If you would like to invite me to speak at an event please do write to me via the contact form on the Contacts page or by contacting Steven Cooper at Hodder via steven.cooper@hodder.co.uk
Upcoming events
NOTE: DUE TO THE CURRENT WORLD SITUATION, ALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD. I WILL UPDATE THIS PAGE ONCE I HAVE MORE INFO.
June 2020
1-14th – Newham Word Festival, London
26th – Evesham Festival of Words- CANCELLED
August 2020
14-16th – St Hilda’s Crime Fiction Weekend
19-20th – Wales events (Cardiff and Penarth, TBC)
October 2020
17th – East Riding Literature Festival of Words
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Previous events
May 2015
24/5 – I was at the Greenwich Book Festival sitting on a panel discussing “From the CID to elephants: what inspires a crime writer?” on Sunday 24th May, 1.30-2.30pm.
September 2015
6/9 Bertrams Trade Show at Windsor Racecourse – to an audience of indie booksellers
10/9 – At the Chorleywood Bookshop to speak about the book, India and elephants at an India themed event.
30/9 – On the ‘Dazzling Debuts’ panel at the Henley Literary Festival on Wednesday September 30th at 1pm.
October 2015
27/10 – I met the bibliophiles of the Wallingford Bookshop book club in the lovely market town of Wallingford in Oxfordshire
November 2015
10/11 – I spoke at a New Writers event at Foyles with writer Natasha Pulley and chaired by Suzy Feay. See here for a write-up of the event
14/11 – I talked about India and ‘The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra’ at the Write Idea Festival run by Tower Hamlets Council.
April 2016
23/4 – I spoke with writers Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre at the wonderful Chipping Norton Literary Festival
May 2016
14/5 – I spoke at an event in the New Forest
19-20/5 – I spoke at Crimefest 2016 in Bristol, in two sessions:
19/5 – Debut Authors: An Infusion Of Fresh Blood
20/5 – Deadly Duos: Partners And Sidekicks
23/5 – I spoke at the delightful Mostly Books bookshop in Abingdon
27/5 – I spoke at the Alchemy Festival at the Southbank Centre
June 2016
8/6 – I will be speaking at Topping & Company booksellers bookshop in Ely
9/6 – I will be speaking at Warwick books in Warwick
22/6 – I will be speaking at Booka bookshop in Oswestry, Shropshire
25/6 – I will be speaking at the Finchley Literary Festival
Sept 2016
15th – I will be speaking in Bedford at The Pavilion’s Supper Club Evening
Oct 2016
22nd – I will be speaking at the Yeovil Literary Festival
Nov 2016
12th-13th – I will be speaking at the Write Idea Literary Festival with fellow crime authors AA Dhand and Abir Mukherjee. We will host a mini-workshop: ‘THE SECRET TO WRITING BESTSELLING CRIME FICTION.’
Dec 2016 – April 2017
Every Tuesday – I will be running a Book Club and Creative Writing Group at the Manor Park Library in East London
Mar 2017
2nd-8th – I will be speaking at the Dubai Literary Festival
10th – I will be speaking at Aye Write! in Glasgow
Apr 2017
23rd – I will be speaking at St. Mary’s Church, Manor Park, East London for World Book Night
25th – I will be speaking at Manor Park Library with fellow authors Abir Mukherjee and Barbara Nadel
26th – I will be speaking at the Stratford Literary Festival
28th – I will be speaking at Waterstones Picadilly at Writers of the World Unite!
May 2017
4th – I will be speaking at the Hexham Literary Festival
17th – I will be speaking at Waterstones Yeovil
27th – I will be speaking at Bourne End library, Bourne End
June 2017
1st – I will be speaking at Booka Bookshop, Shropshire
2nd – I will be speaking at Nantwich book shop, Nantwich
July 2017
1st – I will be running a crime writing masterclass at Finsbury Library, London
6th – I will be doing a reading at Whats your Poison? in the Heffers bookshop, Cambridge
8th – I will be speaking at the Bradford Literary festival
Aug 2017
1st – I will be speaking at the British Library
Oct 2017
15-16th – Isle of Wight Festival
21st – Asian Writers Festival, London
25th – Idea Store Canary Wharf, London
26th – Sheffield Lit Fest
28/29th – Killer Women festival, London
30th – Mill Hill Partnership Library, NW7 2HX, London (Starts: 8pm – Admission Free)
Nov 2017
6th – Monday Night Crime, London
16th – Newham Word Festival, London
Jan 2018
16th – Future Bookshelf workshop at Waterstones Tottenham Court Rd
Feb 2018
1st – Launch of Quick Reads books 2018 at Foyles Charing Cross Road
8th – Talk at HMP The Mount, and at Hemel Hempstead Library
15th – Talk at HMP Ford, Arundel
Mar 2018
1st – World book day talk at Rokeby School (morning), and at Canning Town Library (evening)
18th – Huddersfield Literary Tea Festival
26th – Noir at the Bar (To be confirmed)
29th – Talk at HMP Chelmsford
Apr 2018
17th – Manor Park Library Short Story Competition Awards Night
24-25th – Wrexham Carnival of Words
May 2018
5th-6th – Newcastle Noir
12th – Clapham Lit Fest
17th-19th – CrimeFest, Bristol
25th – Hartley Wintney Book Lunch, Surrey
June 2018
6th – Trafford Wordfest, Manchester
July 2018
5th – Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge
12th – UnionLearn Annual Conference, London
21st – Keynote for Society of Authors event, Harrogate
Aug 2018
30th – Crime Science versus Crime Fiction, London
Sep 2018
10th – Booksellers Association Book Trade Conference, London
12th – Nantwich Bookshop, Nantwich
13th – Perton Library, Staffordshire
22nd – Spread the Word London Writers Awards Workshop, London
Oct 2018
1st – Henley Literary Festival
2nd – Rainham Library, Essex
6th – Borderlands 2018, Carlisle (talk and workshop)
20th – Asian Writers Festival, London
27th – Yeovil Literary Festival
Nov 2018
11th – Huddersfield Literary Tea
25th – Folkestone Literary Festival
Jan 2019
28th – The Gate library, Newham, London
Feb 2019
22-24th – Granite Noir, Aberdeen
26th – Newham Word Festival: Asian Noir
Mar 2019
4th – Newham Word Festival: Bollywood v Hollywood
5th – Labour Party House of Commons Bookclub
18th – York Festival
20th – Essex Book Festival, Halstead Library
Apr 2019
22nd – Bookmark Festival, Oldham
26th and 27th – Chipping Norton Festival
May 2019
9th-12th – Crimefest, Bristol
June 2019
4th – Derby Festival
19th – Askews&Holts Libraries Book Showcase, Tavistock Place, London
July 2019
20th – Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate
22nd – Society of Women Writers & Journalists, London
31st July – Rhydypennau Library, Cardiff, Wales
August 2019
1st Aug – Literary Lunch with Griffin Books, Penarth, Wales
Sept 2019
9th – Festival of Bookclubs, Hampshire
14th – Noirwich Crime Festival, Norwich
21st – Bloody Scotland, Stirling, Scotland
25th – Readfest, Barking, London
27th – Capital Crime, London
Oct 2019
20th – Frinton Literary Festival, Frinton
23rd – HMP Wandsworth, London
Nov 2019
2nd – Yeovil Literary Festival, Yeovil
28th – Putney Library, London
29th – Derby Library, Derby – POSTPONED
Feb 2020
1st – Wolverhampton Literature Festival
Mar 2020
14th – Waterstones Durham
