CrimeFest 2024 Highlights
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The crime fiction convention returns for the 16th year in 2024,
with Laura Lippman and Denise Min a as its Featured Guests.
CrimeFest,
sponsored by Specsavers, is hosted from 9 to 12 May 2024 at the Mercure Bristol
Grand Hotel. Up to 150 authors will descend on Bristol appearing in over 50
panels.
CrimeFest
attracts regular delegates from as far as Australia, the Far East, Canada, the
United States and mainland Europe.
Scottish
novelist Denise Mina is a seminal and multi-award-winning author, known for her
DI Alex Morrow books, as well as adapting Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy as
graphic novels. She is also the first woman asked to write a new novel
featuring Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlow; the paperback of The Second
Murderer is out April ‘24.
The
acclaimed American author Laura Lippman and former reporter on The
Baltimore Sun is best known for her novels set in Baltimore featuring
reporter turned investigator, Tess Monaghan. Her novel, Every Secret Thing ,
was adapted into a 2014 film, starring Diane Lane, and Lady in the Lake was
adapted into a series for Apple TV.
As
a convention, CrimeFest is open to all published authors and known for its
inclusive approach. The event is run by Adrian Muller, co-host Donna Moore , and
a small team of committed volunteers.
The
convention began in 2008 and features the annual CrimeFest Awards.
The
Welsh-Canadian mystery writer Cathy Ace will be the Gala Dinner’s 'Leader
of Toasts', toasting the authors nominated for the 2024 CrimeFest awards.
Cathy's Cait Morgan Mysteries have been optioned for TV by the production
company, Free@Last TV, which is behind the hit series, Agatha Raisin.
The
convention will also feature a homage to PD James , known as the Queen of Crime
Fiction, with the award-winning crime writer and lawyer, Frances Fyfield,
the Sunday Times chief fiction critic, Peter Kemp, and the author,
playwright, and producer, Simon Brett .
Other
authors confirmed include chair of the Crime Writers’ Association, Vaseem Khan,
the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, and the
award-winning Janice Hallett , best known for her phenomenally successful debut
thriller, The Appeal.
Some
of the genre’s most established names descend, including the author, critic,
and historian Martin Edwards.
CrimeFest
welcomes the Times bestselling author of the Wyndham and Banerjee
series of crime novels set in Raj-era India, Abir Mukherjee , and Ajay
Chowdhury, whose first novel in the acclaimed series featuring Detective Kamil
Rahman, The Waiter, is being adapted for television. His latest
book, The Detective, is out in January 2024.
Dubbed
the ‘modern rival to Agatha Christie,’ author of Murder Most Festive, Ada
Moncrieff , also appears.
CrimeFest
is also known as a platform for new talent. It welcomes the Australian author,
Brooke Robinson , who has had numerous plays produced in Australia, as well as
at London’s Old Vic theatre. She heads to CrimeFest with her debut novel, The
Interpreter, also out in January. The CrimeFest co-host, the author Donna
Moore , will also moderate a panel showcasing debut authors.
Specsavers
is the long-running sponsor of the convention. Dame Mary Perkins, who founded
the national and international chain of opticians in Bristol, said: “I am an
avid reader and fan of the genre, and I always look forward to CrimeFest, which
is so friendly it feels like all who go are welcomed as part of a big family,
connected by a love of books and reading. We are proud sponsors of the
convention.”
The
convention also continues its Community Outreach Programme.
In partnership with the independent Max Minerva’s Bookshop and
participating publishers, CrimeFest gifts thousands of pounds of crime fiction
books for children and young adults to school libraries.
Also,
with thanks to Specsavers, librarians, students, and those on benefits are
offered significantly discounted tickets.
https://www.crimefest.com/
