ITINERARY
(ALL TIMES, PANELS AND PANELLISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
THURSDAY, 12 MAY | |
13:30 - 14:20 PARTNERS IN CRIME: CRIME-SOLVING DUOS * Thomas Enger * Michael Kurland Participating Moderator: Sam Holland | |
14:40 - 15:30 ALL IN THE PAST: THE ENDURING FASCINATION WITH HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION * Kate Ellis * Mark Ellis * Carolyn Kirby * Leigh Russell Participating Moderator: Linda Stratmann | 14:40 – 15.30 BUBBLING UNDER: CREATING TENSION |
15:50 - 16:40 TICKING CLOCKS: IS CRIME FICTION A RACE AGAINST TIME? * Steve Cavanagh * Jørn Lier Horst * Tina Orr Munro * Trevor Wood Participating Moderator: L.F. Robertson | 15.50 – 16.40 A CHANGE IS AS GOOD AS A REST: WRITING MORE THAN ONE SERIES * T.E. Kinsey * Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip) |
17:00 - 17:50 AUTHORS REMEMBERED Participating moderator: Mike Ripley (on Duncan Torrens) | 17.00 – 17.50 YOU’RE HAVING A LAUGH: HUMOUR IN CRIME FICTION * Helen Fitzgerald * Antti Tuomainen |
20:00 - 21:30: CRIMEFEST Pub Quiz, with crime writer and critic Peter Guttridge as your quiz inquisitor. Prizes to be won! | |
FRIDAY, 13 MAY | ||
09:00 - 09:50 40 YEARS OF CHANGE: FROM THE DEPRESSED 30s TO THE SWINGING 60s * Tim Glister * Michael Kurland * John Lawton * Niki Mackay Participating Moderator: Luke McCallin | 9:00 – 09:50 STICKING TO THE LAW: POLICE PROCEDURALS * Rachael Blok * Leigh Russell * G.D. Sanders Participating Moderator: Paul Gitsham | |
10:10 - 11:00 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS: NOT SO PERFECT LIVES * Tina Baker * L.F. Robertson * Vanessa Savage Participating Moderator: Caroline England | 10:10 – 11:00 SUSPECT EVERYONE: TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITIES, SMALL TOWNS AND LOCKED ROOMS * Rachael Blok * James Delargy * Victoria Dowd * David Hewson | 10:10 – 11:00 OUT OF UNIFORM: GIFTED AMATEURS * Elizabeth Mundy * Nell Pattison * Trevor Wood Participating Moderator: Carolyn Kirby |
11:20 - 12:10 THIS IS THE MODERN WORLD: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA * Simon Conway * Fiona Erskine * Antony Johnston * Eve Smith Participating Moderator: Christine Poulson | 11:20 – 12:10 CROOKED PATHS: PLOTS THAT TWIST AND TURN * Simon Brett * Michael Ridpath * Simon Toyne Participating Moderator: Katerina Diamond | 11:20 – 12:10 A STRANGE BUSINESS? PRIVATE EYES AND PAID SLEUTHS * Mick Finlay * Felix Francis * Cath Staincliffe * Lesley Thomson |
12:30 - 13:20 DIVIDED SOCIETY: HATE CRIMES AND SOCIAL FACTORS * Kia Abdullah * Sarah Sultoon * Holly Watt Participating Moderator: Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip) | 12:30 – 13:20 BURYING SECRETS: WHO KNOWS WHAT, WHEN, AND WHY? * Mason Cross * Stephen Edger * Eve Smith * Russ Thomas Participating Moderator: Emily Koch | 12:30 – 13:20 NETFLIX’ THE STAIRCASE: PLEADING GUILTY TO A CRIME YOU DIDN'T COMMIT? * Steve Cavanagh (defence) |
13:40 - 14:30 CRIME IN THE CITY: LONDON SET CRIME FICTION * Elle Croft * Biba Pearce * Victoria Selman Participating Moderator: Linda Mather | 13:40 – 14:30 HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO?: CHARACTERS AT THE EDGE * Andrew Child * Katerina Diamond * Yrsa Sigurdardottir Participating Moderator: Alex North | 13:40 – 14:30 LIFE IN THE SHADOWS: SPIES, ASSASSINS & COVERT OPERATORS * Tim Glister * Samantha Lee Howe * Neil Lancaster Participating Moderator: Alex Shaw |
