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Welsh crime fiction to the fore at Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival

5 March, 2021

There have been major international crime festivals in France and Germany, England has Harrogate and CrimeFest, and everyone’s heard of Bloody Scotland. North America has Bouchercon and even Iceland and Rotorua have held notable crime fiction events. Now Wales is getting in on the act…

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Morecambe & Vice 2018 - a festival of crime writing and hidden talents

By DeathBecomesHer

2 October, 2018

In a chilly and cavernous, tatty-around-the-edges but still beautiful old theatre on Morecambe’s seafront, MJ Arlidge is holding forth. He has a bottle in one hand, a cocktail shaker in the other, and he’s preparing a killer pear martini for his fellow panellists who are…

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A report from Bloody Scotland 2018

By Catherine Turnbull

25 September, 2018

There was plenty of near bloodshed going on at the annual Caledonian shindig with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers band murdering songs for a laugh, England crossed the border for a 6-3 victory over Scotland in the authors’ football match and fake news triumphed in…

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Harrogate 2018 - a little bit different

By Catherine Turnbull

23 July, 2018

Catherine Turnbull reports on the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, with photos by Charlotte Graham What gives the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate a different vibe every year is that the author chairing the programme changes. It keeps it fresh and…

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Big and Bloody Scotland

By Catherine Turnbull

11 September, 2017

Torches as mighty as claymores fired up the biggest Bloody Scotland crime writing festival to date, with an opening procession from the crag of Stirling Castle, just a hammer’s throw from the Wallace Monument and the site of the Battle of Bannockburn. Held from Friday…

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Scottish crime Book of the Year 2017 - the finalists

By Catherine Turnbull

29 August, 2017

The five finalists for The McIlvanney Prize – recognising the best in Scottish crime fiction – have been revealed. The finalists include two of the best-known women in Scottish crime – Val McDermid (pictured) and Denise Mina; a former winner of the prize, Craig Russell; one of the founders…

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Harrogate 2017: the party of the year

By Catherine Turnbull

25 July, 2017

Here at Crime Fiction Lover we know that covering Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival is a tough gig. You only have to look at some of our previous coverage to know it is not a mission for the faint hearted or the lily-livered. So,…

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Bloody Scotland crime festival revelations

By Catherine Turnbull

2 June, 2017

Bloody Scotland has announced its line up of crime-writing suspects and is staging its gala opening of the annual crime festival this year in Stirling Castle. The event takes place 8 to 10 September, and the winner of the McIlvanney Prize 2017 for the Scottish Crime…

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Welsh crime fiction to the fore at Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival

Morecambe & Vice 2018 - a festival of crime writing and hidden talents

A report from Bloody Scotland 2018

Harrogate 2018 - a little bit different

Big and Bloody Scotland

Scottish crime Book of the Year 2017 - the finalists

Harrogate 2017: the party of the year

Bloody Scotland crime festival revelations

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