We’re at the start of a brand new year so I thought it was time to do this post again. I did one last year and it proved popular but I left it until March which might have been a bit late for some people to organise themselves planning the year ahead, so I promised […]
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 […]
You Don't Need Murder in a Crime Novel to Make it a Crime Novel
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post asking if crime fiction novels had to involve murder. This was following an audience question during a Theakstons Crime Writing Festival panel at Harrogate in July, which was met with laughter from the panel. You can find my initial post Here. The comments in response to […]
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 […]