Forthcoming Events
April 16: Waterstones Piccadilly
Tuesday, 16th. 6.30 PM. With Stig Abell.
203-206 Piccadilly London W1J 9HD
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stig-abell-and-mark-billingham-in-conversation-at-waterstones-piccadilly-tickets-849442805297
April 28: Huddersfield Literary Festival.
Sunday, 28th. 5.00-6.00. With Abir Mukherjee.
Cellar, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP
https://www.huddlitfest.org.uk/tag/mark-billingham/
April 30: Linghams Bookshop.
Tuesday, 30th, 7.00 PM. An evening with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers + Accoustic set.
Neston Club, Station Rd, Parkgate, Wirral
https://linghams.co.uk/
May 2: Waterstones, Windsor.
Thursday 2nd, 7.00 PM. Crime & Wine. With Helen Fields.
20-21 Peascod Street Windsor SL4 1DU
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crime-and-wine-with-helen-fields-and-mark-billingham-at-waterstones-windsor-tickets-859439445517
May 16: Chorleywood Bookshop Presents An Evening With Mark Billingham & John Connolly.
Thursday, 16th, 7.00 PM.
St Helen’s School, Eastbury Rd, Northwood, HA6 3AS
May 26: Bath Literary Festival.
Sunday, 26th. 4.00. With Elly Griffiths.The Guildhall, Bath.
May 30: Perth Arts Festival.
Thursday, 30th. 7.00 PM. An evening with the Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers + FLCW play LIVE!
Full details TBC
June 1: Capital Crime, London.
3.oo-4.oo PM. In conversation with John Connolly
9.oo-10.30 PM. The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers play LIVE!
Leonardo Royal Hotel, St Pauls, London
https://www.capitalcrime.org/
June 16: Borders Book Festival.
Sunday, 16th. The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers play LIVE!
Full details TBC
https://bordersbookfestival.org/
July 11: Newark Book Festival.
Thursday, 11th. 7.00 PM. With Abir Mukherjee
Full details TBC
News
February 2024.
My brand new paperback THE LAST DANCE was published on January 18th. It’s the first in a brand new series featuring a new and very different detective. DS Declan Miller is most definitely NOT Tom Thorne. These are books that will be very different in tone and setting from the Thorne novels and may even contain…jokes. That said, I am still writing about grief, pain, loss and violence but I remain fierce in my belief that humour and seriousness are NOT mutually exclusive. I’m thrilled that readers have welcomed Miller as warmly as they did Thorne and, for all those concerned that they might not be seeing their favourite grumpy, north London-based, country-music-loving detective again, the 19th Thorne novel is nearly finished and will be published in 2025. Before THAT, we’ll see the second Miller novel – THE WRONG HANDS – in June of this year.
Predictably, I will be travelling hither and yon to shamelessly pimp THE WRONG HANDS once it’s published, so come out to a bookshop or a festival or wherever else I’m rocking up and ask me awkward questions. If you’re really unlucky I may even dance. No, I promise I won’t.
The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers – the rawking beat combo featuring myself, Val McDermid, Luca Veste, Doug Johnstone, Stuart Neville and Chris Brookmyre – have a busy summer of shows coming up this year. Come and see us murdering songs for fun and jump around like a maniac. We already have gigs lined up in Perth, Edinburgh and at the fabulous Borders Book Festival in Melrose. There will be announcements about several other BIG shows coming shortly. Should you fancy a glimpse of us taking on an Elvis Costello classic, there is footage of us performing on a TV show on the SHOWING OFF page of this very website.
I hope to see some of you at a book event or a FLCW gig soon, but in the meantime social media remains the easiest way to make contact if you want to say hello or just shout at me about something.
So, whether it’s a Declan Miller mystery or a FLCW gig, get ready to dance…
TWITTER: @MarkBillingham
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MarkBillinghamAuthor
As ever, you can email me through this website at: mail@markbillingham.com
Stay well and happy reading…