The organisers anticipate posting next year’s itinerary in February 2025.
In the meantime, for a taste of what to expect, please see below for this past year’s programme.
(ALL TIMES, PANELS AND PANELLISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
THURSDAY – FRIDAY – SATURDAY – SUNDAY
Thursday, 9 May
| 13:30 – 14:20 Pacing Yourself: Building Menace and Tension * Tana Collins * James Delargy * Christie Newport * Caro Ramsay Participating Moderator: L.F. Robertson | |
| 14:40 – 15:30 An Absence of Malice?: The Lighter Touch of the Traditional Cosy * Alice Bell * Simon Brett * T.E. Kinsey * Linda Mather Participating Moderator: Liz Fielding | 14:40 – 15.30 Finding Your Place: Landscape and Setting * Cathy Ace * Christina Koning * Ian Moore * Ovidia Yu Participating Moderator: Michael Stanley (Michael Sears) |
| 15:50 – 16:40 A Genre For All: Crime Fiction’s Appeal For All Ages * Holly Jackson * Jane McLoughlin * Fiona Veitch Smith * Teri Terry Participating Moderator: Tracy Darnton | 15.50 – 16.40 Plotting and Scheming: They ARE all out to get me * D.V. Bishop * Charles Harris * Samantha Lee Howe * Dan Malakin Participating Moderator: Alex Shaw |
| 17:00 – 17:50 Authors Remembered * Ian Moore (on Fred Vargas) * Christine Poulson (on Clifford Witting) * Jane Mcloughlin (on Patricia Highsmith) * David J. Howe (on Hank Jansen) Participating moderator: Martin Edwards (on John Bingham) | 17.00 – 17.50 Overstepping the Mark: Abuses of Privilege and Power * Ajay Chowdhury * Kate Ellis * Alex North * Jeffrey Siger Participating Moderator: Sam Holland |
| 20:00 – 21:30: MURDLE @ CrimeFest with G.T. Karber in association with Souvenir Press and Profile Books Prizes to be won! Location: Book Room |
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Friday, 10 May
| 09:00 – 09:50 Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood * C.L. Miller * Isobel Shirlaw * Tania Tay * Joanna Wallace Moderator: Donna Moore | 09:00 – 09:50 Cloak and Dagger: Spies and Intrigue * Stuart Field * Michael Kurland * Jay Warton * G.B. Williams Moderator: Maxim Jakubowski | 09:00 – 09:50 Not All Work: The Private Lives of Protagonists * Judi Daykin * Paul Durston * Kate London * Stella Oni Participating Moderator: Caro Ramsay |
| 10:10 – 11:00 Uncanny Happenings: When Crime is Sinister and Spooky * Alice Bell * Jane McLoughlin * Syd Moore * Guy Morpuss Participating Moderator: Linda Stratmann | 10:10 – 11:00 Dishonest Dealings: Misconduct, Manipulation and Misrepresentation * Graham Bartlett * Megan Davis * Valerie Keogh * Lucy Martin Participating Moderator: Zoë Sharp | 10:10 – 11:00 A Skeleton in the Cupboard: Keeping Secrets * Mark Ellis * Felix Francis * Simon McCleave * Kaaron Warren Participating Moderator: Caroline England |
| 11:20 – 12:10 Road Trip: Crossing Borders and Cross Country Chases * Holly Jackson * Denise Mina * Abir Mukherjee * Emma Styles Participating Moderator: Stella Oni (Please note that Holly Jackson and Denise Mina will be signing in the bookroom at 11am.) | 11:20 – 12:10 It’s All Ancient History: Crime Fiction Across Time * Louise Mangos * Bryan J. Mason * Leonora Nattrass * Bridget Walsh Participating Moderator: David Penny | 11:20 – 12:10 Columbo: Just One More Thing… * G.T. Karber * Vaseem Khan * Laura Lippman Participating Moderator: Adrian Muller |
| 12:30 – 13:20 You’re a Liar: Deceit and Dishonesty * Tina Baker * Lucy Banks * Charlotte Barnes * Tracy Darnton Participating Moderator: Jen Faulkner | 12:30 – 13:20 Ta-Da!: Confessions and Revelations * Heather Fitt * Emily Koch * N.J. Moss * Kaaron Warren Participating Moderator: D.V. Bishop | 12:30 – 13:20 Complexity: Telling Tales and Spinning Webs * Tana Collins * Paul Gitsham * A.J. Hill * Vanessa Savage Participating Moderator: Lucy Martin |
| 13:40 – 14:30 Out With the Old: Crime Fiction set in Times of Strife and Change * Vaseem Khan * Pam Lecky * Fiona Veitch Smith * Linda Stratmann Participating Moderator: Mark Ellis | 13:40 – 14:30 Whose Story?: Representation, Diversity and Inclusion in Crime Fiction * Christie Newport * Nell Pattison * Emma Styles * Tim Sullivan Participating Moderator: Elizabeth Chakrabarty | 13:40 – 14:30 Twisted Tales: Subverting Expectations * Blake Mara * Michael Stanley (aka Michael Sears) * B.P. Walter * Nicola Williams Participating Moderator: Megan Davis |
