Programme for Bodies From the Library 2024

 

The programme for the conference has now been finalised and they are delighted to confirm the speakers and topics. 

9:30 Doors Open and Registration

9:55 Welcome

10.00 Simon and Lucy Brett: Lord Peter Wimsey on Radio 4

10.30 Martin Edwards and Christine Poulson discuss ‘John Bude and the British Library Crime Classics’

11.00 Mark Aldridge: Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness  

11.30 COFFEE

12.00 Tony Medawar: The Man Who Lost His Head: The Life and Works of Edmund Crispin

12.30 Dolores Gordon-Smith and Jake Kerridge: True Crime influences on the Golden Age

1.00 – 2.00 LUNCH

2.00 Ronaldo Fagarazzi: BBC’s ‘Detective’: 1960s Golden Age TV Adaptations

2.45 Moira Redmond: Fancy Dressed to Kill: The Costume Party in the Golden Age

3.15 John Curran: Golden Age College Crimes

3.45 COFFEE

4.15 Jim Noy: Enid Blyton, Detective Novelist

4.45 Ask the Experts

The organisers reserve the right to amend the programme if necessary.

Tickets can be bought here.

Telos Commits to Crime Through Time

 

Telos Publishing have picked up a new crime anthology edited by USA Today Bestselling author Samantha Lee Howe

The book, titled Criminal Pursuits: Crimes Through Time, has been put together by Samantha Lee Howe to raise money for the charity POhWER which works to give a voice to those struggling with Human Rights issues in the UK.

'I am so pleased with the authors who stepped up and provided their amazing crime stories for this worthy cause,' said Howe. 'The tales we have assembled are cracking pieces of work, and cover all manner of criminal activity from the very first Caveman detective, to a woman who writes to the world’s worst killers. I'm proud to have curated such an amazing selection.'

The authors taking part are: A A Chaudhuri, Raven Dane, Caroline England, Paul Finch, Samantha Lee Howe, Rhys Hughes, Maxim Jakubowski, Awais Khan, Paul Magrs, Sandra Murphy, Amy Myers, Bryony Pearce, Christine Poulson and Sally Spedding.

Helen Moulinos, the CEO of POhWER, said 'Meeting Samantha Lee Howe in 2020 was a gamechanger. She helped me to see through fresh eyes how relevant POhWER’s work was not only to people living in the UK but globally. Samantha’s introductions to the writers in this book made this incredible charity project possible. This anthology helps us to expand our reach, help more people and further our work to serve millions who are slipping between the cracks of public services'.

Stephen James Walker from Telos Publishing said 'Telos Publishing is delighted to have this opportunity to raise money for the valuable work being done by POhWER to help  disadvantaged groups. Criminal Pursuits is a cracking collection of short stories by a group of top-notch authors, taking readers on a thrilling historical journey through the darker side of human nature while at the same time giving them the chance to support an excellent cause.'

Publication was agreed between Stephen James Walker from Telos Publishing, and Samantha Lee Howe.

CRIMINAL PURSUITS: CRIMES THROUGH TIME is published on 10 October 2021.

Bodies from the Library - 2019 Programme

9:30 Doors open: Registration

9:55 Welcome

10.00 Is The Golden Age Humdrum? - Jake Kerridge, Moira Redmond and Richard Reynolds

10.30 The Puppet Master: John Dickson Carr (1906-1977) - Tony Medawar

11.00 City and Countryside in ECR Lorac’s crime novels - Sarah Ward

11.30 COFFEE

11.50 Two (Undeservedly) Forgotten Crime Club Authors - John Curran

12.20 The Max Carrados Tales of Ernest Bramah - Dolores Gordon-Smith

12.50 LUNCH

1.50 Radio Play

2.20 Murder in Mind: The Crime Novels of Helen McCloy - Christine Poulson

2.50 Agatha Christie: Playwright Julius Green and John Curran

3.20 Solving Crimes Down Under: June Wright (1919-2012) - Kate Jackson
3.50 COFFEE

4.10 Cyril Hare: Master of the English Murder - Martin Edwards and Christine Poulson

4.40 The 10 Types of Impossible Crime - Jim Noy and Daniel Curtis

5.10 Ask The Experts

Criminal Activity in Cambridge

Mike Ripley and Richard Reynolds (crime buyer at Heffers)

We're delighted to hear of some very interesting events coming up at Heffers Bookstore - hope to see you there

Cambridge, Heffers: An Evening with James Runcie
Thursday, June 26th at 18:30 

James Runcie is at Heffers to celebrate the third part of his Grantchester series: Sidney Chambers and the Problem of Evil, published in May 2014. It is the 1960s and Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his first year of married life with his German bride Hildegard. But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long. Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an 'accidental' drowning on a film shoot may not have been so accidental after all; and discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas, 1963. In the meantime, Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil, attempts to fulfil the demands of Dickens, his faithful Labrador, and contemplates, as always, the nature of love. Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death is being adapted for television and will run as Grantchester, a six part series in the autumn of 2014. The production company is Lovely Day, the writer is Daisy Coulam and filming will take place in Grantchester and London in April/May 2014. Tickets from: https://james-runcie.eventbrite.co.uk

Cambridge Heffers: What's Your Poison' Summer Crime party
Thursday July 17th 6.30pm 

Book a convivial evening to die for by joining us for Pimms, strawberries and poisonous quizzes and make murder your business in the company of crime authors: Stephen Booth, John Harvey, Jim Kelly, Mandy Morton, Peter Murphy, Christine Poulson, Kate Rhodes, Imogen Robertson, Nicola Upson and others. Tickets from: http://summer-crime-party.eventbrite.co.uk

Venue: Heffers Bookshop, 20 Trinity Street, Cambridge, CB2 1TY Tel 01223-463222.

Photo (c) 2012 A Karim