Forthcoming Events
June 12: Liverpool
6.30 PM. With Chris Brookmyre & Luca Veste.
Waterstones, Liverpool ONE,
12 College Ln, Liverpool L1 3DL
Phone: 0151 709 9820
June 13: Merseyside
7.00 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
Linghams Bookshop, 248, Telegraph Rd
Heswall, Wirral, CH60 7SG
Phone: 0151 342 7290
June 14: Manchester
6.30 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
Waterstones, 91 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW. Phone: 0161 837 3000
June 15: Preston
7.00 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
Waterstones, 3-5, Fishergate,
Preston, PR1 3LJ
Phone: 01772 555766
June 16: Borders Book Festival
8.45 PM. ‘Billingham & Brookmyre Are Indiscreet’
www.bordersbookfestival.org
June 19: Ely
7.30 PM. With Mark Hill.
Toppings Bookshop, 9 High Street, Ely CB7 4LJ
Phone: 01353 645005
June 20: Lincoln
7.00 PM. With John Connolly.
Lindum Books, 1, Danes Terrace,
Lincoln, LN2 1LP
June 21: Chester
7.30 PM. With John Connolly.
Storyhouse, Hunter St,
Chester, CH1 2HA
June 23: South Tyneside
7.00 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
S. Tyneside Central Library,
45, Market Place, South Shields, NE33 1JF
July 18: London
7.00 PM. With Karin Slaughter.
Waterstones, 19-20, Tottenham Court Rd,
London, W1T 1BJ
July 19-23: Harrogate Crime Writers Festival
Fri, 10.00 PM. ‘Where The Bodies Are Buried’ with Lee Child and Val McDermid
Sat, 2.00 PM. ‘Where Do Your Crimes Come From?’ with Steve Mosby, Belinda Bauer, Melanie Raabe and Sarah Hilary.
Sat, 10.00 PM. Late night quiz. With Val McDermid.
http://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime-writing-festival/
August 18-22: St Hilda’s, Oxford
https://www.sthildas.ox.ac.uk/content/2017-st-hildas-mystery-and-crime-conference
August 23-24: Edinburgh International Book Festival
Wed 23, 9.00 PM: The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers play live. Featuring Stuart Neville,
Doug Johnstone, Mark Billingham, Luca Veste and Val McDermid.
Thurs 24, 7.15 PM. Mark Billingham discusses Love Like Blood.
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/
September 8-10: Bloody Scotland
Friday, 8.45 PM. In conversation with Ian Rankin.
Friday, 10.30 PM. Never Mind The Buzzcops/The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers.
Saturday, 8.30 PM. Two Crime Writers & A Microphone.
Sunday, 2.30 PM. Social Issues Or Serial Killers.
https://www.bloodyscotland.com
September 16: Norwich
With Chris Brookmyre.
‘Noirwich’ Crime Writing Festival.
October 8: Cheltenham Literature Festival
7.00 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
Details TBC
October 11-15: Toronto, Canada.
Bouchercon. World Mystery Convention.
Details TBC
November 10: York
6.30 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
York Big City Read.
Details TBC
November 19: Hull Noir
4.00 PM. Hull Noir.
A Year In The Life.
www.hullnoir.com
News
AS OF JUNE 2017.The brand spanking new Tom Thorne novel, Love Like Blood will be published in the UK on June 1st by Little, Brown. After a few adventures out of town, Tom is back in London, working with Nicola Tanner – who first appeared in Die Of Shame – to track down those responsible for a series of honour killings. This is quite a dark one and I can honestly say that I have never felt so angry writing and researching a book as I did this time round. Of course, there are always one or two readers who get angry reading the books, but let’s not dwell on that.
Talking of Die Of Shame, that one’s now out in paperback…so go on, you know you want to.
The TV adaptations, which will now be a BBC series called In The Dark are due sometime in the next few months. Sorry, I can’t be any more specific than that, but trust me, when I have specific transmission dates, you will know about it. You’ll be SICK of it…
So, I’ll obviously be busy shamelessly pimping all this stuff – gobbing off at any opportunity at whichever bookshop, festival or street-corner will have me. There is a list of forthcoming events on the left of this page. Look…just over there! You do NOT want to miss a chance to come and heckle. I will sign my own books but am also happy to sign anyone else’s. I will dance for beer and small change. You can also sign up to receive my regular-ish newsletter which always has lots more information, lovely pictures and some cheap jokes.
I’m always wasting my life on social media when I should probably be working and it is the quickest and easiest way to make contact if you want to send a message or tell me off about something. Come and say hello…
TWITTER: @MarkBillingham
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MarkBillinghamAuthor
If you need more than 140 characters, you can also contact me at:
mail@markbillingham.com
Yours in crime, in country music, and in a predictably tasteless shirt,
Mark
