CREATIVE THURSDAY
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A DAY-LONG CRIME FICTION CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
WEEKEND ROVERS INCLUDE:
The Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival’s creative writing course for aspiring writers, Creative Thursday gives you the chance to hone your novel and short story writing skills with a day-long programme of workshops and seminars led by bestselling crime writers, publishing industry professionals and real-life crime experts.
• Access to all Festival events* from 8pm on Thursday 19 July to 12.30pm on Sunday 22 July. • Delicious lunches at the Old Swan Hotel on Friday and Saturday • Complimentary tea and coffee throughout the weekend • A complimentary Festival goody bag Price: £190 per person
THURSDAY 19 JULY 9AM – 5.30PM £99 PER PERSON 2012 PROGRAMME INCLUDES: INTENSIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: FORENSIC RESEARCH with bestselling author Stuart MacBride and expert input from Lorna Dawson, Professor Dave Barclay and Dr James Grieve, forensic scientists from The James Hutton Institute.
INTENSIVE WRITING WORKSHOP: PLOT DEVELOPMENT Experienced creative writing teacher Greg Mosse takes you on a journey through successful plotting techniques. Greg’s focus will include work on suspense and novel structure.
THE ROAD TO PUBLICATION: SUCCESS STORIES Newly published authors share their own stories of how they got the attention of major publishing houses. Hear from Creative Thursday alumna Mari Hannah and her editor at Pan Macmillan Wayne Brookes, as well as e-publishing sensations Mark Edwards & Louise Voss and their editor at HarperCollins Kate Bradley.
THE DRAGONS’ PEN: DARE YOU ENTER? 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 watching how you fare. Our literary version of the popular TV show, the Dragons’ Den, is not for the faint-hearted. The 2012 panel of Dragons comprises literary agents Jane Gregory and Sarah Lutyens and publishers Jon Wood of Orion Publishing and Nick Sayers of Hodder & Stoughton.
For full details visit: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com To book, call the Festival Office on tel: 01423 562303 or email: crime@harrogate-festival.org.uk
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For the second year, Harrogate International Festivals and the Box Office at Harrogate Theatre are working together to offer a range of ticket booking options.
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Friday Rover (20 July) and Saturday Rover (21 July) tickets are available.
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DAY ROVERS INCLUDE: • Access to all Festival events* throughout the day • A delicious lunch at the Old Swan Hotel • Complimentary tea and coffee throughout the day • A complimentary Festival goody bag Price: £79 per person
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Box Office, tel: 01423 502 116 Book Online: www.harrogateinternationalfestivals.com * Rover tickets DO NOT include the following: Creative Thursday (Thu 19 July) and Come Die With Me Dinner (Sat 21 July). These events must be booked separately, please check event listings for details.
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2012 THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL PROGRAMME THURSDAY 19 JULY 2012
SPECIAL GUEST: KATE MOSSE BBC Radio 4’s Jenni Murray talks to the author of the internationally bestselling Labyrinth. 8.30pm | Tickets: £12
THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR & FESTIVAL OPENING PARTY I could not be more thrilled to be chairing the Programming Committee again for the tenth Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival; now the biggest and best of its kind anywhere in the world. This is of course fantastic, but gives me a lot to live up to! I’m confident that this year we have put together a programme to make any crime fiction lover salivate like Hannibal Lecter at a plateful of braised banker. From those who like their crime cosy as crumpets, to those who prefer meat that is a little bloodier, there is a feast for everyone. So, tuck in… This is a festival for readers as much as writers. When it comes to both, we are - as always - welcoming the best in the world. Mark Billingham 2012 Festival Programming Chair
This summer promises to be a celebratory one for Britain with both the Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics, and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival will be adding to the festivities by marking the tenth year the great and the good of international crime writing talent have flocked to the Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate for four action-packed days in July. With bestselling crime-writer Mark Billingham returning to helm the Programming Committee to create a sparkling and diverse Festival featuring the best and most brilliant writers from the UK and around the world, this year’s event promises to be one to remember. I do hope you’ll join us.