14:50 - 15:40 SLEUTHS ABROAD: CRIME IN FOREIGN CLIMES * Peter Hanington * Vaseem Khan * Louise Mangos | 14:50 – 15:40 TRUTH AND REALITY: RESEARCH AND SOURCES * Sue Lawrence * Linda Stratmann | 14:50 – 15:40 TOXIC: WHEN RELATIONSHIPS TURN BAD * Claire Douglas * Nina Manning * Robin Morgan-Bentley * Rebecca Thornton Participating Moderator: Lisa Hall |
16:00 - 16:50 DICK FRANCIS * Felix Francis * Andrew Hewson Participating Interviewer: Simon Brett | 16:00 – 16:50 ITW: THRILLING FOR A LIVING * Alison Bruce * Dugald Bruce-Lockhart * Alex Shaw * Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip) Participating Moderator: Zoë Sharp | 16:00 – 16:50 VIOLENCE & GORE: SWEET OLD LADIES & SERIAL KILLERS * Vicki Bradley * Thomas Enger * Nadine Matheson * Alan McDermott Participating Moderator: Victoria Selman |
17:10 - 18:00 PLAYING GAMES: WHEN SOMEONE IS TORMENTING YOUR CHARACTERS * Neil Daws * Janice Hallett * Scott Kershaw | 17:10 – 18:00 REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: IN REMEMBRANCE OF MARCEL BERLINS * Barry Forshaw * Maxim Jakubowski * Mike Ripley * Karen Robinson | 18:30 – 19:30 CrimeFest hosts the CWA’s Dagger Announcement Reception |
SATURDAY, 14 MAY | ||
09:00 – 09:50 DEBUT AUTHORS: AN INFUSION OF FRESH BLOOD * Scott Kershaw * Nadine Matheson * Tina Orr Munro | 09:00 – 09:50 HOW MUCH BLOOD?: DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE * D.V. Bishop | |
10:10 – 11:00 MARTIN EDWARDS & ROBERT GODDARD | 10:10 – 11:00 LAW AND DISORDER: CROSSING LINES * Elle Croft * Douglas Lindsay | |
11:20 – 12:10 MORALITY AND JUSTICE: WHO DECIDES RIGHT AND WRONG? * Kia Abdullah * M.K. Hill * Jack Jordan * Luke McCallin Participating Moderator: Alice Clark-Platts | 11:20 – 12:10 * Alex North * Sarah Pinborough * Helen Sedgwick * Matt Wesolowski Participating Moderator: Rhiannon Ward | 11:20 – 12:10 * Simon Conway * Mark Ellis * Helen Fields * Saima Mir Participating Moderator: Holly Watt |
12:30 – 13:20 ANN CLEEVES Interviewer: Barry Forshaw | ||
13:40 – 14:30 IT’S A FAIR COP: WRITING THE MODERN POLICE PROCEDURAL * Jørn Lier Horst * Simon McCleave * Tim Sullivan * Sarah Ward Participating Moderator: Helen Fields | 13:40 – 14:30 POWER CORRUPTS: ABUSES OF POWER * D.V. Bishop * Alex Dahl * David Penny * Jane Shemilt Participating Moderator: Vaseem Khan | 13:40 – 14:30 SANCTUARY?: FINDING A PLACE OF SAFETY * Chris Ewan * Christine Poulson |
14:50 – 15:40 ANDREW CHILD Interviewer: Peter Guttridge | ||
16:00 – 16:50 I’M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP: FROM PAGE TO SCREEN * Ann Cleeves * Sarah Pinborough * Yrsa Sigurdardottir * Antti Tuomainen Participating Moderator: Kevin Wignall | 16:00 – 16:50 TRYING TO FORGET: WHEN THE PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT YOU * Paul Finch * Robert Scragg * C.L. Taylor Participating Moderator: Alison Bruce | 16.00 – 16.50 SUSPICION AND DOUBT: WHO CAN YOU TRUST? * Mason Cross * Helen Fitzgerald * David Jackson * Louise Jensen |
17:45 - 18:30: Pre-Gala Dinner Reception | ||
18:30: CRIMEFEST Awards Dinner – ticket holders only | ||
SUNDAY, 15 MAY | |
09:30 – 10:20 LONG-TIME FRIENDS: WRITING A LONG-STANDING SERIES * Cathy Ace * Andrew Child * Peter Guttridge * Caro Ramsay | 09:30 – 10:20 THE INDIE ALTERNATIVE * Dawn Brookes |
10:40 – 11.30 ZOË SHARP | 10:40 – 11:30 THE GOLDEN AGE: THE COLLINS CRIME CLUB AND DETECTION CLUB * David Brawn Participating Moderator: Simon Brett |
