In Conversation: 2024 Body in the Library Winners
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Join us for an evening of criminally good readings and author talks. Meet the sisters in crime who penned the winning entries from the Body in the Library category of the 2024 Scarlet Stiletto Awards, which the Melbourne Athenaeum Library sponsors.The runner-up Dr Katrina Watson debut novel, “The Bones”, was described as “Helen Garner meets Jed Mercurio” by Booker short-list author, MJ Hyland.
Winner Naomi Manuell is a Melbourne writer whose work has appeared in Meanjin. She contributes to Newtown Review of Books and writes on Substack.
The conversation will be introduced and moderated by writer Louise Bassett, the author of the young adult crime thriller The Hidden Girl by Walker Books, which was shortlisted for the Davitt Awards and Ampersand Prize. Louise won the Ned Kelly Award for short crime fiction and her short stories have been published internationally.
Glass of sparkling on arrival
Doors 6.30pm
Talk 7pm
Date
Thursday 19 June 2025 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
Melbourne Athenaeum Library
L1, 188 Collins St, Melbourne Victoria 3000
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In Conversation: 2024 Body in the Library Winners
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