My name is Robyn McWilliam and I'm the Meeting Convenor for Partners In Crime Sydney. We are a group of mostly women writers and readers of crime stories. Every two months, on a Sunday, we meet at the Hughendon Boutique Hotel 14 Queen Street, Woollahra from 4.00 p m to about 6.00 p m. The Hughendon is part owned by a writer Susanne Gervay and it is a lovely heritage building just around the corner from Oxford Street and diagonally opposite the entrance to Centennial Park.
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Only $26.00 per year: read book reviews by members; keep up-to-date; attend our bi-monthly meetings with speakers to help your writing and improve your knowledge of the crime genre. (Membership email below)
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK.
Happy New Year everyone!
As mentioned in our November newsletter, I'm taking over from Alison George as she battles cancer. All PICS members, I'm sure, appreciate Alison's great job as editor and publisher of our last anthology. One highlight at this time was advising Alison that her story had been short listed in the 2007 Queen of Crime Awards. We wish you well with your treatment Alison and hope you're soon back writing crime.
If you didn't pay your 2008 subs at the December meeting, mail off $26 to Sue Jones, PO Box 647, Avalon Beach 2107 to ensure you receive your newsletter.
Enjoy your summer reading and prepare to learn more on the craft of writing in 2008.
See you all at The Hughenden.
Robyn McWilliam
QUEEN OF CRIME AWARDS 2007
The winners are:
1st prize $ 250.00 RON JONES
“Tea and other Solutions”
2nd prize $150.00 DAVID CAMPBELL
“Justice”
3rd prize $100.00 RAYMOND SOUTHALL
“A Corpse in the Collection”
Norm Clark Award for most unusual plot to Diana Coventry “The Time Capsule”
Margaret Probert Award to B. J. Stirling “At Peace with Picasso”
Encouragement Jo McGahey “Nightmare”
Short listed entries:
Norma Faulkner “A Sister Clara Mystery”
Alison George “Family Reunion
Robyn McWilliam “Sadistic Desire”
Anamarie Nelson “Check mate”
QOC 2006 WINNERS.
OPEN SECTION
lst prize $250.00 JO McGAHEY
Ossarium. A Noun.
2nd prize $150.00 RON JONES
“Something in the Way She Moves”
3rd prize $100.00 LAURIE FORTH
“Checkmate”
SPECIAL SECTION
MARGARET PROBERT AWARD
lst prize $125.00 CHERYL ROGERS
“Deadline”
2nd prize $75.00 SHEILA DRAKELEY
“Roses Anonymous”
3rd prize $50.00 THELMA BACKSHALL
“Blue Murder”
NORM CLARK AWARD - Most unusual plot. ELLEN ASH “Svetlana”
ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD JOE BACKSHALL “At any Price”
QOC 2005 WINNERS.
PRIZE WINNERS AND AWARDS
FIRST PRIZE. Kuli Finau Brings Home the Bacon by Kerry James.
SECOND PRIZE. Eating Nemo by Goldie Alexander.
THIRD PRIZE. Seafood, Sex and Tiny Blue Pills by Robyn McWilliam.
HIGHLY COMMENDED. Whipping Girl by Richard Young.
NORM CLARK AWARD - Most unusual plot. Death and Taxes by Ron Jones.
DEL MUTTON/MARGARET PROBERT AWARD. DNA by Anamari Nelson.
A taste.....
'The unmistakable smell of burnt flesh reminded Reeves of why he had become a vegetarian'. (In Broad Daylight)
'Next morning she turned up. Handcuffed and barefoot', (Principal Suspect)
"So now you must die. You and your daughter and the Shamus. Who wants to be first?" 'We said nothing'.(Shamus)
'He stumbled across Emily lying naked on the sand with a small rasberry tart covering each breast.'(Weight Until Death)
'We'd all thought it a cute idea that the fossil-dig would contain more bones after we'd left it than before we'd arrived.'(The Assignation)
The buzz.....
'...brings the seedy, smog-laden alley-ways of Sydney to life.' A.C.Doyle
'These guys play fast and dirty. One of them, in particular, bears watching.' R.Chandler
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Cost $15.00 plus $5.00 postage
Robyn McWilliam
P.O.Box 819, Avalon NSW. 2107
Email here..
Meeting Dates 2008.
4.00 p.m. Only $10.00 at the door, includes delicious afternoon tea.
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL.
February 3rd, Breanda Cross.Author of Shark Arm Murders
April 6th. Detective Inspector Bryne Ruse. Homicide Squad.
June 1st. June Goodall. Author.
August 3rd. Peter Rolfe. NSW Homicide Survivors Association.
October 12th. Terry Smith. PhD. Psychiatric Nurse.
December 7th. Dr. Jenny Mouzos. Australian Federal Police.
 
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Guest Speaker Highlights.
Cover by Vivienne Jones
Queen of Crime 2001 Anthology
View Anthology contentsCLICK HERE
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