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MAY

Friday 9th - Sunday 11th May 2008

Michael Jecks, Bernard Knight, David Stuart Davies at Festival of Dartmoor Literature, Tavistock Town Hall

Monday 12th May, 6.30 pm

Lethal Ladies & Co (Sarah Rayne and Maureen Carter) at Bilston Library, Wolverhampton, as part of the Big Book Fortnight.
They will give a talk entitled From Desktop to Bookshop, followed by a workshop on Muse Music.

Wednesday 14th May

Fact and Fiction of Shetland Crime, with Ann Cleeves at Lerwick Library
Details from the library: 01595 743868

Thursday 15th May

12.30: Michael Jecks at the Lincoln Book Festival, Lincoln Drill Hall

6.00 pm: Sheila Quigley, Ken McCoy and Martyn Waites, Waterstones, Sunderland

Friday 16th May, 2.30 pm

Diane Janes at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, talking about her book Edwardian Murder: Ightham & the Morpeth Train Robbery.
Tickets are available from Newcastle Tourist Information Centre, Central Arcade, Newcastle
or by phoning 0845 002 0336,
or emailing .

Saturday May 17th

11.30am: Ann Cleeves signing and reading at Visit Shetland Office, Market Cross, Lerwick.

2.00 pm: Kelvin I. Jones signing, plus reading one of his crime short stories at Borders Books, No. 146 Merchants Hall, Lower Ground, Chapelfield, Norwich, NR2 1SH
Phone: 016.0366.4538
Free attendance.

Wednesday 21st May

3.00pm: Chaz Brenchley talk / reading / Q&A about the Writer's Life at Macclesfield College

Ann Cleeves presenting prizes for Adult Learners Week in Lichfield Library

JUNE

Wednesday 4th June 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm

Pauline Rowson at Lymington Library, Lymington Library, North Close, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 9BW, talking about her marine mystery crime and thriller novels.
For further information contact:

Wednesday 11th June

Medieval Murderers: The Lost Prophecies book launch in Toppings Book Shop, Bath

Saturday 14th June

1.00 pm: Murder INK (Sheila Quigley, Martyn Waites and Ken McCoy) at Borders, Birstall (near Leeds)

Ann Cleeves: Writers' Workshop, Derby Literature Festival

Saturday 21st June, afternoon

Michael Jecks at the Central Library, High Street, Bromley, as part of Bromley Reading Festival.

Sunday 22nd June, 10.30am

Michael Jecks opening Topsham Book Fair, Village Hall, Topsham

Thursday 26th June

6.30 pm: An evening with the Medieval Murderers in Neath/Port Talbot

Ann Cleeves presents a celebration of translated crime fiction in Whitley Bay.

JULY

Wednesday 2nd July 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm

Pauline Rowson at Lymington Library, Lymington Library, North Close, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 9BW, talking about her marine mystery crime and thriller novels, and her latest book, The Suffocating Sea.
For further information contact:

Saturday 5th July, 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

“Write a crime novel in a day” with Danuta Reah at Ashborne literary festival

Tuesday 22nd July, 7.00 pm

Michael Jecks at Belhus Library, South Ockendon
Talk organised by Thurrock Libraries as part of National Year of Reading

AUGUST

Sunday 24th August

Diane Janes will be signing copies of Edwardian Murder: Ightham & the Morpeth Train Robbery at Ightham Mote to mark the centenary of the Luard murder.
Usual admission charges apply, (National Trust members free entry).

Friday 29th - Sunday 31st August

Ann Cleeves at Kristianstad Book Festival, Southern Sweden

Saturday August 30, 2.00 pm

Sheila Quigley, Ken McCoy and Martyn Waites, Bookbarn, Newbottle Street, Houghton-le-Spring, Co. Durham

SEPTEMBER

Friday 19th September

Medieval Murderers at Coughton Court, Warwickshire for the Throckmorton Literary Festival

Sunday 28th September 3.00pm

Ann Cleeves Brought to Book at New Canaan Library Connecticut
Contact Cynde Lahey at the library

OCTOBER

DECEMBER

Friday 12th December 2008, 2.30pm

Michael Jecks talks to the East Devon branch of the Devonshire Association, at the Arts Centre, Sidmouth