The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Nelson Public Libraries, invites Top of the South booklovers to a criminally good afternoon with four talented and terrific Kiwi storytellers.

New Zealand's modern-day Queen of Crime Vanda Symon, aka 'Darth Vanda' from Traitors NZ, is joined by Ngaio Marsh Award-winning Nelson author Chris Stuart and Motueka cop and crime writer Stef Harris for a discussion on how they craft page-whirring tales full of memorable characters, and incorporate real-life themes into their novels. Local filmmaker, writer and actor Douglas Brooks will keep the peace and prosecute the offenders.