Newcastle Noir Programme

Fringe: 25th -28th April
Monday 25th Talk: Murderous Newcastle – Fact and Fiction Pat Lowery 6pm Free
Tuesday 26th Workshop: Valerie Laws 6-8pm £10/£7*
Wednesday 27th Talk: Gail-Nina Anderson – Bodysnatchers 6pm Free


Festival Launch Friday 29th April

The Festival will be launched by Ann Cleeves who will be talking about and reading from her work 7pm – Free

Saturday 30th April 2016

Time: 09:30
Activity: Crime Workshop*
Participants

Time 11:00 – 12:00
Activity: Panel 1- Icelandic Noir
Participants: Lilja Sigurđardóttir, Yrsa Sigurđardóttir, Sólveig Palsdottir and Antti Tuomainen

Time: 12:30 – 1:30
Activity:  Panel 2- Novellas and Short Stories
Participants: Quentin Bates, Daniel Pembrey, Paul Gitsham, and Cath Staincliffe

Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Activity: In Conversation With
Participants: Élmer Mendoza and Mauricio Montiel Figueiras

Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Activity: Panel 3 – Historical
Participants: Frances Brody, Kate Griffin, Clare Carson, and Luke McCallin

Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Activity: Panel 4 - Thriller
Participants:  Paul Hardisty, Yusuf Toropov, Michael Grothaus and Craig Robertson

Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Activity: Panel 5 - Supernatural
Participants: AK Benedict, Lucy Cameron, Alexandra Sokoloff, and Oscar de Muriel

* £10/£7 (or £20/£10 for both workshops)

Sunday 1st May 2016
Time: 11:00 – 12:00

Activity:  Panel 1 – Brit Noir
Participants: Susi Holliday, Sarah Ward, Helen Cadbury, Barry Forshaw and Amanda Jennings

Time: 12:30 – 1:30
Activity: Panel 2 – Nordic Noir
Participants: Mari Hannah, Gunnar Staalsen, Kati Hiekkapelto, and Jónína Leosdóttir

Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Activity: Panel 3 – Writing Everywhere
Participants: Alex Shaw, Barbara Nadel, and Michael Stanley

Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Activity: In Conversation With
Participants: Val McDermid and Gail-Nina Anderson

Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Activity: Panel 4 – New Blood
Participants: Graham Smith, Col Bury, Alison Taylor-Bailie, Amit Dhand

Time: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Activity: In Conversation With
Participants: Sophie Hannah and Sheila Quigley

Time: 9:00pm – 10:00pm
Activity: End of Festival Quiz