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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

My final words on Harrogate 2012

I've finished writing up all the panels I went to at the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival 2012. You can read these here. I've added photos to the earlier posts including the Crime Novel of the Year ceremony (and a photo of Colin Dexter).

The programming chair (for 2013) returns to Val McDermid who did the first few years. Already announced are: Kate Atkinson, Charlaine Harris, Susan Hill and Ruth Rendell interviewed by Jeanette Winterson.

Hopefully half the authors invited will be women rather than just under a third as in 2012.

The dates for 2013 are 18-21 July.

(In case you're eager to know about the quiz - I joined the Crimesquad team (Agatha Christie's Pearl Necklace team name) and we came second by one point.)

2 comments:

  1. Congrats on the quiz result! And thank you again for all the great reports. I agree, it would be nice to see at least half women on the various panels and being interviewed, ideally more, better to reflect the proportion of authors and readers.

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  2. Wow - Kate Atkinson, that's great news. How early will we need to book?

    Great reports on the sessions.

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