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Saturday 15th June
To find out more about
Kate and her books visit
www.kateellis.co.uk
Kate Ellis: 10.00am
Kate Ellis was born and brought up in Liverpool and studied drama in
Manchester. She is married with two grown up sons and worked in a
variety of jobs, none of which she particularly enjoyed, before
discovering that writing crime fiction was what she’d wanted to do all
along! She has twice been shortlisted for the CWA Short Story Dagger and for the Dagger in the Library award.
Kate has recently published “The Boy who Lived with the Dead”, the second novel in a trilogy set in the aftermath of the Great War. However, she is
best known for her series combining past and present crimes and featuring
black archaeology graduate DI Wesley Peterson, the latest of which
are “The Mechanical Devil” and “Dead Man’s Lane”.
Photo copyright Matthew Pover
Mick Herron: 11.30am
Mick Herron's first Jackson Lamb novel, “Slow Horses”, was shortlisted
for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and picked as one of the best twenty
spy novels of all time by the Daily Telegraph. The second, “Dead Lions”, won the 2013 CWA Goldsboro Gold
Dagger. The third, “Real Tigers”, was shortlisted for the Theakston Old
Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and both the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger & the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger.
The fourth, “Spook Street”, was shortlisted for the Gold Dagger and
Theakston Old Peculier and won the Steel Dagger. The fifth, “London
Rules”, was shortlisted for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger as well. “Joe
Country” is the sixth.
Mick Herron was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now lives in Oxford.
Lunch can be Murder: 1.00 – 2.00pm
Have lunch, cake & and hot drinks with the authors. Choose from:
• Roast lemon chicken breast with heritage tomato, pinenut & basil salad & wild rice;
• Poached salmon fillet with dill crème fraiche with green beans & potato salad;
• Beetroot & feta samosa with fruity cous cous & mint yoghurt dressing.
All with a hot drink & a choice of cake for dessert.
Price: £12 (must be booked in advance with choice stated)
Jill Dawson: 2.00pm
Jill Dawson is the author of the novels Trick of the Light, Magpie,
Fred and Edie, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and
the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, Wild Boy, Watch Me
Disappear, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, The Great Lover, Lucky Bunny, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Crime Writer, which won the East Anglian Book of the Year. Jill is a patron of the Maya Centre
which offers therapy to women experiencing violence or sexual violence. She is the founder of
mentoring scheme for new writers, Gold Dust. She first came to
London in the 1980s to work as a nanny. She lives in the Cambridgeshire Fens.
Her latest book is “The Language of Birds”, a hypnotic novel about class, violence and friendship inspired by the shocking Lord Lucan case and
the ‘lovely young nanny’ at its centre, who history has largely
forgotten.
Whodunnit?
Solve the crime and you could win a £10 Book Token
Pick up our crime puzzle sheet today & help Inspector Puzzler find the murderer
Available from Southwold Library & throughout the Slaughter weekend
Val McDermid: 3.30pm
Dubbed the Queen of Crime, Val
McDermid has sold over 16 million
books to date across the globe and is
translated into over 40 languages. She
is perhaps best-known for her Wire in
the Blood series, featuring clinical
psychologist Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol
Jordan, which was adapted for
television starring Robson Green. She
has written three other series: private
detective Kate Brannigan, journalist
Lindsay Gordon and, most recently,
cold case detective Karen Pirie.
McDermid is also an experienced
broadcaster with regular and hugely
popular appearances on TV and radio.
She has won many awards including
the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger.
Val was born in Kirkcaldy & graduated
in English at St Hilda’s College, Oxford
before going on to be an award-winning
journalist for sixteen years. Her first
novel was published in 1987. She
writes full time and divides her time
between Edinburgh and Cheshire.
Elementary My Dear Watson: Fun Crime Quiz Night
Saturday 15th June 7.00pm
Nothing to tax the little grey cells too much. Vaguely crime related quiz rounds suitable for all.
Teams of 4 - £3 per person.
Bar provided, bring your own snacks. Raffle
Sunday 16th June
Mark Dawson: 10.00am
Mark Dawson is the bestselling
author of the John Milton,
Beatrix Rose and Isabella
Rose books. He is one of the
most successful independent
publishers in the United
Kingdom, with nearly two
million copies of his books sold
around the world.
Martin Edwards:
11.30am Martin Edwards’ latest novel is “Gallows Court”, a thriller set in 1930. He recently
received the CWA Dagger in the Library, awarded by UK librarians for
his body of work. He is President of the Detection Club, consultant to the British
Library’s Crime Classics series, is former Chair of the CWA. He is the
author of sixteen contemporary whodunits, including “The Coffin Trail”, shortlisted for the Theakston’s Prize for
best crime novel of the year. “The Golden Age of Murder” won the Edgar, Agatha, H.R.F. Keating and Macavity awards, while “The Story of Classic Crime in 100 Books” also won the
Macavity and was nominated for four other awards. He has also received the
CWA Short Story Dagger, the CWA Margery Allingham Prize, together with the Poirot award “for his outstanding
contribution to the crime genre”.
