Meet Bill Rogers, a Bolton based author who specialises in Crime thrillers set in and around Manchester and the North West. The first book in his DCI Tom Caton series 'The Cleansing' was shortlisted for the LongBarn Books Debut Novel Award, and 'A Trace of Blood' reached the semi-final of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.

Meet Bill Rogers, a Bolton based author who specialises in Crime Thrillers set in and around Manchester and the North West. The first book in his DCI Tom Caton series The Cleansing was shortlisted for the LongBarn Books Debut Novel Award, and A Trace of Blood reached the semi-final of the Amazon breakthrough Novel Award....

As part of National Crime Reading Month Wigan Library will be holding a talk on 'The Button Pit Murder' by Marianne Howell. The talk looks at the story of how a family man's ordinary night at work turned into a crime that shocked the community. The 19th century murder of Wigan Pit worker James Barton...

Meet David Jackson, acclaimed author of the crime thriller series featuring New York Detective Callum Doyle and his more recent, DS Nathan Cody series, which is set in Liverpool. The Guardian newspaper said of David's writing: 'Recalls Harlan Coben - though for my money Jackson is the better writer.'

Join us for this well-illustrated talk by Marianne Howell on the history of crime and punishment through the ages. Starting with the Romans (what did the Romans ever do for us?) you will discover many intriguing and sometimes gruesome stories along the way. Local and national examples are included in this fascinating journey through crime...

Author of The Real CSI: A forensic Handbook for Crime Writers. Kate Bendelow will be giving you an insight into life behind the crime scene tape. Discussing how she became a crime scene investigator, what the job is really like, and how the CSI effect led to her becoming a writer. Tickets for Event are...

Author of the Real CSI: A Forensic Handbook for Crime Writers. Kate will be giving you an insight into life behind the crime scene tape. Discussing how she became a crime scene investigator, what the job is really like, and how the CSI effect led to her becoming a writer. Tickets FREE. Book Today. There...

Award-winning author Kate Ellis will be hosting this event to talk about her journey into writing her successful DI Wesley Peterson Detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries. Kate recently won the CWA Dagger in the Library Award 2019 for her crime writing. Tickets are £3.

Award-winning author Kate Ellis will be hosting this event to talk about her journey into writing her successful DI Wesley Peterson detective novels, as well as the Albert Lincoln trilogy and the Joe Plantagenet mysteries. Kate recently won the CWA dagger in the Library Award 2019 for her crime writing. Tickets cost £3 each and...

Former Divorce Lawyer and writer of domestic psychological thrillers, Caroline will be visiting us to tell about her life as a crime writer. Her debut novel 'Beneath the Skin' was released to wide acclaim, and has since been followed by 'My Husband's Lies' and 'Betray Her'. Caroline also writes under the pen name Caro Land....

Former divorce lawyer and writer of domestic psychological thrillers, Caroline will be visiting us to tell about her life as a crime writer. Her debut novel 'Beneath the Skin' was released to wide acclaim, and has since been followed by 'My Husband's Lies' and Betray Her'. Caroline also writes under the pen name Caro Land....

Join Mark for this Crime Writing workshop as he helps guide you through the process of writing a crime novel. Mark Roberts is a Liverpool based bestselling crime writer of the DCI Rosen and Eve Clay series'. He also received a Manchester Evening News Theatre Award for his playwrighting. Free Event. Book your space today

Join us for a talk with Chris Simms, author of the popular DI Spicer and DC Khan novels which are psychological thrillers set in Manchester. Along with nominations for Crime Writers' Association Daggers and the Theakston's Crime novel of the Year award, Chris was selected by Waterstones as one of their '25 authors for the...

Join us for a talk with Chris Simms, author of the popular DI Spicer and DC Khan novels which are psychological thrillers set in Manchester. Along with nominations for Crime Writers' Association Daggers and the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year award, Chris was selected by Waterstones as one of their '25 authors for the...

Join us for a talk by Stephen Booth, who gave up a 25 year career in journalism to become a full time crime writer. Stephen is the author of the popular Derbyshire set Cooper and Fry series. He's won various writing awards including a CWA Dagger, Barry Award, and has been shortlisted for the Theakston's...

Join Lancashire based editor and writer, Dea Parkin as she demystifies the editing process, explores the nuts and bolts of copy-editing and offers some handy tips. She'll reveal the most common problems she comes across as an editor and how to fix them. She will also talk about writing competitions: what to do, what not...

Join us for a talk with local author and scriptwriter Paul Finch. Having been a former police officer and journalist, Paul first cut his literary teeth penning episodes of the British TV crime drama, The Bill. He is the author of the very popular DS Mark 'Heck' Heckenberg and DC Lucy Clayburn novels, and is...

Join us for this meet and greet with crime writer, Malcolm Hollingdrake. Born in a library to a family of avid readers, Malcolm spent many years in education before becoming an author. He has since written nine novels in his successful Harrogate Crime Series featuring DCI Bennett and is now working on a new series...