13 February, Garrick Club
Martin will host the Detection Club members’ AGM and private dinner
27 February, National Women’s Register, Lymm
Martin will talk about crime writing to a private readers’ meeeting
15-17 March, Essex Book Festival, Southend
Martin will present a talk about Gallows Court: the Making of a Crime Novel, and take part in a panel about Golden Age Queens of Crime
6 pm, 28 March, Middlesbrough Central Library
Martin will talk about “From the Golden Age to Gallows Court”
5-8 April, Toronto
Martin will give the Clifford Hollyer Lecture on Sherlock Holmes and the Detection Club (on 6 April at Toronto Central Library)
3 pm, 11 April, Kendal Library
Martin will be in conversation with Christine Poulson
6.30 pm, 11 April, Ulverston Library
Martin will be in conversation with Jean Briggs and Marsali Taylor
2.30 pm, 12 April, Ambleside Library
Martin will be in conversation with Kate Jackson
3 pm, 14 April, Cupcakes and Crime, Macdonald Old England Hotel, Bowness
Martin will take part in a panel discussing crime fiction
3-16 May, Queen Mary II and Oxford
Martin will be guest lecturer talking to Road Scholar members each day about The Art of the Whodunit
17-19 May, The Word Festival, South Shields
Martin will take part in panels and workshops organised by the Murder Squad
22 May, 7.30 pm, The Kirkgate Centre, Cockermouth
Martin will take part in a discussion with Paula Daly and Mike Craven about crime fiction in the Lake District
28 May, 2.30 pm, Wigan Library
Martin will talk about “From the Golden Age to Gallows Court”
, 12 June, Garrick Club
Martin will host a private dinner of the Detection Club
13 June – CWA ex-Chairs’ lunch
Martin will take part in the CWA annual ex-Chairs’ private lunch in London
11.30 a.m., 16 June – Slaughter in Southwold
Martin will talk about “From the Golden Age to Gallows Court”
21-23 June, Gladstone’s Library, Hawarden
Martin will host the Alibis in the Archives crime fiction heritage weekend
28 June, Bodies from the Library
Martin will talk about Cyril Hare’s crime writing in conversation with Christine Poulson
7 pm, 14 July, Newark Literary Festival
Martin will take part in a Golden Age of Crime panel
18-21 July, Harrogate
Martin will be attending events at the Theakston’s Crime Festival
26 July – 8 August, Queen Mary II and Oxford
Martin will be guest lecturer talking to Road Scholar members each day about The Art of the Whodunit
7 September – Douglas Library, Isle of Man
Martin will host a 1920s Murder Mystery evening.
14 September, Rye Arts Festival
Martin will take part in the Crime Day at the festival with Lynne Truss and others.
11 October, Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Martin will talk about ‘From Golden Age to Gallows Court’
17 October, Rochdale Festival of Literature and Ideas
Martin will take part in a discussion with Zoe Sharp
19 October, East Riding Festival of Words, Beverley
Martin will be in conversation with Nick Quantrill
23 October, Ritz Hotel
Martin will host the Detection Club’s private dinner at the Ritz Hotel
28 Oct to 5 Nov Dallas, Texas
Martin will attend Dallas Bouchercon
18 November, Boothsmere W.I., Cheshire
Martin will talk about “My Life of Crime”.
7 December, University of Chester
Martin will be the keynote speaker at the Patricia Highsmith: Queen of Suspense symposium