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Thursday, July 12th 2007 : "See you in Harrogate?"
It’s that time of year again – the middle of July and we’re heading for Harrogate and the crime-writing festival. I love Harrogate. It’s a chance to catch up with old friends, to hear the gossip about writers and publishers and more importantly to meet readers. Some of the regulars have been coming to the festival since it started and I can’t wait to see them again.
I’ll be doing my usual stint as reader-in-residence, asking for people to share their favourite crime books and running the book group on Saturday lunchtime. This year we’re talking about Golden Age crime. This is a place where writers, agents, publishers and readers meet on equal terms, so if you’re passionate about Christie or John Dickson Carr, or even if you can’t understand what all the fuss is about, come along on Saturday at 1.00pm.
These days there are book groups everywhere – in pubs and cafes, libraries and bookshops, prisons and office canteens. If you’d like to set up your own group, but you’re not sure how to start, or you’re already in a book group, but feel it’s running out of steam a bit, I’m holding a readers’ surgery on Friday and Saturday afternoon. Call in at any time between 2.00 and 4.00 for a chat. Find me by the readers’ noticeboard.
And this year I’m actually on a panel! 10.30 on Friday morning, with Stephen Booth, Aline Templeton and Jim Kelly. Hope to see you there.
Posted by Ann at 04:41 PM GMT
