Friday, May 24, 2013

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival - book now

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, 18-21 July 2013

Book Your Festival Tickets Now

This year's Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival promises to be the best yet, so why not join us to celebrate a decade of the best crime writing festival around?
With more than 80 authors programmed in over 20 events over one long criminally good weekend, there is something for everyone from die hard crime fiction fans to those fascinated by Victorian crime or obsessed with Twitter.

Here's a run down of the fabulous panels we have planned for the festival.
Book your tickets now to avoid missing out on the biggest and best crime wave of the summer!

Fri 19 July | 10.30am | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: Dead In Deutschland

The UK’s leading expert on translated crime fiction Barry Forshaw asks  Jan Costin Wagner, Sebastian FitzekNele Neuhaus and Dane Jussi Adler-Olsen, is German crime fiction the Next Big Thing?
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Fri 19 July | 12 pm | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: Victorian Crime: Fact or Fiction?

Chair Sarah Pinborough seeks out the truth leading authors Kate Colquhoun, Lyndsay Faye, Kate Summerscale and Andrew Taylor down a myriad of dark Victorian alleys.
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Fri 19 July | 2pm | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: Social Media: Who Are You?

Do you dream in hashtags? Explore the fine line between social media success and social media suicide with authors Ruth Dudley-Edwards, Erin Kelly, Steve Mosbyand Sarah Pinborough with Mark Billingham as chair.
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Fri 19 July | 3.30pm| Tickets £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: Touching Evil
In a world where unspeakable crimes are committed, does crime fiction anatomise or glorify crime? Michael Ridpath chairs the panel with Belinda Bauer, writing duo Nicci French, Alex Marwood and Stav Sherez.
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Fri 19 July | 5 pm | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

 We ask Sophie McKenzie, Denise Mina, Louise Penny and Henry Sutton to reflect on their own heroes and divulge which faithful books they return to time and again, with chair Martyn Waites.
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Fri 19 July | 10 pm | £10
BOND PANEL: FLEMING FANS

You’ll be shaken AND stirred by authors Sam Bourne, JJ Connolly, Susan Hill and Gregg Hurwitz, who will be given the license to thrill by chair Charles Cumming.
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Sat 20 July | 12.00pm | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: New Blood

Programming Chair, Queen of Crime Val McDermid. Eager readers on the lookout for the next big thing will discover a sure-fire list of ‘ones to watch’.
Introducing 
Derek B. MilleAnya LipskaMalcolm Mackay and Colette McBeth.
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Sat 20 July |3.30 pm | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: South of the Equator
Join us on a memorable long-haul flight to far-flung destinations with a sizzling showcase of authors from the Southern Hemisphere. Authors Lauren Beukes, Helen Fitzgerald, Michael Robotham, and M D Villiers join chair Paul Johnston for a journey you won’t forget.
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Sun 21July | 10am | £10
PANEL DISCUSSION: Slaughtering The Sacred Cows
Iconoclastic authors Stuart MacBride, Catriona McPherson, Manda Scott and Cathi Unsworth speak to broadcaster Mark Lawson, about breaking the mould, bending the rules, flouting the conventions, sticking their tongues out and generally pushing the boundaries of the genre. 
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