The CRIMEFEST team would like to thank all the delegates and supporters for making this the most successful convention to date.

This year's award winners are:

Audible Sounds of Crime Award:
– Paula Hawkins for The Girl on the Train, read by Clare Corbett, India Fisher & Louise Brealey (Random House Audiobooks)

Kobo eDunnit Award:
– Michael Connelly for The Crossing (Orion Publishing Group)

Last Laugh Award:
– Christopher Fowler for Bryant & May and the Burning Man (Transworld)

H.R.F. Keating Award:
– Martin Edwards for The Golden Age of Murder (HarperCollins)

For more information about the awards and nominees visit the AWARDS page.

We look forward to seeing you at next year's CRIMEFEST (18-21 May, 2017).

2016 Featured Guest Authors

Hugh Fraser
Gala Dinner Toastmaster

Highlighted Guest Authors:

Spies and fiction: Adam Sisman and James Naughtie in conversation.

Crime Scene Magazine presents
A Case For And Against
(In association with Orion Publishing)

Visit the AUTHORS & DELEGATES page for the most up-to-date line-up.

Venue: Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel, United Kingdom
Email: info@crimefest.com

First organised in June 2008, CRIMEFEST is a convention for people who like to read an occasional crime novel as well as for die-hard fanatics. It has not only become one of the biggest crime fiction events in Europe, but is also one of the most popular dates in the international crime fiction calendar. The annual convention was featured as one of ‘the best crime writing festivals around the world’ in the Guardian and one of ‘the 50 Best Festivals’ in The Independent. CRIMEFEST draws top crime novelists, readers, editors, publishers and reviewers from around the world and gives delegates the opportunity to celebrate the genre in a friendly, informal and inclusive atmosphere.

2016 highlights include:
Gala Dinner
Interviews with the featured Guest Authors and Toastmaster
the eDunnit, Goldsboro Last Laugh and Sounds of Crime Award presentations

In addition, there will be some forty author panels with more than a hundred participating authors, a crime writing workshop, a pitch-an-agent strand, and much more.

The Full CRIMEFEST Pass is currently £195. The full pass includes admission to all panels and a CRIMEFEST delegate bag with books and a programme. Day passes are also available. (Visit XE Currency Converter for approximate international prices)

We look forward to seeing you at CRIMEFEST 2016.

Myles Allfrey, Donna Moore and Adrian Muller,
Hosts and organisers of CRIMEFEST.

Authors listed as participating may be subject to change beyond the control of the organisers.

Passes and tickets have the following cancellation fees:
– 15% up to 15 January 2016
– 25% from 16 January – 14 April 2016
– 50% from 15 April 2016 onwards
– no refund on Gala Dinner tickets after 1 May, 2016
To avoid any cancellation fees tickets may be transferred at no cost (subject to the discretion of the organisers)