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THIS INFORMATION APPLIED TO LEFT COAST CRIME 16, A CONVENTION HELD IN MARCH 2006. DETAILS MAY NO LONGER BE UP TO DATE AND/OR VALID.

The Left Coast Crime Gala Dinner will be held on Saturday evening.

International Thriller WritersINTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITERS
The Left Coast Crime organisers are pleased to announce that they will be collaborating on a number of Thriller orientated panels with the International Thriller Writers (ITW). At Left Coast Crime 16, the ITW will also be announcing the first ever shortlist of their newly created awards: The Thrillers.

(The winners will be announced at the ITW convention Thriller Fest, June
29 - July 2 2006, Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, USA.)

WatershedWATERSHED FILM NOIR PROGRAMME
Watershed, Britain’s premier media centre, is located next to the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel. To celebrate the arrival of Left Coast Crime in Bristol, Watershed is presenting a programme of films and discussions around the work of hard-boiled fiction writer James M. Cain in the lead-up to the convention. Delegates arriving a few days before the convention are encouraged to attend these rare cinema screenings. For more information, please visit the Watershed Media Centre website.

Programme:

ALL TIMES AND PANELS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Thursday, 16th of March.

10.00: FIRST FLOOR LOBBY (above the ground floor!) – REGISTRATION
1.00 – 6.30: LANCASTER – book room

KINGS ROOM MERCHANT 1 MERCHANT 5
2.00 – 3.00
A FRIEND IN NEED - SIDEKICKS & PARTNERS
  • Stephen Booth
  • Ruth Dudley Edwards
  • Adrian Magson
  • David Roberts

Moderator: James Calder

 2.00 – 3.00
THE MURDER SQUAD
  • Chaz Brenchley
  • Ann Cleeves
  • Martin Edwards
  • Margaret Murphy
  • Stuart Pawson
  • Cath Staincliffe
 2.00 – 3.00
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD
  • Nancy Fairbanks
  • Janet Laurence
  • Amy Myers
  • Cathy Pickens

Moderator: Janet Rudolph

3.30 – 4.30
WRITING A SERIES – HOW DO YOU KEEP IT FRESH?

  • Cara Black
  • Iain McDowall
  • Michael Newton
  • Zoë Sharp

Moderator: Barbara Seranella

3.30 – 4.30
DIGGING UP THE PAST: SLEUTHS STEEPED IN HISTORY

  • Aileen Baron
  • Kate Ellis
  • Lyn Hamilton
  • Sharan Newman

Moderator: Toby Gottfried

3.30 – 4.30
WHY DID I DO THAT? MISTAKES I WISHED I HAD NEVER MADE

  • Barbara Cleverly
  • Judith Cutler
  • Paula Gosling
  • Marianne MacDonald

Moderator: Mary Jane Maffini

5.00 – 6.00
HOME AWAY FROM HOME: PLOTTING AT A DISTANCE

  • Cara Black
  • Tony Broadbent
  • John Rickards
  • Jacqueline Winspear
Moderator: Greg Rucka

5.00 – 6.00
BORN TO DIE: PERFECT VICTIMS

  • Margaret Dumas
  • Ron Ellis
  • Christine Poulson
  • Mary Saums
Moderator: Lizzie Hayes

5.00 – 6.00
COPS & CONS: CHARACTERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW

  • Russell James
  • H.R.F. Keating
  • Stuart MacBride
  • Ann Parker
Moderator: Michael Z Lewin

8.30: KINGS ROOM – welcome, and the Left Coast Crime Pub Quiz.

Do you know your PD James from your PJ Tracy or your Hiaasen from your Hammett? Your Rebus from your Renko or your Wimsey from your Warshawski? Match your mystery wits with your fellow delegates over a drink or two in this entertaining quiz which covers everything from cosies to crime on the silver screen. Your quiz inquisitors: psychological thriller writer Laura Wilson and comic writer and critic Peter Guttridge. Big prizes to be won. (Well, big-ish ...)

