I have a pretty busy summer of festival appearances, check out all details and links here:
dougjohnstone.com/events/

A very moving tribute from William Shaw/GW Shaw author to his friend CJ Sansom…

Crime writers! Have you ever made a reader playlist to accompany your novel? If so, please drop the link below. I'm looking for examples for my St Hilda's Crime Fiction Weekend talk later this year. Thank you! 🙏🏽

Congratulations to all!

Special congratulations to our #HCFW speakers, and our Committee members, past and present

'Once Upon a Time in Harlem' sees Jake Lamar take our Dance to the Music of Crime into the history and mythology of jazz, from Chester Himes to his own 'jazz noir'.

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-hildas-cr…

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As an overture to our Dance to the Music of Crime, we will be launching a new edition of Deadly Earnest by Joan Cockin from Galileo Press.

Join us 9-11 Aug in Oxford and online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-hildas-cr…

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No Dance to the Music of Crime would be complete without a melodious murder mystery.

Murder Con Brio by Philip Gooden will be performed by a star cast inc Abir Mukherjee

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

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Our Dance to the Music of Crime bows out with Harriet Evans moonlighting #DisforDeath on 'The Fine Art of Being Lord Peter Wimsey', perfectly attuned to our setting in Oxford.

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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For our Dance to the Music of Crime, David Whittle will explore Edmund Crispin's life as both crime writer and composer as he talks about 'Crime and Carry Ons'.

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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Is it 'Different for Girls?' At our Dance to the Music of Crime @LWhitehouse5will be asking if music is somehow less integral to the lives of female detectives.

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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From Bollywood to Bestseller Saima Mir will take us on a whistlestop tour of some of her favourite songs at our Dance to the Music of Crime.

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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For our Dance to the Music of Crime Doug Johnstone will unpick his obsession with Dancing About Architecture.

9-11 Aug in Oxford & online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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Showstopper Erin Kelly #TheHouseOfMirrors will be committing Murder on the Dance Floor at our Dance to the Music of Crime.

9-11 August in Oxford and online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-hildas-cr…

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My #RBQ chum ⁦⁦Val McDermid⁩ came bearing gifts! Can’t wait to read this… and it looks so beautiful too! Will report! Big thanks,Val!

Our Dance to the Music of Crime will feature the Prose & Playlists of Kia Abdullah who will talk about the ways in which music can be used to amplify emotion.

9-11 August in Oxford and online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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We delighted to have Mark Billingham at our Dance to the Music of Crime, serving his Songs in the Key of Murder.

9-11 August in Oxford and online.

Full programme: st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/events/2024-cr…

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