AWW23: The Aussie Queen of Noir - Jane Harper

Chair: Beejay Silcox


Critic Beejay Silcox has suggested that Jane Harper’s “outback
noir mega-hit The Dry kick-started a crime-writing
boom… the drought blighted bush town became a genre trope:
Australia’s sunburned answer to the arid cold of Scandi noir".
Her subsequent novels have received international acclaim and
have cemented Harper’s place in the crime genre. She joins Silcox
to talk about the intersection of character, plot and landscape
and what becoming an international bestseller has meant to her
writing.


Event details: Thu 09 Mar, 1:15pm on the East
Stage