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2011 PROGRAMME

(Download the 3.4 Mb PDF file of the 2011 CrimeFest Souvenir Programme)

Several of the panels are available as MP3s for you to listen to. You can download them (right-click on the link and choose "Save As") and load them into your iPod, or listen with QuickTime or Windows Media on your computer.

Thursday, 19 May:

TIME	ROOM 1
1.30 – 2.20	Arsenic and Old Lace: How Cosy are Cosies? Frances Brody Carola Dunn Dolores Gordon Smith Deryn Lake Participating moderator: Lauren Henderson
2.40 – 3.30	Bringing Up Baby: Creating Believable Sleuths Paul Johnston L.C. Tyler Christopher Wakling Anne Zouroudi Participating moderator: Zoë Sharp
3.50 – 4.40	Once Upon A Time: When The Past Comes Into The Present Jeremy Duns Kate Ellis Tom Harper Diane Janes Participating moderator: Andrew Taylor
4.50 – 5.40	In Name Only: Forgotten Authors Peter Guttridge Adrian Magson Sarah Rayne Caroline Todd Participating moderator: Martin Edwards
7:30 - 9	CRIMEFEST Pub Quiz: Your quiz inquisitor is crime writer & critic Peter Guttridge. Prizes to be won.

Friday, 20 May:

TIME	ROOM 1	ROOM 2
9.00 – 9.50	Operation Petticoat: Jobs For The Girls Linda Regan Pauline Rowson Leigh Russell Aline Templeton Participating moderator: Ruth Dudley Edwards	Father Goose: Unusual Job For A Sleuth Suzette Hill Douglas Lindsay Roz Southey Rebecca Tope Participating moderator: Christine Poulson
10.10 – 11.00	An Affair To Remember: A Walk Through History Carola Dunn Deryn Lake Shona MacLean Steven Saylor Participating moderator: Janet Laurence	To Catch A Thief: Different Roles For Different Folks M.R. Hall John Lawton Caro Ramsay Yrsa Sigurdardottir Participating moderator: Martin Edwards
11.20 – 12.10	I Was A Male Warbride: Confessions Of A Crime Fiction Author Chris Ewan Helen Fitzgerald Douglas Lindsay Steve Mosby Moderator: Donna Moore	Sinners In The Sun: Settings Ruth Downie Sheila Quigley Michael Ridpath Sally Spedding Participating moderator: Sarah Rayne
12.10 – 1.00	Break
1.00 – 1.50	None But The Lonely Heart: The Lone Wolf PI Frances Brody Lindsey Davis Malcolm Pryce Anne Zouroudi Participating moderator: Paul Johnston	Notorious: Making People Shiver Chris Carter Natasha ‘N.J.’ Cooper Howard Linskey Tim Weaver Participating moderator: Lin Anderson
2.10 – 3.00	Ann Cleeves & Paul Rutman in conversation with Jake Kerridge	Monkey Business: When Mischievous Crosses Over Into Deceitful Behaviour Colin Bateman Colin Cotterill Chris Ewan L.C. Tyler Moderator: Donna Moore
3.20 – 4.10	Simon Beckett & S.J. Bolton in conversation with Jake Kerridge	Born To Be Bad: The Nature of Evil Peter James Steven Saylor Yrsa Sigurdardottir Andrew Taylor Participating moderator: Steve Mosby
4.30-5.20	North By Northwest: Crime In Translation Isobel Dixon Deon Meyer Nick Sayers Boyd Tonkin Participating moderator: Ann Cleeves In association with the British Centre for Literary Translation	Without Reservations: No Holds Barred Quentin Bates Conor Fitzgerald Nigel McCrery Danny Miller Participating moderator: Matt Hilton
5.30 – 7.00	CRIMEFEST hosts the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Shortlist Announcement Reception

Saturday, 21 May:

TIME	ROOM 1	ROOM 2	IN THE SPOTLIGHT
10.00 – 10.50	Room For One More: Debut Authors Quentin Bates Adrian Dawson Conor Fitzgerald Howard Linskey Danny Miller Lynn Shepherd Moderator: Peter Guttridge	Suspicion: Spies Coming in From the Cold? Rory Clements Simon Conway Jeremy Duns Adrian Magson Moderator: Michael Ridpath	10.00 – 10.20: John Curran: The Celtic Contribution to the Golden Age 10.30 – 10.50: Kate Ellis: Help! Where Am I? The Perils and Pleasures of Writing Two Series 11.00 – 11.20: Sam Hayes: Crimes of Passion... When emotions run high 11.30 – 11.50: Ruth Dudley Edwards: Why are we cursed with the Groundhog Day that is Irish terrorism? 12.00 – 12.20: Gerard O'Donovan: From Boom to Bust: The Rise and Rise of Irish Crime Fiction 12.30 – 12.50: Deryn Lake: Do you tell it as it really was - or do you sanitise the past? 1.00 – 1.20: Les Klinger: Sherlock Holmes on The Screen 1.30 – 1.50: Tony Mullican: Midas - Are You Getting Enough? or How to Improve Your Media Communications
11.10 – 12.00	The Grass Is Greener: Thrillers – UK vs US Charlie Charters Simon Conway Matt Hilton Zoë Sharp Participating moderator: Nick Sayers	Mr Lucky: Getting Away With Murder Lin Anderson Stella Rimington Linda Stratmann Dolores Gordon Smith Participating moderator: Christine Poulson
12.20 – 1.10	Richard Aldrich & Keith Jeffery in conversation with Stella Rimington	The Awful Truth: How Not To Get Published Belinda Bauer Charlie Charters Adrian Dawson Tom Harper Moderator: Simon Brett
1.10 – 1.50	Break
1.50 – 2.40	DEON MEYER Interviewed by Natasha ‘N.J.’ Cooper
3.00 – 3.50	PETER JAMES Interviewed by Peter Guttridge
4.10 – 5.00	LINDSEY DAVIS, CWA Cartier 2011 Diamond Dagger Recipient Interviewed by Lauren Henderson
6.30	Kings Foyer: Hodder & Stoughton celebrate their new Mulholland Books imprint. All delegates welcome.
7.30	Kings Room: Gala Dinner

Sunday, 22 May:

TIME	ROOM 1	ROOM 2
10.00 – 10.50	Colin Cotterill & Colin Bateman in conversation with Jake Kerridge	Indiscreet: Non Fiction John Curran Maxim Jakubowski Leslie Klinger Moderator: Simon Brett
11.10 – 12.00	CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE Interviewed by Maxim Jakubowski	The Last Outpost: Endings Jeremy Duns Simon Brett M R Hall Andrew Lane Participating moderator: Peter Guttridge
12.30 – 1.30	Criminal Mastermind John Curran Lauren Henderson Paul Johnston Andrew Lane Quiz Master: Maxim Jakubowski