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2011 PROGRAMME

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Thursday, 19 May:

TIME	ROOM 1
1.30 – 2.20	Arsenic and Old Lace: How Cosy are Cosies? Frances Brody Carola Dunn Dolores Gordon Smith Deryn Lake Participating moderator: Lauren Henderson
2.40 – 3.30	Bringing Up Baby: Creating Believable Sleuths Paul Johnston L.C. Tyler Christopher Wakling Anne Zouroudi Participating moderator: Zoë Sharp
3.50 – 4.40	Once Upon A Time: When The Past Comes Into The Present Jeremy Duns Kate Ellis Tom Harper Diane Janes Participating moderator: Andrew Taylor
4.50 – 5.40	In Name Only: Forgotten Authors Peter Guttridge Adrian Magson Sarah Rayne Caroline Todd Participating moderator: Martin Edwards
7:30 - 9	CRIMEFEST Pub Quiz: Your quiz inquisitor is crime writer & critic Peter Guttridge. Prizes to be won.

Friday, 20 May:

TIME	ROOM 1	ROOM 2
9.00 – 9.50	Operation Petticoat: Jobs For The Girls Linda Regan Pauline Rowson Leigh Russell Aline Templeton Participating moderator: Ruth Dudley Edwards	Father Goose: Unusual Job For A Sleuth Suzette Hill Douglas Lindsay Roz Southey Rebecca Tope Participating moderator: Christine Poulson
10.10 – 11.00	An Affair To Remember: A Walk Through History Carola Dunn Deryn Lake Shona MacLean Steven Saylor Participating moderator: Janet Laurence	To Catch A Thief: Different Roles For Different Folks M.R. Hall John Lawton Caro Ramsay Yrsa Sigurdardottir Participating moderator: Martin Edwards
11.20 – 12.10	I Was A Male Warbride: Confessions Of A Crime Fiction Author Chris Ewan Helen Fitzgerald Douglas Lindsay Steve Mosby Moderator: Donna Moore	Sinners In The Sun: Settings Ruth Downie Sheila Quigley Michael Ridpath Sally Spedding Participating moderator: Sarah Rayne
12.10 – 1.00	Break
1.00 – 1.50	None But The Lonely Heart: The Lone Wolf PI Frances Brody Lindsey Davis Malcolm Pryce Anne Zouroudi Participating moderator: Paul Johnston	Notorious: Making People Shiver Chris Carter Natasha ‘N.J.’ Cooper Howard Linskey Tim Weaver Participating moderator: Lin Anderson
2.10 – 3.00	Ann Cleeves & Paul Rutman in conversation with Jake Kerridge	Monkey Business: When Mischievous Crosses Over Into Deceitful Behaviour Colin Bateman Colin Cotterill Chris Ewan L.C. Tyler Moderator: Donna Moore
3.20 – 4.10	Simon Beckett & S.J. Bolton in conversation with Jake Kerridge	Born To Be Bad: The Nature of Evil Peter James Steven Saylor Yrsa Sigurdardottir Andrew Taylor Participating moderator: Steve Mosby
4.30-5.20	North By Northwest: Crime In Translation Isobel Dixon Deon Meyer Nick Sayers Boyd Tonkin Participating moderator: Ann Cleeves In association with the British Centre for Literary Translation	Without Reservations: No Holds Barred Quentin Bates Conor Fitzgerald Nigel McCrery Danny Miller Participating moderator: Matt Hilton
5.30 – 7.00	CRIMEFEST hosts the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Shortlist Announcement Reception

Saturday, 21 May:

TIME	ROOM 1	ROOM 2	IN THE SPOTLIGHT
10.00 – 10.50	Room For One More: Debut Authors Quentin Bates Adrian Dawson Conor Fitzgerald Howard Linskey Danny Miller Lynn Shepherd Moderator: Peter Guttridge	Suspicion: Spies Coming in From the Cold? Rory Clements Simon Conway Jeremy Duns Adrian Magson Moderator: Michael Ridpath	10.00 – 10.20: John Curran: The Celtic Contribution to the Golden Age 10.30 – 10.50: Kate Ellis: Help! Where Am I? The Perils and Pleasures of Writing Two Series 11.00 – 11.20: Sam Hayes: Crimes of Passion... When emotions run high 11.30 – 11.50: Ruth Dudley Edwards: Why are we cursed with the Groundhog Day that is Irish terrorism? 12.00 – 12.20: Gerard O'Donovan: From Boom to Bust: The Rise and Rise of Irish Crime Fiction 12.30 – 12.50: Deryn Lake: Do you tell it as it really was - or do you sanitise the past? 1.00 – 1.20: Les Klinger: Sherlock Holmes on The Screen 1.30 – 1.50: Tony Mullican: Midas - Are You Getting Enough? or How to Improve Your Media Communications
11.10 – 12.00	The Grass Is Greener: Thrillers – UK vs US Charlie Charters Simon Conway Matt Hilton Zoë Sharp Participating moderator: Nick Sayers	Mr Lucky: Getting Away With Murder Lin Anderson Stella Rimington Linda Stratmann Dolores Gordon Smith Participating moderator: Christine Poulson
12.20 – 1.10	Richard Aldrich & Keith Jeffery in conversation with Stella Rimington	The Awful Truth: How Not To Get Published Belinda Bauer Charlie Charters Adrian Dawson Tom Harper Moderator: Simon Brett
1.10 – 1.50	Break
1.50 – 2.40	DEON MEYER Interviewed by Natasha ‘N.J.’ Cooper
3.00 – 3.50	PETER JAMES Interviewed by Peter Guttridge
4.10 – 5.00	LINDSEY DAVIS, CWA Cartier 2011 Diamond Dagger Recipient Interviewed by Lauren Henderson
6.30	Kings Foyer: Hodder & Stoughton celebrate their new Mulholland Books imprint. All delegates welcome.
7.30	Kings Room: Gala Dinner

Sunday, 22 May:

TIME	ROOM 1	ROOM 2
10.00 – 10.50	Colin Cotterill & Colin Bateman in conversation with Jake Kerridge	Indiscreet: Non Fiction John Curran Maxim Jakubowski Leslie Klinger Moderator: Simon Brett
11.10 – 12.00	CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE Interviewed by Maxim Jakubowski	The Last Outpost: Endings Jeremy Duns Simon Brett M R Hall Andrew Lane Participating moderator: Peter Guttridge
12.30 – 1.30	Criminal Mastermind John Curran Lauren Henderson Paul Johnston Andrew Lane Quiz Master: Maxim Jakubowski