As
part of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival there is a mini “Crime Festival”. For crime lovers, visitors to the festival
will be treated to talks by M.C Beaton and international bestselling author S.J
Watson, who will discuss his new novel, Second
Life, and showcase a film version of his debut thriller, Before I Go To Sleep. (More info below)
There
are also a number of other crime fiction events taking place and these are –
Lee
Child in conversation with Mark Billingham
When
- Saturday 25 April 2015
Time
- 10:00 – 11:00
Where
– The Theatre
Breaking
Through - Mel Sherratt, Mark Edwards and C L Taylor
When
– Saturday 25 April 2015
Time
– 12:00 – 13:00
Where
– Chipping Norton Town Hall
Find
out from three bestselling novelists what it takes to become a published
author.
Amanda
Jennings - Creating Believable Characters
When
- Saturday 25 April 2015
Time
- 12:00 – 13:00
Where
– Chipping Norton Town Hall
Workshop
on creating believable characters with crime writer Amanda Jennings.
Nordic
Noir - Sara Blaedel and Sander Jakobsen
When
– Saturday 25 April 2015
Time
– 14:00 – 15:00
Where
– The Methodist Church
Three
of Denmark’s most exciting writers, Sara Blaedel, Kenneth Degnbol and Dagmar
Winther, discuss the phenomenon of Nodic Noir and the British appetite for it.
Village
Crime – M C Beaton in conversation with Simon Brett
When
– Sunday 26 April 2015
Time
– 14:00 – 15:00
Where
– The Theatre
Lloyd
Shepherd - Researching Your Novel
When
– Saturday 25 April 2015
Time
– 16:00 – 17:00
Where
– Chipping Norton Town Hall
Workshop
on researching your novel with crime writer Amanda Jennings.
For booking information, please visit the festival website, www.chiplitfest.com or call the box office on 01608 642350. To receive regular festival updates, follow them on Twitter @ChipLitFest, ♯ChipLitFest find them on
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Chipping
Norton Literary Festival takes place from 23rd-26th April 2015 in partnership
with The Theatre, Chipping Norton, and Jaffe & Neale Bookshop & Cafe.
The
festival is entirely run by volunteers, and is the only festival in the UK to
work cooperatively with its speakers, splitting any profits equally between the
authors involved in the event. In 2014 the festival received the Cultural
Events and Tourism Award in the Oxfordshire Business Awards.
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