Saturday 20 – Sunday 21 April 2024 I am thrilled to announce that I’m coming to Wagga in April – appearing at the 2024 edition of Writers at the Woolshed! The festival kicks off on Saturday, 20th April with a full day of “Writers in Conversation“. Saturday also features the “Paddock to Plate Dinner,” anContinue reading “Upcoming event – Writers at the Woolshed, Wagga Wagga”
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Dirt Town makes Danger Awards shortlist, and an upcoming event at the 2023 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival
Dirt Town has been nominated for a Danger Award! As if that wasn’t good enough news, the 2023 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival Program is now live, and I can reveal an event I am very much looking forward to! Genre BendersSPEAKERS: Dennis Altman, RWR (Rob) McDonald and Hayley ScrivenorFACILITATOR: Michael Burge Date: Friday 3 November, 2023 Time: 12.00 toContinue reading “Dirt Town makes Danger Awards shortlist, and an upcoming event at the 2023 BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival”
Upcoming event – National Young Writers’ Festival, Newcastle.
Saturday 30 September, 2023 Pleased as punched to announce that I’m heading to the 2023 National Young Writers’ Festival in Newcastle! I’m very excited to be appearing on a panel with James McKenzie Watson, whose book Denizen I absolutely loved (and he’s alright too, I guess…) Panel details: “Partners in Crime”‘Neither Hayley Scrivenor nor JamesContinue reading “Upcoming event – National Young Writers’ Festival, Newcastle.”
Upcoming event – Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival.
Friday 15 September – Sunday 17 September Panel Event: Anxious Moments: crime fiction and contemporary societySunday 17 September, 1:15pm- 2:15pmProfessor Sue Turnbull, interviewing Hayley Scrivenor and Jane CaroThe Women’s ClubLevel 4, 179 Elizabeth St, Sydney$30 Why is crime fiction so popular? Is it escapism? Or satisfying puzzle-solving? Does it offer the pleasure of exercising violenceContinue reading “Upcoming event – Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival.”
Upcoming event – Port Fairy Literary Weekend, VIC.
Friday 8 – Sunday 10 September, 2023 I am so looking forward to travelling to regional Victoria for the Port Fairy Literary Weekend, and this event! Get more info and tickets at the link below. Time and Location09 Sept, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pmThe Sentinel, 20 Bank St, Port Fairy About the EventAs our moderatorContinue reading “Upcoming event – Port Fairy Literary Weekend, VIC.”
Dirt Town makes the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award longlist
Dirt Town has been nominated for one of Australia’s oldest and most esteemed literary awards. As per the award website: “15 books have been longlisted for the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, including an art book and an encyclopaedic dictionary… It is worth emphasising that the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award is theContinue reading “Dirt Town makes the 2023 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award longlist”
Dirt Town wins the prestigious ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger
Dirt Town has won the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger for a debut book for 2023, presented on a Thursday evening in London, and I only wish I could have been there for the awards dinner! It’s an honour to have my book selected, and I’m over the moon because I know this award will helpContinue reading “Dirt Town wins the prestigious ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger”
Upcoming event – Book Chat at The Book Cow, Kingston (ACT)
Sunday 25 June, 2023 I’ll be talking about Dirt Town with the wonderful Peter Papathanasiou on Sunday in Canberra, thanks to The Book Cow, Kingston. I imagine it will be cold in the ACT, but I can’t think of anything more warm and lovely than spending a Sunday afternoon indoors, talking about books… If you’reContinue reading “Upcoming event – Book Chat at The Book Cow, Kingston (ACT)”
Upcoming event – Storyfest, Ulladulla, NSW.
15 – 18 June, 2023. I’m delighted to have been invited to Storyfest in Ulladulla this weekend. In addition to my own event with Chris Hammer and Dave Warner on the Sunday, there’s a bunch of panels I’m itching to see (writers I’m keen to catch include Jackie Bailey, Clare Fletcher, Eleanor Limprecht, Lee Kofman,Continue reading “Upcoming event – Storyfest, Ulladulla, NSW.”
Watch/listen: Barnes & Noble Midday Mystery – DIRT CREEK
I’m delighted to announce that Dirt Creek is the Barnes & Noble Mystery & Thriller pick for the month of June! This is a big deal, and it’s been so lovely to see my book featured at Barnes & Nobles across the USA. To celebrate, I’ll be chatting with Alex Segura, author of Secret Identity:Continue reading “Watch/listen: Barnes & Noble Midday Mystery – DIRT CREEK”
Hayley Scrivenor 