Podcasts by HIF Player
One arts charity, multiple fantastic Festivals.
From world exclusive events with international best-sellers, to launching the careers of debut authors, the HIF Player Podcast brings the literary conversations from Harrogate International Festivals' famous stage to audiences around the world.
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Kings and Queens with Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan from 2023-05-05T16:27:45
Historians Peter Snow and Ann MacMillan introduce the most powerful men and women in English, and later British, society. Opening with the reign of King Alfred, during which the foundations of the...
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Alan Parks – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Clare Mackintosh - Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Doug Johnstone - Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Elly Griffiths – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Fiona Cummins – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Gillian McAllister – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Imran Mahmood – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Janice Hallett – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Leonora Nattrass – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Liam McIlvanney – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Lisa Jewell – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Lucy Foley – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Mark Billingham – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Mick Herron – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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MW Craven – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Ruth Ware – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Sarah Vaughan – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Val McDermid – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Vaseem Khan – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Victoria Selman – Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2023 Longlist Interview from 2023-04-28T00:00
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year 2023 longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year is ...
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Lady Hale - Spider Woman from 2023-03-08T10:26:49
A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale ...
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Special Guests: Lucy Foley&C L Taylor from 2022-12-21T11:22:44
Lucy Foley rocketed to the top of the bestseller charts with her astonishing crime debut The Hunting Party which was followed by another huge page-turning hit The Guest List. Her new novel The Pari...
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Special Guest: Charlie Higson from 2022-12-16T12:44:10
Charlie Higson is one of those annoying people who are good at everything. Not content with being an actor and comedian and formerly a singer, he is, of course, also an acclaimed author with a huge...
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Special Guest: Lynda La Plante from 2022-12-16T12:30:44
A living legend of crime writing will take to the Theakston’s stage this July as Lynda La Plante talks about her extraordinary life and writing career. After graduating as an actor from RADA along...
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Special Guest: Kathy Reichs from 2022-12-16T12:24:35
Kathy Reichs, one of the most popular and biggest selling crime writers of the 21st century, is the creator of the Temperance Brennan series, which now numbers 22 books and has been translated into...
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Special Guest: John Connolly from 2022-12-16T12:16:02
No one combines crime fiction, the gothic and the supernatural quite like John Connolly. He is the master of his trade, a scalpel in one hand and a bludgeon in the other, writing beautiful prose an...
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Will Dean (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:36
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Val McDermid (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:36
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Trevor Wood (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:36
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Susie Steiner (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:36
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Steve Cavanagh (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:36
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Rosamund Lupton (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Mark Billingham (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Lucy Foley (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Louise Candlish (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Liz Nugent (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Jane Casey (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Ian Rankin (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Eva Dolan (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Elly Griffiths (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors.The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year...
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Doug Johnstone (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Chris Whitaker (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Brian McGilloway (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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Abir Mukherjee (Bonus #TheakstonAward 2021 Episode) from 2021-05-12T06:00:26
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast 'lights', a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Year longlisted authors. The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel Of The Y...
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An Interview With: Peter Robinson from 2021-04-20T00:00:09
Celebrating his newest book - the 27th Alan Banks novel, 'Not Dark Yet' - on this week's episode, the number one bestselling crime writer Peter Robinson, beams in from Canada to join our guest host...
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Mel McGrath And Nadine Matheson from 2021-04-08T00:00:01
On this week's bumper podcast episode, hosted by Jake Kerridge, we’re thrilled to bring you interviews with the fantastic authors: Mel McGrath, and Nadine Matheson. Head over to the podcast page o...
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Venomous Reads from 2021-03-09T01:00:08
This spring Viper Books are publishing a trio of incredible, very different books: Call Me Mummy by Tina Baker, The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, and The Plague Letters by V.L. Va...
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Margaret Heffernan: How To Map The Future from 2021-02-23T01:00:08
Want to take back the future? But how can we think about the future right now? What do we need to do – and who do we need to be? For all the big questions in our lives we like to look towards Marg...
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An Interview With: S.J. Watson from 2021-02-16T01:00:12
On today’s podcast episode the award winning author S.J. Watson sits down with Frankie Gray, to discuss his Yorkshire inspiration, his love of reading, being by the sea and his latest (brilliant) n...
