(ALL TIMES, PANELS AND PANELLISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
Thursday, 11 May
| 1.1.1 13:30 – 14:20 Police Procedurals: Getting it Right and Making it Real * Mark Ellis * Chris Lloyd * Tina Orr Munro * Leigh Russell Participating Moderator: Alison Bruce | |
| 1.1.2 14:40 – 15:30 Protagonists Under Pressure: Putting your Characters in Danger * Kia Abdullah * A.J. Hill * Heidi Perks * Caro Ramsay Participating Moderator: Louise Mangos | 1.2.2 14:40 – 15.30 Telling Tales: Keeping Secrets and Telling Lies * D.V. Bishop * A.A. Chaudhuri * L.F. Robertson * Linda Stratmann Participating Moderator: Tracy Darnton |
| 1.1.3 15:50 – 16:40 High Octane: A Thrills and Spills Ride * Andrew Child * Paul Finch * Nadine Matheson * Alex Shaw Participating Moderator: Zoë Sharp | 1.2.3 15.50 – 16.40 Partners in Crime: When Two (or more) Heads are Better than One * Simon Brett * J.M. Hall * Robert Thorogood * Bridget Walsh Participating Moderator: Kate Ellis |
| 1.1.4 17:00 – 17:50 Authors Remembered * David Beckler (on Friedrich Durrenmatt) * Chris Curran (on Vera Caspary) * Peter Guttridge (on Donald Hamilton) * John Lawton (on Stanley Ellin) Participating moderator: Martin Edwards (on Margot Bennett) | 1.2.4 17.00 – 17.50 A Twist in the Tale: Turning the Plot on its Head * Paul Durston * Lisa Jewell * Adele Parks * Simon Toyne Participating Moderator: Lucy Martin |
| 20:00 – 21:30: CRIMEFEST Pub Quiz, with crime writer and critic Peter Guttridge as Inquizitor. Prizes to be won! LOCATION: TBA. |
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Friday, 12 May
| 2.1.1 09:00 – 09:50 Keeping it Cosy: The Gifted Amateur * Antony Johnston * Leigh Russell * Fiona Veitch Smith * T.E. Kinsey Participating Moderator: Dolores Gordon-Smith | 2.2.1 09:00 – 09:50 All in the Mind: Psychological Thrillers * N.J. Fountain * Jo Furniss * Jackie Kabler * Lesley Kara Participating Moderator: Kate Rhodes | |
| 2.1.2 10:10 – 11:00 Dark Times: Crime Fiction Set in and Around WWII * Cara Black * Mark Ellis * Chris Lloyd * Ovidia Yu Participating Moderator: Luke McCallin | 2.2.2 10:10 – 11:00 This is a Modern World: Crime in the Digital Age * L.M. Chilton * Heather Critchlow * Pascal Engman * Abi Silver Participating Moderator: Ava Glass | 2.3.2 10:10 – 11:00 Ghost of Honour: IAN FLEMING * Kim Sherwood * Corinne Turner Participating Moderator: Simon Brett |
| 2.1.3 11:20 – 12:10 More than One: Serial Killers and Multiple Murderers * Sam Holland * Neil Lancaster * Nadine Matheson * D.E. White Participating Moderator: Jackie Kabler | 2.2.3 11:20 – 12:10 A Captive Audience: Locked Rooms and Limited Suspects * Helen Fields * Tom Hindle * Guy Morpuss * Kate Simants Participating Moderator: Sarah Ward | 2.3.3 11:20 – 12:10 The Ones You Least Expect: Keeping the Reader Guessing * Elly Griffiths * M.J. Lee * Gilly Macmillan * C.L. Taylor Participating Moderator: Cara Black |
| 2.1.4 12:30 – 13:20 Humanity in the Darkness: Finding Hope in Crime Fiction * Michael Ridpath * Zoë Sharp * Jane Shemilt * Jack Sutherland Participating Moderator: Maxim Jakubowski | 2.2.4 12:30 – 13:20 New Golden Age? Today’s Mystery Fiction * Mark Billingham * Martin Edwards * Janice Hallett * Vaseem Khan Participating Moderator: David Brawn | 2.3.4 12:30 – 13:20 Keeping Them Close: How Well Do You Know Your Friends? * Chris Curran * Caroline England * Lauren North * Alex Stone Participating Moderator: B.A. Paris |
| 2.1.5 13:40 – 14:30 Unspeakable: When Bad Things Happen * Alex North * Stella Oni * Nell Pattison * Simon Toyne Participating Moderator: Elizabeth Chakrabarty | 2.2.5 13:40 – 14:30 Science Fact and Science Fiction * David Beckler * Heather Fitt * Andrew Hunter Murray * Nicola Monaghan Participating Moderator: Eve Smith | 2.3.5 13:40 – 14:30 Guilt and Innocence * Graham Bartlett * James Buckler * John Lincoln * Abi Silver * TBC Participating Moderator: L.F. Robertson |
| 2.1.6 14:50 – 15:40 Location, Location, Location: The Importance of Setting * Mark Dawson * Antony Dunford * Sabine Durrant * David Heska Wanbli Weiden Participating Moderator: Michael Stanley (Stanley Trollip) | 2.2.6 14:50 – 15:40 Job Titles: Choosing What Your Protagonist Does For a Living * Neil Daws * Felix Francis * Valerie Keogh * Linda Mather Participating Moderator: J.M. Hall | 2.3.6 14:50 – 15:40 A Little Bit Spooky: Adding a Sprinkle of the Supernatural * C.S. Green * David Penny * Teri Terry * Sarah Ward Participating Moderator: Linda Stratmann |