SPECIAL GUEST: JOHN CONNOLLY The bestselling author of the Charlie Parker novels talks about seamlessly mixing crime and horror with Festival Programming Chair Mark Billingham. 9.00am | Tickets: £12
CRIME IN ANOTHER DIMENSION
Recent years have seen a huge increase in the popularity of crime fiction with a science fiction or urban fantasy setting. Authors Ben Aaronovitch, Christopher Fowler, Stuart MacBride and Charles Stross discuss the phenomenon with host David Quantick. 10.30am | Tickets: £9.50
SPECIAL GUESTS IN CONVERSATION:
IAN RANKIN AND PETER ROBINSON
In an event echoing their now legendary appearance at the very first Festival in 2003, these two phenomenally successful British crime writers share a late night chat. 10.00pm | Tickets: £12
SATURDAY 21 JULY 2012
SPECIAL GUEST: PETER JAMES The Brighton-based bestselling author of the Roy Grace novels shares the secrets of his success with Paul Blezard. 9.00am | Tickets: £12
THE GOLDEN AGE?
For many, the Golden Age of British crime fiction was the 1920s and 1930s, others would argue that contemporary writers are more than a match for the Golden Oldies. Stuart Neville and Robert Wilson (now) take on Nicola Upson and David Roberts (then). Host Paul Johnston keeps score. 10.30am | Tickets: £9.50
WRITING FOR YOUR LIFE
NEW BLOOD
Writers are often told to ‘write what you know’, but what if that knowledge could cost you your life? David Hosp, Chris Morgan Jones, Tony Thompson and Boris Starling tell host Charles Cumming what it’s like when the writing itself is a matter of life and death. 3.30pm | Tickets: £9.50
Join Ann Cleeves, the author behind the fantastically successful Vera Stanhope novels, and a host of other authors as Cleeves hosts a very special murder mystery dinner set in the universe of her latest novel, The Glass Room. 6.15pm | Tickets: £29
SPECIAL GUEST: HARLAN COBEN The internationally bestselling master of the twisting thriller will discuss his work with fellow US crime writer Laura Lippman. 8.30pm | Tickets: £12
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: £9.50
SUNDAY 22 JULY 2012 50 DIFFERENT WORDS FOR MURDER
Mark Lawson looks at the future of the printed book with industry experts Ursula Mackenzie, Patrick Neale and Philip Patterson, and writers Stephen Leather and Steve Mosby. 2.00pm | Tickets: £9.50
WANTED FOR MURDER: THE E-BOOK
SPECIAL EVENT: LUTHER
COME DINE WITH ME MEETS THE GLASS ROOM
DRAWING THE LINE
Describing their own struggles with morality, Tim Weaver, Margie Orford, Penny Hancock and Gregg Hurwitz will be telling NJ Cooper where and if they draw their lines in the sand. 12.00pm | Tickets: £9.50
This was how literary critic John Sutherland described the prospect of a crime novel on the Booker Prize shortlist. Henry Sutton moderates the fiercely held opinions of John Harvey, Laura Lippman, Simon Lelic and Val McDermid on the issue of ‘literary’ vs ‘crime’ fiction. 3.30pm | Tickets : £9.50
Behind the scenes of the BBC’s international hit TV series with writer Neil Cross and members of the cast and crew. 5.00pm | Tickets: £10
The six authors shortlisted for the prestigious prize battle it out for supremacy. BBC Radio 4’s Mark Lawson hosts as the 2012 award is presented to the lucky winner. Ticket price includes canapés and glass of wine or Old Peculier. 8.00pm | Tickets: £15
FRIDAY 20 JULY 2012
‘A DONKEY IN THE GRAND NATIONAL’
Val McDermid introduces four sparkling new talents, Oliver Harris, Elizabeth Haynes, David Mark and Kate Rhodes. 12.00pm | Tickets: £9.50
Barry Forshaw examines the art of translation with Antonio Hill, Camilla Lackberg, Liza Marklund and Deon Meyer. 10.00am | Tickets: £9.50
SPECIAL GUEST: JO NESBO Author of The Snowman and Headhunters, and one-man all-consuming crime wave, talks to broadcaster Mark Lawson. 11.30am | Tickets: £12
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE
Simon Theakston Executive Director, T&R Theakston
John Connolly introduces a showcase of four of the most acclaimed new crime writers in America; Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, Ryan David Jahn and Chris Mooney. 5.00pm | Tickets: £9.50
Is it women who write the most graphically violent crime fiction? Journalist Danuta Kean puts some uncomfortable questions to Jilliane Hoffman, Julia Crouch, Amanda Kyle Williams and Tania Carver who (as a man writing as a woman) has a stiletto in both camps. 2.00pm | Tickets: £9.50
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