Crime Fiction Weekend

Themes & Speakers

2026 – 33rd

Bad Apples

Crime fiction’s enemies & anti-heroes

Guest of Honour:

  • Andrew Taylor

Whodunnit:

  • Philip Gooden

Speakers:

  • Natasha Cooper (After Dinner)
  • Jo Callaghan
  • Ajay Chowdhury
  • Abigail Dean
  • Vaseem Khan
  • Remi Kone
  • Simon Mason
  • Ayo Onatade
  • Hallie Rubenhold
  • Laura Shepherd-Robinson
  • Sarah Vaughan
  • Martyn Waites

2025 – 32nd

Detecting the Gothic

Tales from the dark heart of crime fiction

Guest of Honour:

  • Detecting the Gothic

Whodunnit:

  • Philip Gooden

Speakers:

  • Anna Mazzola (After Dinner)
  • Mick Herron
  • Olivia Isaac-Henry
  • Stuart Neville
  • Ambrose Parry
  • William Ryan
  • Ayo Onatade
  • William Ryan
  • Stuart Turton
  • Catriona Ward
  • Ruth Ware
  • Louise Welsh

2024 – 31st

A Dance to the Music of Crime

The artful path to murder

Guest of Honour:

  • Elly Griffiths

Whodunnit:

  • Philip Gooden

Speakers:

  • Rev. Richard Coles (After Dinner)
  • Kia Abdullah
  • Mark Billingham
  • Harriet Evans
  • Doug Johnstone
  • Erin Kelly
  • Jake Lamar
  • Saima Mir
  • Lucie Whitehouse
  • David Whittle

2023 – 33rd

Celebration

Celebrations: Innocent Parties, Guilty Pleasures

Guest of Honour:

  • Robert Goddard

Whodunnit:

  • Philip Gooden

Speakers:

  • Val McDermid (Friday Night)
  • Richard Osman (After Dinner)
  • Alexandra Benedict
  • Chris Brookmyre
  • Jane Casey
  • Fiona Cummins
  • Vaseem Khan
  • Winnie M. Li
  • Charlotte Philby
  • Imogen Robertson
  • Andrew Wilson