NEWS FROM CRIMEFEST: the International Crime Fiction Convention
www.crimefest.com 12-15 May, 2022
TICKETS for CRIMEFEST 2022 are now on sale.
Early Bird rate of £145. Tickets go up to £165 on 1 November!
Next year's convention (12-15 May) will be LIVE – no Zooming or streaming!
AUTHORS, PLEASE NOTE: Many authors either donated their fee (and received priority booking), or transferred their registration to 2022. As a result, many of the panel slots have already been filled. Newly registered authors will be offered a slot on a waiting list and offered panels on a first-come-first-served basis (subject to topic suitability).
Early Bird rate of £145. Tickets go up to £165 on 1 November!
Next year's convention (12-15 May) will be LIVE – no Zooming or streaming!
AUTHORS, PLEASE NOTE: Many authors either donated their fee (and received priority booking), or transferred their registration to 2022. As a result, many of the panel slots have already been filled. Newly registered authors will be offered a slot on a waiting list and offered panels on a first-come-first-served basis (subject to topic suitability).
CHECK YOUR NAME IS ON THE DELEGATE LIST
Unsure if you transferred your registration, or donated it and need to register for 2022? No problem, just check your registration status on the DELEGATE page on the CRIMEFEST website.
If you donated your 2019 registration fee and would like to register for next year will see that, as a thank you, you are eligible for a discount.
ANN CLEEVES STARS
ANN CLEEVES STARS
Ann Cleeves is one of the confirmed 2022 Featured Guests. She’s the visionary behind Vera and Shetland, both adapted of course into smash-hit TV series, with fans worldwide. (Series six of Shetland returns on 19 October.) What’s more, Ann continues to conquer the airwaves with a new ITV arrival – the dramatization of The Long Call, the first in her Two Rivers series, featuring Detective Inspector Matthew Venn.
Filmed in part on location in Bristol, the first episode airs on 25 October. Ann is also of course an inspiring champion of readers and libraries alike.
OTHER CRIMEFEST 2022 NEWS
In other 2022 news, some panels scheduled for 2020 were too good to miss, so will return.
Zoë Sharp has agreed to resume the Toastrix role next May. You can also expect those missed Diamond Dagger recipient interviews with Martin Edwards and Robert Goddard.
In addition to the ever-popular Authors Remembered panel, Dick Francis was going to be CRIMEFEST’s first Ghost of Honour. Celebrating his career, Felix Francis will be back, together with Dick’s editor, and friend Simon Brett.
Another missed celebration was the 75th birthday of that crime fiction modern Renaissance Man, Maxim Jakubowski. He will curate his own panel. (Subject to confirmation.)
The Crime Writers’ Association will return once more to announce their Dagger Awards shortlists at the Friday night reception.
List of PARTICIPATING AUTHORS might offer a few tantalizing clues of what panel topics to expect. Take a peek.
WHERE TO STAY
CRIMEFEST returns to the four-star Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. Only registered delegates will receive the convention discount code, which will be sent out later this year/ early next.
The WHERE TO STAY page lists budget hotels delegates may wish to consider.
No comments:
Post a Comment