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BAD Sydney Crime Writers: Plots With Pride
Event

BAD Sydney Crime Writers: Plots With Pride


Time & date

12:00pm - 1:00pm, 20th November 2026


Location

State Library of NSW View map

State Library of NSW, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000


Tickets

Tickets Available

BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival day-passes available

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About

When BAD Sydney began it was almost impossible to encounter major LGBTIQA+ characters in mainstream Australian crime novels. Ten years on and queer authors are having such an impact that even straight writers have embarked on a level of inclusion that is taking the genre into new communities, settings and themes. BAD Sydney celebrates crime fiction with Pride.

Book

Dove

From the winner of the 2025 Davitt Award for debut crime fiction

An idyllic town. A divisive question. A deadly grudge.

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