The Orion Incident Room

Please Note: Online and door sales will reopen Friday 19 July subject to availabilityThe Incident Room, Orion’s immersive events space, is returning to the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival on Friday 19 July, with a fantastic selection of events featuring Vaseem Khan, M.J Arlidge, Julian Clary and many more!

MURDER IN HARROGATE

Join Ruth Ware, Elly Griffiths, Mark Billingham, M.W. Craven for an exclusive panel as they discuss their contributions to Murder in Harrogate, the short story collection inspired by the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Chaired by Vaseem Khan, curator of the anthology.Friday 19 July 2024 | 11.45 – 12.30pm | £3£3.00. Please note that you must must also have access to the site through a paid ticket (Individual Event, Rover, Site Pass or Weekend Break Package) to access these publisher events. Numbers are limited so you will need to book.The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate | The LibraryPlease note that a £2.50 booking fee applies.BOOK NOWPRE ORDER MURDER IN HARROGATE

THE CRIME WRITERS’ ROOM

Join M. J. Arlidge, Julia Crouch & Steph Broadribb, authors of The Wrong Child and The Reunion, the first titles in M.J. Arlidge’s Crime Writers’ Room collaboration, to live workshop a new potential crime novel in a TV style writers room. Bring your biggest creative ideas for this high-energy workshop!Friday 19 July 2024 | 2pm – 2:45pm£3.00. Please note that you must must also have access to the site through a paid ticket (Individual Event, Rover, Site Pass or Weekend Break Package) to access these publisher events. Numbers are limited so you will need to book.The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate | The LibraryPlease note that a £2.50 booking fee applies.BOOK NOW

JULIAN CLARY IN CONVERSATION

Join author, comedian and entertainer Julian Clary as he discusses his hilarious and entertaining brand-new mystery novel Curtain Call to Murder. Julian will be interviewed by Publisher Sam Eades.Friday 19 July 2024 | 3pm – 3.45pm£3.00. Please note that you must must also have access to the site through a paid ticket (Individual Event, Rover, Site Pass or Weekend Break Package) to access these publisher events. Numbers are limited so you will need to book.The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate | The LibraryPlease note that a £2.50 booking fee appliesBOOK NOW

AGATHA CHRISTIE QUIZ

Join us to celebrate the upcoming Agatha Christie Trivia set with an exclusive quiz in the Orion Incident Room. Bring your friends to form a team or come along by yourself to join other festival goers test their Christie trivia.Friday 19 July 2024 | 4pm – 5pmFree Event. Please note that you must must also have access to the site through a paid ticket (Individual Event, Rover, Site Pass or Weekend Break Package) to access these publisher events. Numbers are limited so you will need to book.The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate | The LibraryBOOK NOW

MURDER A LOVE SONG KARAOKE

Come down to the Orion Incident Room and be prepared to Murder-A-Love Song to be in with a chance to win a hardback of the incredible Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell. Doors open from 7pm until 10pm.Friday 19 July 2024 | 7pm – 10pmFree Event. Please note that you must must also have access to the site through a paid ticket (Individual Event, Rover, Site Pass or Weekend Break Package) to access these publisher events. Numbers are limited so you will need to book.The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate | The LibraryBOOK NOW

All ticket proceeds are donated to the Harrogate International Festivals charity to support young emerging talent and deliver educational programmes.

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