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| GŴYL CRIME CYMRU FESTIVAL 2021/2022 Posted: 02 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST  Wales' First Crime Fiction Festival is on its way and it'd be a crime to miss it! Get your diaries out and your little grey cells ready to do some work. Wales's very first crime fiction festival kicks off in 2021 with its own brand of murder, mystery and mayhem. Over the weekend of April 26 – May 2, Gwyl Crime Cymru is bringing armchair detectives their first opportunity to enjoy a Wales' based crime festival absolutely free. THE MOTIVE? 'How is it possible?', you may ask, that, with crime fiction the biggest selling genre in Britain, and more Welsh crime writers than ever, that Wales has no dedicated crime event of its own? Nothing to rival the likes of Scotland's hugely popular Bloody Scotland, Newcastle's Noir festival or Bristol's Crimefest? Especially with writers like Matthew Hall (Keeping Faith) appearing on both bestseller lists and our TV screens, and Welsh crime dramas (Hinterland/Y Gwyll, Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher, Hidden/Craith) sparking a whole new appreciation of Wales. It seems that crime fiction set in Wales is simply not, as yet, as well known as its UK counterparts or Scandinavian neighbours, despite the fact that Wales is also home to award-winning and bestselling authors Clare Mackintosh, Belinda Bauer and Amy Lloyd – to name only three THE MEANS? Crime Cymru, the Welsh crime writing collective, believes that Wales is often overlookedby publishers, booksellers and even readers. We don't all write about Wales but whatever the connection, we believe we have something unique to offer the world of crime fiction and are determined to change perceptions with our own international crime festival. The first physical festival will take place in Aberystwyth in spring 2022 (April 29 – May 2). But this year, a taster event is being launched with a free, digital festival – Virtual CRIME CYMRU Digidol – from April 26 – May 2, 2021, fully online. THE OPPORTUNITY? This is a fantastic chance for crime fans to join us and our guest authors for some amateur sleuthing, sitting in on author panels, hearing bestselling writers talk about their work and maybe finding a new favourite writer as we explore the Who-dunnit? Why-dunnit? Where-dunnit? and How-dunnit? of crime fiction from the safety of our living rooms.
'It's so exciting to be bringing Wales its first official crime fiction festival and there's going to be something for everyone,' says one of Crime Cymru's founder members and chair of the festival organising group, Alis Hawkins. 'The 2022 festival will open on April 29th, with a torch-lit dragon parade, starting in the town centre and finishing at the castle. Then the winner of a primary schools' competition to make the best dragon model will be announced. 'Following that, there'll be a quiz where you can compete against the authors, but don't worry, only one round will be on crime fiction! On the Saturday night there will be a Noson Lawen for authors and members of the public – a great chance to chat to famous authors in an informal atmosphere. Then, on Sunday evening we're planning a champagne reception at which the winner of the inaugural Crime Cymru, First Crime Novel prize will be announced. 'Basically, all weekend, you'll have the chance to see household names from TV and crime fiction talking about their work as we run events throughout Saturday, Sunday and Monday morning. What could be better than that, crime fiction fans?' SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE As well as events for adults, in 2022 we are planning storytelling sessions for little ones, and sessions with authors who write for children and young adults. Aspiring authors will be catered for, too, with a chance to chance to pitch their book to an agent and workshops on writing crime fiction and thrillers. True Crime fans will also have the opportunity to meet real detectives, real CSIs and investigative writers as they discuss real crimes such as the Pembrokeshire Murders. If you'd like to get involved, we'll be looking for stewards for each event and to help visiting speakers find their way around. COME FOR THE CRIME, STAY FOR THE CYMRAEG! The Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival in 2022 will feature events in both English and Welsh as we want the festival to be an inclusive event that will showcase Welsh language and culture. Participants will be welcome to ask questions in Welsh, as several of the Crime Cymru members are fluent Welsh speakers. The full 2022 festival will also provide bilingual opportunities as well as an extensive shop window for our wonderful Welsh food producers, artisans and community organisations through the non-panel events. The free, digital festival in 2021 – Virtual Crime Cymru Digidol – will feature both English and Welsh language events. Website:- www.GwylCrimeCymruFestival.co.uk
