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A 2021 Sydney Writers Festival session with a great panel of Australia’s leading crime writers. This discussion reveals how fiction can sometimes get you closer to the truth and asks ‘why do we take such delight in reading about crime? Guests: Sulari Gentill author of the Roland Sinclair mysteries. Chris Hammer author of Scrublands. Candice Fox, known for the Archer & Bennett series of books. chaired by crime writer Tim Ayliffe.
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