BAD19: SYDNEY CRIME WRITERS FESTIVAL
Calling all lovers of crime writing! BAD2019 is the not-for-profit annual event that brings together great minds to explore all things crime-related.
The three-day event is held at the State Library of New South Wales. It is in partnership with the SLNSW and includes a lineup from a myriad of fields including writers, reporters and filmmakers, and professionals from the justice system such as detectives, judges and psychologists. Luckily for this year’s attendees, some of Pan Macmillan’s impressive crime writers will be part of the line-up.
Don’t miss out on seeing these incredible authors –
Jaclyn Moriarty
The Australian young adult and adult author has a litany of award-winning novels under her belt. The Sydney native is a former media and entertainment lawyer who studied Law and English on three different continents – USYD in Australia, Yale in the US and Cambridge in England. Jaclyn now writes bestselling crime novels full-time, her latest, Gravity is The Thing follows a story that is equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking and follows protagonist, Abigail as she searches for answers about her brother, who has been missing since she was a teenager.
SEE JACLYN AT BAD19
Date: Friday 6 September Event: Sisters in Crime Time: 2.15pm to 3.10pm
With: Nicola Moriarty Moderator: Suzanne Leal BUY TICKETS
Xanthe Mallett
Dr Xanthé Mallett is a forensic anthropologist, criminologist, author, television presenter and social commentator. Xanthé specialises in re-investigating cold cases, often by reaching out to the public to generate leads. Xanthe’s book, Cold Case Investigations, delves mostly into suspected murderers – such as Ashley Coulston, Mr Cruel and Ivan Milat.
SEE XANTHE AT BAD19
Date: Friday 6 September Event: Blood and Blowflies: Forensics 101 Time: 10.00am to 10.55am
With: Ava Benny-Morrison Moderator: Xanthe Mallett
Date: Sunday 8 September Event: Who Remembers the Victims? Time: 10.15am to 10.55am
With: Tim Watson-Munro, Duncan McNab
Date: Sunday 8 September Event: The Great Crime Debate: Is Fact Stranger than Fiction?
Time: 2.30pm to 4.00pm With: Candice Fox, Michael Robotham, Duncan McNab Moderator: Laurie Oakes
Emily Macguire
Emily is the international best-selling author of several critically acclaimed crime/mystery novels. The Australian native enjoys a high profile as a social commentator, with her articles and essays on sex, religion and culture published in newspapers and journals including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Financial Review, The Big Issue and The Griffith Review. Her latest novel, An Isolated Incident is a psychological thriller about everyday violence, the media’s obsession with pretty dead girls and the grip of grief.
SEE EMILY AT BAD19 
Date: Friday 6 September Event: Country Noir Time: 10.00am to 10.55am
With: Richard Anderson, Aoife Clifford Moderator: Catherine du Peloux Menage
Tim Watson-Munro
Criminal psychologist ‘Doc’ Tim Watson-Munro spent his formative years in Sydney and San Francisco. Educated at Sydney University, Tim rose to prominence as a pioneering prison psychologist at Parramatta Gaol. During the 1980s and 90s, he gave expert evidence in some of the country’s most notorious court cases and appeared regularly in the media while chairing the Forensic College of the Australian Psychological Society. Tim’s latest non-fiction work, A Shrink in the Clink gets up close with evil geniuses, terrorists, nuns on the run and natural-born killers.
SEE TIM AT BAD19
Date: Saturday 7 September Event: Spotlight on Bernie Matthews Time: 2.15pm to 3.10pm With: Bernie Matthews Moderator: Tim Watson-Munro
Date: Sunday 8 September Event: Who Remembers the Victims? Time: 10.15am to 10.55am With: Xanthe Mallett, Duncan McNab
Duncan McNab
Duncan McNab is a former policeman and private investigator. He’s worked as a journalist covering current affairs for both the ABC and the Nine Network. Duncan’s most recent non-fiction book is Outlaw Bikers in Australia, the dramatic story of the rise and rise of Australia’s outlaw motorcycle clubs.
SEE DUNCAN AT BAD19
Date: Sunday 8 September Event: Who Remembers the Victims? Time: 10.15am to 10.55am
With: Tim Watson-Munro, Xanthe Mallett
Date: Sunday 8 September Event: The Great Crime Debate: Is Fact Stranger than Fiction?
Time: 2.30pm to 4.00pm With: Xanthe Mallett, Candice Fox, Michael Robotham
Moderator: Laurie Oakes