All posts by karena

CHRIS HAMMER – The Tilt

Homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town and finds secrets, lies and cover ups. The more she uncovers, the more danger she is in – but how can she stop with the knowledge she now has? The latest from award winning author Chris Hammer.

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Recorded at BAD 2023

JESS KITCHING – Lucky Number 11

‘Number 11’ was dubbed by the media as lucky because she escaped the clutches of a serial killer. But what does it mean to be so ‘lucky’? The ripples of trauma spread far and wide from such an attack, and then there is the danger of ‘copycat’ crime. Would she escape a second time?

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Recorded at BAD Sydney 2023

JESS SCULLY – Glimpses of Utopia

This is the book to read if you are feeling pessimistic about the future of the planet. There are lots of brilliant people out there inventing new ways for us to do old things. Lots of different strategies for repairing the planet and constructing a cleaner, fairer and brighter future.

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Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023

SANDI LOGAN – Betrayed

“Betrayed “- Winner of the 2023 Australian Crime writers Best True Crime Award!

The incredible true story of two middle aged women who became unknowing drug mules for the biggest hash import into the country.

Sentenced for 14 years ( they served five) Sandi Logan interviewed nearly every one involved with this crime to piece together this story with the exception of one person who was one of the masterminds behind it all.

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Recorded at BAD Crime Writers Festival Sydney 2022

SALLY COLIN-JAMES – One Illumined Thread

Three women, centuries apart, but all connected by a creative artwork. Elisheva is born in the time of Herod and defies convention to become a glassblower, Antonia, a painter, lives in the time of renaissance Florence and Dr. Reed lives in present day Adelaide, where she is restoring an ancient tapestry.

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Recorded at Byron Writers Festival 2023

Small Towns, Bad Towns and Bad Times – 3 More authors from BAD 2022

Here is another in my special podcasts of BAD crime authors ( You can find another on the Podcasts page!)

Margaret Hickey with ‘Cutter’s End’, Suzanne Leal with ‘The Deceptions’ ‘ and Rae Cairns with ‘The Good Mother‘. These three authors will be appearing again at BAD with new novels so I have featured them together. The BAD crime writers festival starts next Wednesday at the Mitchell Library in Sydney. Look up their website for all the details https://www.badsydney.com/

Recorded at BAD 2022

RICHARD HARLAND – Ferren and the Angel

The inhabitants of Earth have divided into human and non human and have been at war for a thousand years with Heaven. The few remaining human tribes are devolving, as they scratch out a living on a destroyed plant. They live a timid existence until Ferren, different from the others, finds a fallen angel . Befriending her, he bravely sets out to discover the truth about his world.

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Recorded at Conflux 2023