#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
How a famous cold case, a deadly fire and a quest for justice brought down one of Australia's worst killers. Award winning journalist and writer Matthew Condon discusses his latest true crime offering with James Carson. Presented in partnership with Griffith University
#Artist
Matthew Condon
Matthew Condon is a prize-winning Australian novelist and journalist. He began his journalism career with the Gold Coast Bulletin in 1984 and subsequently worked for leading newspapers and journals including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Sun-Herald, Melbourne’s Sunday Age and The Courier-Mail. He has written ten books of fiction, including The Trout Opera and is the author of the bestselling true-crime trilogy about Queensland crime and corruption – Three Crooked Kings (2013), Jacks and Jokers (2014), All Fall Down (2015) and Little Fish are Sweet (2016). His most recent book is The Night Dragon (2019). He is the host of two true crime podcasts – Ghost Gate Road and Dig: Sirens Are Coming.
#Moderator
James Carson
James Carson is professor and head of the School of Humanities Languages and Social Science at Griffith University. As a historian he has written widely on the colonial histories of North America and has just begun to interrogate reconciliation and climate change in Australia.