A
free online crime festival will run for the first time in July 2015, as a
result of a grassroots initiative instigated by author Helen Smith. The festival boasts more
than forty crime authors, including Eva Dolan, Mark Edwards, C L Taylor, Sarah Hilary and Mason Cross.
‘We became friends after meeting at various
literary events,’ Helen explains, ‘and
although we love attending festivals and enjoy meeting readers, it’s important
to balance time spent at events with time spent writing. Festivals can also be
expensive for readers, especially when travel and accommodation is factored in,
so we founded BritCrime to provide free, accessible events that every reader
can attend, wherever they live.’
BritCrime 2015 will take place 11 to 13
July 2015 and will feature live Q&A panel discussions hosted on Facebook,
as well as informal ‘Meet us in the bar’ sessions for late night chat. The
festival will provide updates from BritCrime authors attending New York’s
ThrillerFest, as well as a look ahead to Theakston’s Old Peculiar Crime Writing
Festival in Harrogate the following week, where many BritCrime authors will be
in attendance.
In
the run up to the festival exclusive content will be available on the BritCrime website and social media
platforms, including giveaways, video sessions and interactive Google Hangouts.
More than 500 people have already signed up to receive the festival mailing list, which offers the
incentive of a Kindle Paperwhite giveaway for one lucky subscriber.
Edgar-winning
author Alex Marwood was the
first to sign up for BritCrime. ‘BritCrime
is organised by authors, and it feels great to be in control of how the event
goes. We’ve already reached more than 70,000 people via our online channels,
and this is just the start of what we hope to achieve.’
BritCrime
is a free online crime writing festival which takes place 11 to 13 July 2015.
You
can find them on Facebook
and also follow them on Twitter @BritCrime
For more information visit http://britcrime.com or email info@BritCrime.com
PARTICIPATING AUTHORS
Quentin Bates, Jenny Blackhurst, Rebecca Bradley, Graeme Cameron, Steve Cavanagh, Tammy Cohen, Mason Cross, Julia Crouch, Eva Dolan, Steven Dunne, Mark Edwards, Chris Ewan, Paul Finch, Helen Giltrow, Sarah Hilary, Susi Holliday, Jane Isaac, Amanda Jennings, Emma Kavanagh, Anya Lipska, Colette McBeth, M J McGrath, Fergus McNeill, Clare Mackintosh, Michael J Malone, Ava Marsh, Alex Marwood, K T Medina, Daniel Pembrey, J F Penn, Nick Quantrill, Marnie Riches, Craig Robertson, Mel Sherratt, Alexandra Sokoloff, Helen Smith, C L Taylor, Simon Toyne, Luca Veste, Louise Voss, Sarah Ward.
No comments:
Post a Comment