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 02:16 PM PST
 Announcing: Bloody Scotland Book Club! Bloody Scotland have launched a new initiative to keep crime fans entertained! Every month, They will be hosting an exclusive discussion with a variety of journalists, bloggers, podcasters and booksellers. Their guests will hand-pick a selection of crime novels, from exciting new works to old favourites. We invite you to read along and join our Facebook Group for discussion, then tune in to Facebook Live as we broadcast the panel's discussion on the last Wednesday of every month. Head over to their new Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bloodyscotlandbookclub/  Craig Robertson will be hosting the first event and he says - I'm delighted to be hosting our first live event at the end of March and really looking forward to getting stuck into our first three books. So, this month we're reading Laidlaw by William McIlvanney; Worst Case Scenario by Helen FitzGerald; and Deborah Masson's Out For Blood. It took a lot of discussion to whittle all our thoughts down to three books but we got there, and I think It's a good mix to get us started. If you want to read one, two or all three, then we can chat in here, spoiler free of course, then have our live discussion at the end of the month. This is going to be your book club and I'm sure things will change along the way, so let us know what you think.  |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2021 01:50 PM PST
  FESTIVAL READ 18 MARCH 2021 7pm PLENDER by Ted Lewis First published 50 years ago, until recently PLENDER could justifiably be considered the 'lost' Hull noir novel. Not so in France, where director Eric Barbier, who placed the novel in the traditions of Cape Fear and Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train, adapted it for his 2006 thriller, LE SERPENT. But beside Lewis's best known work, JACK'S RETURN HOME/GET CARTER (1970) and his dark, uncompromising swansong, GBH (1980), PLENDER has always seemed unfairly placed in the shade. Originally hitting bookstore shelves at the same time as the 'X'-rated GET CARTER screened in cinemas across the UK in 1971, PLENDER finds Lewis diving deeper into the noir world the first Carter novel inhabits, revisiting the Hull and Humber haunts of his art school years that were now a decade behind him. Lewis follows his demons wherever they lead, taking perverse pleasure in bringing the sleaze and corruption that he'd experienced in Soho to the streets of Hull. These were places and people he knew well and if the brutality and sexuality of PLENDER shocked the folks back home in Barton and Kirk Ella, so be it. With PLENDER, Lewis exploits the hinterland of autobiography and fiction, matching the ruthless, sadistic Brian Plender with the duplicitous and corruptible Peter Knott. The power game played between these twin antagonists is broken down in brief, punchy scenes. Resentment harboured, blackmail exacted, and revenge meted out. If you're looking for redemption, try elsewhere. This is a Ted Lewis novel. A blueprint that came to redefine the possibilities of British noir. Nick Triplow Hull Noir are pleased to have No Exit Press sponsoring our festival read. Publishing PLENDER and GBH in the UK for the first time in over 20 years, their 2020 editions have returned these two important novels to their rightful place in the lineage of crime/noir writing. To take part in the festival read, contact Hull Noir through our social media channels: Facebook @hullnoir Twitter @HullNoir The first 12 people to contact us using the hashtag #HULLNOIRPLENDER will receive a copy of PLENDER [print copy or e-book] and the code to enter the BOOK GROUP taking place via Zoom on the evening of 18 March. The session will be hosted by Ted Lewis's biographer, Nick Triplow. Entry is free, but bear in mind, it's important that you can make that date. In 2020, Hull Noir made the short film PLENDER. Taking extracts from the novel and filming in locations