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Listen to Yorkshire Post interviews with top Festival authors

According to the Yorkshire Post, a crime wave is hitting the county. But don’t rush to lock your doors or cancel your travel plans just yet! The spate of criminal activity hitting the headlines is all purely fictional – a result of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival hitting Harrogate in July.
In advance of [...]

Crime Writing Festival’s Big Read is no yawn

New for 2009, the Festival is launching its very own Big Read in partnership with Penguin Books to get as many crime fans as possible reading in unison one of the classics of the crime fiction canon – The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
The Big Read celebrates the seventy-year anniversary since the first publication of [...]

Crime Novel of the Year – And the winner is… up to you!

Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Shortlist Announced
The 14 short-listed titles that will vie with each other to take the coveted title of Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2009 have been revealed!
Now it is down to YOU – the readers – to decide the winner. The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime [...]

Crime Writing Festival – Exclusive author interviews now online!

Exclusive author interviews are now online! Plus, get the low down from the people who really know the Festival – the crime fiction fans.
As part of our website revamp we are proud to bring you a series of interviews with some of the UK’s best crime writers. Mark Billingham, Val McDermid, Simon Kernick and Laura [...]

Crime Writing Festival Tickets On Sale from Monday 11 May!

The wait is over..
If you have not already booked a Weekend Break Package for the full Festival experience (and if not, there’s still time to do so and make sure you don’t miss a single second of one The Guardian’s top cultural festivals), then you can still become a part of action by booking for [...]