THURSDAY
22 JULY
8PM:
THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2021 AWARD CEREMONY
Shortlisted
this year are: Chris Whitaker who hopes to claim the trophy on his
first ever nomination with We Begin at The End, Sunday Times
bestselling author Rosamund Lupton with her thrilling Three
Hours, Elly Griffiths with her latest Ruth Galloway
whodunnit The Lantern Men, Scottish-Bengali author Abir
Mukherjee with his latest Wyndham & Banerjee novel Death in
the East, Northern Irish author Brian McGilloway with his
political thriller The Last Crossing, and New Blood
alumni Trevor Wood with his acclaimed novel The Man on the
Street.
FRIDAY 23 JULY
9.00
AM: SPECIAL GUEST MICK HERRON INTERVIEWED BY N.J. COOPER
10.30 AM: GUNG-HO ACTION HERO
Join A.A.
Dhand, Holly Watt, Simon Kernick, Steph Broadribb and Charles Cumming as
they discuss the rise and fall (and rise) of the gung-ho action man hero (and
heroine). What is next for this well-worn and much beloved crime character?
12.00 PM: HISTORICAL CRIME FICTION
Abir
Mukherjee, Antonia Hodgson, Laura Shepherd-Robinson, S.G. MacLean and S.J.
Parris join forces to discuss the future of historical crime fiction,
taking Philip Kerr’s (alternative) history novels as a starting point.
Together, they’ll ask and answer questions like – why does historical crime
fiction make for such excellent storylines and gripping characters? Do readers
always need real historical characters to underpin the stories? And what are
the new trends in the genre?
2.00
PM: PLANNERS VERSUS PANTSERS
Readers
are often incredulous when certain crime writers say they do hardly any
planning, preferring to see where a story and its characters takes them. Other
authors absolutely need to know every twist and turn before starting to write.
There are no hard and fast rules of course and this playful panel of Erin Kelly,
Helen FitzGerald, Mark Edwards, Sarah Pinborough and Luca Veste will
explore the merits and pitfalls of both routes.
3.30 PM: WHO KILLED THE POLICE PROCEDURAL?
It’s
been said that some readers are turning away from fictional detectives and
heading instead to psychological mysteries and standalone domestic noir titles.
We invite a panel of Mari Hannah, Olivia Kiernan, Parker Bilal, Will
Dean and James Oswald to interrogate the truth here. Can the
police procedural as we’ve known and loved it survive?
5PM: SPECIAL GUEST ANN CLEEVES INTERVIEWED BY STEPH MCGOVERN
8.30PM: SPECIAL GUESTS: CL TAYLOR AND CLARE MACKINTOSH IN CONVERSATION
10PM: TOP OF THE COPS
To
close out the first full day of festivities, we ask a group of experts to go
head-to-head battling for their favourite detectives! Elly Griffiths, Ian
Rankin OBE, Mark Billingham, Martyn Waites and Abir Mukherjee to
debate who’s ‘Top of the Cops’. Once they decide on a shortlist – the
audience will crown the winner by show of hands. Who will it be? Marple or
Columbo? Morse or Tennyson?
SATURDAY 24 JULY
9.00 AM: SPECIAL GUEST ELLY GRIFFITHS INTERVIEWED BY JOE HADDOW
10.30 AM: NAPOLEONS OF CRIME
Join C.J.
Tudor, Craig Robertson, Liz Nugent, Luca Veste and Barry Forshaw as
they consider what makes a great villain. Asking themselves and each other –
who are the greatest baddies of crime fiction and what makes readers so
interested in those who plan and commit terrible crimes? Perhaps they tell us
something about ourselves or perhaps it is the vicarious thrill we love.
12.00 PM: NEW BLOOD
Val
McDermid’s sought-after New Blood panel returns on Saturday 24 July,
with this year’s hotly-tipped debut authors including Anna Bailey, Greg
Buchanan, Patricia Marques and Lara Thompson.
2.00 PM: THE WRITING LIFE SCIENTIFIC
Panellists Fiona
Erskine, Lin Anderson, Sarah Vaughan, Lesley Kelly and Professor
Niamh Nic Daeid together explore the science behind a good crime novel,
forensics to pathology. This is your chance to hear how crime writers build
believable details into their works, and how the experts feel when the facts
are misunderstood.
3.30 PM: WATCHING ME, WATCHING YOU, AHH HA
Crime
fiction has always addressed readers’ fears and right now we seem to be
concerned about surveillance, online stalking, identity theft, and more and
writers have started using these tropes along with fictionalised podcasts et
cetera to address problems and worries. Join Chris Brookmyre, Denise Mina,
Louise Candlish, Matt Wesolowski and Mark Lawson as they explore
the impact of new and rapidly evolving technology on the fiction we read.
5.00 PM: PLEASURES AND PITFALLS OF THE SHORT STORY
In
1920, Black Mask magazine was launched, helping to establish a golden
age for American pulp fiction and the crime short story. We ask our
panellists Cath Staincliff, Jane Casey, Stuart Neville, Susi
Holliday and Ian Rankin to share their perspectives of the
pleasures and pitfalls of the short story.
8.30 PM: SPECIAL GUEST MARK BILLINGHAM INTERVIEWED BY IAN RANKIN
10.00 PM: LATE QUIZ NIGHT: VAL MCDERMID AND MARK BILLINGHAM
SUNDAY 25 JULY
9.30 AM: CHRISTIE’S ENDURING ALLURE
2020
saw the centenary of iconic Belgian detective Hercule Poirot’s first foray into
crime fiction. We ask Ragnar Jonasson, Ruth Ware, Sarah Phelps, Stuart
Turton and Elly Griffiths to discuss the highs and lows of the
crime genre’s Grand Dame: Agatha Christie, who famously disappeared from
the festival’s home, the Old Swan Hotel.
11.00 AM: THE POLITICS OF CRIME
The
political thriller is as popular as it has ever been - especially on TV.
Join Brian McGilloway, Doug Johnstone, George Alagiah, Sarah Vaughan and Alan
Johnson as they explore the rise and rise of the political drama, asking
if uncertain political landscapes increase the desire for Machiavellian novels?
12.30 PM: SPECIAL GUEST RICHARD OSMAN INTERVIEWED BY MARK BILLINGHAM
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