Past CrimeFest programmes (PDF):
2024 – 2023 – 2022 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – Left Coast Crime, Bristol 2006
Past CrimeFest award winners and nominees:
2024 – 2023 – 2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008
Past CrimeFest featured guests:
| Year | Featured Guests | Toastmaster | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | James Lee Burke (live video interview) Lynda La Plante Laura Lippman Denise Mina | Cathy Ace | P.D. James (Ghost of Honour) |
| 2023 | Mark Billingham Elly Griffiths | Peter Guttridge | Ian Fleming (Ghost of Honour) |
| 2022 | Andrew Child (aka Andrew Grant) Ann Cleeves Martin Edwards Robert Goddard | Zoë Sharp | Dick Francis (Ghost of Honour) |
| 2021 | Convention postponed due to COVID pandemic | ||
| 2020 | Convention postponed due to COVID pandemic | ||
| 2019 | John Harvey Ashley Jensen, Julia Gilbert & Barry Ryan ("Agatha Raisin") | Robert Thorogood | |
| 2018 | Lee Child Jeffery Deaver Martina Cole Peter James | Robert Thorogood | Yrsa Sigurðardóttir & Gunnar Staalesen (Translated Featured Guest Authors) John Banville (aka Benjamin Black) & John Simenon; Charlie Higson & Adam Sisman (Highlighted Guest Authors) |
| 2017 | Ann Cleeves Anthony Horowitz Peter Lovesey | Barry Forshaw | Tom Adams & John Curran (Highlighted Guests) Jónína Leósdóttir, Sólveig Pálsdóttir, Lilja Sigurðardóttir & Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (Iceland's Queens of Crime) |
| 2016 | Anne Holt Peter James Ian Rankin | Hugh Fraser | Adam Sisman & James Naughtie (Highlighted Guest Authors) |
| 2015 | Maj Sjöwall, interviewed by Lee Child Catherine Aird | James Runcie | Sophie Hannah & Mathew Prichard (Celebrating 125 Years of Agatha Christie) |
| 2014 | Mark Billingham Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Simon Brett | Simon Brett | Ben Aaronovitch, Jasper Fforde, Nicci French & Lars Kepler (Highlighted Guest Authors) Maureen Jennings & Thomas Craig ("The Murdoch Mysteries") |
| 2013 | Felix Francis Samantha Norman William McIlvanney Denise Mina | Robert Goddard | Jeffery Deaver (Workshop Lecturer) Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat & Sue Vertue (Creating "Sherlock") |
| 2012 | Lee Child Frederick Forsyth Sue Grafton P.D. James Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström | Jeffery Deaver | |
| 2011 | Lindsey Davis Peter James Deon Meyer | Christopher Brookmyre | |
| 2010 | Tonino Benacquista Colin Dexter | Gyles Brandreth | |
| 2009 | Simon Brett Michael Connelly Håkan Nesser Andrew Taylor | Meg Gardiner | |
| 2008 | Karin Fossum Jeff Lindsay Ian Rankin | Natasha Cooper | |
| 2006 (Left Coast Crime) | Anne Perry Jeffery Deaver Boris Akunin | Lee Child | Toby & Bill Gottfried (US Fan Guests of Honour) Donna Moore (UK Fan Guest of Honour) |