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Following the sell out of the first Wigan Noir, this much anticipated event is back and entering the beautiful setting of The Victorian Court Room.
We have no less than eight published authors attending who will talk about their writing and read from their latest work. There will also be an opportunity to buy and get books signed at the event this year.
We have well known authors from Wigan – Robin Roughley, Paul Finch, Malcolm Hollingdrake and Alan Wright along with authors from further afield. Also in attendance is the actor Nicholas Camm who has appeared in programmes such as ‘Emmerdale’, ‘The Cops’, ‘The Last Tango in Halifax’ and many more.
The bar will be open throughout serving various refreshments for you to enjoy at this literary event with a difference.
The Old Courts is a not-for-profit arts centre and all proceeds from this event are kindly donated to support continued Arts and Cultural events in Wigan. Thank you for playing your part.
Over 14 with an Adult. Further details here.

I’m delighted to say I’m doing a panel at this festival, now in its second year and going from strength to strength. I’m moderating Nick Oldham, Robert Parker, Ruth Sutton and Roz Watkins on the Northern Noir panel (panel name tbc). Should be fun. After the panel I will be at the festival for the rest of the weekend. I will confirm timings when known otherwise additional details can be found here.

Stone circles and elephants – murder most foul from Cumbria to Mumbai

In this session, bestselling crime authors Vaseem Khan and M.W. Craven explore the impact of location on a good murder plot. M.W. Craven, author of The Puppet Show, sets loose a serial killer amongst the Lake District’s prehistoric stone circles, whilst Vaseem Khan’s Baby Ganesh Detective Agency series brings to life the heat and bustle of one of the world’s most colourful and overpopulated cities – Mumbai. Together they will talk about their latest books, but also dissect the ways in which location has influenced the development of their characters and plotlines.

Vaseem Khan is the author of the bestselling Baby Ganesh Detective Agency crime series featuring Indian detective Ashwin Chopra and his baby elephant sidekick. The first book in the series, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra was a Times bestseller, and a Waterstones Paperback of the Year. Vaseem was born in London, but spent a decade working in India. His latest novel is Murder at the Grand Raj Palace.

Carlisle-born M. W. Craven took up a probation officer role in Whitehaven in 1999. Seventeen years later, at the rank of assistant chief officer, he became a full-time author. The Puppet Show, the first in a two-book deal he signed with the Little, Brown imprint, Constable in 2017, was published in June. It has sold in numerous foreign territories and has been optioned for TV by Studio Lambert.

Tickets are £8 for this event. Further details can be found here.

It’s finally happened, the first big Waterstones Carlisle crime night! Join us in-store for an evening of discussion, followed by a Q&A by some of the best writers in the crime genre.

Leading the night are local legends MIKE CRAVEN and MATT HILTON who will be joined by GRAHAM SMITH and ZOSIA WAND.

Come along and join us for an evening of the macarbe. Entry to the event is FREE, and authors will be signing their books at the event. For any further information please don’t hesitate to ask a bookseller.

Further details can be found here.

This will be the first signing event for The Puppet Show’s paperback release – the book isn’t actually published until the following Thursday. From Waterstones’ website: ‘Very pleased to let you know that M W Craven will be in store signing copies of his brilliant crime thriller The Puppet Show! If you love crime thrillers and have not read this yet – then you are definately missing out!’

Full details here.

Please do join me at Watersones Carlisle on Saturday 26th January 2019 between 11 and 2 for the first public signing event in Cumbria. Further details to be announced.