Steph McKenna - 2021.09.07
Fiction writing advice from Mary Paulson-Ellis, the award-winning author of The Other Mrs Walker.
Steph McKenna - 2021.08.27
Paul Willetts, the critically acclaimed author of King Con and Rendezvous at the Russian Tea Rooms, recommends six essential true crime reads for readers and writers.
roisin - 2021.08.19
We've teamed up with The Crime Vault to gift one lucky winner with ten unmissable crime fiction books.
Steph McKenna - 2021.07.29
Internationally acclaimed writer Megan Abbott ('A legend for good reason' – The Washington Post) will deliver the 2021 Noirwich Crime Writing Festival Lecture, it has been revealed today.
Simon Jones - 2021.07.22
Catch up on last year's festival in preparation for 2021!
Steph McKenna - 2020.09.13
Bringing together two of Hercule Poirot’s biggest fans for a conversation spanning the 100-year history of one of Agatha Christie’s most beloved creations.
Simon Jones - 2020.09.11
We are delighted to welcome award-winning US author and screenwriter Attica Locke for the annual Noirwich Lecture, in which she explores the ways that crime writing can challenge the distribution of power and authority at a structural and individual level.
Steph McKenna - 2020.09.11
Read 'The Love Boat', a short story by novelist and Noirwich UNESCO Virtual Writer in Residence Anita Terpstra. It has been translated by Danny Guinan.
Steph McKenna - 2020.09.11
Read 'Solstice', a short story by novelist and Noirwich UNESCO Virtual Writer in Residence Anita Terpstra. It has been translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey.
Simon Jones - 2020.09.11
The Noirwich Crime Writing Festival continues with Anita Terpstra joining us from Leeuwarden in the Netherlands to discuss her crime writing. Talking with Flo Reynolds on the National Centre for Writing's The Writing Life podcast, Anita reveals her path to becoming published and how keeping the faith and continuing to write are essential. It's an inspiring and positive conversation.
Simon Jones - 2020.09.10
Noirwich 2020 kicks off with a podcast interview with Virtual Writer in Residence Paddy Richardson, from Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature.
Steph McKenna - 2020.09.10
Read an extract from Swimming in the Dark (Upstart Press, 2014) by Paddy Richardson, one of our UNESCO Noirwich Virtual Writer in Residence 2020.
Steph McKenna - 2020.09.10
Noirwich UNESCO Virtual Writer in Residence Paddy Richardson reflects on her home city of Dunedin in New Zealand, and its relationship with writing and crime fiction.
roisin - 2020.09.09
The prolific French crime writer shares the books that have influenced his writing.
Steph McKenna - 2020.08.27
Former Guardian crime correspondent Duncan Campbell provides a comprehensive list of the most essential true crime books you must read.
Steph McKenna - 2020.08.24
We’ve teamed up with The Crime Vault to gift one lucky winner with a bundle of ten of the hottest crime writing reads of the summer.
Steph McKenna - 2020.08.18
Meet our UNESCO City of Literature Virtual Writers in Residence for the 2020 Festival: Anita Terpstra from Hallum, Netherlands, and Paddy Richardson from Dunedin, New Zealand.
Steph McKenna - 2020.08.06
We've created a handy one-page digital guide to the Festival weekend, with links to each event and details on where they will take place.
Steph McKenna - 2020.07.29
The region’s largest annual celebration of crime writing will continue as planned this year – in an online format with a host of free events for everyone to enjoy!
roisin - 2019.11.01
Does high brow literature really exist?
roisin - 2019.11.01
The inaugural UNESCO City of Literature Writer in Residence joins us on the podcast
roisin - 2019.11.01
“I had no examples of people like me on the page.”
roisin - 2019.10.31
Exclusive interview from Noirwich 2019
Simon Jones - 2019.09.20
Listen to George Alagiah's 2019 Noirwich Lecture, recorded at the University of East Anglia.
Steph McKenna - 2019.09.12
Have a browse of our food and drinks menu...
Steph McKenna - 2019.09.11
Crime lovers rejoice! The sixth Noirwich Crime Writing Festival begins tomorrow with James Runcie at Jarrold...but to get the party started early, why not pop along to The Ivy Brasserie on London St for a crime-themed cocktail or two?
roisin - 2019.09.04
James Henry shares how real-life pubs, street names and places inspired his latest novel
roisin - 2019.08.30
"The novelist commences writing, the novel begins: not necessarily where it begins, mind you."
Steph McKenna - 2019.08.30
Celebrate September as Norwich’s ‘month of crime’ and the impending launch of Noirwich Crime Writing Festival with this special one-off event.
Simon Jones - 2019.08.28
Ahead of her Noirwich workshop Claire McGowan guested on the National Centre for Writing's podcast to discuss techniques for crafting characters for crime fiction.
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