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Patricia Cornwell - UK Exclusive Event from 2021-02-02T01:00:17
International bestselling-author Patricia Cornwell talks to Alex Clark about her pulse-pounding thriller, Spin, featuring her brilliant and unusual new heroine, Captain Calli Chase. Patricia Cornw...
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Special Guests: Val McDermid and Nicola Sturgeon from 2021-01-26T01:00:17
Featuring: Val McDermid, and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Who better to put the world to rights, and to help us celebrate Burns Night, than two Scottish supernovas!?Best-selling author...
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The Price Of A Life from 2021-01-19T01:00:09
Featuring: Harriet Tyce, Simon Kernick, Allie Reynolds and Lauren North. Have you ever questioned what lengths you would be prepared to go to if a loved one was in danger?What would push you over ...
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Elif Shafak in conversation with Matthew Stadlen from 2020-12-08T01:00:05
In the beautifully written and illuminating polemic, How To Stay Sane In An Age Of Division, Booker Prize nominee Elif Shafak reflects on our age of pessimism, when emotions guide and misguide our ...
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Adam Rutherford - How to Argue with a Racist from 2020-12-01T01:00:02
Racism is real, despite race having no scientific basis. But in a time of fake news and divided politics, the appeal for science to strength racist ideology is on the rise. Scientist Adam Rutherfor...
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Anthony Horowitz In Conversation With Joe Haddow from 2020-11-24T01:00:02
Anthony Horowitz is one of the most prolific and successful writers working in the UK – and is unique for working across so many media. Anthony shares anecdotes from his career and discusses his ne...
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Natalie Haynes In Conversation With Gerry Foley from 2020-11-17T01:00:01
In traditional retellings of the Greek myths, the focus is invariably on gods and men, but in Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, classicist and Women’s Prize shortlisted writer Natalie Haynes...
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Jeremy Vine in conversation with Matthew Stadlen from 2020-11-10T01:00:08
Best known for his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme and Eggheads, much loved presenter and broadcaster Jeremy Vine presents his debut novel The Diver and The Lover. Inspired by true events and Vine’...
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Matt Haig in conversation with Matthew Stadlen from 2020-11-03T01:00:14
Join the award-winning and bestselling author, Matt Haig, as he talks about his latest novel, The Midnight Library. Welcome to the strangest library of them all – one that houses second chances. F...
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The Red Hot Chilli Writers present Career Criminals from 2020-10-27T01:00:06
Join authors and podcasters The Red Hot Chilli Crime Writers: Abir Mukherjee and Vaseem Khan as they take to our digital stage to discuss making crime a career with Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan, Dr...
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Special Guests: Lee Child and Andrew Grant, Interviewed By N.J. Cooper from 2020-10-20T00:00:14
To celebrate the upcoming release of 'The Sentinel', which heralds a new dawn for everyone's favourite literary avenger, as Lee Child and Andrew Child (Grant) take on co-authorship, we share a very...
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Ian Rankin in conversation with N. J. Cooper from 2020-10-13T00:00:04
Ian Rankin, who was set to be the 2020 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival Programming Chair, sits down with N. J. Cooper to reflect on his lost programming chair year. The pair also dig...
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Mark Billingham in Conversation with Joe Haddow from 2020-10-06T00:00:07
2020 marks the publication of Mark Billingham’s twentieth Tom Thorne novel – what an achievement! In a celebratory interview with Joe Haddow, Mark looks back at the series beginning with the debut ...
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Val McDermid in Conversation with Mark Lawson from 2020-09-29T00:00:04
Val McDermid unpacks the success of the iconic New Blood panel revealing how she picks the chosen four each year, whether she has seen trends change over the years and expressing what the platform ...
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Stella Duffy in Conversation with Jenny Harris from 2020-09-22T00:00:08
Stella Duffy, author and creative revolutioner joins interviewer Jenny Harris to discuss how the pandemic has impacted on culture and how important work such as Fun Palaces can help people to co-cr...
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Lee Child In Conversation With Joseph Finder from 2020-09-15T00:00:08
With a writing career spanning more than 20 years, Joe Finder delves into the life of firm festival favourite and past programming chair, Lee Child. Best known for his Jack Reacher novel series, th...
