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Crime fiction heroes head to Harrogate

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Friday 19 July will see some of the world’s finest crime authors heading to Harrogate for the 2013 Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. With three days of live interviews and panel discussions planned, the bill includes Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Kate Atkinson, Lee Child and…
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Denise Mina wins at Harrogate

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The Scottish author Denise Mina has clinched one of the top accolades in UK crime fiction by winning the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award at the Harrogate Festival late last week. Her book, The End of the Wasp Season, sees DS…
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Around Harrogate with Stav Sherez

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Yesterday saw the final hours of the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate play out. Our eyes, ears and other sensory organs at this year’s festival were attached to the body of Stav Sherez, a crime author of some note who agreed to…
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Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival

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The Yorkshire town of Harrogate is going to be hit by a four-day crime wave from Thursday 19 July. No, they’re not staging their own mini version of last summer’s riots. Rather, Thursday sees the return of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival along…
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