• [10:30AM] - [12:30PM]
  • THE CRIME WRITING FICTION FACTORY
  • UCF
  • Crime novelist, Sue Walker, will offer advice on getting to grips with the fundamentals of writing effective crime fiction. The workshop will include: how to generate intriguing ideas; how to create credible characters and how to use location/setting to create atmosphere and tension. The workshop will involve writing exercises, so participants should bring writing materials with them.
  • £8 / £7 CONC. / £6 FRIENDS
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  • [1.30PM] - [3.30PM]
  • CRIME SALON
  • UCF
  • Join successful crime writers Sue Walker and Lesley Thompson along with writer, film-maker and producer Carole Hayman (Ladies of Letters) at Crime Salon. Crime Salon will take a sideways and fresh look at what is a perennially popular genre. The session will include readings from crime novels; extractsfrom the highly acclaimed film No One Escapes about serial killers and those who have to work with them; plus a lively discussion chaired by Chris Taylor, Director, New Writing South.
  • £8 / £7 CONC. / £6 FRIENDS
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  • [4.00PM]
  • SOPHIE HANNAH
  • THE OTHER HALF LIVES
  • QUARTERHOUSE
  • Award winning author and poet Sophie Hannah will be talking about her latest thriller The Other Half Lives. This gripping tale of secrets and confessions has already received widespread critical acclaim for its tension, plot twists and chilling psychological suspense, and looks set to become another smash hit for this already popular writer.
  • £6 / £ 5 CONC. / £4 FRIENDS
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  • [5.30PM]
  • DIANA QUICK
  • A TUG ON THE THREAD
  • QUARTERHOUSE
  • Part detective story, part door into the actor's world, Diana Quick's new book A Tug on the Thread thrillingly combines family memoir with the dramatic history of the British Raj, whilst simultaneously explaining how, as an actor, one uses one's emotional life to furnish a character. Diana is best known for her portrayal of Julia in Brideshead Revisited for which she was nominated for Bafta and Emmy awards, but as this wonderful book details, her own family history is as interesting as any work of fiction.
  • £8 / £ 7 CONC. / £6 FRIENDS
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