Newcastle Noir 2017 Programme

Fringe: 24th -27th April

Monday 24th Talk: Murderous Newcastle – Fact and Fiction Pat Lowery 6 pm £3

Tuesday 25th talk: Crime with a Northern Edge 6.30 pm Free

Wednesday 26th: Noir @ the Bar - Town Wall 7 pm Free

Thursday 27th Talk: David Young, The fact behind the fiction 6.30 pm  £3

Festival Launch Friday 28th April

The Festival will be launched by Denise Mina who will be talking about and reading from her work 7pm - Free

Saturday 29th April

Time   Activity          Participants

9.30 - 11.30   Intensive writing workshop *       

William Ryan

10.00 - 11.00 Panel 1 - Geordie Crime     

Shelley Day, Howard Linskey, L.J. Ross, Matt Wesolovski

11.30 - 12.30  Panel 2 - LGBTQ     

Sarah Stowell, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, David Swatling. Chaired by Jacky Collins

12.35 - 1.15     Talk: how to be published **         

Adam Maxwell

1.30 - 2.30     Panel 3 - Femmes Fatales 

Lin Anderson, Alex Gray, Alanna Knight.  Chaired by Ayo Onatade

3.00 - 4.00    Panel 4- German Historical Fiction         

David Young, William Ryan, Luke McCallin.  Chaired by Kat Hall

4.30 - 5.30     Panel 5- Nordic 1     

Kjell Ola Dahl, Thomas Enger, Antti Tuomainen, Chaired by Quentin Bates

6.30 - 7.30     Panel 6- German Noir        

Sascha Arango, Cay Rademacher, Wulf Dorn.  Chaired by Kat Hall

7.30 - 8.30     Panel 7- Crime Fiction: Presenting the case       

Karen Sullivan, Quentin Bates, Sarah Ward, Susan Heads.  Chaired by Miriam Owen

Sunday 30th April

Time   Activity          Participants

10.00 - 11.00 Panel 8 - Children's Crime Fiction

Katherine Woodfine, Lyn Gardner, Laura Wood.  Chaired by Ann Landman

11.30 - 12.30  Panel 9 - Crime Fact and Fiction  

Mari Hannah, Mo, A.D. Garrett.  Chaired by Jacky Collins

1.30 - 2.30     Panel 10 - Domestic Noir

C.L. Taylor, Michael J. Malone, Louise Beech.  Chaired by Rosie White

3.00 - 4.00    Panel 11 - New Blood          

Shelley Day, Tana Collins, Michael Wood.  Chaired by Sarah Ward

4.30 - 5.30     Panel 12- Tartan Noir         

Russel D McLean, Douglas Skelton, Neil Broadfoot.  Chaired by Michael J Malone

6.30 - 7.30     Panel 13 - Nordic 2  

Erik Axl Sund, Johana Gustawsson, Camilla Grebe.  Chaired by Jacky Collins

8.00 - 9.00    Panel 14 - Action Thriller  

Luca Veste, Steph Broadribb, Paul Hardisty, Chaired by Daniel Pembrey

* £10/£7

** £5/£3