Events

11 May 2024 – Writing Workshop: How to Write True Crime

Melbourne Writers Festival Workshop in partnership with Writers Victoria

Join award-winning historian, journalist, screenwriter and author Mark Dapin (Carnage) for a workshop that answers the practical questions faced by first-time true crime authors. From how to access information like inquest reports and court transcripts to interviewing lawyers, criminals and detectives – and how to figure out who is telling the truth. Dapin also teaches you how to structure a gripping story that reveals key details incrementally without spoiling intrigue or suspense.

10am, The Wheeler Centre Workshop Space. More information and bookings

30 May 2024 – Book Talk

Brisbane Writers Festival – ‘A Succulent Chinese Meal’: Carnage by Mark Dapin

The man, the meme, the legend: what inspired the infamous quotes ‘This is democracy manifest!’ and ‘What is the charge?’ Mark Dapin delves into the mystery of Australia’s most infamous viral video of a man arrested in Fortitude Valley while trying to enjoy a succulent Chinese meal; what he discovered will shock you.

5:30pm, Auditorium 2, State Library of Queensland. More information and bookings

31 May 2024 – Writing Workshop: How to Write True Crime

Brisbane Writers Festival – Heritage Collections Learning Room, State Library of Queensland

Participants will feel informed, forewarned, forearmed and charged up and ready to start on their true-crime project – whatever that may be.

10am, 3-hour workshop. More information and bookings

2 June 2024 – Book Talk

Brisbane Writers Festival – Mark Dapin: Carnage (Beyond Brisbane)

Redcliffe Library. More information and bookings

Podcasts from past events

Thursday 10 March 2016

Talk: Fact and Fiction in the Vietnam War
Listen to Mark talk with Chris Flynn in this podcast from The Wheeler Centre in Melbourne