Tip Offs : My Hot Tips for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Harrogate (17-20th July 2014)

Five Hot Tips For Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival In Harrogate

This year the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival offers panels and discussions ranging from discussions on Smartphones safety, Authors changing to the crime writing genre, self publishing, and  Special events featuring authors such as Denise Mina and Lynda La Plante. 

The following are my 10 must go to panels for this year and are in no particular order. see more...

HOT TIP ONE  

The New Blood Panel Sat 19th 12PM

Hosted as usual by Val McDermid this panel introduces four newly published authors.  

Nicola White with In the Rosary Garden.  Set in Dublin of the 80's.



               Ray Celestin's The Axeman's Jazz 
Set in New Orleans in 1919 based on a true story - the title alone draws me in.

Eva Dolan's Long Way Home

features a detective duo from Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit

Helen Giltrow's The Distance about a computer expert asked to do one final impossible task

This year I'm ahead of myself and intend to read all of them before Harrogate- look out for the reviews.

HOT TIP TWO

In Conversation with Robert Galbraith Friday 18th 7:30

(I know this is a pen name for someone famous but damned if I can remember who!!)

Seriously, love it or hate it, sceptical or fully embracing of it, prefer wizards to crime or whatever, you can't miss this!

JK Rowling chatting with Val McDermid will for many be the highlight of the festival.

HOT TIP THREE

The New Wave of Forensics Sat 19th 2PM

With acclaimed Dave Barclay (Author and leading police forensics expert) on the panel you can be sure our authors won't be allowed to slip up on the forensic front.  How to research forensics etc are on the mortuary slab to discuss

HOT TIP FOUR

Late Night Quiz- Sat 10PM

This is a great laugh with Val McDermid and Mark Billingham hosting.  Questions range from the obscure to the ridiculous to the mundane to the frankly macabre.

HOT TIP FIVE

Special Guest Event: John Harvey interviewed by Mark Billingham Sun 20th 11:30

The creator of Resnick meets the creator of Thorne - can't wait!!

Harvey has over 100 books to his name- we can learn from this man!

HOT TIP SIX

Creative Thursday 17th 9- 5-30

Workshops on:  How To Create A Murder and How To Get Started

An Interactive Modern Day Detective Workshop led by Ian Sales (Detective Trainer)

4PM: The Dragon's Pen

HOT TIP SEVEN 

Broadchurch Sat 19th 5PM

If you saw the TV series  about the tragic murder of a boy and its' consequences on the tight knit community. you must go to this.

HOT TIP EIGHT

In Space No-one Can Hear You Scream Fri 18th 2PM

Panel about cross genre crime fiction.  I love the sci -fi /crime stuff and the supernatural/crime stuff

HOT TIP NINE

Worse things happen at home Fri 18th 3:30

Now this is going to really freak us out.  All that psychological fiction is addictive but mark my words this will be super scary

HOT TIP TEN

Let's Twist Again Fri 18th 10PM

This, led by Simon Kernick, will be enlightening.  How do authors come up with those twists and double and sometimes even triple twists that leave us on the edge of our seat?