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Crime Writing Short Story Competition - deadline 28 Feb 2010 Go on - try your hand at writing a criminally good short story! The winner to be announced and the prize to be presented at BRISTOL CRIME FEST 2010, at the Gala Dinner on 22nd May 2010. Prize: £100! Details from www.mysterywomen.co.uk Events 2009 Dance of Death - a murder mystery: 12 November 2009 Deerstalkers at the ready again! Kaye is hosting a Creme de la Crime murder mystery evening at Wokingham Library in Berkshire. Details and tickets for the event, which has to be booked in advance, can be obtained from Wokingham library on 01189 781368. Participants will be investigating a murder that has occurred during a summer ball in Victorian England. You'll be supplied with witness statements, transcripts of letters, doctor's reports...everything that will allow you to piece together whodunnit! And to add to the pressure you'll be solving it against the clock. And - yes, you can wear your ball gown if you really want to... Guildford Book Festival: Tickled to Death: 21 October 2009 Celebrating its 20th year, Guildford Book Festival has something for everyone - veritable multitude of authors, workshops, talks and interviews. Kaye will be appearing on Wednesday 21 Oct at 2.30, alongside other irrreverent crime writers, MC Beaton, LC Tyler and Simon Brett... Reading Festival of Crime Writing: Crime Quiz - September 11, 2009 Think you know your Poe from your Poirot? Test your crime writing knowledge with Kaye at this friendly quiz evening at Reading Town Hall, held as part of the Reading Festival of Crime Writing. Details and tickets for the event, which has to be booked in advance, can be obtained from Reading library. Bad Babes - August 12, 2009 They're not really bad, and they're not exactly...well, come and judge for yourselves at Waterstones in Bromley, Kent, where Kaye will be appearing with fellow female crime writers, talking candidly about ourselves and our books. There will be wine, hence the word 'candidly'. There will be a quiz. Doors open at 6.15pm. Full information from www.waterstones.com (events) Bodies in the Bookshop: July 21 2009 Come and have a glass of wine and a chat at this annual event at the famous Heffer's Bookshop in Cambridge, where Kaye will be one of throng of crime writers, all talking informally about our books. Advance copies of The Fall Girl will be on sale... Doors open at 6.00pm. Full information from: www.heffers.co.uk Dance of Death - a murder mystery: July 14 2009 Deerstalkers at the ready! Kaye is hosting a Creme de la Crime murder mystery evening at Reading Town Hall. Details and tickets for the event, which has to be booked in advance, can be obtained from Reading library. Participants will be investigating a murder that has occurred during a summer ball in Victorian England. You'll be supplied with witness statements, transcripts of letters, doctor's reports...everything that will allow you to piece together whodunnit! And to add to the pressure you'll be solving it against the clock. And - yes, you can wear your ball gown if you really want to... Crimefest - May 14 - 17 2009 Here the pen is bloodier than the sword! The second year of the hugely successful crime writing festival in Bristol that attracts all the top crime authors. Visit the festival website at www.crimefest.com Criminal Tendencies: May 2009 This high profile Creme de la Crime short story anthology will be launched at Crimefest (see above). It includes contributions from best selling authors Reginald Hill, Simon Brett, Sophie Hannah and Peter James, as well as short stories from the Creme de la Crime authors, including Kaye (see the Criminal Tendencies page for more details). |