 

Friday, 17th of March.

7.00 – 8.30: KINGS ROOM – BREAKFAST
9.00 – 6.00: LANCASTER – BOOK ROOM
12.00 – 1.00: MERCHANT 3 – MJ Rose: BUZZ YOUR BOOK: DOES ONLINE MARKETING WORK? AND HOW!
3.00 – 4.00: MERCHANT 3 – Maggie Griffin & Heidi Mack: EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT WEB SITES (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK ABOUT)

KINGS ROOM MERCHANT 1 MERCHANT 5

9.00 – 10.00
ITW: TRACKING DOWN A STORY - REPORTERS IN THRILLERS

  • Jan Burke
  • Caroline Carver
  • Peter Guttridge
  • Denise Hamilton

Moderator: Mike Stotter

9.00 – 10.00
SHORT STORIES

  • Jane Burfield
  • Keith McCarthy
  • Sarah Weinman
  • Linda Wiken

Moderator: Ayo Onatade

9.00 – 10.00
WHEN PAST MEETS PRESENT - WHEN EVENTS FROM THE PAST COME BACK TO HAUNT THE CHARACTERS

  • Richard Burke
  • Vicki Delany
  • Liz Rigbey
  • Francesca Weisman

Moderator: Barbara Franchi

10.30 – 11.30
WHEN FICTION MEETS FACT - USING REAL PEOPLE & EVENTS

  • Ron Ellis
  • Denise Hamilton
  • Janet Laurence
  • Bill Moody

Moderator: Ann Cleeves

10.30 – 11.30
ITW: THE THRILL OF THE ODD JOB - UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS IN THRILLERS

  • Allan Guthrie
  • MJ Rose
  • David Skibbins
  • Louise Ure

Moderator: Christine Goff

10.30 – 11.30
HAD I BUT KNOWN - CLICHÉS IN CRIME FICTION

  • Donna Andrews
  • Steve Brewer
  • Kate Ellis
  • Stuart MacBride

Moderator: Jan Burke

12.00 – 1.00
ARE WE THERE YET? LET THE AUTHORS BE YOUR TOUR GUIDES TO THEIR HISTORICAL LOCATIONS

  • Lindsey Davis
  • Simon Levack
  • Sharan Newman
  • Anne Perry

Moderator: Mel Hunt

 

12.00 – 1.00
IS THAT A TRUNCHEON IN YOUR POCKET? DIFFERENCES IN POLICE PROCEDURALS EITHER SIDE OF THE POND

  • Patricia Hall
  • Kathleen Hills
  • Barbara Fradkin
  • David Walks-As-Bear

Moderator: Toby Gottfried

12.00 – 1.00
SERIAL KILLERS & PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS: YOU SCARE YOUR WAY & I’LL SCARE MINE

  • Kate Charles
  • Keith McCarthy
  • Michael Marshall
  • Danuta Reah

Moderator: Bill Gottfried

1.30 – 2.30
LEE CHILD
Interviewed by Simon Kernick

1.30 – 2.30
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK: EXOTIC LOCALES

  • Barbara Nadel
  • Danuta Reah
  • Stav Sherez
  • Nick Stone

Moderator: Charles Benoit

1.30 – 2.30
NICHE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: THE 14TH CENTURY INVISIBLE AARDVARK ACTUARY SLEUTH

  • Marian Babson
  • Nancy Fairbanks
  • Betty Rowlands
  • Valerie Wolzien
Moderator: Lizzie Hayes

3.00 – 4.00
LINDSEY DAVIS & PETER LOVESEY in conversation with Richard Reynolds

3.00 – 4.00
BRITAIN: CITY VS COUNTRYSIDE

  • Lesley Horton
  • Marianne MacDonald
  • Dreda Say Mitchell
  • Aline Templeton
Moderator: Stephen Booth

