Preston Crime Fiction Festival Programme Cover Venue – Freemason’s Hall, Preston City Centre. I have been to science fiction, fantasy and horror conventions since the late 1990’s but this was my first crime writer’s festival, and I thoroughly loved it. It won’t be my last. While there are crime writing celebrations around the UK, most notably the annual Theakston sponsored annual event at The Old Swan in Harrogate, (the venue chosen for its links to Agatha Christie), this was
Books Containing my published writings With nearly 500 poems written (85 in Print, two Haiku books out (about 550 self-published – three in general print),135 stories penned (31 in print) Four short film scripts, (two of them filmed), 21 short play scripts, (9 of them staged, one three times, two twice), plus a plethora of non-fiction, talks, etc, my personal writing output is quite prolific. My non-fiction Pub Sign books are my most successful work to date commercially and f
Sign (no longer used) for (Ye Olde) Blue Bell Pub, Church Street, Preston, Lancashire From pirate and smuggler’s den To a hiding place for notorious highwaymen It’s amazing how many times Pubs have been linked to all sorts of crimes. Many a crook has hidden in a bar to avoid police pursuit, And magistrates refuse license to a known house of ill-repute Where a customer picks up or even takes a room with a prostitute Likely to steal his money and leave him destitute. He wouldn’