close to those Lewis envisioned. Adapted by Nick Triplow and Nick Quantrill, filmed by Dave Lee, with extracts read by Matt Sutton. View it on on the Hull Noir YouTube channel  FESTIVAL LAUNCH EVENT: PETER ROBINSON IN CONVERSATION WITH NICK QUANTRILL 19 MARCH 2021 7pm (Event sponsored by 360 Chartered Accountants) Best known for his Yorkshire-set novels featuring Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, Peter Robinson has established a reputation as one of the foremost crime writers of his generation. Set in the fictional north Yorkshire town of Eastvale, DCI Banks has made the transition to TV screens with Stephen Tomkinson in the title role. To celebrate the launch of his 27th Banks novel, NOT DARK YET, in which a gruesome murder uncovers links with the Albanian mafia, Nick Quantrill talks to Peter about the new novel, his approach to Banks, and how he manages to maintain the series' uncompromising perspective on wider societal issues. HULL NOIR CRIME FICTION FESTIVAL 20 MARCH 2021 Festival Panels  IN COLD BLOOD 10.00am – 11.00am As the wheels of crime fiction turn, three new and exciting voices, Alex North, Nell Pattison and Russ Thomas, give the lowdown about their novels, what it's like to start out (and start again), and discuss what comes next. With Liz Mistry as our guide, we find out what it's like to launch your book in the midst of a global pandemic and look at new ways of reaching an audience.  GET CARTER AND BEYOND 11.30am – 12.30pm With the landmark British crime film Get Carter turning 50, we'll hear from Nick Triplow - biographer of Ted Lewis, from whose novel the film's script was adapted, Hull's Nick Quantrill about bringing crime fiction to the Humber, and journey to 1970s Glasgow with Alan Parks to explore Lewis's enduring influence on crime writing and the evocation of the non-metropolitan north. Leeds crime writer Ali Harper keeps everything in check.  WISH YOU WERE HERE 1.30pm – 2.30pm Crime fiction's thirst for new territories remains undiminished, bringing us new landscapes or fresh perspectives on the places we thought we knew. Under the watchful eye of Jacky Collins, Helen FitzGerald, Abir Mukherjee and Marnie Riches uncover the crime-culture influences of fire-ravaged Australia, Raj- era India and the contemporary streets of Manchester to consider what makes them tick.  Since Edgar Allan Poe's short story Murders in the Rue Morgue and his creation of C. Auguste Dupin, first published in 1841, the police detective has become a staple of crime fiction. But what of the new breed? Louise Beech, AA Dhand, and Harriet Tyce come together to talk about their own criminal creations and what makes them different, ably aided and abetted by Derek Farrell. LOOK BACK IN ANGER 4.30pm – 5.30pm   Aided and abetted by Luca Veste, Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre go full Holmes and Watson to investigate the scene of contemporary crime fiction. Sharing the secrets of their mind palaces, they examine 20 years of Mark's acclaimed DI Thorne series, their new novels, what it's like to be part-time rock stars, and pretty much everything in-between.  Book Launch Event 21 March 2021 7PM Yorkshire-based author D. L. Marshall talks to Nick Quantrill about his debut novel, ANTHRAX ISLAND. First pitched at Bloody Scotland festival, ANTHRAX ISLAND features John Tyler and is set on Gruinard Island, a small Scottish islet that has been off-limits for decades having been used as a testing ground for biological weapons during the Second World War. When a technician dies at the scientific station on the island, Tyler is flown in to assist. Can he uncover the killer in their midst before a new strain of anthrax is unleashed upon the world? The interview will be released on the Hull Noir Youtube channel at 7pm on 21 March. Festival Bookshop Books are available for order and sale from our Festival bookseller, The Bookcase in Lowdham, nr Newark. Please help us in supporting independent booksellers and keep an eye out for editions featuring a special Hull Noir author-signed bookplate. https://www.thebookcase.co.uk/ Booking Information All panels and events are free to access. Register via www.HullNoir.com You'll find the option to make a donation via PayPal to Hull Noir. All proceeds go towards future Hull Noir events. We're working to keep Hull Noir on the road and any support you can give us is gratefully received. Follow Hull Noir on social media.  |
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