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HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 21-24 July 2016 | Harrogate | home of crime

Featuring: Linwood Barclay Martina Cole | Neil Cross Jeffery Deaver | Tess Gerritsen Peter James | Val McDermid Gerald Seymour 21-24 July ‘16

Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate Box Office: 01423 562 303

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home of crime 2016 | festival programme | at a glance Thursday 21 July

9.00am – 5.30pm

Creative Thursday: Crime Fiction Writing Workshop (see P28) 8.00pm Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year

& Festival Opening Party

Friday 22 July

9.00am Special Guest: Linwood Barclay Interviewed by Mark Billingham 10.30am You Couldn’t Make It Up. Or Could You?...

12.00pm Domestic Suspense – The Killer Behind The Front Door 2.00pm Is The Legacy of the Golden Age Still Alive?

3.30pm Set A Scientist To Catch A Killer 5.00pm From Book to Stage and Screen 6.30pm Dead Good Reader Awards 8.30pm Special Guests: Val McDermid In Conversation with Susan Calman 10.00pm The Hard Yards

Saturday 23 July

9.00am Special Guest: Jeffery Deaver interviewed by Mark Lawson 10.30am Special Guest: Gerald Seymour interviewed by Joe Haddow 12.00pm New Blood 1.00pm Readers’ Book Group.

2.00pm Murder Out Of Africa 3.30pm France Noir – Le Roman Policier 5.00pm Special Guests: Martina Cole In Conversation with Peter James 6.15pm Author Dinner: Kill Me Quick* 8.30pm Special Guest: Tess Gerritsen 10.00pm Late Night Quiz

FREE

Sunday 24 July 10.00am 11.30am

Political Corruption Special Guest: Neil Cross on Luther

Key: event included in Weekend Rover ticket,

event included in Friday Rover ticket,

event included in Saturday Rover ticket.

See p7 for Rover ticket details. *All events take place at the Old Swan Hotel | Swan Road | Harrogate | HG1 2SR

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Welcome

home of crime There’s something about crime fiction that makes it truly international.

As well as reaching readers in all corners of the world, the writers themselves are often rooted in their homelands, opening up new vistas, street corners and backdrops, always writing themes that are universal, and increasingly so today in our shrinking world in which villains have no boundaries.

2016’s Festival will have a truly international flavour. Harrogate will fling its charming doors open to authors from America, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and Canada, and more. There will be the Giants of the Genre we’ve come to expect from a Festival as brilliant as Harrogate, and we’ll be exploring that enticing world of the page turner. Page turners have that magical ability to transport you elsewhere. To keep you hooked, desperate for the next chapter, a little bereft when it’s all over, because you want more. A bit like the Festival really…Prepare to be gripped!

Peter James | 2016 Festival Programming Chair

Welcome once more to our old, and new, partners in crime. It never ceases to amaze me how it is possible to keep building on the previous year’s success of our Festival but with Peter James as our Festival Programming Chair this year, the line-up looks incredibly exciting once again.

Peter has given this year’s Festival an international flavour. Crime books, like good beer, travel well. No matter what country in the world you’re in, a pint and a book are reliable companions.

There’s no doubt that the Festival has helped the Theakstons name travel across the world.

Now in its 14th year, 2016’s programme is not only international in its breadth, but intelligent in design. It’s an honour and delight for us all that Peter is Programming Chair.

He was voted the Best Crime Author of All Time in a WH Smith poll, so who better than to take the helm of the best crime writing festival of all time.

We may be biased saying it’s the best. But it so happens that just about everyone who attends, agrees. What makes Harrogate so special is its friendliness, the mingling of authors and readers, and of course the down to earth Yorkshire charm. Let’s raise a glass to that! Have a great time!

Simon Theakston | Executive Director T&R Theakston

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home of crime Weekend Break Packages - the perfect getaway Treat yourself to a weekend 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 (subject to availability) and join over 80 of the world’s most celebrated crime authors in conversation, in action and in the bar! If you’re not sure which option will best suit your needs the Festival team will be happy to help and advise.

Weekend Break Packages include:

3 nights bed and breakfast accommodation (21, 22 & 23 July)

Weekend Rover ticket (see below for full details)

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Prices start from just £350 per person.

Tailor-made packages for 1, 2 or 4 nights stay are also available.

Rooms are always in demand during the Festival Weekend; don’t miss out!

To book or talk through options, call the Festivals Office on tel: 01423 562 303 or email: crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk

Indulge your criminal tendencies and get great value for money with a Festival Rover ticket: Weekend Rovers include:

Access to all Festival events* from 8pm on Thursday 21 July to 12.30pm on Sunday 24 July. Look out for the Weekend Rover symbol next to the events included in your Weekend Rover ticket.

