Do you love British Crime fiction but can’t get to any of the festivals that you see being talked about with such excitement on social media? Well, now there is one you can attend. BritCrime was set up just for this reason.
As a group of British crime authors we got talking about readers who were unable to attend festivals and how difficult it is when we get so enthusiastic about the festival on social media. It felt exclusive so we wanted to do something about it and BritCrime was born.
BritCrime is an online festival hosted on Facebook over the weekend of 11th – 13th July 2015. You’ll be able to chat and ask questions to some of your favourite British crime authors over this period as we will be doing two hour slots over the full weekend. There is a full list of authors participating on the official website and it’s just amazing. The programme is still being sorted out but rest assured it’s going to be a long weekend filled with fun and excitement. I’m thrilled to be a part of it.
What are you waiting for, go sign up HERE! Oh, and did I mention, you could win a free Kindle Paperwhite!
MarinaSofia says
I saw this on Twitter and thought it sounded fantastic! What a great initiative!
I just wish it was happening the following weekend in July, when the children are away and I could really focus ‘properly’, but you can’t have everything.
Rebecca Bradley says
That is a shame. We took a list of weekends we were all free though and we’re lucky to find one we could all manage. That’s a difficult feat! I hope you’ll be able to join in with a couple of the author chats.
Maryom says
Signed up!
Rebecca Bradley says
Great! See you there 🙂
Alex J. Cavanaugh (@AlexJCavanaugh) says
Free is good!
Rebecca Bradley says
Absolutely!
Margot Kinberg says
Fantastic news! Thanks for sharing this, Rebecca!
Rebecca Bradley says
It is brilliant isn’t it! ?
Jacqui Murray says
This sounds great. I’m clicking on over to check it out.
Rebecca Bradley says
Thanks Jacqui. It’s great because it’s so accessible. 🙂
Annalisa Crawford says
I wish I was a crime writer – you guys have all the cool stuff 🙂
cleopatralovesbooks says
What a fantastic idea and I’ve signed up as I’ve longed to go to one of the literary festivals but it just isn’t going to happen this year so this is an excellent alternative – thank you all!
ravencrimereads says
Reblogged this on Raven Crime Reads and commented:
I may just have to join Facebook- this sounds great!
icewineanne says
This sounds terrific. I registered on facebook, but didn’t see a link to an author events schedule. Perhaps it hasn’t been set out yet. In any case, i’m looking forward to this. Many thanks for the info Rebecca!
The Story Reading Ape says
Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
It would be criminal to miss this online opportunity 😀
The Coastal Crone says
I love British crime! Good luck!