Inspired by the Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, CrimeFest will be organising a crime writing workshop for aspiring writers. Tutoring the workshop will be Peter Guttridge and Janet Laurence.

The workshop includes a one-on-one assessment of submitted work, panels on various aspects of writing, and an intensive Sunday afternoon class. As part of the registration fee students will also be able to enter the Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger Writing Competition.

The registration fee for the crime writing workshop is £80. Please note that this workshop is only open to registered CrimeFest delegates; if it is booked incorrectly, a £10 refund fee will be charged unless the buyer also signs up for the required events.

Peter Guttridge is the Observer's crime fiction critic and the author of the award-winning Nick Madrid series. He has taught writing workshops for many years at literature festivals, the Arvon Foundation and in Skyros, Greece.

Janet Laurence has written two series of crime novels: the Darina Lisle culinary mysteries and three Canaletto mysteries. She is the author of Writing Crime Fiction - Making Crime Pay, and has run a number of writing workshops, including ones for the Arvon Foundation, and the Cheltenham Spring Festival. She has also been a Visiting Fellow/Writer in Residence three times at Jane Franklin Hall College, part of the University of Tasmania.

Register for the workshop