Happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year to you all
Festive greetings from the team at Kirkcudbright Book Week Society. We hope you have a happy and peaceful festive season.See More
Author prepares for homecoming Festival appearance
Best-selling crime novelist John Dean is returning to Darlington to stage a couple of events as part of the literary line-up during Darlington Arts Festival in May.
John, the former chair of Festival organisers Darlington for Culture, left the town after 26 years at the end of 2017 to live in South West Scotland.
The author of 17 novels, he is published by London-based The Book Folks and is the creator of DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris. His books frequently feature on the Amazon best-seller lists.
His events at Darlington Arts Festival are also part of National Crime Reading Month in May, which is organised by the Crime Writers’ Association and the Crime Readers Association.
John, a member of both organisations as well as Darlington for Culture, said: “I am looking forward to returning to Darlington for the festival. Having been heavily involved in it when I lived in Darlington, I am delighted to see it thriving.”
The events, run through Inscribe Media, of which he is a director, are: An Introduction to Crime Fiction – Writing workshop
Date and time: Sunday May 19, 2019 10am-1pm
Venue: Dr.inks (opposite Hash), 3 Coniscliffe Road, DL3 7EE.
Price: £15 – not suitable for anyone under sixteen
Contact to book places on the workshop: deangriss@btinternet.com
And The Meek Shall Inherit the Storyline - Talk
John will give a talk looking at how conflict in the modern age drives crime fiction.
Date and time: Sunday May 19, 2019 2-3pm
Venue: Venue: Dr.inks (opposite Hash), 3 Coniscliffe Road, DL3 7EE.
Price: £3 not suitable for anyone under sixteen – free for anyone who attends John’s Sunday morning crime fiction workshop. Pay on the door.
You can find out more about Darlington Arts Festival at www.darlingtonforculture.org and National Crime Reading Month at https://crimereadingmonth.co.uk/
Views: 60
Add a Comment
About
Latest Activity
Written in a flash
I am part of the team that organises an annual short story competition for young writers in Dumfries and Galloway, as part of the run-up to Kirkcudbright book week 2025 in March. The competition is run by the event organisers Kirkcudbright Book Week Society and Kirkcudbright Library. Myself and Lesley Garbutt from the Library are the judges and this year we have asked…See More
Festival announces top quality crime fiction line-up
One of the strongest features of Kirkcudbright Book Week right from its early days has been the popularity of crime fiction - and the 2025 event is set to continue the tradition.The programme to run in the South West Scotland town between March 3-9 includes appearances by several best-selling crime fiction authors as well as those starting out on their writing…See More
How to keep a long-running series fresh
Writing a long-running series of novels, as can so often be the case for crime fiction authors, brings its own set of challenges, not least how do you keep the writing fresh for reader and writer alike?As I start the latest DCI Jack Harris novel for my publisher The Book Folks, the twelfth in the series where the action is divided between the North Pennines and southern…See More
An exciting time
Having just completed my latest DCI Blizzard crime novel for my publisher The Book Folks, this is both a nervous time and an exciting time. Nervous because, however experienced you are (and this is Book 25), it’s always a tense time as you wait for feedback from your publisher. You are never too old to learn!Exciting because your thoughts turn to the next book, which…See More
Videos
© 2024 Created by John Dean.
Powered by
You need to be a member of John Dean Crime Novelist to add comments!
Join John Dean Crime Novelist