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Harrogate Advertiser Short Story Competition Winner

2010 Festival Programme Chair and renowned author Stuart MacBride chose  ‘But is it Art?’ by Peter Caunt of Walton Park, Harrogate as the winner of the Harrogate Advertiser short story competition, with Stephen Toase of Sowerby penning the runner up story. Many thanks to all who entered and congratulations to the winning writers! The Winning [...]

Finalists Revealed for ‘Alibi’s Search For A New Crime Writer’ Competition

Earlier this year, crime drama channel Alibi teamed up with world-renowned publisher HarperCollins, TV Times and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival to unearth some of the country’s hottest new crime-writing talent and we started by asking you to submit your very own crime fiction short story. The story had to begin with award-winning [...]

Crime Winner Announced

The brightest and best of Britain’s crime writing fraternity flocked to Harrogate this weekend for the announcement of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. As Mark Billingham’s novel Death Message beat strong competition to scoop this sought after prize on the opening night of the 2009 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing [...]

The Clock is Ticking to the Festival Opening

Countdown begins! The Festival is fast approaching, and we are counting down the hours until the party on opening night, when we’ll at last find out the winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. If you’re coming to the Festival, then we can’t wait to see you! If you’re not already [...]

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 [...]