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SUMMARY:Panel: When is Crime Cosy?
DESCRIPTION:Cosy crime at its very best. Discover how bestselling authors write murders that won’t give you nightmares and stories where the pages seem to turn themselves. But when is crime\, cosy? Join Jamie West (Murder at the Matinee)\, Tom Hindle (A Killer in Paradise)\, and Greg Mosse (the Maisie Cooper series) for an insightful conversation as they explore the gentle art of cosy crime. \nTickets are on sale from 10am on Monday 12 January 2026 \nBook Tickets \nDoors open at 4pm\, talk starts at 4.30pm. \nTom Hindle\, originally hailing from Leeds\, now lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and daughter\, an overly opinionated cat and two surprisingly cunning tortoises. He is the author of A Fatal Crossing\, Tom’s hugely successful debut novel which was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. He is also the author of The Murder Game\, a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2023. Murder on Lake Garda and Death in the Arctic are Tom’s most recent\, and Sunday Times bestselling\, novels. His writing is inspired by masters of the crime genre such as Agatha Christie and Anthony Horowitz. \nJamie West’s two loves\, theatre and a good murder mystery\, is what has inspired his Bertie Carroll series set in 1930s theatreland. Death on the Pier introduces the murder mystery playwright turned real-life detective and the eagerly anticipated second book in the series Murder at the Matinee was shortlisted for The Crime Writers’ Association Whodunnit Dagger Award in 2025. He continues to split his time between writing and working in the theatre. \nGreg Mosse’s first career was in theatre as actor\, director and writer. He has lived and worked in Paris\, New York\, Los Angeles and Madrid. Having worked as an interpreter at a variety of international institutions\, in 2015 Greg returned to theatre. Since then\, he has written and produced 25 plays and musicals. He took advantage of 2020’s lockdown to fulfil a long-term ambition to write a powerful thriller\, and the Coming Darkness trilogy was the result.
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/panel-when-is-crime-cosy/
LOCATION:Farnham Town Hall\, Farnham Town Council\, South Street\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Panel
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SUMMARY:Panel: A Writer’s Life
DESCRIPTION:Three best selling authors share their tips on surviving rejection\, reviews and rewrites. Gill Thompson\, whose fifth novel The Child at the Window\, is out on April 23\, Louise Morrish\, whose third novel\, The Library of War and Peace\, publishes later in 2026\, and Suzanne Goldring\, author of nine historical novels\, will encourage aspiring writers with honest tales of their experiences. Writer Libby Morgan will compère and direct questions from the audience in an entertaining presentation that reveals the truth about the life of a full-time author. \nTickets are on sale from 10am on Monday 12 January 2026 \nBook Tickets \nSuzanne Goldring’s bestselling novels have sold worldwide and been translated into several languages. All of Suzanne’s novels combine a present day narrative with First and Second World War history\, to tell of secrets that surprise and intrigue lovers of vivid and remarkable fiction. Her ninth novel\, HER HUSBAND’S RETURN\, published in October 2025 and revealed the secrets of a house that survived WW11. Suzanne is committed to producing three more books for her publisher Bookouture. \nGill Thompson is the author of five historical fiction novels set in and around World War Two. Her second novel\, ‘The Child on Platform One’ topped the Bookseller magazine’s Heatseekers Chart and appeared in the Wallstreet Journal and USA Today bestseller lists. It has been translated into twelve languages. Gill is a former English lecturer at Alton College and now writes full time. She hosts a creative writing website at www.wordkindling.co.uk \nLouise Morrish is an author\, bookseller\, creative writing tutor\, and historical speaker from Hampshire. She writes stories inspired by the lives of women in the past\, who achieved extraordinary things\, but whom history has forgotten. Her debut novel\, Operation Moonlight\, won the Penguin Random House First Novel competition and was published in 2022. Her second novel\, Women of War\, was published in 2025\, and her third novel\, The Library of War and Peace\, will be published in April 2026. \nLibby Morgan is a former English teacher who is currently working on her third historical fiction novel. After a brief spell in financial journalism as a writer and sub editor she turned to writing fiction. Over the years she has experimented in different genres including sit com\, screenplays and plays\, short stories\, and a comic epistolary novel. She looks forward to interviewing Suzanne\, Lou and Gill again. \n 
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/panel-a-writers-life/
LOCATION:Oxfam Books & Music Farnham\, 18/19 The Borough\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7NF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260309T193000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Memoir: When Truth is More Gripping Than Fiction
