Congratulations to these wonderful first time authors who are shortlisted for the 2023 Ned Kelly Award for Best Debut Crime Fiction. 👏👏👏👏👏 #nedkellyawards #AustCrimeWriters #debut

Great to see Kiwi Queen of Crime Fiction Vanda Symon appearing as a Guest of Honour - alongside the likes of Ann Cleeves - at Tassie Vice @TerrorAustFest in October. Join Vanda for two masterclasses, a couple of panels, and "shenanigans. Possibly involving swords" Flex and Herds ?

Congratulations to the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards winners for Australian crime writing. On behalf to the Australian Crime Writers Association thank you for being a member and helping us celebrate and support Australian authors. #nedkellyawards #AustCrimeWriters

Herds looking particularly studious prepping for the #terroraustralisfestival Tassie VICE weekend

Our first panel of the morning spilling their 80s secrets... "It's not a coincidence I kill off a bird watcher" - Ann Cleeves

"First draft I killed the dog... You can't kill a dog. I had to rewrite a number of chapters". Ann Cleeves on fire this morning at #terroraustralisfestival #TARWF

We're going to have to start a new hashtag #cleevescrackers at #terroraustralisfestival #TARWF "No, just push them over a cliff." - Ann Cleeves For legal reasons, the person in question is fictional

"We can make our criminals human, because most criminals are human" - Ann Cleeves #cleevescrackers at #TARWF

POV: you've been taking notes from Australia's top crime and murder mystery writers at #terroraustralisfestival

Which line should you not cross when writing a novel? To kill or not to kill (the dog)... #terroraustralisfestival #TARWF

Herds calling Flex a show-off after Flex assured the panelists he could recite the 10 Commandments of Detective Fiction 🤓 #terroraustralisfestival #TARWF

POV: Ashley Kalagian Blunt (writer and established Twitter menace) gets ChatGPT to write your resume

Chillin after a long night solving mysteries at the Blue Light disco at the #terroraustralisfestival! #TARWF

When Flex cracks a joke about big guns of "both kinds" #terroraustralisfestival #TARWF

"I killed her off because it was getting too soppy... and then he finds another woman, and then I kill her off so he can focus on the crime stuff and not on the soppy stuff." - Ann Cleeves #cleevescrackers #tarwf #terroraustralisfestival

"I'm actually lovely 😁. I have photos of my grandchildren... all glowering at me 👀" - Ann Cleeves #cleevescrackers #tarwf #terroraustralisfestival

"You don't make love to someone in Latin unless you're a certain type of person." - Ann Cleeves #cleevescrackers #tarwf #terroraustralisfestival