“The quality of the panel discussions was as good as anything I’ve heard at Harrogate” – 2018 Murderous Medway attendee

INDIVIDUAL PANEL TICKETS £7 EACH AVAILABLE HERE

ALL DAY PANEL PASSES £30 AVAILABLE HERE

FIVE FASCINATING AND PERCEPTIVE PANELS!

10.30am-11.30am Location, Location, Location: Elly Griffiths, William Shaw and Lesley Thomson discuss the settings of their novels and how a place can become just as much a character as the heroes. Read about the authors here.

12.00-1.00pm Politically Thrilling: Henry Hemming, KH Irvine and Gareth Rubin capture the political zeitgeist of the last three years and how it’s informed their work. Chaired by Dr. Kate Bradley. Read about the authors here.

1.30pm-2.30pm Storybuilders: Guy Fraser-Sampson, Vicky Newham and Linda Regan ponder whether their writing processes make them an architect, an archaeologist or an alchemist.  Read about the authors here.

2.30pm-3.30pm Late Lunch Break. Sightsee, have dinner (the cafe downstairs is open all day until 7pm) or use your ticket to look around the Huguenot Museum for the discounted price of just £1! 

3.30pm-4.30pm Crime Seen: Crime screenwriters JC Wilsher, Isabelle Grey and Sally Griffiths shed light on how the likes of Midsomer Murders and Between the Lines come to life on the screen. Read about the authors here.

5-6pm Lines of Duty: Kent Police detective Lisa Cutts talks to former WPC Gina Kirkham and former police intelligence analyst Elizabeth Haynes on how much freedom they can allow artistic licence to override procedures when crafting their novels. Read about the authors here.

Huge thanks to all our authors who entertained and informed in equal measure, and to such a wonderfully supportive audience. Special thanks to our Patron, Lisa Cutts, Matthew at Urbane, volunteer Elise, Dinah at the Huguenot Museum and to the brilliant Top Hat and Tales bookshop  of Faversham, who stepped in at the last minute . Here’s to next year!