Saturday 10 March 2018

Newcastle Noir Programme 2018


Fringe: 1st -4th May
Tuesday 1st Talk:The Golden Age of Crime Writing - Frances Brodie and Fiona Veitch Smith 6.30pm - Free
Wednesday 2d Noir @ the Bar - Town Wall 7pm - Free
Thursday 3d Discussion: A Kaleidoscope of Crime - Jacky Collins with North-East crime writers Richard Rippon, Daniel James, Jessica Fairfax and Carol Walker - 6.30pm - Free
Friday 4th Discussion: Tracking the Scent - Eileen Wharton with Bloodhound books authors J.A. Baker, Heleyne Hammersley and Peter Best- 3-4pm - Free
Friday 4th Discussion: Keeping it Close to Home - jacky Collins with Sarah Stovell, Melanie McGrath and CL Taylor - 4.30-5.30pm - Free

Festival Launch - Friday 4th of May

The Festival will be launched by Stuart MacBride who will be talking about and reading from his work 7pm.

Saturday 5th May

Time     9.30 - 10.30
Activity Panel 1 - Northumberland Noir
Participants - Mari Hannah, LJ Ross, Matt Wesolowski

Time     11.00 - 12.00
Activity Panel 2 – New Blood
Participants - Sandra Ireland, Vicky Newham, Robert Scragg, GB Williams

Time     1.00 - 2.00
Activity Panel 3 – Crime in Translation
Participants - Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Quentin Bates, Roxanne Bouchard, David Warriner

Time     2.30 – 3.30
Activity Panel 4 - Femmes Fatale
Participants - Danielle Ramsay, K A Richardson, Sheila Quigley, Eileen Wharton

Time     4.00 – 5.00
Activity Panel 5 - Crime and Humour
Participants - Daniel James, Antti Tuomainen, Charles Harris, Luca Veste

Time     5.30 – 6.30
Activity Panel 6 - New Voices in Tartan Noir
Participants - Tana Collins, Claire Macleary, Jackie McLean, Ian Skewis

Time     7.00 – 8:00
Activity Panel 7 - Nordic Noir
Participants - Kjell Ola Dahl, Thomas Enger

Time     8:30 – 9:30
In Conversation with
Ann Cleeves in conversation with Martha Hillier

Sunday 6th May

Time – 10:00 – 11:00
Activity - Panel 8 – Otherworldly
Participants - Chris Brookmyre, Antony Johnston, Michael Malone, Stuart Neville

Time 11.30 - 12.30
Activity - Panel 9 – Hot off the Press
Participants - Louise Voss, Doug Johnstone, Johanna Gustawsson

Time 1.00 - 2.00
Activity - Panel 10 – Massala Noir
Participants - Vaseem Khan, Abir Mukherjee, Alex Caan

Time     2:30 – 3:30
In Conversation with
Val McDermid in conversation with Mark Billingham

Time 4.00 - 5.00
Activity - Panel 11 – Grip Lit
Participants - Alison Baillie, Eva Dolan, Rachel Abbott

Time 6.00 - 7.00
Activity - Panel 12 – Police Procedurals
Participants - Leigh Russell, Harry Brett, Alan Carter, Sarah Ward

Join us from 8 at the Cluny for Fun Lovin' Crime Writers starring Val McDermid, Luca Veste, Doug Johnstone, Mark Billingham, Chris Brookmyre and Stuart Neville!

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