Events from 2017

“My Life of Crime” 

7.30 pm, Wednesday 11 January, Dunham Massey Village Hall, Dunham Massey

Martin will talk about his career as a crime writer

Classic Crime Week-end 

21-22 January, British Library, London

Martin will explore the classic crime novel in a two-day course.

University of Madrid Congress

23 February

Martin will talk about the revival of interest in Golden Age fiction as part of the G.K. Chesterton congress hosted by the University of Madrid.

Emirates Literature Festival 

1-8 March, Dubai

Martin will host a murder mystery dinner, and take part in panels with Kathy Reichs and others.

Left Coast Crime 

16-19 March, Honolulu

Martin will be taking part in LCC as a panellist.

Newcastle Noir 

11 April, Lit and Phil, Newcastle

Martin will be talking about the Golden Age of Murder: details from Kay Easson, Librarian.

Malice Domestic 

27-30 April, Bethesda, Washington DC

Martin will receive the Poirot Award and will be interviewed by Cathy Ace.

Crimefest 

18-21 May, Bristol

Martin will be taking part in Authors Remembered and other events.

Launch of Taking Detective Stories Seriously

6pm, 24 May, Hatchards of Piccadilly (booking essential via chair@sayers.org.uk) 

Martin will talk about this new book of crime reviews by Dorothy L. Sayers, for which he has written a deteailed commentary.

Alibis in the Archives 

9-11 June, Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden

Martin will be hosting this new event to celebrate the establishment of the CWA and Detection Club archives.

Bodies from the Library 

17 June, British Library, London

Martin will be talking about Cyril Hare.

Tours of Discovery

18 July, The Swan Hotel, Grasmere

Martin will talk at a private event and dinner about the Lake District Mysteries.

The Story of Classic Crime

7 pm, Waterstones Deansgate, Manchester

Martin will talk about his new book.

Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Festival 

20-23 July, Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate

Martin will take part in a panel discussing crime writing lawyers.

Crime Classics

Thursday, 24 August, 7 pm, Waterstones, York.

Martin will talk about his new book.

Why Do We Care Whodunit?

11.30 am, Wednesday 27 September,Worksop Library

Martin will talk about crime fiction

Why Do We Care Whodunit?

3 pm, Wednesday 27 September, Mansfield Central Library

Martin will talk about crime fiction

Bouchercon 

12-15 October, Toronto, Canada

Martin will take part in a panel on the history of the genre, and moderate a panel on thrillers.

The Golden Age of Classic Crime

7.30 pm, Tuesday 24 October, Simply Books, Bramhall

Martin will talk about classic crime

Lancaster Historical Writing Festival

11 am, Saturday 28 October, The Storey, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster

Crime Writers’ Forum

Classic Crime Fiction and the Golden Age of Murder

2 pm, Wednesday 1 November, Copmanthorpe Library, York

Martin will talk about classic crime

Who Do We Care Whodunit?

11.30 am, Friday 3 November, Beeston Library, Nottinghamshire

Martin will talk about crime fiction

The Golden Age of Crime

3 pm, Friday 3 November, West Bridgford Library, Nottinghamshire

Martin will talk about classic crime

Dalton Literature Festival

Saturday 4 November, 2 pm at Dalton Community Centre, Nelson Street, Dalton in Furness

A conversation about crime writing

The Golden Age of Murder and the Liverpool Mysteries

1 pm, Thursday 9 November, Martin will talk to a private meeting in central London

“My Life of Crime”

10 am, Thursday 16 November Thelwall Parish Hall, Cheshire

Martin will talk to members of Lymm and Thelwall U3a

Books on the Tyne

7 pm, Friday 1 December, Lit and Phil, Newcastle

Martin will be in conversation with Ruth Dudley Edwards

The British Library at Christmas

6 pm, Tuesday 5 December, British Library

Martin will take part in a Classic Crime book event

Murder under the Misteltoe

6.30 pm, Thursday 7 December, Heffers Books, Cambridge

Martin will talk about Golden Age fiction