Delicious lunches at the Old Swan Hotel on Friday and Saturday

A complimentary Festival goody bag

Price: £220 per person (20 events in total)

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Friday Rover

(22 July) and Saturday Rover

(23 July) tickets are available.

Day Rovers include:

Access to all Festival events* throughout the day. Look out for the Friday Rover & Saturday Rover symbols next to the events included in your Day Rover ticket.

A delicious lunch at the Old Swan Hotel

A complimentary Festival goody bag

Price: Friday Rover £94 per person (9 events in total)

and Saturday Rover £88 per person (8 events in total)

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How To Book Rover Tickets Box Office, tel: 01423 562 303 | Book Online: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com * Rover tickets DO NOT include the following: Creative Thursday (Thu 21 July) and Dinner event (Sat 23 July).

These events must be booked separately, please check event listings for details.

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For book signings, special offers, and a great range of crime novels, please visit the WHSmith Bookshop, located in the papakata tents at The Old Swan Hotel.

Special offers include..

Buy all 6 shortlisted books in the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award for ÂŁ35, saving over 25%.

Also, Brilliant box sets by bestselling authors; Only ÂŁ5 when you buy selected books.

2016 Crime Novel of the Year In partnership with

Crime writing’s most wanted accolade, the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award returns to highlight the cream of the crop of crime novels published by British and Irish authors over the last year.

2016 Longlist: Time Of Death The Moth Catcher Tell No Tales Career Of Evil The Ghost Fields Black Eyed Susans Disclaimer The Missing And The Dead Every Night I Dream Of Hell I Let You Go Splinter The Silence The Glorious Heresies Rain Dog The Nightmare Place The Final Silence In A Dark, Dark Wood Death Is A Welcome Guest Stasi Child

Mark Billingham Ann Cleeves Eva Dolan Robert Galbraith Elly Griffiths Julia Heaberlin Renée Knight Stuart MacBride Malcolm Mackay Clare Mackintosh Val McDermid Lisa McInerney Adrian McKinty Steve Mosby Stuart Neville Ruth Ware Louise Welsh David Young

Sarah Hilary | 2015 Award winner

Shortlist Announcement The names of the six shortlisted titles will be announced on 31 May and YOU - the readers – will be able to help decide which of the six short-listed authors will take home the most coveted title in crime fiction, a prize of £3,000 and a hand-carved Theakstons cask, by casting your vote online at: www.theakstons.co.uk Voting open 1-15 July.

The result of the online vote will be counted alongside the votes of the expert judging panel in order to determine the 2016 winner.

The Judges Forming the 2016 judging panel are 2016 Festival Programming Chair Peter James, WHSmith’s Head of Fiction Sandra Bradley, TV Editor at The Radio Times Alison Graham, Producer of the The Radio 2 Book Club Joe Haddow, and executive director of title sponsor T&R Theakston Simon Theakston.

Nationwide crime spree hits WHSmith!

The 18 longlisted books will be available to buy in WHSmith stores nationwide from 21 April – 1 June, and the 6 shortlisted books will feature in stores from 2 June – 20 July.

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home of crime Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year & Festival Opening Party Thu 21 July, 8pm | Tickets £16

Step aside Leo. It’s time to thank agents, publicists, mums, shout out for the environment or get your political point across…yes! It’s the crime writing fraternity’s equivalent to the Oscars with host, Mark Lawson.

The six shortlisted authors battle it out for supremacy in one of crime fiction’s most hotly contended and prestigious award. Steady the nerves with a pint of Yorkshire’s finest ale, then continue the celebrations, and commiserations, after the presentation at the Festival Opening Party.

Ticket price includes canapés and glass of wine or Old Peculier.

Special Guest: Linwood Barclay interviewed by Mark Billingham Fri 22 July, 9am | Tickets £13

“My idea of a sweet ride is three days of rain, a fridge full of snacks, and a new Linwood Barclay.” So said Stephen King. We can’t promise the weather, or the snacks, but we’re thrilled to welcome the man himself.

Taking on ordinary, small-town folk, Barclay injects pulse-quickening pace and ratcheting tension, dropping his characters into extraordinary situations.

He knows how to put readers through the wringer. Barclay’s page-turners have sold more than five million copies in dozens of countries around the world.

Linwood’s previous literary incarnation was as a humourist on the Toronto Star, so you know sparks will fly when he converses with Festival favourite, stand-up Mark Billingham, whose Tom Thorne series was adapted to TV starring David Morrissey. Enjoy the ride!

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You Couldn’t Make it Up. Or Could You? Fri 22 July, 10.30am | Tickets £10

Does life imitate art far more than art imitates life?

