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#BritCrime Festival 2016: Links to all the material

You can find links below to print, audio and video interviews with bestselling, award-winning British crime writers (and two Americans!) as well as nine UK book bloggers as part of the BritCrime Festival 2016. Thank you for joining us!

Author interviews and discussions, audio and print

Alan McDermott + Russell Blake | Nick Quantrill + Barry Forshaw | The Joined Up Writing podcast + Sarah Hilary | Anya Lipska + Fergus McNeill | John Martin + MP Wright + Tony Cox

Watch Chelmorton Festival: The Movie
Daniel Pembrey, Bill Rogers, Zoe Sharp and Sarah Ward say hello from the Chelmorton Festival in Derbyshire

Watch The Art of Suspense
A guide to creating suspense in your writing by Angela Clarke, Claire McGowan and Jake Kerridge

Visit The Booktrail for links to maps, locations and behind-the-scenes insights for books featured in the BritCrime Festival.

This is a really wonderful site. Search by destination, book title, author, or type of setting to explore the books available.

Replays of live panel discussions with authors

♠ Derek Farrell, Amanda Jennings, Douglas Skelton, Helen Smith, Jay Stringer, Cally Taylor
♠ Tammy Cohen, Fergus McNeill, Michael J Malone, Marnie Riches, Luca Veste, William Shaw
♠ Mason Cross, Julia Crouch, Cass Green, Elizabeth Haynes, Tom Mogford, Sarah Ward
♠ Quentin Bates, Nick Quantrill, Alex Shaw, Simon Toyne
♠ Graeme Cameron, Steven Dunne, JM Hewitt, Matt Johnson, Faith Mortimer, Alex Sokoloff
♠ Lucy Atkins, Jenny Blackhurst, Rebecca Bradley, Tim Lebbon, Caroline Mitchell

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#BritCrime Festival: Sunday Afternoon Panel: The Replay

Lucy Atkins, Jenny Blackhurst, Rebecca Bradley, Tim Lebbon and Caroline Mitchell talk about writing, plotting, research, how to get published, top tips for aspiring writers... and more.

Don't miss this inspiring discussion between bestselling writers about their craft, prompted by questions from readers watching the panel live.

You can watch the replay here:

#BritCrime Festival: Sunday Morning Panel: The Replay

Graeme Cameron, Steven Dunne, Jeanette (JM) Hewitt, Matt Johnson, Faith Mortimer, Alexandra Sokoloff talking about writing, plotting, research, inspiration, trips to the Caribbean and Chernobyl, the definition of a serial killer... and more.

An inspiring, wide-ranging, fascinating discussion that continued for two hours, prompted by questions from readers.

Thanks for joining us!

You can watch the replay here:

#BritCrime Festival: Saturday evening panel: The Replay

Quentin Bates, Nick Quantrill, Alex Shaw and Simon Toyne talking about plotting, playlists, settings, the skills required to be a modern writer and more...

We had a great introduction from Helen Cadbury and then suffered technical difficulties, so we've started the replay from where we got back on track again. Apologies to Helen as this means you can't see her in this video.

You can watch the replay here:

#BritCrime Festival Saturday Morning Panel: The Replay

Plotting, crime fiction festivals, how to get that first draft done... and Marnie's mustard dralon sofa.

Featuring Tammy Cohen, Fergus McNeill, Michael J Malone, Marnie Riches, William Shaw and Luca Veste.

This is a really interesting conversation between six successful crime fiction novelists. Take a look.

♠ Watch the replay here: Apologies for cutting off the very beginning of the discussion. Please watch this! You will be glad you did.

BritCrime Festival Friday Evening Panel: The Replay

Thanks to everyone who joined us live for our first panel, Friday 15th July. Derek Farrell, Amanda Jennings, Helen Smith, Douglas Skelton, Jay Stringer and Cally Taylor were joined by Jeanette Hewitt, Caroline Mitchell, Quentin Bates, Thomas Mogford, Rachel Davidson, a cat, a mysterious stranger who stole a kiss, and a husband celebrating a tenth wedding anniversary.

We talked about outlining novels and showed our planning boards. We listened to an Icelandic lullaby. We were heckled and encouraged by Tammy Cohen, Marnie Riches, Sarah Ward, Anne Cater, Gordon McGhie, Marina Sophia, Sophie, Glynis and Rachel Emms. We were watched by publishers, readers, writers, bloggers and friends. Thank you all for joining us and sorry if I have forgotten to give you a name-check here.

We talked for three hours, two of them recorded, one off-the record as we polished off the prosecco.

We talked about the books we wished we'd written and our favourite endings, whether to switch genre, whether you need to have a gimmick and why you should tune into the next Blab, Saturday morning, 10:30 am UK time.

Here is the replay:

Secrets of British thriller writers CL Taylor & Marnie Riches

Writing, research, planning and promotion....

CL Taylor and Marnie Riches talk about their new thrillers in the week that The Girl Who Walked in the Shadows and The Missing are released.

More about Marnie Riches: http://marnieriches.com/

More about Cally Taylor: http://www.callytaylor.co.uk/

BritCrime Christmas Party Replay #Blab

Thanks for joining us on Facebook and Blab tonight. You can watch the replay of the Blab below.

We were joined on Blab by Rebecca Bradley, Stephen Dunne, Elizabeth Haynes, Jane Isaac, Fergus McNeill, Marnie Riches, Alexandra Sokoloff, Helen Smith.

You can watch previous Blab sessions hosted on Helen Smith's personal account here.

We will be doing more of these next year.

The secret to becoming an award-winning writer?

Show us your award, Marnie
The secret to becoming an award-winning writer? "Writing, writing, writing..."
Posted by BritCrime Authors on Saturday, December 12, 2015

Rebecca Bradley, Helen Cadbury, Marnie Riches, Helen Smith
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