ONLINE WRITERS’ FESTIVAL, 26-29 MARCH 2020
Above: A selection of photos from across TAF2019, held 31 Oct to 3 Nov 2019
The Sessions
So here’s what you can look forward to!
The list of panel sessions that will form part of Murder She Wrote - TAF2020 Replay is below. Your MC throughout the panel sessions is Catherine du Peloux Menagé.
Sessions will be released across Thursday 26 March to Sunday 29 March 2020 in the afternoons and early evenings, AEDT.
They will remain online until at least Monday 30 March 2020, allowing attendees to catch up on any missed sessions.
TAF2019 Official Opening and Welcome Ceremony, 30 mins
Welcome to Country, Julie Dunlop, South East Tasmania Aboriginal Corporation
Official Opening of the TAF2019 Hall of Writers Bookfair presented by 26TEN, Cr Bec Enders, Mayor of the Huon Valley
Official Opening of the TAF2019 Murder She Wrote Festival by Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner, Governor of Tasmania
Panel Session 1: Motive, 51 mins
Opening Remarks on the Murder She Wrote Panel Sessions from the Festival Matron, Dr Alison Alexander
What makes a writer turn to a life of crime?
Angela Savage, David Owen and Chris Gallagher
Panel Session 2: Means, 48 mins
What does it feel like to be shot? How do you perform a post-mortem? What goes through the mind of a serial killer?
Tara Moss, Marta Dusseldorp, Jack Heath and L.J.M. Owen
Panel Session 3: Opportunity, 52 mins
How do a lawyer and a journalist become crime fiction authors?
Shamini Flint and Meg Keneally
Panel Session 4: The Mirror Crack’d, 50 mins
How difficult is it for a novelist to land a TV or movie deal? What are the pressures and challenges of translating your work to the screen?
Debi Marshall, Lindy Cameron and Shamini Flint
Panel Session 5: Pick Your Poison, 53 mins
Cosy? Noir? Thriller? Historical?
Jack Heath, Meg Keneally and Tansy Rayner Roberts
Panel Session 6: Scene of the Crime, 54 mins
What are the challenges of setting your story in another country and creating an authentic sense of place?
Shamini Flint and Angela Savage
Panel Session 7: CSI: Tasmania, 49 mins
Tasmania is a rich a source of inspiration for (fictional) foul deeds. The landscape and weather, in particular, seem to captivate writers from across the globe, including - at one time - Agatha Christie.
David Owen, Joanna Baker, Angela Meyer and L.J.M. Owen
Book Launch by Marta Dusseldorp of The Great Divide, L.J.M. Owen, 28 mins
Twisted Secrets. Hidden Victims. Monstrous Crimes.
with Angela Meyer
Panel Session 8: The Usual Suspects, 45 mins
How diverse are crime and mystery fiction authors? Is there a difference between the diversity of those who are attracted to writing in the genre and those who are published?
Shamini Flint, Angela Meyer and Angela Savage, introduced by Sulari Gentill
Panel Session 9: The Lady Vanishes, 57 mins
How do writers and readers approach crime fiction written by women or featuring female protagonists?
Marta Dusseldorp, Jack Heath and L.J.M. Owen
Panel Session 10: The Female Gumshoe, 51 mins
Tara Moss is one of Australia’s most celebrated and dedicated crime fiction authors and her protagonists, Mak Vanderwall and Billie Walker, are two of the country’s strongest women detectives.
Tara Moss and Angela Meyer
Panel Session 11: Marple vs. Holmes, 54 mins
Why does Sherlock fan-fic abound, yet homages to Miss Marple are few and far between? Both have incredibly sharp minds and observational skills, and Marple brings an element of compassion and understanding of the human condition to her investigations that Holmes lacks.
Joanna Baker, Lindy Cameron, Meg Keneally and L.J.M. Owen
Panel Session 12: And Then There Were None, 57 mins
Who is your favourite author from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction?
Joanna Baker, Lindy Cameron, Shamini Flint, Jack Heath, Meg Keneally, Angela Meyer, Tara Moss, L.J.M. Owen, Tansy Rayner Roberts, David Owen and Angela Savage
Detail of session release times and live Q&As will be provided soon.
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