors on writing their first books

NONI REGINATO & AMY CAMPBELL – 6 JULY 2022 Few things are romanticised quite like writing a book. Whether it’s the bottomless coffee and toast drizzled with olive oil that fuels Patti Smith’s poetry as she sits in her beloved Café ‘Ino, or the wall-flowering that inspired Joan Didion’s seminal account of ’60s America in SlouchingContinue reading “Vogue Australia: 4 of Australia’s brightest authors on writing their first books”

Upcoming event – Mudgee, NSW Australia

Join Hayley Scrivenor for a chat about her debut crime novel Dirt Town. Jane Harper calls Dirt Town ‘a heart-wrenching mystery’ and Anne Cleeves ‘a stunning debut.’ Fans of Jane Harper, Chris Hammer and Garry Disher will love this stunning rural mystery. Hear from a new star of Australian crime writing, in conversation with Portia Lindsay from TheContinue reading “Upcoming event – Mudgee, NSW Australia”

Upcoming events – Dirt Town

My debut novel will be out in Australia at the end of this month! You can preorder the book here. Below are some events I have coming up before and immediately after release! [SYDNEY] I’ll be in conversation with Kate Evans, Garry Disher and Aoife Clifford for the 2022 Sydney Writers Festival at Carriageworks onContinue reading “Upcoming events – Dirt Town”

Wednesday 21 April, In-conversation with Rick Morton

Image: The cover of Rick Morton's My Year of Living Vulnerably is in the centre of the picture. The cover is hot pink and orange, and stands out against the black background. On the left of the image is a photo of Rick Morton, a man in glasses with a short beard who is looking out of shot. On the right is a picture of Hayley Scrivenor, a woman with short, dark hair and glasses.

Rick Morton’s latest book is a feat of vulnerability, an ode to love (in all its forms), and somehow both deeply invested in unfolding the intricacies of human pain while very often being snort-out-loud funny. I’m delighted to be speaking to him in an event from the lovely folks at Collins Booksellers, Thirroul. Wednesday 21Continue reading “Wednesday 21 April, In-conversation with Rick Morton”

KYD’s Culture Picks: My 2020 Favourites

Kill Your Darlings asked for my best-of for 2020, and here’s what I said: This year, I read precious few ‘new-release’ books , as I gave in to my desire simply to re-read things I knew I already loved (lockdown does that to a person, in my experience). One that strong-armed its way through was LukeContinue reading “KYD’s Culture Picks: My 2020 Favourites”

2020 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award Winner

KYD’s Rebecca Starford, 2019 KYD Unpublished Manuscript Award winner Sam van Zweden, and Picador publisher Mathilda Imlah judged this year’s award. ‘Amidst a strong shortlist, Hayley Scrivenor’s novel of a missing child and the old wounds reopened by her absence was really a standout,’ says Imlah. ‘Told from the perspective of the policewoman in charge of her case, her mother, and her twoContinue reading “2020 Kill Your Darlings Unpublished Manuscript Award *Winner*”