Fancy hearing your favourite authors talk about their books? Or attending a literary festiuval? Even a good murder mystery? We have it all here on the National Crime Reading Month website: www.crimereadingmonth.co.uk Wherever you are in the British Isles, there […]
In the month that thousands of fiction fans head to Yorkshire for the Harrogate Crime Festival, this new short story series, Short Cuts, from BBC Radio 4 celebrates the very particular atmosphere of such festivals. It's often said that there […]
It's Ampthill Literary Festival on Saturday 16 & Sunday 17 July! There's lots going on, but especially the writers among you might want to know about this: on the Saturday crime writing duo RC Bridgestock (that is, Bob and Carol) […]
The crime writing industry’s self-appointed Annual General Meeting, with a twist, return 21-24 July! Known as the friendliest festival with its feet firmly on Yorkshire ground, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival guarantees thrills, and a few spills at […]
13-29 August https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/ Lots going on! Maybe it’s not all crime-related but we do have some excellent CWA crime writers there, including Alex Gray, author of the fascinating Keep the Midnight Out, and for the first time, Linda Davies. Well […]
William Ryan, author of the acclaimed Inspector Korolev series set in Russia in the 1930s and of the forthcoming The Constant Soldier, is a featured author at the Chiswick Book Festival. Savage Continent: Fiction and the Fall of Nazi Germany […]
Stirling, September 9-11 – the crime-writing festival for Scotland A fabulous festival no self-respecting crime reader in or near Scotland would dare to miss. Speakers include Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, Peter Robinson, Stuart MacBride, MC Beaton, Chris Brookmyre and many […]
In Norwich, Sep 15-18 – stellar line-up. Norwich's fabulous crime-writing festival, now in its third year. Norwich is a UNESCO City of Literature and hosts the country's only MA in Crime Writing at the University of East Anglia - […]
The World Mystery Convention is a nonprofit, all-volunteer US organization which holds an annual convention in honour of Anthony Boucher, the distinguished mystery fiction critic, editor and author. It is the world's premier event bringing together all parts of the […]
October 2, the last day of the Lincoln Book Festival, is crime day. The Festival brings together authors to speak on literature and related topics throughout history. There will be three speakers in the Crime Day event entitled ‘Crime Over […]
Saturday 15 October Shoreditch Town Hall, London EC1 Ann Cleeves - Martina Cole - Val McDermid - Mark Billingham Taking place over a single day, the programme will feature a variety of readings and debates ranging from Victorian Crime to […]
Granite Noir is back for 2020 with a huge selection of fascinating author conversations, exhibitions, local history talks, film screenings, music, workshops and more, all inspired by the incredible popularity of crime fiction in all its forms and most importantly […]
Granite Noir Crime Book Festival in North East Scotland is back for 2020. There will be a huge selection of author conversations, exhibitions, local history talks, film screenings, music, workshops and more, all inspired by crime fiction. Aberdeen – steeped […]
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS Now in its fourth year, the capital’s only exclusively author-led festival will take place on Sunday 15 March 2020 - at Brown’s Courtrooms, Covent Garden, London. The 2020 festival will include appearances by, amongst others, […]
POSTPONED UNTIL 13 JUNE. Crime writers and CWA members Peter Tickler, Debrah Martin and Jake Lynch will be joining other indie and hybrid authors in a celebration of independent writing and publishing in Oxford on Saturday 13th June. There will […]
The Yeovil Literary Festival is running from Thurs 28 Oct to Wed 3 Nov, and as part of the festival Yeovil Library are hosting 5 amazing crime authors, including CWA member Elly Griffiths. Tickets are £5 or £4 if you […]