Forthcoming Events
May 12-13: Crimefest, Bristol
https://www.crimefest.com
May 14: Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival
5.30 PM. One Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells.
https://theamelia.co.uk/whats-on/mark-billingham-and-joe-harmston.html
May 19-20: Aye Write, Glasgow
Friday, 19th, 9.00 PM. Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers.
Saturday 20th, 7.45 PM. With Chris Brookmyre.
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on?page=1&programme=Aye%20Write
May 24: Booka Bookshop, Oswestry
7.30 PM. With CL Taylor.
https://www.bookabookshop.co.uk/future-events
May 25: Mold Bookshop
7.00 PM. Mold Library, Earl Rd, Mold. With Luca Veste.
https://www.mold-bookshop.co.uk/pages/event
May 26: The Theatre, Chipping Norton
7.30 PM. With Mick Herron.
https://www.chippingnortontheatre.com/whats-on/the-last-dance
May 30: The Bookery, Crediton, Devon. Cream Tea & Crime
Afternoon: Cream Tea event. Evening: Bookshop event. With Val McDermid. Times TBA
https://www.thebookery.org.uk/events
May 31: Bookish, Crickhowell
7.30 PM. The Manor Hotel, Crickhowell. With Val McDermid.
https://www.book-ish.co.uk/events
June 2: The British Library, London
7.00 PM. How To Survive A Classic Crime Novel.
https://www.bl.uk/events/how-to-survive-a-classic-crime-novel
June 8: Plackitt & Booth Literary Lunch
12.30 PM. Fylde Rugby Club, Lytham.
https://www.plackittandbooth.co.uk/events
June 10: Heath Bookshop, Birmingham
5.00 PM. Heath Bookshop, Kings Court, Kings Heath, Birmingham. With Mark Edwards
Tel: 0121 444 3958
linktr.ee/theheathbookshop
June 11: Oasis Fundraiser, Broadstairs
3.00 PM. The Yarrow Hotel, CT10 1PN.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/oasisdomesticabuseservice/861958
June 14: Toppings, Bath
7.30 PM. Toppings Bookshop, York St, Bath. With CL Taylor.
https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/mark-billingham-and-cally-taylor-2023/
June 17-18: Borders Book Festival, Melrose
Saturday 17: 7.45 PM. Solo event.
Sunday 18: 8.00 PM. Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers.
https://www.bordersbookfestival.org
July 6: Waterstones, Liverpool One
6.30 PM. With Ruth Ware.
https://www.waterstones.com/events/an-evening-with-ruth-ware-and-mark-billingham/liverpool
July 20-23: Harrogate Crime Writing Festival
Assorted events including Fun Lovin Crime Writers, Friday 21st at 10.00 PM.
https://harrogateinternationalfestivals.com/%20crime-writing-festival/
August 15: Edinburgh International Book Festival
5.45 PM. With Doug Johnstone.
https://www.edbookfest.co.uk
News
April 2023.
A brand-spanky-new newsletter will be going out shortly (I promise) with all manner of well…news. There’s a clue in the name. But until then, just to say that my brand new novel THE LAST DANCE is coming on May 25th. It’s the first in a brand new series featuring a new and very different detective. DS Declan Miller is most definitely NOT Tom Thorne. These are books that will be very different in tone and setting from the Thorne novels and may even contain…jokes. That said, I am still writing about grief, pain, loss and violence but I remain fierce in my belief that humour and seriousness are NOT mutually exclusive. I hope readers will welcome Miller as warmly as they did Thorne and, for all those concerned that they might not be seeing their favourite grumpy, north London-based, country-music-loving detective again, I will be getting stuck in to the 19th Thorne novel as soon as Miller *2 is finished.
As you can see from the extensive list of events above, I will be travelling hither and yon to shamelessly pimp THE LAST DANCE, so come out to a bookshop or a festival or wherever else I’m rocking up and ask me awkward questions. If you’re really unlucky I may even dance. No, I promise I won’t.
2023 has also heralded the return of The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers – the rawking beat combo featuring myself, Val McDermid, Luca Veste, Doug Johnstone, Stuart Neville and Chris Brookmyre. We kicked off the new year in fine style at the Granite Noir festival and have plenty more shows lined up for the summer and beyond. Come and see us murdering songs for fun and jump around like a maniac. Should you fancy a glimpse of us taking on an Elvis Costello classic, there is footage of us performing on a TV show on the SHOWING OFF page of this very website.
I hope to see some of you at a book event or a FLCW gig soon, but in the meantime social media remains the easiest way to make contact if you want to say hello or just shout at me about something.
Get ready to dance…
TWITTER: @MarkBillingham
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MarkBillinghamAuthor
As ever, you can email me through this website at: mail@markbillingham.com
Stay well and happy reading…