From Oscar Pistorius to Making a Murderer, true crime grips.

Peter James discusses the role of real life cases with his friend and advisor, former Chief Superintendent Graham Bartlett. The once Commander of Brighton and Hove Police said he’s ‘yet to find a procedural mistake’ in James’ Roy Grace series.

Joining them are Yrsa Sigurdardottir, a civil engineer as well as ‘Iceland’s answer to Stieg Larsson’, who applies her ability to fix problems to her novels, often inspired by true events. And Sharon Bolton, whose contacts in the Metropolitan Police have helped inspire stories and characters.

Keeping proceedings accurate is chair, Mari Hannah, author of the Kate Daniels series, whose career as a Probation Officer no doubt influenced her writing – as well as that of her partner’s - a former murder detective.

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The edge-ofyour-seat new psychological thriller from the author of one of the biggest books of 2015

‘Astonishingly good’ LEE CHILD ‘Chilling, compelling and compassionate . . . with a killer twist’ PAULA HAWKINS ‘Terrific . . . with an astonishing twist that floored me’ PETER JAMES

home of crime Domestic Suspense – The Killer Behind The Front Door Fri 22 July, 12pm | Tickets £10

Home is where the heart is… and where the bread knives live!!

Grip lit is big thanks to Paula Hawkins. The Girl on a Train author enthralled millions with a daily commute and gin-in-a-can habit.

Joining Paula are former police inspector Clare Mackintosh, whose debut I Let You Go was one of the fastest selling titles of 2015, Helen Fitzgerald, whose novel Viral explores shaming on Social Media, and Alex Marwood, whose Darkest Secret, follows the disappearance of a child during a family holiday. Her Husband’s Lover author Julia Crouch bolts the front door and hides away sharp implements as she chairs what’s set to be a sensational panel.

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Is The Legacy of the Golden Age Still Alive?

Fri 22 July, 2pm | Tickets £10

Ah, those were the days. Weren’t they? Reminisce with Simon Brett, author of nearly a hundred novels and innumerable radio and stage plays, and the ‘master of cosy crime’, where gripping puzzles pip graphic content.

Looking down the sepia lens, where particularity and order rule, alongside vicars, villages and well-tendered shrubs are Frances Brody, author of the Kate Shackleton mysteries, sleuth extraordinaire of the Yorkshire Dales in the 1920s, and Ann Granger author of the Cotswolds-set Campbell and Carter Mysteries and the Victorian Ben Ross and Lizzie Martin novels.

Channelling Christie will be Ruth Ware, who said she owes Christie a debt of inspiration for her debut In A Dark, Dark Wood, along with period crime writer Catriona McPherson, who has certainly found a niche for gentle mysteries in the Dorothy L Sayers mode, albeit with a playful sense of humour, with her lady detective Dandy Gilver.

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Set a Scientist to Catch a Killer Fri 22 July, 3.30pm | Tickets £10

There’s no hiding from science. Forensics has transformed detecting crimes, taking the genre from the puzzle in the library to the evidence under the microscope.

Chair Peter James gets the facts straight with ex-CID officer Dave Gaylor and Forensic Podiatrist Haydn Kelly.

Giving evidence are authors with a few ‘ologies under their belts. Dr Brooke Magnanti studied anthropology and mathematics with a doctorate in forensic science. Working as an escort, she penned Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl, and is author of The Turning Tide. Joining her are Elly Griffiths, author of the mysteries featuring forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway, and thriller writer Kate Medina, who studied psychology and worked with the TA as a Troop Commander in the Royal Engineers.

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home of crime From Book to Stage and Screen Fri 22 July, 5pm | Tickets £13

How do bestellers translate to different media? Find out with playwright Shaun McKenna and actors Robert Daws and Jamie Lomas.

Dead Good Reader Awards

Fri 22 July, 6.30pm | Tickets £12 Join Dead Good for drinks as they present the Reader Awards as voted for by you. Best Series, Favourite Classic and Tantalising Twist are up for grabs with all attendees walking away with a goody bag full of this season’s best crime novels.

Special Guest: Val McDermid In Conversation with Susan Calman Fri 22 July, 8.30pm | Tickets £13

She’s the heart and soul of the festival – Val McDermid one of its co-founders is a champion of the genre and one of the biggest names in crime writing, selling 10 million copies of her novels worldwide. The queen of psychological thrillers is deeply engaged with Scotland, its politics and has the accolade of being the only author to sponsor a football team, Raith Rovers.

One of her most enduring creations is the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series, which was adapted for TV as Wire in the Blood, and who made a welcome return in 2015 in Splinter the Silence.

