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Festival Highlights 2024

See the highlight images from 2024 Festival

Zillah Bell 23/03/2023 Zillah Bell 23/03/2023

Beyond Christie: How crime writing has evolved, and what's next for the genre

Crime and thriller fiction has never been more popular, nor the genre more diverse.

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David Fennell to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

David Fennell is the author of six books including the multi-award nominated SLEEPER series.

Zillah Bell 17/03/2023 Zillah Bell 17/03/2023

Erin Young to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

Our very own Erin Young will be at Beyond The Book Festival this April 6th in Brighton.

Zillah Bell 03/03/2023 Zillah Bell 03/03/2023

SJ Watson to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

He’s the bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, SECOND LIFE and FINAL CUT.

Zillah Bell 01/03/2023 Zillah Bell 01/03/2023

Catching Predatory Killers

The pursuit of justice comes at a cost. Journalist and author, Lizzie Enfield, quizzes former detectives, Graham Bartlett and Steve Fulcher, on the hunts to convict two evil killers.

Zillah Bell 25/02/2023 Zillah Bell 25/02/2023

Lizzie Enfield to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

We’re thrilled to reveal that our very own Lizzie Enfield will be joining us at Beyond The Book Festival on April 6th!

Zillah Bell 24/02/2023 Zillah Bell 24/02/2023

Steve Fulcher to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

Thrilled to welcome Steve Fulcher to the inaugural Beyond the Book Festival.

Zillah Bell 23/02/2023 Zillah Bell 23/02/2023

Graham Bartlett to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

We are delighted to welcome our very own Graham Bartlett to Beyond the Book Festival.

Zillah Bell 21/02/2023 Zillah Bell 21/02/2023

John McCullough to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

John will perform from both his latest collection Panic Response, and Reckless Paper Birds, which won the 2020 Hawthornden Prize for Literature as well as being shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award

Zillah Bell 16/02/2023 Zillah Bell 16/02/2023

Julie Mae Cohen to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

Julie Mae Cohen is the darker side of Julie Cohen, an award-winning, bestselling author of over 25 novels and a popular teacher of creative writing.

Zillah Bell 15/02/2023 Zillah Bell 15/02/2023

Kate Harrison to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

We are delighted to welcome Kate Harrison to the Beyond the Book Festival. Kate is the bestselling author of more than 20 novels and non-fiction books.

Zillah Bell 10/02/2023 Zillah Bell 10/02/2023

Dorothy Koomson to appear at Beyond the Book Festival

Dorothy is a multi-award winning and Sunday Times bestselling author.

Zillah Bell 31/01/2023 Zillah Bell 31/01/2023

The Road to Publication: The Insiders View

It took novelist, Erin Young, years of rejections before her first novel was published in 2006 and became the bestselling hardback debut of that year.