CrimeFest Programme

  The Crimefest Programme has been announced. The full programme can be found here . Thursday 11 May 2023 13:30 – 14:20 Police Procedurals: Getting it Right and Making it Real 14:40 – 15:30  Protagonists Under Pressure: Putting your Characters in Danger (Panel 1) Telling Tales: Keeping Secrets and Telling Lies (Panel 2) 15:50 – 16:40  High Octane: A Thrills and Spills Ride (Panel 1) Partners in Crime: When Two (or more) Heads are Better than One (Panel 2) 17:00 – 17:50  Authors Remembered (Panel 1) A Twist in the Tale: Turning the Plot on its Head (Panel 2) 20:00 – 21:30:  CRIMEFEST Pub Quiz, with crime writer and critic Peter Guttridge as Inquizitor. Prizes to be won! LOCATION: TBA. Friday 12 May 2023 09:00 – 09:50 Keeping it Cosy: The Gifted Amateur (Panel 1) All in the Mind: Psychological Thrillers (Panel 2) 10:10 – 11:00 Dark Times: Crime Fiction Set in and Around WWII (Panel 1) This is a Modern World: Crime in the Digital Age (Panel 2) 11:20 – 12:10 More than One: Serial Killers and Multiple Murderers (Panel 1) A Captive Audience: Locked Rooms and Limited Suspects (Panel 2) The Ones You Least Expect: Keeping the Reader Guessing (Panel 3) 12:30 – 13:20  Humanity in the Darkness: Finding Hope in Crime Fiction (Panel 1) New Golden Age? Today’s Mystery Fiction (Panel 2) Keeping Them Close: How Well Do You Know Your Friends? (Panel 3) 13:40 – 14:30 Unspeakable: When Bad Things Happen (Panel 1) Science Fact and Science Fiction (Panel 2) Guilt and Innocence (Panel 3) 14:50 – 15:40 Location, Location, Location: The Importance of Setting (Panel 1) Job Titles: Choosing What Your Protagonist Does For a Living (Panel 2) A Little Bit Spooky: Adding a Sprinkle of the Supernatural (Panel 3) 16:00 – 16:50 Historical Crime Fiction: Today Reflected in History? (Panel 1) It’s Personal: The Private Lives of Police Protagonists (Panel 2) Spying For A Living (Panel 3) 17:10 – 18:00 Cat and Mouse (Panel 1) A Battle Between Good and Evil?: Protagonist vs Antagonist (Panel 2) PALM COURT 18:30 – 19:30 CrimeFest hosts the Crime Writers’ Association’s Dagger Announcement Reception Saturday 13 May 023 09:00 – 09:50 Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood (Panel 1) Close to Home: Murder in the Family (Panel 2) 10:10 – 11:00 Featured Guest Interview 11:20 – 12:10 High Stakes: Risking it All (Panel 1) Black is the Night: Cornell Woolrich (Panel 2) Historical Crime Fiction: Choices, Research and Making It Work (Panel 3) 12:30 – 13:20  TBC 3:40 – 14:30 A Stranger in Our Midst: The Danger of the Outsider (Panel 1) Greed, Power, Money, Revenge…: Motives for Murder (Panel 2) Evening All: the Enduring Allure of Police Procedurals (Panel 3) 14:50 – 15:40 FEATURED GUEST Interview 16:00 – 16:50 Humour: When Murder Makes us Laugh (Panel 1) Society: What Crime Fiction Says About Us (Panel 2) English Riviera: It’s not all Sunshine and Ice Cream (Panel 3) 17:30 – 18:15:  Pre-Gala Dinner Reception (All Full Pass holders welcome) 18:15:  CRIMEFEST Awards Dinner– ticket holders only Sunday 13 May 2023 09:30 – 10:20 Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood (Panel 1) The Indie Alternative (Panel 2) 10:40 – 11.30 TOASTMASTER INTERVIEW – PETER GUTTRIDGE (Panel 1) Tight Knit: Where Everyone Knows Your Business (Panel 2) 11:50 – 12:40 Criminal Mastermind Quiz