Joining Val is fellow Scot, stand-up comic, writer and actress, Susan Calman. Prepare for a few killer jokes from The Edinburgh Festival sensation who has appeared in QI, Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie To You. Sponsored by

The Hard Yards

Fri 22 July, 10pm | Tickets £10 Authors who have done the time explore how to stay on top of the greasy pole when the world and their dog seem to be writing a crime novel. Simon Kernick delivers race against time thrillers on the annual dot, keeping loyal fans gripped with sheer pace that keeps him top of the bestseller charts. One of the most acclaimed novelists in America, Laura Lippman, garners huge respect amongst readers and writers alike with her award-winning standalone novels and Tess Monaghan detective series. cont. on p18

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WHERE: The Sperry Tent on the lawn outside the Old Swan Hotel WHEN: Saturday 23rd July, 10am to 5pm Join the Crime Files team and their authors as they travel the world in a jam-packed day of games, giveaways, 2017 previews and more.

It’s going to be criminally good fun!

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Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival International bestselling author of psychological crime fiction, Sophie Hannah has the blessing of Agatha Christie’s estate for her Hercule Poirot novels. And as a reviewer for the Guardian, Laura Wilson knows about the competition and monthly new releases, undaunted, she’s written over a dozen novels, including her DI Stratton series.

Chair Martyn Waites who evolved into a woman, Tania Carver, to safeguard his place in the marketplace, keeps the old guard in check.

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Special Guest: Jeffery Deaver interviewed by Mark Lawson Sat 23 July, 9am | Tickets £13

The name’s Deaver, Jeffery Deaver.

A former journalist and attorney, Deaver prepares his plots as tightly as a legal brief. Author of over 30 novels, sold in 150 countries and translated into over 25 languages, the multiple award-winner has been nominated for no less than 7 Edgar Awards. He’s written an authorised James Bond thriller Carte Blanche, and the film of The Bone Collector starred Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. Loved for his chutzpah plotting and vicelike page-turning grip, the man himself, like his novels, can wrong-foot our assumptions.

It’s a killer of a twist. Did you know he is a breeder of prize-winning poodles? And is a former folk singer-songwriter?

Expect edge-of-your-seat stuff, as Mark Lawson, one of the countries most enduring arts journalists, puts this icon under scintillating scrutiny.

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Special Guest: Gerald Seymour interviewed by Joe Haddow Sat 23 July, 10.30am | Tickets £13

The war reporter turned thriller author broke new ground with Harry’s Game, set in Belfast in 1975, which became an instant bestseller.

He went on to publish 32 books.

Gerald Seymour has been compared to John le Carré for his ability to not just entertain but inform. He dislikes complacency, perhaps rooted in his early career as a high profile ITN correspondent for 15 years, covering events in Vietnam, the Munich Olympics massacre, and Northern Ireland. He’s described reporting like malaria, something you can’t get out of your veins, and uses his journalism skills, making recces to his novels’ locations. He visited the villages of Calabria to sniff out his story for his latest, No Mortal Thing, which focuses on a powerful mafia-like organisation that controls Europe’s cocaine trade.

Producer of BBC Radio 2’s Book Club, Joe Haddow puts Seymour under the spotlight to explore the life and work of one of the true giants of the genre.

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home of crime New Blood

Sat 23 July, 12pm | Tickets £10 The return of the panel dedicated to showcasing the year’s most dazzling debut authors! Always a sell-out, this event will see Val McDermid in the hot seat to hand-pick four of the brightest new talents ready for a new crime wave. She’ll be inviting Martin Holmen (Clinch), JS Law (Tenacity), Beth Lewis (The Wolf Road) and Abir Mukherjee (A Rising Man) to discuss their debut novels. Eager readers on the lookout for the next big thing will be given the chance to discover a sure-fire list of ‘ones to watch’. Not to be missed!

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Murder Out of Africa

Sat 23 July, 2pm | Tickets £10 Homicide figures in South Africa are akin to a country at war. Carjacks, organised criminal groups and armed robberies, make it one of the most violent societies on Earth.

Paul Mendelson, author of vivid atmospheric Cape Town thrillers including The Serpentine Road joins former journalist Deon Meyer who writes in his native tongue of Afrikaans, and is translated into 28 languages.

President of PEN South Africa and ‘queen of South African crime thriller writers’, Margie Orford grew up in Namibia and explores violence in South Africa in her Clare Hart novels, as well as in her award-winning journalism. Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip are the writing team behind the Michael Stanley books. Both retired professors, both born in South Africa, both loving real life adventure, which triggered the idea for Detective Kubu, Botswana CID’s keenest mind.

The calming presence of Chair, NJ Cooper will help navigate the heart of South Africa’s darkness.

