In the past I have written my top 10 crime festival posts so I thought I would do so again this year as it has always been a popular post. I’m not sure if I can keep it down to 10 though as more and more festivals pop up every year. The world of crime […]
10 Crime Festivals Not To Miss This Year
A new year has started and if you are a crime fiction fan it’s an opportunity to look ahead and plan your festival calendar. There are so many more than there used to be, we are spoiled for choice. Here we have a mix of old and popular ones, and new festivals that you may […]
Murder They Wrote?
The last panel I attended at Theakstons Crime Writing Festival at Harrogate in July was the ‘Keeping it Real’ panel on Sunday morning. You can find my post about the panel itself Here. What interested me and has kept nagging away at me since was a question put to the panel by a member […]
Keeping It Real – Harrogate part 3
It’s the third and final instalment of my Theakston’s Old Peculier crime writing festival rundown – at last I hear you say! I save the best till last my blogging friends. Trust me. And to prove that, it will be a reasonably short post. See, you’re already smiling. Sunday morning saw the panel ‘Keeping it […]
David Tennant is "Gorgeous, Funny and can do a Chin-up." – Harrogate Part 2
Apologies for the delay in this second Theakston’s crime writing festival post. I know I said it would be on Tuesday but my hopeless EDS body decided it would take precedence and crash for a couple of days and it did it in style. But, I’m back now! So, where were we? That’s right, we […]
This Is How You Pronounce Rowling – Harrogate part 1
Thursday last week saw the annual trek to Harrogate for the Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival held at the beautiful Old Swan in Harrogate. It’s a place where well established crime writers, new up and coming writers, still trying to be published writers, and readers, all mingle together in the same space without segregation and talk […]