| 2.1.7 16:00 – 16:50 Historical Crime Fiction: Today Reflected in History? * D.V. Bishop * Jake Lamar * Luke McCallin * TBC Participating Moderator: Vaseem Khan | 2.2.7 16:00 – 16:50 It’s Personal: The Private Lives of Police Protagonists * Paul Finch * Simon McCleave * Biba Pearce (1/3/23) * Kate Rhodes Participating Moderator: Sam Holland | 2.3.7 16:00 – 16:50 Spying For A Living * Ava Glass * Michael Kurland * John Lawton * Pam Lecky Participating Moderator: Samantha Lee Howe |
| 2.1.8 17:10 – 18:00 Cat and Mouse * Alison Bruce * Harriet Crawley * Antony Johnston * TBC Participating Moderator: D.E. White | 2.2.8 17:10 – 18:00 A Battle Between Good and Evil?: Protagonist vs Antagonist * Liz Mistry * Liz Nugent * Tim Sullivan * Robert Thorogood Participating Moderator: Alex Shaw | |
| PALM COURT 18:30 – 19:30 CrimeFest hosts the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Announcement Reception |
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Saturday, 13 May
| 3.1.1 09:00 – 09:50 Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood * L.M. Chilton * Jen Faulkner * A.J. Hill * Emma Styles * Bridget Walsh Moderator: Barry Forshaw | 3.3.1 09:00 – 09:50 TBA | 3.2.1 09:00 – 09:50 Close to Home: Murder in the Family * Tammy Cohen * James Delargy * Vanessa Savage * Roz Watkins Participating Moderator: Kia Abdullah |
| 3.1.2 10:10 – 11:00 TBC |
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| 3.1.4 12:30 – 13:20 FEATURED GUEST – ELLY GRIFFITHS Interviewer: Barry Forshaw |
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| 3.1.3 11:20 – 12:10 High Stakes: Risking it All * Felix Francis * Paul Gitsham * Lucy Martin * B.A. Paris Participating Moderator: Helen Fields | 3.2.3 11:20 – 12:10 Black is the Night: Cornell Woolrich * Martin Edwards * Samantha Lee Howe * Vaseem Khan * Donna Moore Participating Moderator: Maxim Jakubowski | 3.3.3 11:20 – 12:10 Historical Crime Fiction: Choices, Research and Making It Work * Kate Ellis * Dolores Gordon-Smith * Pam Lecky Participating Moderator: Sarah Williams |
| 3.1.5 13:40 – 14:30 A Stranger in Our Midst: The Danger of the Outsider * Will Dean * Sabine Durrant * Stephen Edger * Tasha Sylva Participating Moderator: Jane Corry | 3.3.5 13:40 – 14:30 Evening All: the Enduring Allure of Police Procedurals * Trish Finnegan * Peter Guttridge * Michael Ridpath * Michael Stanley (Stan Trollip) Participating Moderator: Caro Ramsay | 3.2.5 13:40 – 14:30 Greed, Power, Money, Revenge…: Motives for Murder * Andrew Child * Emily Koch * Jake Lamar * Louise Mangos Participating Moderator: Alex North |
| 3.1.6 14:50 – 15:40 FEATURED GUEST: MARK BILLINGHAM Interviewer: Vaseem Khan |
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| 3.1.7 16:00 – 16:50 Humour: When Murder Makes us Laugh * Ruth Dudley Edwards * T.E. Kinsey * Mike Ripley * Ovidia Yu Participating Moderator: Simon Brett | 3.3.7 16.00 – 16.50 English Riviera: It’s not all Sunshine and Ice Cream * Jane Corry * Candy Denman * Teresa Driscoll * Karen Taylor Participating Moderator: Tina Orr Munro | 3.2.7 16:00 – 16:50 Society: What Crime Fiction Says About Us * Graham Bartlett * Elizabeth Chakrabarty * Pascal Engman * Brian Price Participating Moderator: Cathy Ace |
| 17:30 – 18:15: Pre-Gala Dinner Reception (all Full Pass holders welcome) 18:15: CRIMEFEST Awards Dinner – ticket holders only |
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Sunday, 14 May
| 4.1.1 09:30 – 10:20 Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood * Heather Critchlow * Paul Durston * Emma Styles * Tasha Sylva Moderator: Barry Forshaw | 4.2.1 09:30 – 10:20 The Indie Alternative * Stephen Collier * David Gatward * Rachel MacLean * Dave Sivers * Catherine Yaffe Participating Moderator: Zoë Sharp |
| 4.1.2 10:40 – 11.30 TOASTMASTER INTERVIEW – PETER GUTTRIDGE Interviewer: Donna Moore | 4.2.2 10:40 – 11.30 Tight Knit: Where Everyone Knows Your Business * Cathy Ace * Tana Collins * Will Dean * Chris McDonanld Participating Moderator: Simon McCleave |
| 4.1.3 11:50 – 12:40 Criminal Mastermind Quiz * D.V. Bishop (on the Harry Palmer movies starring Michael Caine) * Paul Gitsam (on Michael Connelly’s Lincoln Lawyer novels) * Zoë Sharp (on the Slow Horses television series) * TBC Participating Inquizitor: Maxim Jakubowksi | 4.2.3 11:50 – 12:40 |
| 4.1.4 13:00 END |