France Noir – Le Roman Policier Sat 23 July, 3.30pm | Tickets £10

The French have a certain je ne sais quoi, when it comes to the crime genre, from Emile Zola to Michel Houellebecq.

Pierre Lemaitre was 55 when he wrote his debut, Travail Soigne in 2006, to critical acclaim. His bestseller The Great Swindle, went on to win France’s biggest literary prize, the Prix Goncourt. Bernard Minier’s first novel was The Frozen Dead in 2011; his novels have also garnered critical acclaim and several literary prizes in France. S.J. Parris has three Sunday Times bestselling historical thrillers to her name, featuring the brilliant Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy.

Barry Forshaw, the ultimate authority on international crime novels, chairs.

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home of crime Special Guests – Martina Cole In Conversation with Peter James Sat 23 July, 5pm | Tickets £13

Martina is the long-reigning author of the criminal underworld with unflinching portraits of violent East End criminals. Her uncompromising grit turned her into a literary powerhouse. She’s sold 13 million books.

Famously, hers are the most requested books in Her Majesty’s prison service, where she’s a frequent visitor for the right reasons – giving creative workshops.

Her own story is as remarkable as any bestseller plot. Growing up on an Essex council estate, expelled from school at 15, married at 16, divorced at 17, pregnant at 18.

Ronnie and Reggie Kray once visited her family’s home when she was a kid. Aged 21, she wrote Dangerous Lady. In 2011, she was the first British female novelist whose sales surpassed the £50m mark.

2016 Festival Programming Chair Peter James explores her phenomenal career.

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Kill Me Quick: Author Dinner* Sat 23 July, 6.15pm | Tickets £30

Roll up your trousers and pop on some sun cream. No. 1 bestselling author Peter James is bringing the dark side of Brighton to Harrogate.

The creator of the unstoppable detective Roy Grace will host an evening of seaside themed food and fun. Crack the case as authors Harry Bingham, MJ Carter, Mason Cross, Felix Francis, Kate Hamer, Joanne Harris, James Henry, Mick Herron, Sarah Hilary, Alison Joseph, Christobel Kent, Kate London, Louise Millar, Ann Morgan, James Runcie, Leigh Russell, Dreda Say Mitchell and Luca Veste apply their criminal minds, alongside their napkins.

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Special Guest: Tess Gerritsen

Sat 23 July, 8.30pm | Tickets £13 Her seamless blend of good writing and pulse-racing tension is her stock-in-trade. The Rizzoli and Isles series, featuring a homicide detective and medical examiner, propelled Tess to international bestseller position.

A violinist, piano player and composer, Tess brings her melodic passion and analytical approach to embody ‘medical suspense’. She has said her experience as a doctor was intense preparation for life as a writer.

At first she wrote romance novels, a comforting escape before a plot dropped into her lap over dinner with a former policeman, who told her the story of orphans and organ donors; Harvest was born. Published in 40 countries, Tess is renowned for her intense approach to research, exploring Egyptology, archaeology, and even space travel, pretending to be an astronaut for two years while writing Gravity, about the NASA space programme.

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Sat 23 July, 10pm | Tickets £10 Mark Billingham and Val McDermid have alternate lives as quiz show contestants; both have won Celebrity Mastermind, featured on Pointless, and Eggheads. What better quizmasters then for THE only quiz that really matters.

Former champions taking home the coveted cup include The Wire’s David Simon and esteemed broadcaster Mark Lawson. It’s your chance to join such luminaries in the winners’ hall of fame. It’s the winning that counts!

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Political Corruption

Sun 24 July, 10am | Tickets £10 The world of politicians is rich fodder for the crime genre. Riddled with corruption, fury, and the power-mad.

Gillian Slovo’s childhood was surrounded by political intrigue – her father the South African Communist Party leader, Joe Slovo, her mother the murdered journalist, Ruth First. The winner of the Golden PEN Award uses the thriller genre to interrogate individual lives caught up in political events.

She joins broadcaster Mark Lawson whose novels feature dark social comedies (The Deaths) and political satire (Enough is Enough). Kate Rhodes sets her thrillers in the urban landscape of London, with A Killing of Angels focussed on the murders of city bankers. BBC’s Frank Gardner draws on his years of experience reporting on security matters with his debut thriller novels introducing ex-Special Boat Service commando, Luke Carlton, with a visceral frisson of authenticity and insider knowledge. The master of political spy thrillers Charles Cumming, who was once recruited by MI6, chairs.

Special Guest: Neil Cross

Sun 24 July, 11.30am | Tickets £13 Neil Cross says he was heavily influenced by his step dad, a man he dubbed a high-functioning psychopath. Neil’s childhood was unsettled, in trouble with the police, thrown out of home, he became ‘the definition of dole scum’.

