This episode is a presentation from the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2021. "To Kill the Dog or Not?" Is there a line a crime writer should not cross at the risk of alienating their readers? In this lively debate, Sulari Gentill, Robert Gott, Jean Kittson and Sue Turnbull will take sides on whether or not the dog should die. Well-known dog lover Richard Glover referees. GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to purchase recently released books featured on the podcast or at BAD Sydney events:  booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RyOZ3R THE BAD SYDNEY CRIME WRITERS FESTIVAL IS ON FROM 8-10 SEPTEMBER for ..read more

This episode is a presentation from the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2021. "The Past is Never Past" Unresolved violent events in the past have a way of coming back to haunt the present. Andy Muir interviews three writers whose protagonists’ lives are turned upside down when the past which they thought was buried rises up unexpectedly. Featuring Sarah Barrie, Catherine Jinks, BM Carroll. GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to purchase recently released books featured on the podcast or at BAD Sydney events:  booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RyOZ3R THE BAD SYDNEY CRIME WRITERS FESTIVAL IS ON FROM 8 ..read more

This episode is a presentation from the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2021. "Through the Eyes of a Child" How do children explain the inexplicable, understand the incomprehensible?  Mark Brandi and Lyn Yeowart talk about their two very different books, in which frightened children living in rural families ruled over by terrifying fathers tell their stories. Facilitated by Suzanne Leal. GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to purchase recently released books featured on the podcast or at BAD Sydney events:  booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RyOZ3R THE BAD SYDNEY CRIME WRITERS FESTIVAL IS ON FRO ..read more

This episode is a presentation from the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2021, with an introduction by Andy Muir and Suzanne Leal. "Close Encounters with a Murderer" How does having a friend murdered and knowing the murderer affect you? One of Australia’s best-known novelists, Robert Drewe, talks to Nicole Abadee about his personal experiences with serial killer Eric Cooke and his family, in suburban Perth, in the early 1960s. THE BAD SYDNEY CRIME WRITERS FESTIVAL IS ON FROM 8-10 SEPTEMBER for more info visit  https://www.badsydney.com GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to pur ..read more

“Libraries are all about the stories they contain.” Catherine du Peloux Menage Earlier this year Lismore Library was devastated by the horrendous floods, after having just rebuilt and recovered from the floods of the previous year. Moved by an image of hundreds of books being thrown out of the windows of Lismore Library, BAD Sydney Crime decided to help by putting on an event with Candice Fox, Chris Hammer and Michael Robotham, moderated by Kate Evans from ABC’s “The Bookshelf." The event raised $16,000 for the Library and this episode is a recording of that event. Lismore Library are still in ..read more

This episode is a presentation from the Bad Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2021, with an introduction by Dr Sue Turnbull. "The Way it is Now" Bad Sydney Chair, Professor, Reviewer and Judge, Dr Sue Turnbull, talks to award winning Crime Writer, Garry Disher. Garry is the celebrated winner of the 2021 Ned Kelly Award and has a new book with a new detective, Charlie Deravin.  GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to purchase recently released books featured on the podcast or at BAD Sydney events:  booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RyOZ3R We would like to thank the City of Sydney, Create NSW and t ..read more

Suzanne Leal talks to bestselling authors Jane Caro and Debra Oswald about the moral conundrum they explore in their gripping new novels: is it ever be justifiable to take a life in order to save one?  https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to purchase recently released books featured on the podcast or at BAD Sydney events:  booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RyOZ3R SHOW NOTES:  BAD Sydney Crime Writer's FestivalWebsite: https://www.badsydney.com Facebook: @BADCrimeSydney  BAD: ALL ABOUT CRIME BOOK CLUB https://www.faceb ..read more

This episode is a presentation from the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2021, with an introduction by Andy Muir and Suzanne Leal. WHAT LIES BELOW THE SURFACE BAD All About Crime Podcast host, Suzanne Leal, talks to Barry Maitland, Wendy James, Anna Downes about their compelling new novels and the secrets that lie at the heart of each of these tales of greed, fear and relationships gone wrong.  GO TO THE BAD SYDNEY BOOKTOPIA PAGE to purchase recently released books featured on the podcast or at BAD Sydney events:  booktopia.kh4ffx.net/RyOZ3R We would like to than ..read more

Christmas is fast approaching and when in doubt there is no better present than a good crime book. In this episode the BAD: All About Crime Podcast team have Christmas recommendations covered.  BAD Sydney Chair, Professor Sue Turnbull talks to Suzanne, Andy and Catherine about their top crime recommendations from 2021, their favourite classic crime and the perfect books to hook a person into crime this Christmas. Together they have complied a terrific list of must gives and must reads. This podcast is supported by The City of Sydney https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au GO TO THE BAD S ..read more

Suzanne Leal and the BAD All About Crime team consider the all-important question: what if they're innocent?  Forensic anthropologist and criminologist, Dr Xanthe Mallett, talks to Suzanne about her investigations into wrongful convictions and tells us why some cases still keep her awake at night.  Best-selling crime writer, Candice Fox, also joins us to explain why the wrongfully convicted continue to find their way into her novels.  Andy Muir, Catherine du Peloux Menagé and Sue Turnbull then chat with Suzanne about those criminal convictions – both in fiction and in life ..read more