11-13 January – Baker Street Irregulars annual Sherlock Holmes weekend
Yale Club, New York City
Martin will be the Distinguished Speaker at the Gala Dinner on 12 January
The Golden Age of Murder
5 February, 7.30 pm, Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society, Cairo Street, Warrington
My Life of Crime
8 February, 6.30 pm, Penketh Library, Warrington
CWA Northern Chapter lunch
Crown Hotel, Boroughbridge
11 February
Detection Club members’ AGM Brown’s Court Room, and dinner, Garrick Club
1 March, London
Golden Age of Crime
9-11 March, Essex Book Festival, Southend on Sea
Martin will be take part in an Edmund Crispin panel on Saturday and chair a CWA panel on Sunday
My Life of Crime
12 April, 7 pm, Frodsham Library, Cheshire
CWA Annual Conference
13-15 April, Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury
Martin will chair the CWA members’ AGM
My Life of Crime
2 pm, 20 April, Knowsley Library, Merseyside
27-29 April – Malice Domestic 30
Washington DC
Martin will take part in panels and events during the convention
The Craft of Crime Writing – Workshop
2 pm, Friday 11 May – Guernsey
The Golden Age of Murder
7 pm, Friday 11 May – Guernsey Library, St Peter Port
The Golden Age of Murder
4.30 pm Saturday 12 May – Jersey Library, St Helier
My Life of Crime
7 pm, 16 May, Stockton Heath Library
CrimeFest 2018
17-20 May, Marriott Hotel, Bristol
Martin will take part in panels and hosting the CWA Daggers longlist announcements
HeadRead Literarture Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
23-27 May, Martin will take part in the Festival and a conversation with Sophie Hannah chaired by Jason Goodwin
Alibis in the Archives
8-10 June, Gladstone Library, Hawarden
Martin will talk about crime writing heritage during the conference
CWA former Chairs private dinner
1 pm, 12 June, London
Detection Club summer dinner
13 June, Garrick Club, London
Bodies from the Library
16 June, British Library
Martin will talk about the life and work of Richard Hull
My Life of Crime
19 June, Sandiway Library, Cheshire, 7 pm: part of Northwich Literary Festival
Lake District Crime afternoon
20 June, Kirby Lonsdale, Cumbria, Martin will host afternoon tea in aid of Mencap, details tba
Lymm Festival: From Classic to Contemporary Crime
28 June, Lymm Hotel, 7.30 pm
Martin will chair a discussion with Sarah Ward and Kate Ellis
Theakston’s Crime Writing Festival
19-22 July, Harrogate
Martin will take part in a panel organised by the Society of Authors at the Majestic Hotel on Saturday 21 July.
Dorothy L Sayers Society Conference
4 August, Lancaster.
Martin will be conference guest of honour
Bouchercon
6-9 September, St Petersburg, Florida
Jersey Festival of Words
2 pm, 28 September, Writers’ Workshop, St Helier Library
6.30 pm, 28 September, The Making of a Crime Novel, St Helier Library
Salisbury Literary Festival
Dorothy L. Sayers – and me
7 pm, Salisbury Playhouse
The Golden Age of Murder
22 October, 7 pm at Birkenhead Central Library, Wirral
The Golden Age of Murder
23 October, 8 pm, Highgate Literary and Scientific Institute, London
CWA Daggers Awards
7 pm, 25 October, Grange City Hotel, London
Martin will host the annual CWA Daggers Awards ceremony
Oxford University Society, London
My Life of Crime
7 November, 7.30 pm, French Protestant Church, Soho Square
Detection Club Annual Dinner for members and guests
7.30 pm, 8 November, Ritz Hotel
Slaughter in Surrey
9 November, 7 pm, Woking Library, Martin will talk about classic and contemporary crime writing
Iceland Noir
2 pm, 1 November, The Agatha panel: Martin will talk about Golden Age fiction on a panel moderated by Iceland’s Prime Minister, Karin Jakobsdottir
Crime Writing Workshop
10 am, Blue Cap Hotel, Sandiway, Cheshire
Martin will conduct a workshop for Vale Royal Writers’ Group