Harrogate International Festivals has announced the appointment of three new Vice Presidents – world famous crime writer (and Crimespree favorite!) Val McDermid, classical music icon Julian Lloyd Webber and renowned literary agent Jane Gregory.

CrimeFest - the UK’s biggest crime fiction convention - has announced two iconic crime writers will feature at its 2024 event: Lynda La Plante and James Lee Burke.

Laura Lippman and Denise Mina have been announced as the Featured Guests at one of Europe’s biggest crime fiction conventions in the spring.

After some blockbuster standalone events with international crime-writing stars like Harlan Coben and Karin Slaughter, Murder One, Ireland’s International Crime Writing Festival is back in its weekend format from October 6-8 in the stunning dlr LexIcon Library and...

Joining the 2023 Chair Vaseem Khan, and special guests including Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware, Ann Cleeves, Jeffery Deaver, Val McDermid and Lee Child, the full programme features some of the biggest names in crime fiction, such as Elly Griffiths, Janice Hallett, Imran Mahmood, Dorothy Koomson and Steve Cavanagh. Screen stars Richard Armitage, Rob Rinder and Lucy Worsley will also be joining the Festival for the first time to discuss their respective crime and thriller books.

A crimewave is headed to Bristol as CrimeFest sees more than 150 authors take part in the crime fiction convention this May.