Saturday 20th

June

Nicci French: 10.00am

Separately, Sean French and

Nicci Gerrard are journalists and

novelists; together, they are Nicci

French and have written

eighteen best-selling

psychological thrillers. They're

currently working on a series of

eight books featuring the

therapist, Frieda Klein, all named

after days of the week: so

far, “Blue Monday” “Tuesday's

Gone”, “Waiting for Wednesday”,

“Thursday's Children”. “Friday on

my Mind” will be published in

July. They live in Suffolk.

Kate Rhodes: 11.30am

Kate Rhodes was born in London.

She completed a doctorate, then

taught English at universities in

Britain and the United States. She

writes full-time now, and lives in

Cambridge with her husband Dave

Pescod, also a writer. Kate is the

award winning author of two

collections of poetry, and in 2014

won the Ruth Rendell prize. She

has written four novels in the Alice

Quentin series. “Crossbones

Yard”, “A Killing Of Angels”, “The

Winter Foundlings” and “River Of

Souls”.

Lunch can be Murder: 1.00 – 2.00pm

Have lunch, cake & and hot drinks with the authors. Choose from:

• Goats cheese on focaccia with balsamic dressing and mixed salad;

• Homemade Quiche Lorraine with new potatoes, fresh herbs and salad leaves;

• Poached salmon salad with lemon mayonnaise, buttered new potatoes and cucumber and pepper salad;

• Charcuterie (assorted meats) with new potatoes, coleslaw and dill pickles.

All with a roll and butter & a choice of cake for dessert.

Price: £10 (must be booked in advance with choice stated)

Sarah Hilary & Julia

Crouch : 2.00pm

Sarah Hilary is an award-winning short

story writer. Sarah won the Cheshire Prize

for Literature in 2012 and her novel

“Someone Else’s Skin” was widely praised

for being one of the most accomplished

debuts of the year by critics and authors

alike. It was selected as a Richard & Judy

book club choice in Autumn 2014 and “No

Other Darkness” is her brilliant follow-up,

featuring the phenomenal and

unforgettable DI Marnie Rome.

Whether you call it a portfolio career or

just a dire inability to stick at one thing,

Julia Crouch has had many jobs but she

has never been happier than the past 5

years, when she has been fully occupied

as a writer, producing 4 novels in her very

own Domestic Noir genre.

She lives in Brighton with her husband,

the playwright and actor Tim Crouch and

their 3 children. She is putting the finishing

touches to Dark & Stormy Brighton, the

first Brighton crime genre festival and is

well into her fifth book, to be published in

2016.

Penny Hancock: 3.30pm

Penny Hancock grew up in South

East London & then did an English

degree in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

She taught English as a foreign

language for several years then

took a PGCE & taught in primary

schools & ran adult education

classes in writing. She also wrote

articles for national papers. It was

an Arvon writing course and an MA

in creative writing at Anglia Ruskin

University that encouraged her to

complete her first novel “Tideline”.

This was followed by “The

Darkening Hour” in 2013 and the

Southwold set “A Trick of the Mind”

last year.

Don’t Forget to Buy your Raffle Tickets

You can win a luxury crime related hamper

Available from 1st

May from Southwold Library &

throughout the Slaughter weekend

Elementary My Dear Watson:

Fun Crime Quiz Night

7.00pm

Nothing to tax the little grey cells too much.

Rounds on crime from TV, films & books

Teams of 4 - £3 each.

Bring your own drinks & snacks. Raffle

Sunday 21st June

Margaret Callow:

10.00am

Margaret Callow lives in a village to the north of Norwich with her family. After

working as a health care professional for many years, she came to writing novels

late. Discovering her interest in the social history of England, she researched the

ordinary people of the day who fought to improve the conditions for the working

man which we enjoy today and her novels are a result of this fascination for the past.

When a shocking crime in Norfolk in 1848 caught her eye, she wrote” Rust” based on the true story of James Bloomfield Rush &

the murders at Stanfield Hall.

Barbara Nadel: 11.30am

Murder in Turkey

Barbara Nadel was brought up in the East End of London without the benefit of central heating. She has a degree in

psychology and over the years she has worked as a teacher, a bar maid, a fortune

teller, an events manager and, most significantly, in mental health services

both in hospitals and in the community.

Now a full-time crime writer, she currently produces two fictional series, one set in

Istanbul (The Inspector Ikmen mysteries, published by Headline) and the other in the East End of London (The Hakim and Arnold series published by Quercus). In 2005 her Ikmen book 'Deadly Web' won

the CWA Silver Dagger for fiction and her latest Hakim and Arnold 'Poisoned

Ground' has been entered for the CWA Gold Dagger this year. Barbara is married

with one grown up son. She likes scrambling about in ruined buildings, cats

and wearing a lot of black.

Something Fishy: 1.00 – 2.00pm

Have lunch, cake & and hot drinks with the authors. Choose from:

• Cod, plaice or haddock & chips

• Sausage & chips

• Veggie burger & chips

With a slice of cake & a hot drink for dessert

Price: £10 (with fish) / £7 (meat/veggie) (must be booked in advance with choice stated)

Simon Brett: 2.00pm

Simon Brett is the writer responsible for the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Fethering series of crime novels, as well as radio and television series such as No

Commitments and After Henry. He says “I am very fortunate to make a

living (most of the time) from something I would do anyway. I

can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to write. I still do, and I want to

do it better”.

In 2014 he was presented with the CWA Diamond Dagger for

sustained excellence and significant contribution to crime writing.

Rory Clements: 3.30pm

Rory Clements is the award-winning

author of the John Shakespeare series

of Tudor spy thrillers. His 7 acclaimed

novels, “Martyr”, “Revenger”, “Prince”,

“Traitor”, “The Heretics”, “The Queen's

Man” and “Holy Spy”, follow Elizabeth's

Intelligencer, John Shakespeare, brother

to the playwright William, through the

dark underworld of Tudor England as he

unmasks the traitors and conspirators

who plot against the Queen.

Rory Clements won the Crime Writers'

Association Ellis Peters Historical Fiction

Award in 2010 for Revenger, and has

been shortlisted for CWA Awards for

Martyr, Prince and The Heretics. A TV

series featuring Shakespeare is

currently in development. Clements

lives in Norfolk with his family.

InformationInformationInformationInformation

• Booking required. Tickets can be booked at Southwold Library,

either in person, by phone 01502 722519 or by visiting

www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/slaughter

• Tickets are £* for each event, £* for a day pass, £* for the

weekend. Lunches are not included in the price & must be

booked by 7th June. Quiz Night is £* each, Teams of 4 & must

be booked separately.

• There may be limited availability to talks on the day but we

advise you to ring first.

• Beccles Books is kindly providing all books for sale & there will

be an opportunity for buying books & having them signed after

each author talk.

• All events will take place at Reydon Village Hall, Lowestoft

Road, Reydon IP18 6RF. There is a small car park and on

street parking in the surrounding area.

For further information contact Charlotte Clark at Southwold

Library, North Green Southwold 01502 722519

[email protected]

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