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Saturday Night Author Dinner
Via Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival:
Saturday 20 July 2024 | 6.15pm – 8.00pm
The Wedgewood Restaurant | Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate
Ticket: £55 | Includes a welcome glass of wine, 2-course murder mystery dinner, teas and coffees, as well as a copy of your host’s latest book.
Please note that all transactions are subject to a £2.50 booking fee. A maximum of six tickets can be booked at one time.
Please note – If you purchase a ticket for this event you do not need to purchase a separate site pass.
Whodunnit? That is the question on everyone’s lips at the author dinner, along with good food, wine and conversation.
Your table will be hosted by a leading crime writer who will lend their insights, experience and skill – or failing that, their best guess – to identify the perpetrator of the dastardly crime in the murder mystery that will be acted out for your delight, deflection and diversion.
Knives, forks and sharp wits at the ready, let’s eat!
Includes a welcome glass of wine, 2-course murder mystery dinner, teas and coffees, as well as a copy of your host’s latest book… plus a prize for the winning table!
The scenarios for the murder mysteries of Friday and Saturday’s dinner will be different each evening.
Also be aware that there will be an event on stage in the Live Event Tent at the same time as this event.
2024’s Participating Authors:
Suzy Aspley | Kate Bendelow | Lauren Beukes | Chris Brookmyre | Emily Freud | Araminta Hall | Peter Hanington | David Hewson | Jane Jesmond | Alex Kane | Ruth Kelly | Bonnie MacBird | Syd Moore | Kristina Perez Sunny Singh | John Sutherland | Russ Thomas | MJ White | Trevor Wood | Michael Wood
About the Speakers & Authors:
Jared Shurin is the editor of The Big Book of Cyberpunk, The Djinn Falls in Love, The Best of British Fantasy and many others.
Lauren Beukes is the award-winning author of six novels, a collection of short stories, a pop history about South African women, and New York Times best-selling comics. Her work has been translated into 26 languages and won prizes across genres from the Arthur C Clarke Award to the Strand Critic’s Choice award and the University of Johannesburg Prize. Her novel, The Shining Girls, about a time-travelling serial killer and the survivor who turns the hunt around is now a AppleTV series with Elisabeth Moss. Her latest novel, Bridge, about a young woman’s search for her mother across realities is out now.
E. J. Swift is the author of The Osiris Project, a speculative fiction trilogy set in a world altered by climate breakdown, and time travel novel Paris Adrift. Her latest novel, The Coral Bones, is a Kitschies Red Tentacle finalist and has been shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award.