Then he went to night school and studied English. Aged 24, Mr In-Between was published.

In 2004, his novel, Always the Sun was longlisted for the Booker. Turning his back on the literati, he embraced thrillers. Working on BBC’s Spooks, Neil was offered a job by the Beeb; what followed became a smash-hit. The colossal success of Luther – in the UK and the States - saw Idris Elba win a Golden Globe, and Neil nominated for an Emmy, with the show screening in more than 160 territories worldwide.

One of the most in-demand screenwriters at work today, his new BBC pre-apocalyptic crime drama Hard Sun explores how to enforce law and order in London with just five years left until annihilation.

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9-13 May | home of crime Join the Big Read this Summer and discover P.D. James’ classic and pioneering detective novel, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman. Celebrate the life and work of one of the world’s greatest writers and the true Grande dame of mystery.

The Festival’s Reader-In-Residence and bestselling crime author Mari Hannah will be touring libraries across the North of England and opening up the discussion online at bigread.org.uk Come along, meet fellow readers and join in the lively debate!

Monday May 9 Acklam, 11am Killingworth, 2pm South Shields, 6.30pm

Tuesday May 10 York, 11am Ripon, 2pm Skipton, 7.30pm

Big Read 2016 Events Wednesday May 11 Thursday May 12 South Elmsall, Newcastle, 11am 11am Hartlepool, 2pm Keighley, 2pm Billingham, 7pm Holmfirth, 7pm

Friday May 13 Sheffield, 10am Rotherham, 1pm Barnsley, 4pm

Booking is essential for all events. Visit bigread.org.uk for details on how to book for the event of your choice.

Thanks to the generous support of our publishing partner Faber & Faber, the Festival will be distributing a limited number of free copies of the Big Read book via our partner library services in North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. Reading groups in those areas wanting to take part in the Big Read should email crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk for more information.

Readers’ Book Group Saturday 22 July | 1pm | FREE

Join Mari Hannah at this year’s Festival for a foray into this year’s chosen Big Read title and discover this classic novel for yourself. Mari is inviting readers to discover P.D. James’ pioneering crime novel An Unsuitable Job For A Woman. The book introduces Cordelia Gray, the first modern female detective in crime fiction. At the time of creating Cordelia, P.D. James worked as a civil servant in the crime department of the Home Office. Regarding this novel, she wrote: ‘I wanted to have a young heroine of courage and intelligence who faces the problems of life with a determination to be successful in a job which everyone else thinks she won’t be able to do.’

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Creative Thursday

Thursday 21 July | 9am - 5.30pm | £99 per person

Sarah Hilary

Alex Marwood

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William Ryan

M.R. Hall

A day-long series of crime fiction creative writing workshops focusing on how to get published.

The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival’s creative writing course for aspiring writers. Creative Thursday gives you the chance to hone your script writing skills with industry professionals and real-life crime experts.

• Intensive Writing Workshop: How To Write a WhyDunnit The psychological thriller is nothing new, although its popularity is soaring.

But what elements distinguish a “WhyDunnit” within the broad and varied world of crime fiction? And how do you go about writing a successful

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thriller where the focus is on drama rather than punishment, and where the culprits and victims take centre stage? Award-winning writers Sarah Hilary and Alex Marwood talk you through the basics from their very different perspectives. Expect insider secrets, and tips on getting published.

• Intensive Writing Workshop: Psyche your Character This session with Danuta Kean will enable you to get deep under the skin of your characters. You will experiment with your own characters, creating full, plausible people with deep back-story and related character traits. You will examine the pit-falls of over-writing a character’s quirks and issues, while finding creative ways to show and not tell the array of possibilities that an understanding of human psychology can generate.

• Intensive Writing Workshop:

Turning Good Ideas into Commercial Crime Novels

William Ryan and M.R. Hall will deliver a workshop aimed at writers who have completed or are working on a first draft and want to take it to the next level and for beginners aiming to turn promising ideas into great novels.

Focusing on how to construct and test a solid crime fiction plot, how to make sure your characters are working together to push your story forward, how to ensure each chapter develops the story while delivering drama and tension and how to sell your book with a great opening scene.

• The Dragons’ Pen Four brilliant publishing professionals. Two minutes to convince them your synopsis and first chapter are worth reading. One audience full of your fellow would-be writers. Our literary version of the popular TV show, the Dragons’ Den, is not for the faint-hearted.

The 2016 panel of Dragons comprises Samantha Eades, senior commissioning editor and associate publicist at Orion Books, Trisha Jackson, Editorial Director at Pan Macmillan, Jane Gregory, owner at Gregory & Company Authors Agents and Oliver Munson, literary agent at A.M. Heath.

