Theakston Crime Novel of the Year

Harrogate 2025: Old hands and new faces

By DeathBecomesHer

20 July, 2025

You might think that an event chaired by the creator of Slow Horses could prove a tad unpredictable, and you’d be right. Mick Herron, at the helm of the 2025 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, brought an element of surprise to four days of…

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Harrogate 2022 – the crime fiction festival has its biggest ever year

By DeathBecomesHer

25 July, 2022

Heading to the final day of the Theakston Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, I met a man walking with his young son, wobbling along on a trike. “What’s going on at the Old Swan?” he asked. “If I told you, I might have to kill…

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Harrogate 2021 – crime goes under cover in a tent

By Catherine Turnbull

26 July, 2021

“It’s been a stressful two years since I became programming chair for the 2020 festival that never happened, apart from a few online panels, but now I am so happy that we are all back together like the big family that we are. It appears…

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Are you ready for virtual Harrogate?

By Catherine Turnbull

3 July, 2020

Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival may not be happening in Harrogate this year at the Old Swan Hotel, but a free, virtual festival will be streamed by Harrogate International Festivals over the long weekend of 23 to 26 July. The HIF Weekender begins with a bang,…

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Cancelled crime fiction festivals go online

By Catherine Turnbull

30 April, 2020

With much of the world on lockdown due to Covid-19, many crime fiction festivals have cancelled this year’s events. Instead, some are offering crime fiction lovers the opportunity to join virtual festivals online and interact with authors at live events and book launches, or watch…

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Harrogate 2019 – from the scene of the crime...

By Catherine Turnbull

22 July, 2019

Catherine Turnbull reports on the 2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate Who’d have thought it? Turns out Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could have had a career as a comedian if her interview with Val McDermid is anything to go by. The…

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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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What’s your Crime Novel of the Year?

By Catherine Turnbull

16 April, 2018

The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2018 longlist has been announced and it’s full of books that have been reviewed on Crime Fiction Lover – some favourably… some less so! The longlist of 18 books features several Crime Fiction Lover five-star rated…

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Theakston Crime Novel of the Year

Harrogate 2025: Old hands and new faces

Harrogate 2022 – the crime fiction festival has its biggest ever year

Harrogate 2021 – crime goes under cover in a tent

Are you ready for virtual Harrogate?

Cancelled crime fiction festivals go online

Harrogate 2019 – from the scene of the crime...

Harrogate 2018 - a little bit different

What’s your Crime Novel of the Year?

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