11:50 - 12:40 CRIMINAL MASTERMIND QUIZ * Cathy Ace (on Ian Fleming’s Bond novels) Attend for a chance to win a pair of CrimeFest passes! | |
PITCH AN AGENT
Are you an aspiring author looking for an agent? If so, CRIMEFEST looks forward to announcing it will once again be hosting their PITCH AN AGENT strand. Top agents will be at CRIMEFEST and aspiring crime writers will have ten minutes to pitch their manuscripts to each of them simultaneously in a private session. Consider it speed dating for an agent meets BBC’s Dragon’s Den (aka Shark Tank in the USA). PITCH AN AGENT is only open to delegates who have not previously participated, are not commercially published, are without an agent and who have registered for a Day or Full CRIMEFEST Pass. (Unless the buyer also signs up for a Day or Full CRIMEFEST Pass, a £10 refund fee will be charged for incorrect bookings.)
Participants will be required to submit the first 3,000 words of their manuscript, together with a brief synopsis (of up to 1,500 words). All the PITCH AN AGENT slots have previously sold out, so BUY TICKETS early to avoid disappointment.
FORENSIC CRIME SCENE EXCURSION
Have you always wanted to get your hands dirty at a crime scene? Maybe that’s not the best way of putting it, but with hopes of CRIMEFEST’s special tour returning, that’s what you’ll be able to do. We anticipate The University of the West of England to once again offer delegates special access to their Crime Scene experts who train Forensic Science students and police.
Subject to confirmation, the trip will be to the Glenside Hospital Museum, in the church within the grounds of the old Bristol Lunatic Asylum, with its fascinating exhibits on the history of the asylum. Alternatively will be at the cutting edge of forensic technology within UWE’s newly refurbished set of labs, where there is lots of room to do more practical tests; this will give participants the chance to be really hands-on.
The forensic experts will take participants from the discovery of a body (they’ve promised to provide one for us – we’re assuming it’s not real!), and through the gathering and processing of information. Delegates will be briefed on the scene and will identify clues and get hands-on experience of searching for evidence, testing for fingerprints, identifying blood and other substances as well as getting to use mysterious pieces of forensic kit. Forensics experts will also be on hand to guide you through and answer specific questions. You even get to keep your forensic outfit.
The trip includes transport to UWE’s campus, which is about half an hour away. A minibus will pick up delegates at 9:30am outside the convention hotel and deliver them back at 12:30, in plenty of time for the first panel. Tickets are limited in order to ensure a great experience for all participants, and are only available to CRIMEFEST pass holders.
Visit CRIMEFEST’s TICKET page to register.
THE INDIE ALTERNATIVE PANEL
Increasingly authors are going it alone and self-publishing their books because the financial rewards can be significantly greater than the traditional path. Also, publishing houses are now using the sales figures of self-published authors as a tool to seek out new talent. Recognising this development, CRIMEFEST organises a panel to give four independently published authors a chance to discuss their work. If you are a self-published crime writer and are interested in participating on this panel then visit THE INDIE ALTERNATIVE page for more information or to sign up.