Creative Thursday A day-long crime fiction creative writing workshop
Creative Thursday gives you the chance to hone your script writing skills with a day-long programme of workshops and
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HOW TO BOOK Phone: 01423 562303 Online: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com Email: crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk In Person: Harrogate International Festivals, 32 Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DB Opening Times: Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm
Treat yourself to a whole four days at the crime hot spot of the Summer by booking a combined ticket and accommodation package. Stay in one of our specially selected Festival hotels and join over 80 of the world’s most celebrated crime authors in conversation, in action and in the bar!
seminars led by Television & Radio industry professionals.
Thursday 16 July 9am – 5.30pm. £99 per person 2015 programme includes:
• Intensive Writing Workshop: Shelley Silas and Simon Brett on writing for radio
Radio writing for beginners or those who want a refreshing approach to restart. With their very different skills and methods, Shelley and Simon will tell you what works for them. They’ll talk about developing your ideas, working on structure, character, dialogue, POV and other areas specifically related to radio writing.
Weekend Break packages, 3 nights’ accommodation and a Weekend Rover ticket, start from only £399 per person for two people sharing a double/twin room, or only £459 per person for singles. For details visit: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com
To book, call 01423 562 303 or email: crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk
Using a dark fairy tale as a template, screenwriters Gaby Chiappe and Isabelle Grey will show you how to structure an episode of a crime drama, how to create a protagonist that an actor will want to play, and how to write for a visual medium.
Weekend Rovers include: Access to all Festival events* from 8pm on Thursday 16 July to 12.30pm on Sunday 19 July Delicious lunches at the Old Swan Hotel on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 July A complimentary Festival goody bag
Short Stories for Radio
BBC Radio 4 Producer Kirsteen Cameron will talk through the process of selecting and recording short stories for broadcast. There are fewer opportunities for new writing on the network now, so this is a great chance to find out what works best and what producers are looking for.
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The Dragons’ Pen
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Price: £215 per person
M.C. BEATON | MARK BILLINGHAM LEE CHILD | ANN CLEEVES LISA GARDNER ARNALDUR INDRIDASON VAL MCDERMID | DAVID MORRISSEY SARA PARETSKY SALLY WAINWRIGHT
Day Rover Ticket Day Rovers include: Access to all Festival events* throughout the day A delicious lunch at the Old Swan Hotel A complimentary Festival goody bag
The 2015 panel of Dragons comprises of Allegra McIlroy, Producer at BBC Radio 4, Rebecca Watson, agent at Valerie Hoskins Associates, Michael Dawson, executive producer for ITV Studios who has worked on the adaption of Ann Cleeves’ Vera and Christine Glover, agent at Blake Friedmann. Hosted by Festival favourite Mark Billingham.
Friday Rover (17 July) Price: £92 per person Saturday Rover (18 July) Price: £86 per person
www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com To book, call the Festival Office on tel: 01423 562303 or email: crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk
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THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR PARTNERS
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4 brilliant publishing professionals. 2 minutes to convince them your synopsis of a script of treatment are worth reading. One audience full of your fellow would-be writers. Our literary version of the popular TV show, the Dragons’ Pen is not for the faint hearted.
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16 - 19 July 2015
Weekend Rover Ticket Indulge your criminal tendencies and get great value for money with a Festival Rover ticket:
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Intensive Writing Workshop: How TV crime differs from crime fiction, with Gaby Chiappe and Isabelle Grey
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Payment: Please note that all bookings are subject to a £1.75 booking fee.
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The Morality of Murder
2015 THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL PROGRAMME THURSDAY 16 JULY 2015 Just Add Readers*
Talk books, talk crime, talk writers in this fun and friendly Festival curtain-raiser.
A hearty ‘hello’ to returning friends, and a warm welcome to new friends to be…
The six authors shortlisted for the prestigious prize battle it out for supremacy. Acclaimed broadcaster Mark Lawson hosts as the 2015 award is presented to the lucky winner. 8.00pm | Tickets: £16
One woman who truly knows how to sustain a crime series as the author behind ITV’s sensational Vera, and BBC’s brooding Shetland, is this year’s Programming Chair, Ann Cleeves. It’s a huge honour and delight for us all to have Ann at the helm. Not only because of her talent and passion for the genre, but because of her strong connection with our Festivals, developing our ‘Big Read’ initiative as our original Reader-in-Residence. It’s seems counter-intuitive that a festival celebrating a genre that revolves around murder is so famed for its sense of fun and friendliness, but it is most certainly true. That’s what makes Harrogate so special – no matter who you are you’re connected by all the other partners in crime mingling in the grounds of the beautiful Old Swan Hotel, sharing a very genuine joy for writing and reading. I hope you’ll agree, 2015 is a sensational programme destined to inspire. Enjoy the conversation, the laughter, and of course, the bar – with a pint of Theakstons in hand! Cheers, Simon Theakston, Executive Director, T&R Theakston
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Showcasing the best of Irish Noir including Steve Cavanagh, Brian McGilloway, Adrian McKinty, Eoin McNamee and Stuart Neville. 12.00pm | Tickets: £10
