BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2024

Welcome to BAD 2024 at the State Library of NSW! We have FOUR days filled with crime fiction, true crime and social justice events, crime walks, and three writing workshops. Come and hear the writers you love and meet some new favourites.

We look forward to seeing all our BAD friends from Wednesday 11th September (for writing workshops) to Saturday 14th September. On Friday 13th join us from 6pm in the Gallery Room for the Danger Awards with a drink, nibbles and an interview with our guest of honour Michael Robotham about his fabulous first 20 years as a crime writer.

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL FESTIVAL PROGRAM.

LIVESTREAM TICKETS

• Zoom links will be distributed to Livestream ticket holders during the week of the festival.
• ONLY sessions in the Dixson Room and Metcalfe Auditorium at the State Library of NSW will be live-streamed, excluding evening events.
• Recordings will NOT be available to watch immediately after the festival if you cannot watch live, but will be available to the public to watch on our YouTube channel a few weeks after the festival.

OUR GIFT TO YOU

Ticketholders who purchase in-person tickets to four in-person daytime sessions in one day will receive a State Library Bookshop voucher for $25!

To claim your Book Voucher/s, select the free Book Voucher ticket on the booking page. Suppose you purchase in-person tickets to four daytime sessions on multiple days. In that case, you can claim the corresponding number of vouchers (e.g. if you book tickets to 4x Thursday and 4x Saturday sessions, you can select 2x Book Voucher tickets). Tickets to the Danger Awards, workshops and livestream tickets do not count.

NOTE: Book vouchers MUST be redeemed at the State Library of NSW Bookshop DURING 12th to 14th September festival dates. Vouchers cannot be used after the festival has passed. If you select Book Vouchers and are ineligible, they will be voided.

The Book Vouchers will be held at the festival info desk for collection during the Festival - look for us near the State Library of NSW Bookshop.

BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION

Please be sure to take care when booking your tickets to ensure that none of the sessions you choose has conflicting times - the festival has at least two events at any one time, and unfortunately, you cannot be everywhere at once!

Please choose your tickets carefully and check the dates and times, as we do not offer refunds. If you can no longer attend sessions to which you purchased tickets, we may be able to swap your tickets to different sessions (if they are not sold out) or change the name on your order if you would like to gift your tickets to a friend.

VENUES

All our events are held at the State Library in the following rooms:

• The Metcalfe Auditoriumin the Macquarie Street Building (entrance via Macquarie Street
• The Dixson Room in the Mitchell Building (entrance via Shakespeare Place)
  
• The Gallery Room in the Mitchell Building (entrance via Shakespeare Place)
• The Jean Garling Room in the Mitchell Building (entrance via Shakespeare Place)
• The Michael Crouch Room, First Floor, Mitchell Building (entrance via Shakespeare Place)

Please read the venue name of each ticket carefully when booking your tickets.

Visit the State Library of NSW website if you'd like to plan your visit or look at their accessibility information ahead of the festival.

If you have any questions about the festival or problems with the booking process, please email us at media@badsydney.com