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Gangland violence - Police corruption Celebrity excess - Establishment vice

Available from Amazon in Paperback & eBook

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Berwins Salon North

Harrogate | home of arts, science, psychology A TED style evening featuring three fascinating expert speakers. Tired of the same old nights out? Revitalise your social life; put a little Salon culture in your soul.

MEMORY 30 JUNE 2016

MUSIC 28 JULY 2016

MAGIC 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 All events start at 7.30pm.

Tickets £18.

Book 2 events for £30 or 3 for £42.

LONDON’S MOST TALKED ABOUT EVENING OUT COMES NORTH

2016

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Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival

7-10 July 2016 | Harrogate | home of literature

Dickie Arbiter | Jeremy Bowen | Julia Bradbury Vince Cable | Lucie Green | James Naughtie Mary Portas | John Suchet Picked by Harper’s Bazaar as one of the UK’s Best Literary Festivals

7-10 July ‘16

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Discover Your Festival home of celebration January - April Harrogate International Sunday Series: Chamber music concerts and coffee, in the magnificent surroundings of the Old Swan Hotel.

June Cie Carabosse: An outdoor celebration of fire with French company Cie Carabosse in the beautiful Valley Gardens. Programmed in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council and cocommissioned with the Yorkshire Festival.

June/July Harrogate Music Festival: Featuring the best of international musical talent spanning classical, jazz and folk and including the prestigious Young Musicians Series.

Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival: Bringing best-selling authors, influential politicians and stars of the stage to share their stories.

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival: World class, award-winning programme of events celebrating the very best in crime fiction.

Big Screen Weekend: Free weekend of open-air film screenings featuring Hollywood blockbusters, family movies and live sporting spectaculars.

September Spiegeltent: A magical mirrored tent casts its spell over Harrogate with a smorgasbord of sensational acts under its exquisitely exotic canvas.

Children’s Festival: History, science and art come alive with a programme of events featuring the UK’s finest entertainers, educators and authors.

October Harrogate History Festival: Celebrating historical writing, allowing readers and writers to meet, discuss and discover historical writing from fact through to fiction.

Year Round Berwins Salon North: Three fascinating expert speakers are brought together to present one-off events exploring the most stimulating ideas in art, science and psychology.

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Detectives Murphy and Rossi are tracking a killer intent on revenge

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Harrogate History Festival 20-23 October| Old Swan Hotel | Harrogate home of history

Take a step back in time to meet, discuss and celebrate the authors and genre of historical writing, from fact through to fiction.

Programme Featuring

Joe Abercrombie Antony Beevor Tracy Chevalier Philippa Gregory Janina Ramirez

Paddy Ashdown Tracy Borman Jonathan Dimbleby Tom Holland

More names and events to be announced soon. Keep an eye on the website! Tickets on sale from June

20-23 October ‘16

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HIF+ Highlights home of engagement

A wide ranging programme of events running throughout the year, including workshops, masterclasses, community and creative learning events, presented to a broad array of audiences.

Musical Mums: Free weekly music-making sessions where young parents and their babies can learn together, developing skills, confidence and positive bonds. Presented in partnership with NYMAZ. The Big Read: Encouraging as many people as possible to read a classic work of crime fiction, increasing links across the region between libraries and reading groups, and inspiring new readers.

Reader in Residence: Supporting the delivery of The Big Read, touring libraries across the North of England and stimulating discussion online at bigread.org.uk Creative Thursday: The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing

Festival’s creative course for aspiring writers, with tuition from industry professionals and real-life crime experts focusing on how to get published.

The Big Write: An exciting opportunity for young writers across the Harrogate District to participate in a giant day of writing at the iconic Royal Hall, working with literacy partners Pobble.

In addition, HIF+ presents a number of oneoff events hosted by Harrogate International Festivals throughout each year. Look out for the appearing throughout this guide.

Coming soon‌ Harrogate International Festivals presents Library of Live.

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Booking Information home of crime How To Book

By Phone: Online: In Person:

Opening Times:

01423 562 303 www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com Harrogate International Festivals, 32 Cheltenham Parade, Harrogate, HG1 1DB 10am - 5pm Monday - Friday

Payment: Harrogate International Festivals accept all major credit/debit cards (except American Express), cash or cheques. Cheques should be made payable to ‘HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS’. In order to cover the cost of postage there is an additional £1 charge for postal orders, however, you can choose to collect your tickets on the door or at the Festival office prior to the event.

Booking Fee: Harrogate International Festivals charges a £1.75 transaction fee per booking.