DESCRIPTION:What makes a perfect memoir? Join three inspiring\, fearless women as they share their astonishing personal stories – and what it was like turning them into compelling reads. \nNamed non-fiction book of the year by The Guardian and the Spectator\, Sins of My Father is Lily Dunn’s searing account of how her childhood was upended when her father joined a cult. Her latest book\, Into Being\, is about the radical power of memoir writing. In Mistress and Commander and Pages From My Passport\, Amelia Dalton shares the warm\, honest\, and often thrilling story of how she moved on from family heartbreak to become commander of her own boat – a career change that has seen her dubbed “the Indiana Jones of small\, glamorous cruise ships.” \nBook Tickets \n 
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/the-art-of-memoir-when-truth-is-more-gripping-than-fiction/
LOCATION:Farnham Town Hall\, Farnham Town Council\, South Street\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260314T140000
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SUMMARY:Rewriting Time: The Art of Historical Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Some of the most compelling crime thrillers of this century have transported readers into the past. Join three leading voices in historical fiction as they discuss why the genre continues to captivate readers. S.J. Parris\, No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the hugely popular Giordano Bruno series set in Tudor England; Matthew Sweet\, whose Bookish is adapted from the major TV drama set in post‑WW2 London; and Anna Mazzola\, whose The Book of Secrets won the CWA Gold Dagger Crime Novel of the Year in 2025\, come together for a lively discussion. The panel is hosted by Jack Jewers\, author of The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys\, named the Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year. \nTickets are on sale from 10am on Monday 12 January 2026 \nBook Tickets \nDoors open at 1.30pm\, talk starts at 2pm.
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/rewriting-time-the-art-of-historical-fiction/
LOCATION:Farnham Town Hall\, Farnham Town Council\, South Street\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Panel
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SUMMARY:Killer Thrillers
DESCRIPTION:These three international bestselling authors are masters of writing books you can’t put down\, creating plots and characters that stay with you long after the final page. What draws New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware (The Woman in Cabin 10 – now a major Netflix film)\, Elly Griffiths (The Sunday Times bestselling Ruth Galloway series)\, and Ava Glass (the Alias Emma spy thrillers) to such dark\, twisting plots? Join them as they reveal how they build believable\, pulse‑pounding narratives\, featuring everything from bodies being thrown from cruise ships in the dead of night\, to discovering new bones buried among the old\, and spies racing through London to stop a Russian attack. Hosted by podcaster Frankie Pellatt\, expect thrills\, revelations\, and a plot twist or two. \nTickets are on sale from 10am on Monday 12 January 2026 \nBook Tickets \nDoors open at 4pm\, talk starts at 4.30pm.
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/killer-thrillers/
LOCATION:Farnham Town Hall\, Farnham Town Council\, South Street\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Panel
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SUMMARY:Murder They Wrote: Crime Fiction Uncovered
DESCRIPTION:Two bestselling authors known for their twisting plots and deliciously dark\, dangerous storytelling come together for this gripping event. Sunday Times bestsellers Louise Candlish (Our House) and former journalist Ellie Levenson (Room 706) each uncover murder in the most unexpected places. Join them as they reveal how they uncover and craft their fast-faced plots and discover what draws them to explore the darkest acts committed by desperate people. Hosted by the “queen of spy fiction” Ava Glass\, this panel promises to be an enthralling journey into some dark\, shadowy and suspenseful places. \nBook Tickets \nDoors open at 6.30pm\, talk starts at 7pm. \n  \n 
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/murder-they-wrote-crime-fiction-uncovered/
LOCATION:Farnham Town Hall\, Farnham Town Council\, South Street\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Panel
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260315T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260315T173000
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SUMMARY:Neither Here nor There: Epic Journeys From History
DESCRIPTION:Step aboard for an epic voyage of discovery. Let us take you on an adventure through history\, from the far‑flung travels of Charles Dickens\, brought to life by his great-great-great granddaughter Lucinda Hawksley; to Midge Gillies’ compelling account of the trailblazing aviators who fought to be the first women to fly across the Atlantic; via Nicholas Jubber’s exploration of the world’s shadowy corners\, where legends of giants\, dragons\, ogres\, zombies\, ghosts\, and demons still live rooted in memory. \nTickets are on sale from 10am on Monday 12 January 2026 \nBook Tickets \nDoors open at 4pm\, talk starts at 4.30pm.
URL:https://farnhamliteraryfestival.co.uk/event/neither-here-nor-there-epic-journeys-from-history/
LOCATION:Farnham Town Hall\, Farnham Town Council\, South Street\, Farnham\, Surrey\, GU9 7RN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Author talk,Panel
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