| 14:50 – 15:40 Far From The Madding Crowd: Crime Fiction in Splendid Isolation * Heather Critchlow * James Delargy * Mary Grand * Lexie Elliott Participating Moderator: Sarah Ward | 14:50 – 15:40 A Question of Ethics: Moral Dilemmas and Difficult Choices * Liz Fielding * Felix Francis * Alex Shaw * Alex Stone Participating Moderator: Michael Stanley (aka Stanley Trollip) | 14:50 – 15:40 Alfred Hitchcock and The Art Of Adapting Terror * Tina Baker * Denise Mina * Barry Ryan Participating Moderator: Gavin Collinson |
| 16:00 – 16:50 Domestic Noir: When Murder is Close to Home * Emma Curtis * Caroline England * Laura Lippman * Dan Malakin * Participating Moderator: Louise Mangos | 16:00 – 16:50 Presumed Guilty: Who Do We Believe? * panellist contacted * Brooke Robinson * Alex Stone * James Woolf Participating Moderator: Jackie Kabler | 16:00 – 16:50 P.D. JAMES Ghost of Honour * Frances Fyfield * Dr. Beatrice Groves * Peter Kemp Participating Moderator: Simon Brett |
| 17:10 – 18:00 What a Thrill: Page-Turners and Cliff Hangers * Chris Curran * Antony Dunford * Charles Harris * Christine Poulson Participating Moderator: Jeffrey Siger | 17:10 – 18:00 Unwelcome?: When Hospitality Meets Murder * J.G. Goodhind * Hannah Hendy * Ian Moore * Orlando Murrin Participating Moderator: Ajay Chowdhury | 17:10 – 18:00 Shades of Grey: Developing Plots and Characters * Alison Bruce * Paul Gitsham * Kate Griffin * Nell Pattison Participating Moderator: Kate London |
| 18:30 – 19:30 – BOOK ROOM: CrimeFest RNIB raffle launch and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Announcement Reception | ||
Saturday, 11 May
| 09:00 – 09:50 Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood * Bryan J. Mason * Orlando Murrin * Brooke Robinson * James Woolf Moderator: Donna Moore | 09:00 – 09:50 Partners in Crime: When Two or More Heads Are Better Than One * Ruth Dudley Edwards * A. J. Hill * C.L. Miller * Marrisse Whitaker Participating Moderator: Cathy Ace | 09:00 – 09:50 Tick Tock: A Race Against Time * Michelle Kidd * Simon McCleave * Brian Price * Michael Stanley (aka Stan Trollip) Participating Moderator: Martin Edwards |
| 10:10 – 11:00 Featured Guest Interview: DENISE MINA Interviewer: Abir Mukherjee |
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| 11:20 – 12:10 Parental Issues: Crime in the Family * Jackie Kabler * J.S. Lark * Isobel Shirlaw * Tania Tay Participating Moderator: M.A. Hunter (aka Stephen Edger) | 11:20 – 12:10 Not in My Job Description: Crime-Solving Amateurs * J.G. Goodhind * Ada Moncrieff * Kate Wells * Ovidia Yu Participating Moderator: Dolores Gordon-Smith | 11:20 – 12:10 History’s Untold Stories: The Joys of Historical Crime Fiction * Martin Edwards * Kate Griffin * Christina Koning * Abir Mukherjee Participating Moderator: Donna Moore |
| 12:30 – 13:20 Featured Guest Interview: LAURA LIPPMAN Interviewer: Ayo Onatade |
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| 13:40 – 14:30 Bad People: Serial Killers, Psychopaths and Scary Strangers * C.V. Chauhan * Sam Holland * Joanna Wallace * Sarah Ward Participating Moderator: Alex North | 13:40 – 14:30 New Traditions: Writing The Modern Cosy * Katherine Black * Fliss Chester * Janice Hallett * Antony Johnston Moderator: David Brawn | 13:40 – 14:30 Genre Bending: Finding Your Niche * Jane Adams * Guy Morpuss * Rachel North * Teri Terry Participating Moderator: Vaseem Khan |
| 14:50 – 15:40 2024 CWA Diamond Dagger Recipient: LYNDA LA PLANTE Interviewer: Maxim Jakubowski in association with the Crime Writers Association |
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| 16:00 – 16:50 2024 CWA Diamond Dagger Recipient: JAMES LEE BURKE Interviewer: Vaseem Khan in association with the Crime Writers Association |
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| 17:30 – 18:15: Pre-Gala Dinner Reception (all Full Pass holders welcome) | ||
| 18:15: CRIMEFEST Awards Dinner – ticket holders only | ||
Sunday, 12 May
| 09:30 – 10:20 Who’s Out To Get Me? Watchers, Stalkers and Unknown Assailants * Elizabeth Chakrabarty * C.V. Chauhan * M.A. Hunter * Jen Faulkner Participating Moderator: Alison Bruce | 09:30 – 10:20 The Indie Alternative * Nikki Copleston * Abby Davies * Susan Grossey * Sherry Hostler * S.J. Richards Participating Moderator: Zoë Sharp |
| 10:40 – 11.30 Leader of Toasts interview: CATHY ACE Interviewer: Barry Ryan | 10:40 – 11.30 Between The Wars: Crime Fiction in the 1920s and 30s * Jane Adams * Dolores Gordon-Smith * T.E. Kinsey * Ada Moncrieff Participating Moderator: Kate Ellis |
| 11:50 – 13:00 Criminal Mastermind Quiz * Laura Lippman (on Columbo) * Stuart Field (Washington Poe novels of M.J. Craven) * Zoë Sharp (on Reacher – seasons 1&2) Inquizitor: Maxim Jakubowski Prizes to be won! |
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