3.00 – 4.00
LIFE OF PI

  • Declan Hughes
  • Rick Riordan
  • Cath Staincliffe
  • Michelle Spring

Moderator: Bill Fitzhugh

4.30 – 5.30
BORIS AKUNIN
Interviewed by Peter Guttridge

4.30 – 5.30
FLAPPERS VS KICK ASS HEROINES

  • Liza Cody
  • Kerry Greenwood
  • Barbara Seranella
  • Jacqueline Winspear
Moderator: Richard Burke

4.30 – 5.30
IT'S GOOD TO TALK - THE IMPORTANCE OF DIALOGUE

  • Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
  • Peter James
  • David Lawrence
  • Greg Rucka
Moderator: Charlie Williams

6.30 – 8.00: Kings Room – International Thriller Writers cocktail party, sponsored by MIRA, and Thrillers short-list announcement


Saturday, 18th of March.

7.00 – 8.30: KINGS ROOM – BREAKFAST
9.00 – 6.00: LANCASTER – BOOK ROOM
1.00 – 5.30: MERCHANT 3: Penguin’s SCENE OF CRIME room: www.penguinmostwanted.co.uk
1.30 – 2.30: MERCHANT 4: Sharan Newman: RIGHTS & WRONGS IN THE DAVINCI CODE – AN ILLUSTRATED PRESENTATION
3.00 – 4.00: MERCHANT 4: Barry Eisler & Jason Star: MAXIMUM EXPOSURE - HOW TO MAKE MOST YOUR MARKETING BUDGET

KINGS ROOM MERCHANT 1 MERCHANT 5

9.00 – 10.00
FRESH BLOOD FIRST - 8 GOOD REASONS TO GET UP EARLY (PLUS LAURA WILSON!): Alex Barclay, David Harrison, Dreda Say Mitchell, Stav Sherez, Nick Stone, James Twining, Louise Ure, and Sue Walker.

Moderator: Laura Wilson

9.00 – 10.00
SCIENCE VS SUPERNATURAL: THE EXPLAINED & THE UNEXPLAINABLE IN CRIME FICTION

  • Lin Anderson
  • Jay Calder
  • Colin Campbell
  • David Skibbins

Moderator: Donna Andrew

9.00 – 10.00
YOUR PATCH OR MINE; HOW DOES LOCATION AFFECT THE CRIME?

  • Caroline Carver
  • Meg Gardiner
  • Simon Kernick
  • MJ Rose
Moderator: David Hewson

10.30 – 11.30
ANNE PERRY
Interviewed by Natasha Cooper

10.30 – 11.30
WALKING THE MEAN STREETS

  • Ray Banks
  • Allan Guthrie
  • Jason Starr
  • Charlie Williams
Moderator: Donna Moore

10.30 – 11.30
ITW: SWITCHING GEARS - WHEN DO MYSTERIES BECOME THRILLERS?

  • Debby Atkinson
  • Christine Goff
  • Debbie Mitsch
  • Michael Newton
Moderator: David Morrell

12.00 – 1.00
JEFFREY DEAVER
Interviewed by Barbara Peters

12.00 – 1.00
HOW DO YOU KEEP THEM STRAIGHT? AUTHORS WHO WRITE MULTIPLE SERIES

  • H. R. F. Keating
  • Mary Jane Maffini
  • Edward Marston
  • Priscilla Masters
Moderator: Paula Gosling

12.00 – 1.00
NOSTALGIA OR HISTORY? WHEN DOES NOSTALGIA END & HISTORY BEGIN?

  • Thomas Rendell Curran
  • Pip Granger
  • Andrew Taylor
  • Robert Wilson
Moderator: Tony Broadbent

1.30 – 2.30
PLOT IS A RENTAL CAR

  • Cara Black
  • Barbara Seranella
  • Zoë Sharp
  • Jacqueline Winspear

Moderator: Lee Child

1.30 – 2.30
WHY DO WE READ CRIME FICTION?

