Forthcoming Events
February 22: Granite Noir
Friday, 22nd. 2.00 PM. Staying Alive: Surviving A series. With Yrsa Sigurdadottir. https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/spoken-word/granite-noir-staying-alive-surviving-a-series-yrsa-sigurdardottir-and-mark-billingham/1812
Friday 22nd. 9.00 PM. ‘The Other Half’. With My Darling Clementine
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/music/granite-noir-the-other-half-with-mark-billingham-and-my-darling-clementine/1785
March 22-23: Aye Write Festival, Glasgow
Friday 22nd. 9.00 PM. The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers. Mitchell Library. https://www.ayewrite.com/pages/event-details.aspx?event=1/the-return-of-the-fun-lovin-crime-writers
Saturday 23rd. 6.30 PM. Inside The DNA Of A Crime Writer. With Robert Plomin. Mitchell Library. https://www.ayewrite.com/pages/event-details.aspx?event=1/robert-plomin-mark-billingham
March 30: York Literature Festival
6.30 PM. Details TBA.
April 26-28: Chipping Norton Literary Festival
Saturday 27. 12.00 PM. Chipping Norton Theatre. With Nicci French and Ambrose Parry. 9.00 PM. Town Hall. Grand Chippy Quiz. https://www.chiplitfest.com
May 3: Stratford Literary Festival
5.45 PM. Stratford Playhouse. With Elly Griffiths.
https://www.stratfordliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/turning-to-crime
May 5: Guernsey Literary Festival
With Erin Kelly.
https://guernseyliteraryfestival.com/book-events
May 9: Waterstones Newton Mearns
With Chris Brookmyre. Details TBA
May 10: Culture Perth & Kinross
With Chris Brookmyre. Details TBA.
May 11: Boswell Book Festival
With Chris Brookmyre . Details TBA.
May 12: Tidelines Festival, Irvine
With Chris Brookmyre. Details TBA.
May 23: Sheffield Library
With Erin Kelly. Details TBA.
May 24: The Word, South Tyneside
With Erin Kelly. Details TBA.
June 8: Bewdley Literary Festival
With Vaseem Khan. Details TBA.
July 18-21: Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate
Friday, 19th: 9.00 PM. Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers play LIVE. Saturday 20th: 3.30 PM. Blood, Guts & Gratuitous Violence. Saturday 20th: 10.00 PM. The Harrogate Crime Festival Grand Quiz. https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/crime-writing-festival/
News
AS OF FEBRUARY 2019.
Thanks to all those who shelled out to buy The Killing Habit when it came out last year in hardback. Now, it’s gorgeous paperback cousin will be hitting the bookshops (physical and online) in just a few weeks on March 21st. No pressure, but my children need new shoes and I know where you live, so RUSH out and buy one. Or borrow one. Steal one if you absolutely have to.* As if that shameless plea for your patronage were not enough, the BRAND NEW Tom Thorne novel, Their Little Secret is straining at the leash and will be published on May 2nd. It’s one I’m hugely excited about. I know I always say that, but you know, this time I mean it. There’s the usual smattering of country music, there are murders (OBVS) and this one even has some sex in it, too. I KNOW!!
The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers – the rawking beat-combo featuring myself, Val McDermid, Stuart Neville, Chris Brookmyre, Doug Johnstone and Luca Veste – will be continuing to play while you shake your booty at festivals up and down the land in the coming year. We have been working on some new songs to murder and will be returning to two of our favourite venues at the Edinburgh Festival and at Aye Write in Glasgow. We will also be playing at a very special event in the summer about which we are currently sworn to secrecy. Trust me, it’s going to be a good ‘un.
I’m currently working on a new book, as yet untitled, which will be published next year. It will represent 20 years of Thorne. IN 2020! How good is that? So there will be some very special events and exclusive publications to mark the anniversary, details of which those of you who can be bothered to look at this page will be the first to know. I promise.
So, I’m obviously still shamelessly pimping all manner of stuff – gobbing off at any opportunity at whichever bookshop, festival or street-corner will have me. There is a list of forthcoming events to promote Their Little Secret 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 don’t send them out nearly as often as I should, but the next one’s coming soon, I swear.
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…
OK, that’s quite enough yapping. I’ve got a new book to write.
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
*Don’t steal it!
