Murder They Wrote - crime theme talks, 30 January, 11am - 5pm

Join us for a day of crime themed talks with a line up of suspects ready to tell all! Find out about policing in 1960s Hampshire and how plants solve crime. Don't miss three of the country's top crime writers discussing their work.

Saturday 30 January 11.00am-5pm

Guildhall Lecture Theatre (next to the Central Library)
Civic Centre
Southampton
Meet The Suspects

Jim Brown, a former Detective with Southampton Police and Scenes of Crime Officer with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, will talk about how the police solved crime during the 1960s and how the development of forensic techniques have made criminals easier to catch!

11.00-12.30pm
£5/£4
Dr Michael Keith-Lucas- How Plants Solve Crime

Dr Michael Keith-Lucas, Honorary Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences at Reading University talks about how plant fragments such as hairs, fibres and in particular pollen and plant DNA can help place suspects at the scene of a crime or predict where a crime look place. He will also talk about solving specific crime, everything from honey fraud to murder!

1.30-3.00pm
£5/£4
Panel Event -Peter Guttridge, the Observer’s crime fiction critic, discusses crime thriller writing with:
Mark Billingham

Mark is one of the UK’s most acclaimed and popular crime writers. His series of London-based novels featuring D.I. Tom Thorne has won him the Sherlock Award and he has been nominated five times for a Crime Writers Association Award. His novel 'Death Message' has just won the Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award 2009.

Roger Ellory

Was first propelled into the crime fiction spotlight when his debut novel ‘Candlemoth’ was shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller 2003. In 2006 ‘City Of Lies’ was nominated for the same award, and then a year later ‘A Quiet Belief in Angels’ was not only selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, but was shortlisted for the Barry Award, The Prix du Polar, the 813 Trophy and was winner of the Inaugural Nouvel Observateur Prize 2008.

Laura Wilson

Laura is the crime fiction reviewer for the Guardian newspaper and was recently involved with the Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. Her seventh novel Stratton's War, won the Ellis Peters Award in 2008 and 'Empty Death’, Laura’s current novel was recently shortlisted for the 2009 Ellis Peters Award for Best Historical Mystery.

3.30-5.00pm
£6/£5


Tickets can be purchased:

Telephone: 023 8063 2601
In Person: Southampton Guildhall Box Office, Civic Centre
Email: southamptonguildhall.boxoffice@livenation.co.uk
For further infomation, visit the Southampton City Councils website HERE

NB You can choose to pay for individual sessions or purchase a day ticket for only £14/£11

Concessions are available for Senior Citizens, students, registered unemployed.

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