The Crimefest Programme has been announced. The full programme can be found here.
Thursday 11 May 2023
13:30 – 14:20
Police Procedurals: Getting it Right and Making it Real
14:40 – 15:30
Protagonists Under Pressure: Putting your Characters in Danger (Panel 1)
Telling Tales: Keeping Secrets and Telling Lies (Panel 2)
15:50 – 16:40
High Octane: A Thrills and Spills Ride (Panel 1)
Partners in Crime: When Two (or more) Heads are Better than One (Panel 2)
17:00 – 17:50
Authors Remembered (Panel 1)
A Twist in the Tale: Turning the Plot on its Head (Panel 2)
20:00 – 21:30:
CRIMEFEST Pub Quiz, with crime writer and critic Peter Guttridge as Inquizitor. Prizes to be won!
LOCATION: TBA.
Friday 12 May 2023
09:00 – 09:50
Keeping it Cosy: The Gifted Amateur (Panel 1)
All in the Mind: Psychological Thrillers (Panel 2)
10:10 – 11:00
Dark Times: Crime Fiction Set in and Around WWII (Panel 1)
This is a Modern World: Crime in the Digital Age (Panel 2)
11:20 – 12:10
More than One: Serial Killers and Multiple Murderers (Panel 1)
A Captive Audience: Locked Rooms and Limited Suspects (Panel 2)
The Ones You Least Expect: Keeping the Reader Guessing (Panel 3)
12:30 – 13:20
Humanity in the Darkness: Finding Hope in Crime Fiction (Panel 1)
New Golden Age? Today’s Mystery Fiction (Panel 2)
Keeping Them Close: How Well Do You Know Your Friends? (Panel 3)
13:40 – 14:30
Unspeakable: When Bad Things Happen (Panel 1)
Science Fact and Science Fiction (Panel 2)
Guilt and Innocence (Panel 3)
14:50 – 15:40
Location, Location, Location: The Importance of Setting (Panel 1)
Job Titles: Choosing What Your Protagonist Does For a Living (Panel 2)
A Little Bit Spooky: Adding a Sprinkle of the Supernatural (Panel 3)
16:00 – 16:50
Historical Crime Fiction: Today Reflected in History? (Panel 1)
It’s Personal: The Private Lives of Police Protagonists (Panel 2)
Spying For A Living (Panel 3)
17:10 – 18:00
Cat and Mouse (Panel 1)
A Battle Between Good and Evil?: Protagonist vs Antagonist (Panel 2)
CrimeFest hosts the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Announcement Reception
Saturday 13 May 023
09:00 – 09:50
Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood (Panel 1)
Close to Home: Murder in the Family (Panel 2)
10:10 – 11:00
Featured Guest Interview
11:20 – 12:10
High Stakes: Risking it All (Panel 1)
Black is the Night: Cornell Woolrich (Panel 2)
Historical Crime Fiction: Choices, Research and Making It Work (Panel 3)
12:30 – 13:20
TBC
3:40 – 14:30
A Stranger in Our Midst: The Danger of the Outsider (Panel 1)
Greed, Power, Money, Revenge…: Motives for Murder (Panel 2)
Evening All: the Enduring Allure of Police Procedurals (Panel 3)
14:50 – 15:40
FEATURED GUEST Interview
16:00 – 16:50
Humour: When Murder Makes us Laugh (Panel 1)
Society: What Crime Fiction Says About Us (Panel 2)
English Riviera: It’s not all Sunshine and Ice Cream (Panel 3)
17:30 – 18:15:
Pre-Gala Dinner Reception (All Full Pass holders welcome)
18:15:
CRIMEFEST Awards Dinner– ticket holders only
Sunday 13 May 2023
09:30 – 10:20
Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood (Panel 1)
The Indie Alternative (Panel 2)
10:40 – 11.30
TOASTMASTER INTERVIEW – PETER GUTTRIDGE (Panel 1)
Tight Knit: Where Everyone Knows Your Business (Panel 2)
11:50 – 12:40
Criminal Mastermind Quiz
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