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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! | |