The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
This popular festival returns to the Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate on the 20th-23rd July 2017, to mark the 15th annual celebration of the genre. 2017’s Programming Chair Elly Griffiths, the current holder of the CWA Dagger in the Library, has put toge...
My Life in Crime
Simon Michael's fascinating one-man show 'My Life of Crime' will be at Croxley Green Library on Saturday 26 January 2019. 'I talk about my family's 450-year London East End history, their connection with the Kray Twins, my practice at the criminal B...
CWA Featured Bookseller – Books on the Hill
Books On The Hill 1 Holywell Hill St Albans AL1 1ER www.books-on-the-hill.co.uk William Shaw speaks to owner Antonia Mason St Alban’s bookshop Books On The Hill is a shop that looks as if it’s been in its location on Holywell Hill a lon...
Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival
Brought to you online for the past two years, Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival is back with a bang from 4-9 October with a host of in person and online events at a new venue, Dun Laoghaire’s stunning dlr LexIcon Library ...
Daggers Announced Online in Daggers Live!
CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Winners Announced Michael Robotham, Lou Berney, Trevor Wood, Casey Cep, and Abir Mukherjee win 2020 CWA Dagger awards. The winners of the 2020 CWA Daggers, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, were announced ...
COVID, Corruption and Crony Capitalism with Vicky Pryce, Dr Emily Barritt and Julie Anderson
Outraged at the accusation that the government gave out £17b in contracts to their friends, with 50% of the contracts still undeclared? Confused about the legality of it? Worried about its economic impact? Join our host Claret Press publisher Katie...
Bookshop of the Month – September 2022: The Oundle Bookshop
Joanna Patterson-Gordon of The Oundle Bookshop Talks to William Shaw You’ll find The Oundle Bookshop behind an impressive line of Georgian pillars on Market Place, which is where it’s been for a remarkable 99 years. It’s a traditional bo...
Peter Tickler: the Tickler’s Jam Murders
Peter Tickler mixes crime fiction with family history in The Tickler's jam Murders. Tickler's Jam was supplied to the British troops during the first world war. Soldiers sang songs about it. Cartoonists joked about it, and it became a household name...
So You Want to be a Scriptwriter? With Nick Walker
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