Friday 30 April 2010

The launch of The Anatomy of Murder

We have a guest post today from Headline's PR supremo Helena Towers, on the launch of The Anatomy of Murder. Enjoy!
"The first balmy day of the summer was particularly well timed for the launch of Imogen Robertson's second novel The Anatomy of Murder at Goldsboro Books on Wednesday night. It was a busy affair, so luckily lots of guests were able to spill out onto the courtyard to enjoy the warmer weather. For those of you who've not discovered them yet, Imogen Robertson has created two fantastic new detectives Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther, and Anatomy of Murder is their second adventure. The action moves from rural Sussex to London, so it was nice to think that there was some connection to the world in which the characters would have inhabited.


Lovely to see some of the brilliant crime reviews - Mike Stotter, Jake Kerridge and an inimitable Chris Simmons. Thanks must go to David at Goldsboro for launching the party and who has been so brilliantly supportive of Imogen. I'm always agog at quite how many books he manages to cram into such a small shop. It's so nice to talk to David, as someone who has so much passion and enthusiasm for books, and has used this to create such a vibrant business. Although there's so much excitement about reading devices at the moment - I saw my first ipad the other day, v.beautiful - it's nice to see just how majestic the old school hardback can be!"


Thursday 1 April 2010

Headline at Harrogate

The Headline Crimefiles team are pleased to announce that we have four authors appearing at this year’s prestigious Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in July.

Each year the biggest and the best in the business descend on the Yorkshire town of Harrogate to talk about all things crime fiction. From comic crime capers to serial killer thrillers all aspects of the genre are represented and we are delighted to be a part of this year’s festival.

We have bestselling authors Karen Rose and Joseph Finder flying in from the US, and UK writers Bateman and Imogen Robertson lined up for a number of workshops, panel events and all-important hosting duties at the murder mystery dinner.

To find out more about our authors at Harrogate check out their events below:

Joseph Finder
Thursday 22nd July, time 9.00-12.00pm: Creative Writing Workshop
Friday 23rd July, 10:30am to 11:30am: Chair of event 'A Scotsman, and Englishman, an Irishman and a Welshman walk into a bar…'
Saturday 25th July, 5.00pm to 6.00pm, panellist in 'Britannia Rules The Page' event

Colin Bateman
Friday 23rd July, 10:30am to 11:30am: panellist in 'A Scotsman, and Englishman, an Irishman and a Welshman walk into a bar…'
Saturday 24th July, 6.15pm to 8.00pm: host of a table at the ‘Murder Mystery Dinner’

Karen Rose
Saturday 24th July, 2.00pm to 3.00pm: panellist in ‘How Dark is Your Noir?’

Imogen Robertson
Saturday 24th July, 6.15pm to 8.00pm: host of a table at the ‘Murder Mystery Dinner’
And if you haven't booked your ticket yet, check out the Harrogate website.