BATH LITERATURE FESTIVAL

2-11 MARCH 2012

WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH, 6.15a.m.: PAUL PRESTON on the SPANISH HOLOCAUST

QUAIS DU POLAR

30 MARCH-1 APRIL, LYON, FRANCE

'City of Dreadful Night' will be published in French in March so expect to here promoting it. Details to follow.

SCARBOROUGH LITERATURE FESTIVAL

12-15 APRIL 2012

Thursday 12th April - 3pm - Philip Eade (Young Prince Philip)

Friday 13th April - 10.30am - Valerie Wood (Yorkshire Writing). Yorkshire Ridings in the 19th Century.

7.30pm Andy Kershaw

Saturday 14th April - 10.30 am - Joan Bakewell

2.30 pm - hosting discussion following Patricia Duncker lecture on re-reading classics - (Anne Bronte, Tenant of Wildfell Hall)

7.30pm Literary Quiz - your Quiz Inquisitor

Sunday 15th April - 12.30 pm - Frances Wilson (Sinking of Titanic)

Festival Finale 5pm - Jessica Fellowes (World of Downton Abbey)

CHIPPING NORTON LITERATURE FESTIVAL

20-22 APRIL 2012

Debut year for intriguing new festival. Check out the whole programme on http://chiplitfest.com

Sunday 22 April, 10am: MARK BILLINGHAM, S.J.BOLTON, DAN WADDELL, SUSAN HILL

12.00: AN AUDIENCE WITH COLIN DEXTER

How much fun is that?

BRIGHTON FESTIVAL

11 MAY 2012

Friday 11 May, 7.30pm: PATRICK HAMILTON

Sallis Benney Theatre, with LAURA WILSON and NIGEL "Through A Glass Darkly" JONES.

BRISTOL CRIMEFEST

24-27 MAY 2012

Lot's of good stuff this year and I'll be in the thick of it. Details to follow but there will certainly be my annual quiz on the first evening.

BLOODY SCOTLAND

14-16 SEPTEMBER 2012

Exciting new festival north of my border, based in beautiful Stirling, and celebrating the vibrant Scottish crime fiction scene. I'm pretty sure I'm going to be doing something but I won't know what for a while. May change my name to McGuttridge to improve my chances...