Ticket sales alone do not cover the costs of our Box Office and booking fees are vital to the development, maintenance and running of our in-house Box Office.

For more information and for full Terms and Conditions please visit our website: harrogateinternationalfestivals.com Visitors with Disabilities: All Festival venues have wheelchair access and we offer free tickets for carers. For more information and to book wheelchair seating please call our Box Office.

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Tickets on the door: Tickets will be available to purchase from the Festival desk in the foyer of the Old Swan Hotel from Thu 21 – Sun 24 July, subject to availability. Be aware events can sell out in advance. Early booking is recommended.

Returned Tickets: The Box Office cannot refund money or exchange tickets, except in the case of a cancelled performance. We are happy to try and re-sell returned tickets for sold-out events for a small charge.

Concessions: Concessions are available for under 18s, students in full time education and those receiving unemployment benefits.

Appropriate identification must be provided. May not be used in conjunction with any other offers.

A large print version of the event guide can be ordered by calling 01423 562 303.

Box Office: 01423 562 303

Main Festival Venue address: Old Swan Hotel, Swan Road, Harrogate, HG1 2SR Parking: Parking is available at the Old Swan Hotel on a first come first served basis. Please note, if using this car park a valid parking permit must be displayed and can be obtained for free from the hotel reception. There is also metered on street parking available nearby.

Seating: Seating for all events at the Old Swan Hotel is unreserved.

Customers with disabilities: All venues are accessible by wheelchair. Special provisions can be arranged for visitors with disabilities, please call the Festival Office on tel: 01423 562303.

Photography & Recording: The use of photographic, video or audio equipment is strictly prohibited.

Festival Bookstore: WHSmith will provide the Festival bookstore at the Old Swan Hotel and will host book signings after each event. The bookshop will be located within the Papakata tents, on the lawn outside the hotel.

All information shown in this event guide is correct at time of going to press. Harrogate International Festivals reserves the right to make such alterations as may become necessary.

Harrogate International Festivals is a registered charity, no.

244861

2016 Theakston Old peculier Crime Writing Festival Major Sponsors

Managed and presented by Harrogate International Festivals. Charity No. 244861 Chief Executive: Sharon Canavar Operations Manager: Gemma Rowland | Literature Festivals Co-ordinator: Helen Donkin Festivals Administrator: Beth Walker Programming Committee: Peter James, Chair.

Val McDermid | Jane Gregory | David Shelley | NJ Cooper | Steve Mosby | Mari Hannah

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Author Index

21-24 July 2016 | Harrogate | home of crime Barclay Bartlett Billingham Bingham Bolton Brett Brody Calman Carter Cole Cooper Cross Cross Crouch Cumming Daws Deaver Fitzgerald Forshaw Francis Gardner Gaylor Gerritsen Granger Griffiths Haddow

Linwood p11 Graham p11 Mark p9,11,23 Harry p21 Sharon p11 Simon p13 Frances p13 Susan p15 MJ p21 Martina p21 NJ p5,19 Mason p21 Neil p23 Julia p13 Charles p23 Robert p15 Jeffery p18 Helen p13 Barry p19 Felix p21 Frank p23 Dave p13 Tess p21 Ann p13 Elly p9,13 Joe p9,18

21-24 July ‘16

Hall Hamer Hannah Hannah Harris Hawkins Henry Herron Hilary Holmen James Joseph Kean Kelly Kent Kernick Law Lawson Lemaitre Lewis Lippman Lomas London Mackintosh Magnanti Marwood

MR p28,29 Kate p21 Mari p11,25,27 Sophie p18 Joanne p21 Paula p13 James p21 Mick p21 Sarah p21,28,29 Martin p19 Peter p9,11,13,21 Alison p21 Danuta p28,29 Haydn p13 Christobel p21 Simon p15 JS p19 Mark p11,18,23 Pierre p19 Beth p19 Laura p15 Jamie p15 Kate p21 Clare p9,13 Brooke p13 Alex p13,28,29

McDermid Val p9,15,19,23 McKenna Shaun p15 McPherson Catriona p13 Medina Kate p13 Mendelson Paul p19 Meyer Deon p19 Millar Louise p21 Minier Bernard p19 Morgan Ann p21 Mukherjee Abir p19 Orford Margie p19 Parris SJ p19 Rhodes Kate p23 Runcie James p21 Russel Leigh p21 Ryan William p28,29 Say Mitchell Dreda p21 Sears Michael p19 Seymour Gerald p18 Sigurdardottir Yrsa p11 Slovo Gillian p23 Trollip Stanley p19 Veste Luca p21 Waites Martyn p18 Ware Ruth p9,13 Wilson Laura p18

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