2008 PROGRAMME
(Download the 2.3 Mb PDF file of the 2008 CrimeFest Souvenir Programme)
Our Featured Guest Authors are Karin Fossum, Jeff Lindsay and Ian Rankin, with Natasha Cooper as the Gala
Dinner's Toastrix.
Several of the panels are available as MP3s for you to listen to. You can download them (right-click on the link and choose "Save As") and load them into your iPod, or listen with QuickTime or Windows Media on your computer.
CRIMEFEST ITINERARY
Thursday, 5th of June:
1.00 – 6.00: LANCASTER ROOM – BLACKWELL BOOK ROOM
8.00: KINGS ROOM – welcome, and the 1 Hour Pub Quiz.
Match your mystery wits with your fellow delegates over a drink or two in this entertaining quiz which covers everything from cosies to crime on the silver screen. Your quiz inquisitor: Comic writer and critic Peter Guttridge. Big prizes to be won. (Well, big-ish...)
Friday, 6th of June:
7.00 – 8.30: KINGS ROOM – BREAKFAST (For Full Weekend delegates)
9.00 – 7.30: LANCASTER ROOM – BLACKWELL BOOK ROOM
MERCHANT 4 - CRIMEFEST READING GROUPS:
10.30 - 11.30: Touchstone by Laurie King (courtesy of Poisoned Pen Press UK)
12.00 - 1.00: City of the Sun by David Levien (courtesy of Transworld)
1.30 - 2.30: The Murder Farm by Andrea Maria Schenkel (courtesy of Quercus)
Saturday, 7th of June:
7.00 – 8.30: KINGS ROOM – BREAKFAST (For Full Weekend delegates)
9.00 – 6.00: LANCASTER 5 – BLACKWELL BOOK ROOM
MERCHANT 4 - CRIMEFEST READING GROUPS:
10.30 - 11.30: An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson (courtesy of Faber & Faber)
1.30 - 2.30: The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke (courtesy of Orion)
4.30 - 5.30: The Mark by Jason Pinter (courtesy of MIRA)
TIME |
KINGS ROOM |
MERCHANT 5 |
MERCHANT 1 |
9.00 – 10.00 |
Ian Fleming Centenary Panel – How to Write a Thriller (MP3)
- Tom Cain
- Charles Cumming
- Meg Gardiner
- Nick Stone
Moderator: Mike Stotter |
Scared To Death – Chills and Thrills
- Katherine John
- Michael Morley
- Jason Pinter
- James Twinning
Participating Moderator: Declan Hughes |
From Short Shorts to Doorstoppers – Does Size Matter? (MP3)
- Adrian Magson
- Chris Mooney
- Sally Spedding
- John Rickards
Moderator: Ayo Onatade |
10.30 – 11.30 |
Fresh Blood – Debut Crime Writers (MP3)
- Helen Black
- S J Bolton
- Mary Andrea Clarke
- John Macken
- Michael Morley
- Lee Weeks
Moderator: Ali Karim |
Big Bellies – Crime Writers Chew The Fat
- Tony Black
- Chris Ewan
- Al Guthrie
- Martyn Waites
Moderator: Donna Moore |
Thoroughly Modern Millie – The Historical Female Sleuth
- Rhys Bowen
- Patricia Finney
- Ariana Franklin
- Laurie R King
Moderator: Andrew Taylor |
12.00 – 1.00 |
KARIN FOSSUM (MP3)
Interviewed by Ann Cleeves |
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1.30 – 2.30 |
Movies In Mind – How Adaptable Is Your Novel? (MP3)
- Tom Cain
- Christopher Fowler
- Dan Waddell
- Jeff Lindsay
Participating Moderator: Edward Marston |
Writing The Wrongs – Morality in Crime Fiction
- Steve Mosby
- Yrsa Sigurdardottir
- Kevin Wignall
- Laura Wilson
Participating Moderator: Jason Pinter |
Past Tense – The Mystery in History
- R. S. Downie
- Roger Hudson
- Bernard Knight
- Roz Southey
Moderator: Bill Gottfried |
3.00 – 4.00
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IAN RANKIN (MP3)
Interviewed by Peter Guttridge
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4.30 – 5.30 |
Glaepur, Forbrytelsen, Crime – In Translation (MP3)
- Karin Fossum
- Gilbert Gallerne
- Ros Schwartz
- Yrsa Siguraordottir
Moderator: Ann Cleeves |
A Slice of PI – The Modern Day Private Eye
- Declan Hughes
- Jim Kelly
- Ken McCoy
- Martyn Waites
Participating Moderator: Zoë Sharp |
Evening All – Writing The Police Procedural
- Alex Barclay
- Elena Forbes
- Lesley Horton
- Louise Penny
Moderator: Lizzie Hayes |
7.30 |
GALA DINNER |
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Sunday, 8th of June:
7.00 – 8.30: KINGS ROOM – BREAKFAST (For Full Weekend delegates)
9.00 – 1.30: MERCHANT 5 – BLACKWELL BOOK ROOM
1.00 – 5.00 Crime Writing Workshop
6.00: KINGS LOUNGE: CRIMEFEST BUFFET DINNER – FOLLOWED BY SIMON BRETT’S ‘CRIME IN RHYME’