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America's Got Talent from 2020-07-14T00:00:14
Featuring: Ryan David Jahn, Gillian Flynn, Chris Mooney, Megan Abbott and John Connolly.Back in 2012 we were thrilled to showcase four of the most acclaimed new crime writers in America. Ryan David...
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Blood, Guts And Gratuitous Violence from 2020-07-07T00:00:01
Featuring: Helen FitzGerald, Mark Billingham, Sarah Hilary, Alex North and Fiona Cummins. Strong stomachs and smelling salts at the ready. Authors on both sides of the bloody fence tackle the ick...
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Make 'Em Laugh, Make 'Em Cry from 2020-06-30T00:00:12
Featuring: Mick Herron, Elly Griffiths, Lisa Jewell, Vaseem Khan, and Chair Ian Payne. Readers have a good cry and a great laugh. These authors bring it all. Elly Griffiths created one of the most...
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What Happened Next? from 2020-06-23T00:00:02
Featuring: Abir Mukherjee, Liam McIlvanney, Kate Rhodes, Eva Dolan and Lee Child. Alumni of Val McDermid’s New Blood panels from years past tell us how it went with their second books - and their ...
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New Blood With Val McDermid 2019 from 2020-06-16T00:00:14
Featuring: Val McDermid, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Gytha Lodge, Holly Watt and Chris Hammer, The Queen of Crime, Val McDermid, handpicks four hot new talents.Gytha Lodge is a multi-award winning playwr...
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Richard Osman's Room 101 Of Crime from 2020-06-09T00:00:08
Featuring: Richard Osman, Mark Billingham, Laura Lippman and Martyn Waites. Please note this episode features adult content and strong language.Star of TV’s Pointless, Richard Osman is an avid cr...
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Antipodean Noir from 2020-06-02T00:00:07
Featuring: Stella Duffy, Jane Harper, Vanda Symon, Christian White and Chair Craig Sisterson. Slap on the sunscreen. You’ll need it for the glare of the hottest crime wave. Down Under authors are...
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Special Guest: Kathy Reichs Interviewed by Jeremy Vine from 2020-05-26T00:00:13
From teaching FBI agents how to detect and recover human remains to separating and identifying commingled body parts in her Montreal lab, as one of only seventy-seven forensic anthropologists ever ...
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Will Dean (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘Red Snow’ is ...
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Will Carver (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘Nothing Impor...
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Val McDermid (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘How The Dead ...
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Oyinkan Braithwaite (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘My Sister The...
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Mick Herron (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘Joe Country’ i...
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Louise Doughty (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘Platform Seve...
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Lee Child (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘Blue Moon’ is...
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Laura Shepherd-Robinson (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘Blood&Sugar’ ...
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Jane Harper (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘The Lost Man’...
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Jane Casey (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘Cruel Acts’ i...
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Helen FitzGerald (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel 'Worst Case Sc...
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Harriet Tyce (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘Blood Orange’...
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Denise Mina (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:13
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘Conviction’ i...
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Chris Brookmyre (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:03
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘Fallen Angel’...
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Ann Cleeves (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:03
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about her novel ‘The Long Call...
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Alex North (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:03
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘The Whisper M...
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Adrian McKinty (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:03
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘The Chain’ is...
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Abir Mukherjee (Bonus #TheakstonAward Episode) from 2020-05-23T01:00:03
Welcome to our #TheakstonAward podcast ‘lites’, a series of interviews with the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of The Year Award, Longlisted authors. Here to talk about his novel ‘Smoke and Ash...
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Special Guest: Tess Gerritsen from 2020-05-22T00:00:13
Her seamless blend of good writing and pulse-racing tension is her stock-in-trade. The Rizzoli and Isles series, featuring a homicide detective and medical examiner, propelled Tess to international...
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Special Guest: Val Mcdermid In Conversation With Susan Calman from 2020-05-19T02:00:03
She’s the heart and soul of the festival – Val McDermid, one of its co-founders is a champion of the crime genre and one of the biggest names in crime writing, selling 16 million copies of her nov...
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Special Guest: Denise Mina Interviewed By Mark Lawson from 2020-05-15T03:00:23
A star of ‘Tartan Noir’, Glasgow-born Denise Mina has been charting the dark underbelly of Scotland since 1998, when the first of her award-winning Garnethill trilogy was published. In the years s...