  • John Billheimer
  • Jan Burke
  • Jane Jakeman
  • Cathy Pickens
Moderator: Martin Edwards

1.30 – 2.30
COP, PI, AMATEUR, PROFESSIONAL: WHAT DOES EACH ONE BRING TO THE SOLUTION?

  • Natasha Cooper
  • Thomas Rendell Curran
  • Jim Kelly
  • John Rickards
Moderator: Ray Banks

3.00 – 4.00
THE IDEAS EXPERIMENT

  • Liza Cody
  • Michael Z Lewin
  • Peter Lovesey

3.00 – 4.00
TRAVELLING FIRST CLASS IN THE 20TH CENTURY - CLASS & HISTORY

  • Rhys Bowen
  • Carola Dunn
  • Kerry Greenwood
  • Lora Roberts
Moderator: David Roberts

3.00 – 4.00
THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS: HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? SEX & VIOLENCE IN CRIME WRITING

  • Natasha Cooper
  • Michelle Spring
  • Andrew Taylor
  • Laura Wilson

4.30 – 5.30
BIAS IN HISTORICAL MYSTERIES: WRITING HISTORY FOR A 21ST CENTURY AUDIENCE

  • Boris Akunin
  • Jane Finnis
  • Margaret Frazer
  • Edward Marston
Moderator: Mel Hunt

4.30 – 5.30
ITW: IN FROM THE COLD - THE SPY THRILLER TODAY

  • Barry Eisler
  • Gayle Lynds
  • David Morrell
  • Pat Mullan
Moderator: Ali Karim

4.30 – 5.30
MURDER: IT'S A FUNNY OLD GAME

  • Steve Brewer
  • Ruth Dudley Edwards
  • Bill Fitzhugh
  • Stuart Pawson
Moderator: Peter Guttridge

7.30: KINGS ROOM – Left Coast Crime Gala Dinner. Wine sponsored by No Alibis Book Store.


Sunday, 19th of March

7.00 – 8.30: KINGS ROOM – BREAKFAST
9.00 – 1.30: LANCASTER – BOOK ROOM

KINGS ROOM MERCHANT 1 MERCHANT 5

9.00 - 10.00
MY CHARACTER NEVER SAID THAT: DRAMA ADAPTATIONS

  • Jeffrey Deaver
  • Peter James
  • Cath Staincliffe
  • Rebecca Tope

Moderator: Jason Starr

9.00 - 10.00
RESEARCH & REALITY

  • Charles Benoit
  • Charles Cumming
  • Sheila Quigley
  • Martyn Waites
Moderator: John Billheimer

9.00 - 10.00
CENTURIES OF MURDER - CRIME FICTION SET IN THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE

  • Judith Cutler
  • Penny Deacon
  • Margaret Frazer
  • Ann Parker
Moderator: B. J. Rahn

10.30 – 11.30
BRAIN VS BRAWN: SHOOTING OR THINKING YOURSELF OUT OF TROUBLE

  • Lindsay Ashford
  • Meg Gardiner
  • Greg Rucka
  • Laura Wilson
Moderator: Barry Eisler

10.30 – 11.30
ITW: THE HAUNTS OF THE PAST - THRILLERS & HISTORY

  • Aileen Baron
  • Tony Broadbent
  • David Hewson
  • James Twining
Moderator: Gayle Lynds

10.30 – 11.30
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME

  • Alex Barclay
  • Prisclla Masters
  • Liz Rigbey
  • Francesca Weisman
Moderator: Margaret Murphy

12.00 – 1.00
STUMP THE EXPERTS

  • Barry Eisler
  • Peter Guttridge
  • Gayle Lynds
  • Zoë Sharp
Moderator: Rhys Bowen

 

 

6.00: KINGS ROOM–Left Coast Crime Buffet Dinner – with Simon Brett as the after dinner speaker

 

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