Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival - book now

Book Your Festival Tickets Now This year's Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival promises to be the best yet, so why not join us to celebrate a decade of the best crime writing festival around? With more than 80 authors programmed in over 20 events over one long criminally good weekend, there is something for everyone from die hard crime fiction fans to those fascinated by Victorian crime or obsessed with Twitter. Here's a run down of the fabulous panels we have planned for the festival. Book your tickets now to avoid missing out on the biggest and best crime wave of the summer! Fri 19 July | 10.30am | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Dead In Deutschland The UK’s leading expert on translated crime fiction Barry Forshaw asks  Jan Costin Wagner, Sebastian Fitzek, Nele Neuhaus and Dane Jussi Adler-Olsen, is German crime fiction the Next Big Thing? Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Fri 19 July | 12 pm | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Victorian Crime: Fact or Fiction? Chair Sarah Pinborough seeks out the truth leading authors Kate Colquhoun, Lyndsay Faye, Kate Summerscale and Andrew Taylor down a myriad of dark Victorian alleys. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Fri 19 July | 2pm | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Social Media: Who Are You? Do you dream in hashtags? Explore the fine line between social media success and social media suicide with authors Ruth Dudley-Edwards, Erin Kelly, Steve Mosby, and Sarah Pinborough with Mark Billingham as chair. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Fri 19 July | 3.30pm| Tickets £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Touching Evil In a world where unspeakable crimes are committed, does crime fiction anatomise or glorify crime? Michael Ridpath chairs the panel with Belinda Bauer, writing duo Nicci French, Alex Marwood and Stav Sherez. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562303 Fri 19 July | 5 pm | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants  We ask Sophie McKenzie, Denise Mina, Louise Penny and Henry Sutton to reflect on their own heroes and divulge which faithful books they return to time and again, with chair Martyn Waites. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Fri 19 July | 10 pm | £10 BOND PANEL: FLEMING FANS You’ll be shaken AND stirred by authors Sam Bourne, JJ Connolly, Susan Hill and Gregg Hurwitz, who will be given the license to thrill by chair Charles Cumming. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Sat 20 July | 12.00pm | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: New Blood Programming Chair, Queen of Crime Val McDermid. Eager readers on the lookout for the next big thing will discover a sure-fire list of ‘ones to watch’. Introducing Derek B. Mille, Anya Lipska, Malcolm Mackay and Colette McBeth. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Sat 20 July |3.30 pm | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: South of the Equator Join us on a memorable long-haul flight to far-flung destinations with a sizzling showcase of authors from the Southern Hemisphere. Authors Lauren Beukes, Helen Fitzgerald, Michael Robotham, and M D Villiers join chair Paul Johnston for a journey you won’t forget. Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303 Sun 21July | 10am | £10 PANEL DISCUSSION: Slaughtering The Sacred Cows Iconoclastic authors Stuart MacBride, Catriona McPherson, Manda Scott and Cathi Unsworth speak to broadcaster Mark Lawson, about breaking the mould, bending the rules, flouting the conventions, sticking their tongues out and generally pushing the boundaries of the genre.  Book Online Box Office: 01423 562 303