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An Audience With: Colin Dexter from 2020-05-12T08:05:20
Colin Dexter, the genius behind celebrated fictional detective Inspector Morse was the very first event at the very first Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival (before it had even earnt tha...
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TV Panel: Broadchurch from 2020-05-08T03:00:14
Featuring: Chris Chibnall, Olivia Colman, Jodie Whittaker, Erin Kelly and Alison Graham. Who killed 11-year-old Danny Latimer? It was the question on the lips of millions in 2013, as the award-wi...
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Special Guests In Conversation: David Baldacci&Joseph Finder from 2020-05-05T03:00:09
Our match of American heavyweights: In the blue corner, David Baldacci. Baldacci holds the publishing world to ransom, dominating the bookshelves of more than 80 countries and selling over 100 mill...
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Late Night With Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson from 2020-04-30T16:58:28
For many, the highlight of our inaugural festival in 2003 was the conversation between crime-writing giants Ian Rankin and Peter Robinson. Nearly ten years later we were delighted to welcome this d...
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From Page To Screen: Vera from 2020-04-28T04:00:28
Featuring: Brenda Blethyn, Ann Cleeves, Paul Rutman and Elaine Collins. As crabby as Columbo, the unglamorous, brilliant, down-to-earth detective Vera Stanhope has attracted a legion of fans world...
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Special Guest: Lee Child Interviewed By Sarah Millican from 2020-04-22T06:00:13
Thrillers. They fill you with adrenaline and make your heart beat a little faster. Just like Lee Child himself. Is it any wonder we get a little bit hysterical? That’s why we’ve chosen Special Gu...
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Special Guest: Arnaldur Indridason Interviewed By Barry Forshaw from 2020-03-30T14:36:22
Arnuldar Indridason gives interviews rarely and guards his privacy fiercely, and has admitted he’d rather be home writing than touring on book promotions. It’s a huge privilege then to welcome the ...
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Irish Noir from 2020-03-30T14:33:06
Featuring: Steve Cavanagh, Stuart Neville, Brian McGilloway, Eoin McNamee and Adrian McKinty. Is it the luck of the Irish? Behold the emerald jewels of crime fiction!Steve Cavanagh, a practicing ...
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Special Guests: M.C. Beaton In Conversation With Fred MacAuley from 2020-03-30T14:29:50
Scottish comedian and presenter, Fred MacAuley delves into M.C. Beatons extraordinary career. Marion Chesney is known primarily for the more than 100 historical romance novels.M.C. Beaton is the p...
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Special Guests: Mark Billingham In Converation With Eddie Izzard from 2020-03-30T14:25:55
Mark Billingham and Eddie Izzard first met more than twenty-five years ago as struggling stand-up comics. Mark continued to struggle then later chucked in the comedy and went on to write the huge...
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Millennium - She's Back! from 2020-03-30T14:23:49
Featuring: Larsson’s publisher, Christopher MacLehose; Eva Gedin, Larsson’s original editor and publisher at the Swedish firm Norstedts; Mark Lawson and Barry Forshaw. The phenomenon returns.Exac...
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New Blood 2015 With Val McDermid from 2020-03-30T14:21:05
Featuring: Val McDermid, Renee Knight, Clare Mackintosh, Ben McPherson and Lucy Ribchester. The return of the panel dedicated to showcasing the year’s most dazzling debut authors! Always a sell-ou...
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Special Guests: Sara Paretsky In Conversation With Val McDermid from 2020-03-30T14:18:54
Chicago meets Kirkcaldy. Two Queens of the genre. One stage. Before there was Lisbeth Salander there was V I Warshawski. Sara Paretsky revolutionised the mystery world when she introduced V I in I...
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The Morality Of Murder from 2020-03-30T14:16:06
Featuring: Belinda Bauer, Wiley Cash, Jonathan Freedland, Nicci French and Cath Staincliffe. Is the crime novel essentially an up-dated morality tale? The crime genre can help us contemplate some...
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Yorkshire Pride from 2020-03-30T13:36:01
Featuring: Lee Child, Steve Mosby, Peter Robinson, Nick Quantrill and Frances Brody. It's known as God's own county. Naturally. Aside from the best beers, proper brews and rollicking Dales, Yorks...
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