Your Perfect Match At a time when we’re bombarded with suggestions for new reading and when Amazon reviews and star-ratings have become devalued, how do we come across that very special book that will stay with us for a lifetime? With Stewart Bain, Isabelle Grey, Anya Lipska, David Mark and James Oswald. 2.00pm | Tickets: £10
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Author Dinner: Murder in the Lemon Grove* When Sicilian businessman Paolo Brusconi is found murdered in a lemon grove adjoining an archaeological site, four people come under suspicion. 6.15pm | Tickets: £30
In this special event, the bestselling crime writer and the acclaimed actor who played Tom Thorne on TV will discuss bringing crime fiction to the screen. 8.30pm | Tickets: £13
Special Guest: Lee Child Festival favourite Lee Child returns to discuss his new book, Make Me, the twentieth instalment in the Jack Reacher series. 8.30pm | Tickets: £13
The Black Art of Criticism We might pretend to ignore reviews, but we all seek a good quote to put on the jacket of the paperback, and some comments can be genuinely hurtful. Should authors ever review the books of their friends? Including Jake Kerridge, S.J Parris, Stav Sherez Ann Widdecombe and Daphne Wright . 10.00pm | Tickets: £10
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Irish Noir
Featuring Yorkshire born Sally Wainwright, the British BAFTA winning television writer and playwright, well known for her creation of the hugely popular Happy Valley and Scott & Bailey TV series’. Full panel line up TBA soon. 5.00pm | Tickets: £13
Special Guest: Mark Billingham In Conversation with David Morrissey
9.00am | Tickets: £13 Sara Paretsky, an American author credited with transforming the mystery through the creation of her female private eye, V I Warshawski, will be In Conversation with Val McDermid, best known for her successful series of suspense novels featuring her most famous creation, Dr. Tony Hill. But is the past really a foreign country? Was the psychology of murder different in the past or is it only the technology of investigation and conviction that has changed? With Lindsey Davis, Christopher Fowler, Elly Griffiths, William Ryan and Manda Scott. 10.30am | Tickets: £10
TV Panel
The Reader awards ask you to vote for your winners including Best Hero, Best Villain and Best Twist. 7.00pm | Tickets £12
Special Guest: Sara Paretsky In Conversation with Val McDermid
Each year, I wonder how this unique celebration of the crime genre can throw up a new plot twist or bigger revelation than the previous year’s killer line-up. It’s a bit like the expectations we had around Broadchurch 2. Can it really get better?
Find out how real crime forensics effect the crime genre with Lin Anderson, Lorna Dawson, Prof. Niamh Nic Daeid, James Grieve and Martin Hall. 3.30pm | Tickets : £10
Dead Good Reader Awards*
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The 2015 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, is once more, a murderously good line-up.
Forensics
Best of local authors and those who love Yorkshire including Frances Brody, Lee Child, Steve Mosby, Peter Robinson and Nick Quantrill. 6.30pm | Tickets: £10
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year & Festival Opening Party
A writer’s imagination can be triggered by extreme environments. Find out what influences Mark Lawson, MJ McGrath, Hakan Nesser, Craig Robertson, Michael Robotham and Louise Welsh. 2.00pm | Tickets: £10
Yorkshire Pride
Afternoon tea and cake included in the ticket price. Please bring a book you’re happy to give away. 3.00pm | Tickets: £10
Ann Cleeves, 2015 Festival Programming Chair
Strange Lands
Exactly 10 years after publication of ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’, this Summer will see a new story (the fourth in the phenomenally successful series) based on Stieg Larsson’s universe and characters. Find out more exclusively in Harrogate. 5.00pm | Tickets: £11
Some of our most memorable reading experiences spark the liveliest conversations - as surprising, fun and individual as readers themselves.
This year we focus on crime fiction’s ability to take us to strange lands and to see familiar places in a new and unsettling way. From our comfortable base in North Yorkshire we’ll be travelling the globe. Come and join us for the trip of a lifetime!
Val McDermid introduces four sparkling new talents, Renee Knight, Clare Mackintosh, Ben McPherson and Lucy Ribchester. 12.00pm | Tickets: £10
Millennium - She’s Back!
From Ann Cleeves – a personal invitation to all festival-goers to join instant conversations about books. Everyone who comes to the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is a reader. The Festival proves that reading is creative, inspiring and wonderfully social. Throughout the weekend we’ll be sharing our passion for the best crime writing around. There’ll be intense debate during the panels and special guest conversations, arguments late into the night in the bar and fascinating discussions at a new innovation for 2015: our Thursday afternoon Readers’ Tea.
New Blood
Is the crime novel essentially an up-dated morality tale? With Belinda Bauer, Wiley Cash, Jonathan Freedland, Nicci French and Cath Staincliffe. 3.30pm | Tickets: £10
SATURDAY 18 JULY 2015 Special Guest: Lisa Gardner In Conversation with Ann Cleeves This year’s Programming Chair Ann Cleeves, creator of the phenomenally successful Vera Stanhope novels dramatized on ITV, interviews New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner. 9.00am | Tickets: £13
Special Guest: M.C. Beaton In Conversation with Fred MacAuley This Scottish pair will be discussing M. C. Beaton’s extensive career. 10.30am | Tickets: £13
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Late Night Quiz
Test your criminal knowledge with quiz masters Mark Billingham and Val McDermid and vie to get your hands on the coveted quiz cup! 10.00pm | Tickets: £10
SUNDAY 19 JULY 2015 Celebrating Patricia Highsmith 2015 marks Tom Ripley’s 60th birthday and we’re delighted to celebrate the author and her work with Martin Edwards, Sarah Hilary, Peter James, Peter Swanson and Andrew Taylor. 10.00am | Tickets: £10
Special Guest: Arnaldur Indridason interviewed by Barry Forshaw Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indridason speaks to writer and journalist Barry Forshaw. 11.30am | Tickets: £13
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