Don’t Forget to Buy your Raffle Tickets
You can win a luxury crime related hamper
Available from 1st May from Southwold Library & throughout the Slaughter weekend
Something Fishy: 1.00 – 2.00pm
Have lunch, cake & and hot drinks with the authors. Choose from:
• Cod, plaice or haddock & chips
• Sausage & chips
• Veggie burger & chips
With a slice of cake & a hot drink for dessert
Price: £12 (with fish) / £8 (meat/veggie) (must be booked in advance with choice stated)
Nicci French: 2.00pm
Nicci French is the pseudonym
for the writing partnership of
journalists Nicci Gerrard and
Sean French. The couple are
married and live in Suffolk.
There are twenty-one bestselling
novels by Nicci French, including
the Frieda Klein series,
published in thirty-one
languages. The Frieda Klein
series climaxed in 2018 with
“Day of the Dead”.
The Lying Room is their first
standalone novel in 10 years
and is due out October 2019.
Felix Francis: 3.30pm
Felix Francis is the younger son of literary legend, Dick Francis. Over the last 30 years of the twentieth
century, Felix assisted Dick with both the research and the writing of many of his novels. They shared a love of racing and often worked together on
plot and character details. This partnership allowed Dick to draw
upon Felix’s knowledge and experience as a physicist and his
past as an international marksman.
With the publication of “Dead Heat” in 2007, Felix took on a more significant role in writing and “Crossfire” was the novel Dick and Felix were working on
when Dick sadly died in 2010, marking the end of one chapter and
the beginning of another. Since then, Felix has continued the
tradition of a new ‘Dick Francis’ story every autumn. “Crisis” is the
thirteenth novel written by Felix Francis, published in September 2108, and it will be followed by
number 14, “Guilty Not Guilty”, later this year.
Elly Griffiths: 5.00pm
Elly Griffiths was born in London and
worked in publishing before becoming
a full-time writer. Her bestselling series
of Dr Ruth Galloway novels, featuring
a forensic archaeologist, are set in
Norfolk. The series has won the CWA
Dagger in the Library, and has been
shortlisted three times for the
Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel
of the Year. Her Stephens and
Mephisto series is based in 1950s
Brighton and her first standalone The
Stranger Diaries was published to high
acclaim in November 2018. She lives
near Brighton with her husband, an
archaeologist, and their two children.
The Mystery of Mr. E a murder mystery musical!
Book and lyrics by Sophie Hannah
Music by Annette Armitage
A Scene Zero Production
Saturday 8th June 2.30pm & 7.30pm Southwold Arts Centre
John Danes, a ‘generalist’ who does all sorts of strange jobs for all kinds of peculiar people, is about to set off to Idlewyld House when a strange man knocks at his door. This stranger knows John is expected at Idlewyld House,
but he won’t say how he knows. When asked who he is, he says only ‘I am the murderer', and then he disappears.
Arriving at Idlewyld House, John asks if he has been invited there to solve a murder, and is assured that nothing of the sort has happened. Then one of the
other guests is found dead at the foot of the stairs...
The Mystery of Mr E is a family-friendly murder mystery musical, containing a serious puzzle and
thirteen catchy songs. Think Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap meets Tim Minchin’s Matilda!
Murder Mystery Night Friday 14th June 7.00pm
From the pen of the best-selling author Ann Cleeves of “Vera” and “Shetland” fame.
Enjoy a delicious meal from Café 51 and test your abilities as a sleuth.
People across Shetland meet for Sunday Tea to catch up on local news, hear music & sell homemade items. This Sunday begins like any other until the body of committee member, Minnie Laurenson is found. Detective Jimmy Perez has been called but he is delayed on the mainland due to storms. One of the suspects standing before
you is a killer, can you solve the murder?
No play acting required from participants, just sit back and enjoy the evening.
Mystery Night Menu
Haggis, neeps & tatties Or Veggie haggis, neeps & tatties (vegetarian)
Cranachan (raspberries, cream & oat dessert) Or Vanilla shortbread with strawberries
Information • Booking required. Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library, either
in person, by phone 01502 722519 or by visiting
www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/slaughter
• Tickets are £6 for each author event, £18 for a day pass, £36 for the
weekend. Lunches are not included in the price & must be booked by
1st June. “The Mystery of Mr. E” Murder Mystery Musical is £12 per
person, £10 for under 12s. Murder Mystery Night is £12 per person &
must be booked by 1st June. Quiz Night is £3 per person, teams of 4 &
must be booked separately.
• There may be limited availability to talks on the day but we advise you
to ring first.
• Beccles Books is kindly providing all books for sale & there will be an
opportunity for buying books & having them signed after each author
talk.
• All events will take place at Southwold Arts Centre, St Edmund's Hall,
Cumberland Road, Southwold IP18 6JP. There is on street parking in
the surrounding area.
For further information contact Charlotte Clark at Southwold Library,
North Green Southwold 01502 722519
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