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Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival
At the Crown Hotel, Harrogate

Weekend Rover

Date: Thursday 23 - Sunday 26 July 2009
Tickets: £170
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Indulge yourself in a whole four days of the very best of crime fiction. Weekend Rovers include access to all events from 8pm Thursday 23 July to 12.30pm Sunday 26 July (excluding only the Come Die With Me dinner), delicious lunches at the Crown Hotel on Friday and Saturday, complimentary tea and coffee throughout the Festival, and a Festival goody bag.
 
 


Friday Rover

Date: Friday 24 July 2009
Tickets: £70
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Enjoy a full day of crime and make your money go further with a Friday Rover pass which includes acces to all events on Friday 24 July, lunch at the Crown Hotel, complimentary tea and coffee throughout the day, and a Festival goody bag.
 

 

Saturday Rover

Date: Saturday 25 July 2009
Tickets: £70
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Enjoy a full day of crime and make your money go further with a Saturday Rover pass which includes acces to all events on Saturday 25 July (excluding only the Come Die With Me dinner), lunch at the Crown Hotel, complimentary tea and coffee throughout the day, and a Festival goody bag.
 

 
Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award and Festival Opening Party 

Date: Thursday 23 July 2009 at 8:00pm
Tickets: £15
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Get your glad-rags out for our glitzy awards ceremony as the Crime Novel of the Year is announced, then mingle with your favourite authors at our fabulous party!
 
 

Special Guest: Mark Billingham

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 9:00am
Tickets: £10
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Detective Tom Thorne has cracked it for this charismatic comedian-turned-crime author: a firm Festival favourite.  Sponsored by Little, Brown.
 
 
 

Digging up the Past

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 10:30am
Tickets: £8
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Get your hands dirty as historical crime authors Ariana Franklin, Jason Goodwin, Caro Peacock and C.J. Sansom debate the past with Mark Mills.
 
 
 

New Blood

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 12:00noon
Tickets: £8
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Doyenne of crime Val McDermid introduces five hot new talents: Duncan Campbell, David Levien, Shona McLean, Dan Waddell and Lee Weeks.
 
 
 

The Raven and the Rue Morgue: Edgar Allen Poe

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 2:00pm
Tickets: £8
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Join Laura Lippman, Peter James, Andrew Taylor and Martin Walker to reflect on the dark, compulsive Poe with chair, Barry Forshaw.  Sponsored by Pan Macmillan.
 
 
 

Shoot the Book

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 3:30pm
Tickets: £8
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Hollywood meets Harrogate: Daniel Depp (brother of Johnny) joins Neil Cross, Frances Fyfield and David Levien to discuss the art of screenwriting with film guru Barry Norman.  Sponsored by Simon & Schuster.
 
 
 

Music to Murder By

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 5:00pm
Tickets: £8
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Swing while you're killing? MOJO magazine's Andrew Male gets into the groove with John Harvey, Dreda Say Mitchell, Cathi Unsworth and Martyn Waites on the role of music in crime.
 
 
 

Late Night Cabaret: Secrets and Lies

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 10:00pm
Tickets: £8
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
The usual suspects line up to play the truth or lie game. Christopher Brookmyre, Val McDermid, Stella Duffy, Stuart MacBride, Denise Mina, Martyn Waites and Laura Lippman confess all to Mark Billingham.
 
 
 
In Conversation: Reginald Hill and John Banville as Benjamin Black

Date: Friday 24 July 2009 at 8:00pm
Tickets: £12
Venue: Crown Hotel, Harrogate
 
Two literary giants: One stage.  The creator of BBC hit Dalziel and Pascoe meets the Man Booker Prize winner.  Sponsored by HarperCollins
 

 

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