Tickets are now on sale for this
year’s Cheltenham
Literature Festival (6 - 15 October), where book lovers of all
ages will descend for ten days of literary celebration, discussion and
debate.
There is a fantastic showcase of crime
writing lined up – from Ian Rankin celebrating 30 years of the
indomitable Rebus to Minette Walters on ending her decade-long silence
with The Last Hours,
from Barry Forshaw talking gripping true crime with Emma Flint (Little Deaths) and Denise
Mina (The Long Drop), to
exploring exciting debut crime fiction from Joseph Knox (Sirens) and Ali Land (Good Me Bad Me).
They will also be spotlighting partners
in crime as the bestselling Nicci Gerrard and Sean
French share the secrets behind their unique and successful co-writing
partnership, and another duo will be returning to the stage: notorious crime
writer’s Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre bring back
their hilarious two man show to entertain into the evening.
Alexander McCall Smith discusses three
new novels to be published this autumn including The House of Unexpected Sisters, A Time of Love and Tartan and
A Distant View of Everything. Ian
Rankin talks to James Naughtie to mark Thirty Years Of Rebus – one of crime
fiction’s best-loved characters. Former MI5 Director General Stella Rimington
joins author Allan Mallinson and BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera to
discuss how true to life spy novels and films really are and Minette Walters
talks about ending her decade-long hiatus from writing and shifting genres with
The Last Hours.
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