Events in the West Midlands 1 - Throckmorton Literary Festival

The second Throckmorton Literary Festival, held at Coughton Court in Worcester, takes place between 18-20 September. There're many well known authors attending and though there seems to be a history bias, there are also a few crime fiction authors appearing:

18th September
14:30 Stella Rimington, Present Danger

19th September
16:45 Leigh Russell, Cut Short

20th September
14:30 Jessica Mann, Godrevy Light (promoting a non-crime fiction book)

16:00 Laura Thompson, Agatha Christie: An English Mystery

Individual events are £8, day tickets are £35. Other authors appearing include Kate Adie, Mavis Cheek, David Starkey and Alison Weir. The full programme can be found here.

Throckmorton Literary Festival - crime events

Well, other than Redditch having a literary festival which seems very unlikely, this one is the closest I'll find to my home. The Throckmorton Literary Festival held in Coughton Court (Warwickshire) is a scant 6 miles away and as I'm going to be on leave, but not going away, I'm hoping to avail of a few sessions. The crime events are:

19th September

2pm
Murder for fun and profit
featuring crime writers Jessica Mann,
Natasha Cooper, Laura Wilson &
Andrew Taylor

3.30pm
The Medieval Murderers
featuring crime writers
Michael Jecks, Bernard
Knight & Philip Gooden

20th September

10.30am RS Downie
The ‘Harrison Ford’ of ancient Rome. Gaius
Petreius Ruso is back!

Other notables include Kate Adie, Carol Thatcher and Alison Weir. Download the programme, here.