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Events taking place for 2008
Thursday 17th July
8pm TOP Crime Novel of the Year
9.30pm ‘til late TOP Opening Night Party
Friday 18th July
9 – 10am Special Guest - Peter Robinson
Interviewed by: Simon Kernick Sponsored By Hodder
10.30 – 11.30am True Lies
Chair: Denise Mina (Transworld)
John Connor (Orion)
Charlie Owen (Headline)
Nigel McCrery (Quercus)
Frankie Fyfield (Little Brown)
12 - 1pm New Blood
Chair: Laura Wilson (Orion)
Johan Theorin (Transworld)
Kolton Lee (Maia Press)
Claire Seeber (Avon, HarperCollins)
Andrew Gross (HarperCollins)
2 - 3pm Damaged Heroes
Chair: Peter Guttridge
Simon Kernick (Transworld)
Chris Simms (Orion)
Dreda Say Mitchell (Hodder)
Lin Anderson (Hodder)
3.30 – 4.30pm Religious Symbolism
Chair: Natasha Cooper
Chris Kuzneski (Penguin)
Anne Perry (Headline)
Michel Benoit (Alma)
Tess Gerritsen (Transworld) Sponsored By Penguin
5 - 6pm James Bond - The Spy we loved
Chair: Simon Brett (Macmillan)
Philip Kerr (Quercus)
Joseph Finder (Headline)
Catherine Sampson (Macmillan)
Charlie Higson (Puffin)
8 - 9pm Special Guest - Robert Crais (Orion)
Interviewed by: Mark Lawson
10pm till late The Balloon Game
Chair: Mark Lawson
John Rickards (Penguin)
Martyn Waites (Simon & Schuster)
Val McDermid (HarperCollins)
Stella Duffy (Serpent’s Tail)
Mark Billingham (Little, Brown)
Laura Wilson (Orion)
Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins)
Dreda Say Mitchell (Hodder)
Saturday 19th July
9-10 am Special Guest - Jeffery Deaver (Hodder)
10.30-11.30am They can kill you anywhere
Sponsored by Simon & Schuster
Chair: C.J. Carver (Orion)
Frank Schatzing (Hodder)
Jeff Abbott (Little Brown)
Tom Rob Smith (Simon & Schuster)
Meg Gardiner (Hodder)
12-1 pm ‘Tec to Tech
Chair: David Hewson (Macmillan)
Cody McFadyen (Hodder)
Peter Lovesey (Little Brown)
Natasha Cooper
Ben Richards (Weidenfeld & Nicholson)
2-3 pm A dirty job but someone’s got to do it
Chair: Quintin Jardine (Headline)
Jo Nesbo (Random House)
Roger John Ellory (Orion)
Thomas H Cook (Quercus)
Barbara Nadel (Headline)
3.30-4.30 pm Bloody women Sponsored by Macmillan
Chair: Stuart MacBride (HarperCollins)
Simon Beckett (Transworld)
Val McDermid (HarperCollins)
Mark Billingham (Little Brown)
Chelsea Cain (Macmillan)
5-6 pm Sam Bourne Sponsored by HarperCollins
6.30 – 8.15pm Readers Group Dinner Sponsored by Mira Press
Martin Edwards (Allison & Busby)
Dreda Say Mitchell (Hodder)
Steven Hague (Mira Press)
Shona MacLean (Quercus)
Tom Rob Smith (Simon & Schuster)
Andy McDermott (Headline)
Allan Guthrie (Berlinn)
Simon Kernick (Transworld)
Natasha Cooper (Simon & Schuster)
Martyn Waites (Simon & Schuster)
Jane Hill (Random House)
Ann Cleeves (Macmillan)
EV Seymour (Mira Press)
8.30 – 9.30pm Special Guest – Andy McNab (Transworld)
Interviewed by: Laura Wilson (Orion) Sponsored by Transworld
10 pm till late Late night quiz show Sponsored by Little, Brown
Sunday 20th July
10-11am Cosy Crime Fiction
Sponsored by Constable & Robinson
Chair: Paul Johnston (Mira)
Jill Paton Walsh (Hodder)
MC Beaton (Constable and Robinson)
Catriona McPherson (Hodder)
Colin Cotteril (Quercus)
11.30 – 12.30am Special Guest – Tess Gerritsen (Transworld)
Interviewed by: Paul Blezard
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