July
22nd July to 24th July - Harrogate Crime Writing Festival
The blue riband event in the crime fiction year comes in the form of the Olde Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, when the stars of the crime fiction world will be speaking on a variety of topics, or else can otherwise be found in the bar.
The authors attending this year include Mark Billingham, Christopher Brookmyre, Jeffrey Deaver, Joanne Harris, Simon Kernick, Jeff Lindsay, Val McDermid, Ian Rankin and Karin Slaugher. And, of course, many, many more.
Click here for further details.
October
5th October - Great Harwood Library
In 2010, Lancashire Libraries are running a Year of Crime promotion, and I have been invited to take part in this. I am scheduled to give a talk at Great Harwood library during the evening of 5th October.
The choice of Great Harwood is an interesting one, because it is the town that I used as the basis for the fictional town of Turners Fold, with many parts of Fallen Idols set in actual Great Harwood locations, albeit with the names changed.
If you are able to come along, please do, but keep checking back for more details, and click here for more details of the special 2010 library promotion.
19th October - Preston Arts Festival
As a resident of Preston, I am proud to have been asked to take part in the Preston Arts Festival. I am scheduled to speak at the Avenham Suite in Preston Guildhall on 19th October at 1.30pm.
I will post more details on this page when I have them, as well as a full schedule of the events in the festival.